SA soccer fans wants stadiums to reopen. The fans were protesting outside Orlando Stadium. The issue was caused by covid-19 so to protect lives of people most countries tried to use the same laws. But now in some countries people are allowed to watch the games live in stadiums.
Premier Soccer League (PSL) chairperson Irvin Khoza says the organisation is far from welcoming spectators back into South African stadiums. This is despite government regulations that stipulate sports bodies around the country may host a maximum of 2,000 spectators per venue.
“As Safpu we would like to publicly pledge our support for the ‘peaceful protest’ as hosted by Nafsa to be held on Saturday, March 5,” said the union in a statement.
“The march holds much significance as two of the countries most loved teams lock horns in the Soweto Derby, a match that never sees a seat empty and over the past two years sadly, football fans have been robbed of this joy and post lockdown it still continues with no validation or satisfactory scientific report backing this worrying act.
“Furthermore, we would like to bring the attention to the many livelihoods lost due to the coronavirus and if we prolong the lack of the 12th fan in the stands, it will take forever to revive the game and uplift the football economy to the level of excitement and vibrancy that is synonymous with SA football flavour.”
“That’s the sad thing about it now, it’s as if Covid-19 only comes with football people because you can’t explain why fans from other codes can go and watch matches from the stadiums,” said Loliyane.
“But again, with other codes it has been their federations who pushed and led the talks for a return of fans. In our case, the federations are very quiet when it comes to this matter.”
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