The South African Football Association (SAFA) has refuted media reports that they paid for flight and accommodation for South Sudan this week.
Bafana defeated South Sudan 3-0 in a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Cape Town Stadium on Tuesday evening.
“The South African Football Association (SAFA) has noted misleading reports claiming that South Africa paid for the flights and/or accommodation of the South Sudanese team that played against Bafana Bafana in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Cape Town a few days ago,” a SAFA statement said on Friday.
“SAFA would like to put it on the record that these reports are completely false and unfortunate. CAF requires that each national team that participates in the AFCON qualifiers pays for its own flights and accommodation during the qualification campaign. The reports are devoid of any truth.”
Bafana, who finished on top of Group K with 14 points from six matches, had already qualified for the 2025 AFCON when they played against South Sudan.
