“We were watching and listening to the President address to the nation and as the league we will be meeting as soon as possible to discuss the way forward.”
Among far-reaching and extensive measures announced by the president to counter coronavirus was a ban on gatherings of more than 100.
A PSL statement late on Sunday night read: “The Premier Soccer League, the largest event organiser in South Africa, in its response to the State President’s announcement that gatherings of more than 100 people be prohibited will be holding an urgent meeting of its Executive Committee on Monday, 16 March 2020 at 12h00 noon after which a press conference will be held to announce the details of its programme going forward.
Madlala was not immediately in a position to say whether the week’s two big, title-influencing matches between Sundowns and Pirates and that between Kaizer Chiefs and Bidvest Wits at FNB Stadium on Wednesday will go ahead as planned. Ramaphosa added that organisers of small gatherings will need to put in place stringent measures of prevention and control to avoid spread the virus that has already infected at least 61 people in South Africa.
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