Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie admitted that the country’s sportsmen and women had been failed by the leaders in the past and promised to fix the funding issue.
JOHANNESBURG - Funding issues took centre stage, as Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie welcomed home South Africa's Olympic team.
Hundreds of friends, family, supporters and schoolmates came together to dance, sing and wave South African flags as they celebrated the achievements of the athletes at the Paris Olympics, where Team SA equalled their best total medal haul set in 2004 and matched in 2012. In the middle of festivities, Minister McKenzie admitted that the country’s sportsmen and women had been failed by the leaders in the past and promised to fix the funding issue.
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