Safa welcomes move to allow fans at Bafana-Ethiopia match

The SA Football Association (Safa) has thanked sports minister Nathi Mthethwa and his health counterpart, Joe Phaahla, after they supported the Nasrec-based body’s initiative to allow vaccinated fans to return to stadiums on Tuesday.

Co-operative governance & traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Monday amended regulation 69 of the Disaster Management Act to allow a maximum of 2,000 football supporters to return for the first time in more than a year since the advent of the coronavirus pandemic.

The fans will be allowed to go through the turnstiles at FNB Stadium when Bafana Bafana host Ethiopia in the 2022 Qatar Fifa World Cup qualifier, where they will be going all out to complete a double over their visitors after winning the first game 3-1 in Ethiopia on Saturday.

Safa president Danny Jordaan gave credit to the two ministers when he reacted to the news on Monday.