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Bafana Bafana players released from camp as xenophobia rattles team

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It is a chaotic start of a new era under newly appointed coach Molefi Ntseki, who will not be pleased at all after his first assignment was scuppered, albeit under circumstances beyond his and Safa’s control.

Bafana Bafana coach Molefi Ntseki with players during the South African national men's soccer team training session at Orlando Stadium on September 5 2019.The crisis-struck SA Football Association have decided to release the Bafana Bafana players from camp after xenophobic attacks in the country scuppered the national team’s preparations for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign.

“We want to reiterate that as Safa we totally condemn these acts of violence in respect of the xenophobic attacks on fellow Africans as well as the criminal looting of businesses,” said Danny Jordaan at the briefing. Bafana were initially scheduled to play against Zambia in Lusaka but the Football Association of Zambia called off the game on Tuesday as a result of the violence in South Africa.

SA businesses in Lusaka closed their doors on Wednesday following protests by Zambian students as a security measure to avoid looting.

 

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