Africa Cup of Nations qualifier might not make it onto SABC on Saturday
The embattled SABC owes the South African Football Association R50m, and unless it gets at least a third of that, fans won’t get to watch Bafana Bafana play Libya
The SABC has until Friday to pay a portion of the R50m it owes to the South African Football Association (Safa) or the nation’s soccer lovers could face a blackout of Saturday’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Bafana Bafana and Libya. Safa president Danny Jordaan met members of the SABC board on Wednesday night in a bid to find common ground as the contractual agreement between the two parties ended in April. Insiders in both camps told TimesLIVE that the crunch qualifier at Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium will only be broadcast on television and radio on condition that the SABC pays a third of the R50m it owes from the previous financial year. The two parties have had a stand-off for months and a new contract is yet to be signed‚ mainly due to the financial crisis at the cash-strapped broadcaster. Communications minister Nomvula Mokonyane confirmed this week that Treasury has allowed the SABC to take on more debt to ease its current financial woes. But the insiders say ...
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