The protest generated crisis talks between SAFA, the South African Football Players Union (SAFPU), Banyana Banyana and the Minister for Sports, Arts and Culture, Zizi .
South Africa could miss out on on teenage sensation Ayanda Sishuba, who made his senior debut for Ligue 1 side RC Lens in a friendly match against Le Havre over the weekend.
CAF CONFEDERATION CUP
Rivers United FC have confirmed their rescheduled CAF Confederation Cup tie against South Africa’s Bloemfontein Celtic will be played in Benin Republic’s capital Porto Novo on January 23.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) ordered the second leg of the last 32 tie to be moved to a neighbouring country to Nigeria, which has more lenient Covid-19 protocols for travellers arriving from South Africa.
Originally the match should have been played on January6 in Port Harcourt but the South African side were not able to travel to Nigeria due to the strict coronavirus regulations put in place by the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19.
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The Confederation of African Football Organising Committee on Monday announced that the Confederation Cup second leg tie between Nigeria’s Rivers United and South Africa’s Bloemfontein Celtic will hold on a date from January 22 to 24 in a neighbouring country to Nigeria.
Rivers had won the first leg of the tie 2-0 in Bloemfontein last December, but the second leg, which was initially scheduled for January 6 in Port Harcourt, was postponed after the Nigeria Football Federation had in a letter to CAF on January 4, asked that the game be postponed and relocated to a neighbouring country.