Talks between SABC and SAFA over a new broadcast deal have hit a snag according to Siya sources. It’s well-documented that during the agreement struck in October 2019 stretching for four years, the public broadcaster paid the country’s football mother body around R25 million a year during that period.
Former SAFA CEO Tebogo Motlanthe had told the media in April during the ordinary congress, before he quit his post, that the federation was unhappy with this arrangement, but would not be “serving the SABC with divorce papers”.
With the association reporting a loss of R2.9 million for the financial year ending 2022, the chief executive put it down to poor revenue stream and cited the television rights deal as a big part of being in the red.
