Bafana Bafana could get
stranded in Ghana after Thursday’s Afcon 2021 qualifier.
South Africa are scheduled to play Sudan at Orlando Stadium on Sunday in a 3pm Group C clash.
But coach Mofeli Ntseki and his manne’s travel plans home are up in the air due to strike action impacting South African Airways.
Numsa and the SA Cabin Crew Association announced that they would ground all of its domestic regional and international flights scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
Acting South African Football Association (Safa) chief executive officer Gay Mokoena tells TimesLIVE:“We are closely watching the developments at SAA and we are in communication with them regarding the strike on Friday.
“As part of Plan B we may have to look at Ethiopian Airlines because they have a flight coming to South Africa on Friday.”
It puts the coach in a tough situation having already sukkeled to get proper training done due to their travel to Cape Coast for the Ghana clash, having also initially moved the fixture forward to get enough time between their qualifying double-header over the weekend.
Bafana face a high-flying Sudan side in Soweto.
Having beaten Sao Tome and Principe in their qualifiers opener in Khartoum on Wednesday, they will be walking on air come
Sunday.