{"id":35962,"date":"2026-06-01T14:27:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=35962"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:27:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:27:53","slug":"35962","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/35962\/","title":{"rendered":"SAFA vows to strengthen operational co-ordination during World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cash-strapped South African Football Association (SAFA) has resolved to strengthen its operational co-ordination during the FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Following the visa debacle that led to Bafana Bafana having to postpone their departure for Mexico by almost 30 hours, SAFA established a three-member organising committee to manage the team\u2019s administrative affairs during the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The head of delegation, David Molwantwa and the Chairperson of the finance committee, Mxolisi Sibam, will assist the under-fire team Manager, Vincent Ntseka.<\/p>\n<p>They will ensure any logistical or administrative matters are dealt with expeditiously.<\/p>\n<p>SAFA, which held an emergency meeting last night, apologised to the nation for the travel delays.<\/p>\n<p>It also thanked the Department of International Relations and Co-operation and the US Consulate for resolving the visa issue.<\/p>\n<p>The team will depart for Mexico at two o\u2019clock this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014SABC\u2014<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14530,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-35962","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The team will depart for Mexico at two o\u2019clock this afternoon.","published_date":"","news_description":"The team will depart for Mexico at two o\u2019clock this afternoon.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35967,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35962\/revisions\/35967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=35962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}