SAFA president Danny Jordaan addressing the crowd during the Bafana Bafana send-off ceremony with coach Hugo Broos and players Nkosinathi Sibisi, captain Ronwen Williams and Themba Zwane in attendance.
SOUTH Africa's football association plunged the country's World Cup preparations into chaos after an administrative blunder left Bafana Bafana stranded in Johannesburg on Sunday, unable to depart for Mexico.
But an irate Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has, hours later, confirmed that Bafana Bafana will travel to the United States on Monday.
The team was due to depart from OR Tambo International Airport on a chartered flight to Mexico to represent South Africa at the FIFA World Cup early on Sunday morning; however, the departure was postponed after several players had not been issued with visas, allegedly due to an administrative mix-up.
"All Bafana players received their visas to travel to the USA, outstanding are the assistant coach, team doctor, head of security and one analyst. The charter will leave (today)," McKenzie shared in a post on Facebook.
