Deputy Minister of Health Joe Phaahla says the ball is in the Premier Soccer League’s (PSL) court to make a decision about their programme going forward after they met on Thursday.
Phaahla was one of the stakeholders, including the police, who made a presentation to the 64 delegates from the 32 clubs and also the nine executive committee members in the Board of Governors (BoG) meeting in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni.
This meeting was called to discuss how the PSL can mitigate the coronavirus in the country. The number of confirmed cases in South Africa now stands at 150.
Phaahla has more on the meeting:
The PSL suspended their programmes at the beginning of this week and they didn’t have fixtures scheduled for next week due to the international week.
Phaahla says PSL officials will have to decide on a way forward:
Coming to today, dominating this PSL and COVID-19 talk has been the commitment by the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa that the PSL can continue with its programme and play fixtures behind closed doors.
This has been widely rejected by the South African Football Association (SAFA) who feel that there should be a shutdown of football until further notice (April 04).
Phaahla says they will support the PSL on whatever decision they make:
The meeting is still underway at the OR Tambo Airport. – Report by Velile Mnyandu
