The SA Football Players Union (Safpu) has thrown its weight behind a planned protest by fans to put pressure on the Premier Soccer League (PSL) to allow fans back into stadiums.
The “peaceful protest”, organised by the National Football Supporters’ Association , is scheduled to take place at Orlando Stadium where Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs are due to meet in a DStv Premiership fixture on Saturday at 3.30pm.A crowd-puller spectacle, the Soweto derby will be played behind closed doors as local football supporters yearn to return to stadiums for the first time since March 2020 when the country went under lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The march holds much significance as two of the countries most loved teams lock horns in the Soweto Derby, a match that never sees a seat empty and over the past two years sadly, football fans have been robbed of this joy and post lockdown it still continues with no validation or satisfactory scientific report backing this worrying act.
Nafsa acting CEO Siyabulela Loliyane said they are also expecting legends of the game to be part of the 2,000 protesting football fans.
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