EDITORIAL | Now that SA is back in the game, the real test begins
It is up to the public to decide if we keep our seats in sports stadiums
12 October 2021 - 20:58
On Tuesday SA sports fans could finally do what many love most. Waiting for this moment for more than a year and a half, a total of 2,000 jovial Bafana Bafana supporters, bearing colourful sport regalia, descended on FNB Stadium in Soweto to experience a World Cup qualifier game against Ethiopia first-hand. They appeared to be only a handful, almost swallowed up in Soccer City’s 90,000-plus capacity, but it was a huge milestone, thanks to an amendment to the Disaster Management Act allowing for vaccinated spectators at sporting venues. ..
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