The SA Football Association (Safa) has welcomed the national lockdown announced by SA President Cyril Ramaphosa in an effort to contain the spread of Covid-19 on Monday.
Safa said in a statement: “Sport and sport business is fundamentally based on healthy, physically and medically fit players. The Covid-19 pandemic has rearranged our priorities for the sake of the future of football.
SAFA have announced new developments at their offices and have also offered up the national technical centre to government as a COVID-19 quarantine facility.
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“Safa therefore, in line with the call by the state President, will extend the ban of all football matches and all other football activities from April 4 as first announced by the association to 16 April 16”.
African News Agency