Safa says the indaba amounted to political interference in the football‚ which ran the risk of the country being banned by Fifa.
Mthethwa accompanied President Cyril Ramaphosa to the Rugby World Cup final and is only due back on Tuesday afternoon‚ around the same time as members of the victorious Springbok side are all set to touch down on home soil.
Sports ministry officials have told TimesLIVE that the non participation of Safa comes as a major problem to the effectiveness of the Indaba. But last week‚ just when Mthethwa was sending out invitations‚ Safa banned any participation by its members.
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