SA Football Association (Safa) CEO Tebogo Motlanthe is adamant Bafana Bafana’s crucial Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against Ghana will be played at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on March 25 as originally planned and this will not change.

Motlanthe moved swiftly to dismiss claims that the game could be played outside SA due to the Ghanaians’ Covid-19 fears and lashed out at news outlets that have said the West Africans asked the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to move the match to a neutral venue...

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