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Staggering Cost of Flying Bafana Bafana for Away Games Revealed

In the News Today: The significant costs associated with flying the South African national football team, Bafana Bafana, to away games has been revealed.

Each international fixture, particularly those requiring long-distance travel across the vast African continent, poses a considerable challenge to SAFA’s budget.

SAFA CEO Lydia Monyepao recently highlighted these costs, particularly in light of Bafana’s recent private charter flights to South Sudan and Nigeria, with another trip to Congo Brazzaville scheduled for next month. The first leg against Congo is set for October 11th in Gqeberha, followed by the away game just four days later.

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Monyepao emphasised the unavoidable costs of back-to-back matches. “Some costs that come with having a national team playing back-to-back matches are costs that we as an… continue reading HERE.

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