The South African Football Association (Safa) met Bafana players after their morning training session in Sousse, Tunisia on Friday, to give them feedback on their request for a consolidated payment for the African Cup of Nations tournament.
The players were informed that Safa had agreed to a guaranteed consolidated payment of a gross amount of R150 000 for the preliminary matches against Benin, Nigeria and Morocco.
”The players’ request was not unreasonable given that the amounts mentioned are already budgeted for the African Cup Of Nations,” said National Executive Member, Mubarak Mahomed.
”The players expressed their gratitude to the association and are happy that the matter has been put to rest.”
The Local Government representatives visited the team at their base camp to wish them well in the competition and to officially welcome them to the City of Sousse.
Souvenirs were exchanged and the South African delegation expressed satisfaction with conditions at the hotel, training facilities and the general hospitality of the people of Sousse, who lined the street to greet the team as they move to and from their training venue.
South Africa and Cameroon are in close proximity to one another and are using the same training venue at different times.
Training in the Bafana camp is proceeding well and no serious injuries have been reported, except for Emille Baron who went for a minor finger x-ray. Fortunately no major problems were detected.
Bafana open their campaign against Benin. – Sapa