MEMBER: MR W F FABER
PARTY: DA - NC
HOUSE: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
TYPE: WRITTEN QUESTION
MINISTRY: SPORT AND RECREATION SA
QUESTION: NO 520 (Internal Question Paper No 33 â 2011)
Mr W F Faber (DA-NC) to ask the Minister of Sport and Recreation:
Whether he will conduct an investigation into the confusion surrounding the
qualifying criteria after the qualifier between Bafana Bafana and Sierra
Leone ended in a deliberate draw that has prevented Bafana Bafana from
qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations; if not, why not; if so, what are
the relevant details?
REPLY
SAFA has indicated that it will investigate the confusion surrounding the
qualifying criteria after the qualifier between Bafana Bafana and Sierra
Leone itself. The Minister will await the report from SAFA. The process
followed by SAFA and their outcome will then determine the Ministerâs
actions. However, the Minister has asked SAFA to apologise publicly for
letting South Africans down in this regard. This has been done in the
media.
THE MINISTER OF SPORT AND RECREATION:
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