Sports minister Nathi Mthethwa says “it is not correct” and “it does not sound right” that football journalists have not been allowed to attend live matches at stadiums, despite regulations allowing them to attend.
Sports minister Nathi Mthethwa says he was not aware that journalists were not allowed at live football matches and believes 'it is not correct'.Sports minister Nathi Mthethwa says it “does not sound right” that football journalists have not been allowed to attend live Premier Soccer League matches at stadiums, despite government regulations allowing media to attend.
The minister said the regulation allowing the media to attend live events had been in place even before the stipulation to allow 2,000 vaccinated fans. The PSL experimented with a pilot project for the safe return of fans in October last year when 2,000 vaccinated spectators and a limited controlled number of journalists attended the MTN8 final in Durban. Safa allowed limited numbers of journalists for Bafana Bafana’s 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Ethiopia and Zimbabwe at FNB Stadium.
While Mthethwa acknowledged that individual sports organisations may have a prerogative or reason not to allow journalists, the minister said he would engage sports umbrella body the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee over the matter.
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