The SABC says it will in future work with SAFA to ensure Bafana Bafana matches are broadcast after the weekend’s failure in Sierra Leone.
The SABC failed to televise the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier match between Bafana Bafana and Sierra Leone, played in Freetown on Sunday.
While the public broadcaster had received the rights to broadcast the match on Friday afternoon, their crew was grounded in Ivory Coast with their live transmitters - leaving South Africans unable to watch the match. The SABC said this was due to bad weather.
On Tuesday, SAFA President Kirsten Nematandani convened a meeting with the SABC's acting Group Chief Executive Robin Nicholson to discuss the SABC's failure to broadcast the Bafana match.
During the meeting, the late acquisition of rights and a lack of broadcast partners with production capacity were cited as the main reasons that led to the match not being televised on its TV and radio platforms.
Both organisations again apologised to the South African public affected by the non-broadcast of the match. - BuaNews
