UMotsepe uthi uMcKenzie kumele ahloniphe imingcele yeFifa
UMongameli weCaf uPatrice Motsepe uthe ukholwa ukuthi ungqongqotjhe wezemitjhaba uGayton McKenzie angeke adlule emgomeni oqinile weFifa wokungangenelela kukahulumende.
Lokhu kuza ngesikhathi uGayton McKenzie efuna ukuphendulelwa yiSafa ngokuthathwa kwamaphuzu kweBafana Bafana kumidlalo yokuhlungela iNdebe yeHlabathi.
ISewula Afrika ithathwe amaphuzu amathathu ngemva kokudlala kukaTeboho Mokoena, obekangavumelekile ukudlala, kumdlalo wokuhlungela iNdebe yeHlabathi ka-2026 bebhekene neLesotho ekuqaleni konyaka.
Ungqongqotjhe uGayton McKenzie usebanike iSafa amalanga asikhombisa ukuthi ithumele umbiko ophelele uchaza indlela uMokoena, obekamisiwe ukudlala, agcine adlale ngayo.
Ngesikhathi ekhuluma eSanef Gala Dinner eHoughton ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku, uMotsepe uthe ukholwa ukuthi uMcKenzie uzokuphatha ngokucophelela lokhu, ngaphakathi kwemigomo yeFifa.
“Woke amazwe ayaqonda ukuthi kukhona ukubambisana phakathi kwezemidlalo nohulumende, kodwana kukhona imingcele ecacile,” kutjho uMotsepe.
“Uhulumende akufanelanga angenelele. Ngicabanga ukuthi lokho okukhulunywa ngumngqongqotjhe wezemitjhaba neFifa kuzohlala ngaphakathi kwaleyo migomo eqinile.
“Nangabe kukhona izindaba ezithile, ngiyakholelwa ukuthi zizalungiswa ngendlela efanele yokukhuluma.”
UGayton McKenzie selethumele incwadi kumongameli weFifa uGianni Infantino, efuna uxolo ngaleliphutha lokuphatha.
Uphinde waqinisekisa ukuthi izenzo zakhe azibandakanyi ukuzama ukungenelela ekuphathweni kwezemidlalo.
