In response a SAFA spokesperson said: “We will meet with the minister after the 2023 CAF Women’s Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers next week.” “We do not wish to see any team go through what Banyana Banyana went through,” Kodwa said.
On SAFA insistence, the coach, Desiree Ellis, was forced to manage a hastily assembled team, who lost 5-0. The entire 23-member World Cup squad refused to play on what they said was a substandard pitch at the Tsakane Stadium, east of Johannesburg, a venue that does not host men’s Premier League football. He also used the occasion to lambast SAFA for what he called a “failure of leadership,” before the World Cup, which led Banyana Banyana to boycott their only warm-up, against Botswana.
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Speaking at the launch of cricket’s professional women’s league two weeks ago, Kodwa praised Cricket South Africa for being the first federation to issue contracts for domestic players and said: “Other federations could learn a thing or two from you.” The country’s sports minister, Zizi Kodwa, has pleaded directly with the South African Football Association (SAFA) and corporate South Africa to fast-track their plans to establish a professional women’s league. Their domestic league has yet to be professionalised despite calls from some of South Africa’s most important corners for that to happen. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Imagesįor Swart and the rest of the South African squad, although their World Cup participation fees will be a welcome boost to their bank balances, they cannot secure sustained sources of income from their clubs or football federation. Kaylin Swart tips a shot over the bar during South Africa’s World Cup round of 16 match against the Netherlands.
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