Travel of professional athletes and sports teams outside of hotspots to play matches or events‚ or to train‚ “could be permissible”‚ a transport ministry government official has said.
Transport ministry director general Alec Moemi said in a press conference on Saturday that such an allowance might be possible‚ but that it would have to be ironed out between his department and their counterparts at the department of sports‚ art and culture.
However a clause in the new directions – still to be gazetted – is that matches and training remain prohibited in coronavirus hotspots. Moemi was asked if athletes or teams can travel to non-hotspots to train or stage non-contact events.“Because right now our counterparts in the department of sports‚ arts and culture have issued new directions that allow for non-contact sports to be played. However those sports cannot be played in some hotspots that have been designated.
“So the protocols‚ however‚ of the movement of those people for that purpose is what we and the department of sports‚ arts and culture can resolve between ourselves.”
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