With Banyana Banyana having qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup and Bafana Bafana coming off the back of one of their great victories in recent times against Morocco in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, it would seem that all is well at SAFA and that the association is on the right track. However, several sources that the Siya crew spoke to have confirmed that all is not well at SAFA and that financial problems persist despite the denials from the authorities.
The boycott by Banyana players on the weekend for their game against Botswana allegedly over money issues seems to indicate otherwise. Add to this the reports that Bafana Bafana players threatened to strike ahead of their most recent match against Morocco due to alleged unpaid salaries also seems to indicate there are cash flow concerns.
At the time, it was also revealed from inside the Bafana camp that some members of the technical team had not been paid for the AFCON qualifiers played earlier in the year against Liberia. In an attempt to address what seems like a cash flow issue, the South African Football Association is allegedly planning to retrench members of the administrative staff in order to cut costs and to help balance the books.
