South Africa has been put on terms: sort yourself out in seven weeks or lose the Commonwealth Games in 2022. The Commonwealth Games Federation decided in Canada on Friday that frequent missed deadlines and a failed payment meant South Africa could risk having the Games moved from Durban.The CGF General Assembly said South Africa had so far failed to:• Make a payment of £1.5-million (about R26-million);• Have a host city contract signed by the government;• Establish a local organising committee and appoint its board and CEO; and,• Confirm and sign financial underwriting arrangements, as per its contract with the CGF."A motion at today's assembly was carried to, firstly, continue to support South Africa and Durban to achieve satisfactory resolution to outstanding matters or, as a last resort, to secure an alternate host if outstanding matters are not resolved by November 30," CGF president Louise Martin said in a statement late on Friday night.Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula said yesterday that South Africa was still committed to hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games, but admitted there were areas of conflict between the government and the CGF.Negotiations, particularly over money, would "reach their height" in the next two weeks, he said.According to the July 2015 CGF Evaluation Commission report - tabled about two months before Durban was named host city on September 2 last year - 10 deadlines, including finalising the financial guarantees and establishing the local organising committee, were set. These deadlines expired by March this year and, in many cases, had been missed.In June there were reports that Sri Lanka had been earmarked as a possible replacement host.Mbalula said yesterday that seeking an alternative host was not necessary."We maintain that we should not be commenting about this process as it is at a sensitive stage of negotiations."The financial guarantee was signed by the minister of finance early this year after the necessary cabinet approval processes."The guarantee was signed with the condition that the CGF should be prepared to negotiate the sharing of all revenue streams. It is for this reason that the South African government is yet to sign the host city contract," Mbalula said."There have been engagements with the CGF and negotiations on the final budget and the sharing of revenue will reach their heights in the next two weeks. This is the most prudent thing to do."A source close to the Durban bid said yesterday that a meeting between all three spheres of government was held on Monday, and all parties had committed to making the games happen."They're getting their asses into gear," the source said.full_story_image_hright1KwaZulu-Natal Premier Willies Mchunu said losing out on the games would hurt tourism.Sports MEC Bongi Sithole-Moloi said "budget issues" were chief among the concerns. "We are dealing with figures ... looking at the financial status of South Africa at the moment. So we don't want to find ourselves putting South Africa in disarray, unnecessarily so."Former eThekwini city manager Michael Sutcliffe, who spearheaded its hosting of the 2010 World Cup, said South Africa should negotiate hard with the CGF.The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee spent nearly R120-million bidding for the games.If Durban were to lose the games, the impact on South Africa's reputation would be minimal, said Nielsen Sports Africa executive chairman Kelvin Watt."This is more of a problem for the CGF than it is for South Africa."He said Commonwealth countries were questioning the value of the games...