Here are the reasons believed to have led to the dispute between Banyana Banyana and Safa.
In South Africa’s group G at the World Cup are Sweden, ranked third in the world, Italy and Argentina . Banyana, ranked 54th, were questioning how Botswana, ranked 150th, would provide effective preparation opposition.
It never addresses issues such as incentives, including the R570,000 that is apparently being paid by Fifa. The players are saying,“In terms of the playing kit, in the contract it's stipulated they will only have four match jerseys. They raised the concern that they might want to exchange jerseys as part of the legacy for themselves.
On the events as they unfolded on Sunday, TimesLIVE understands there was a back and forth with Safa, with players indicating they would not play if they did not get assurances their requests would be properly attended to.
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