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Deputy Minister of Sport Arts & Culture Peace Mabe give us an update on Bafana Bafana and their traveling arrangements · Anele and the Club on 947

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  Speaker 1: Wake up with a fang wake up and the club
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  Speaker 1: on nine four seven, so.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody knows what's happening. Last week the President called by
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  Speaker 2: finder by find out and as a greater whole, Right,
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  Speaker 2: the coaches were there, the team was there, the technical
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  Speaker 2: side were there, the doctors are there, the security was there,
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  Speaker 2: and the Hugo Bruce announced the squad and then the
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  Speaker 2: President gave them the blessing and he bid.
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  Speaker 1: Them farewell to get on the plane go win the
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  Speaker 1: Cup for us.
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  Speaker 2: Come to this weekend, news breaks that we've got visa
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  Speaker 2: problems the entire countries, Like, wait, hang on, guys, we
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  Speaker 2: qualified long ago. We knew this was going to happen.
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  Speaker 2: Why did people not have their visas? And who and
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  Speaker 2: who didn't have their visas? Because also the squad kind
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  Speaker 2: of makes sense because it was only announced last week, right, Yeah, but.
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  Speaker 1: I think they cleared because there was a much larger
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  Speaker 1: group of players ready to go. So I think they
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  Speaker 1: cleared a whole bunch of players and obviously got everyone
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  Speaker 1: visas in case you got selected into the squad. This
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  Speaker 1: is obvious. This is for me in our minds, I
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  Speaker 1: think everyone's got the same thought here, you plan this
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  Speaker 1: ahead of time right.
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  Speaker 3: Fanaa FANA's fief for wlcoup twenty twenty six journey has
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  Speaker 3: hit a bump in the road.
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  Speaker 2: Traveling party have remained the grounded in South Africa on
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  Speaker 2: the part today we're supposed to leave from our Temple
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  Speaker 2: International on a charted flight on Sunday morning.
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  Speaker 3: The visa debacle was a hot potato for US. South
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  Speaker 3: African Football Association.
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  Speaker 2: Deputy Minister Sports, Arts and Culture says it's shocking and embarrassing.
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  Speaker 2: She joins us now on the line, Miss Peacema, we
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  Speaker 2: thank you so much for your time and welcome to
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  Speaker 2: anne La and the club.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, good morning anne Ela, and good morning to you
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  Speaker 3: you listeners at home, and thanks for having me.
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  Speaker 2: Mon, it's shocking and embarrassing, you say, has your starts
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  Speaker 2: changed and embarrassing?
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  Speaker 3: It's bark. I don't know how to explain it.
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  Speaker 2: We are shocked as well party action. But who didn't
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  Speaker 2: do their job? Surely somebody is in charge of us.
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  Speaker 2: Who's that person?
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  Speaker 3: Well, we can blame it to the management, we can
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  Speaker 3: blame it to executive of SAFA, because when you are
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  Speaker 3: are about to embark on such a serious journey, you
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  Speaker 3: must at least have a committee that reports at least
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  Speaker 3: on daily basis, just to check, you know, to kick
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  Speaker 3: the boxes us. Yes, outfit, Yes, medication, Yes, because there's
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  Speaker 3: a lot of logistics that comes to the traveling of
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  Speaker 3: the of the soccer teams, the national team and.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, So this is the administration of SAFA and
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  Speaker 2: the management of SAFA. Who are there accountable to? Who
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  Speaker 2: are their bosses? Is it your department?
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  Speaker 3: The bosses? Is South Africa as a.
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  Speaker 2: Country, as a country as a country.
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  Speaker 3: Because remember it's legislated outside the government regulations. It's regulated
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  Speaker 3: outside the government legislation.
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  Speaker 1: By fever my people.
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  Speaker 3: That is why, that is why for for a longest
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  Speaker 3: time we have never been able to hold them accountable.
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  Speaker 3: But if the country can stand up and say enough
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  Speaker 3: is enough, people will have to come to the party.
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  Speaker 3: We depend on you South Africans to help us to
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  Speaker 3: fight this.
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  Speaker 1: You see. So, but this is the question I have.
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  Speaker 1: Do we know who didn't get a visa, who ended
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  Speaker 1: up staying behind? Do we know who those people are?
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  Speaker 3: Well, the the other report was saying it was the
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  Speaker 3: doctors and other management crew. But you know, then I
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  Speaker 3: done said if that is the case, then I don't
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  Speaker 3: know what to say. They were not supposed to be
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  Speaker 3: subjected to any selection whatsoever. They qualified. They are the
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  Speaker 3: ones who are supposed to apply and at once, so
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  Speaker 3: as I then said no, no, then the problems are
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  Speaker 3: many there. If it is there atministration support, then it
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  Speaker 3: means their problems are meany.
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  Speaker 2: I'm really enjoying you. You are quite refreshing because you're
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  Speaker 2: saying the same things that the rest of the country
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  Speaker 2: is thinking. And you're not trying to hide your head
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  Speaker 2: and be like, we don't know it's an investigation. You're
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  Speaker 2: saying that it's short embarrassed. Yeah, okay, so theme itself.
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  Speaker 2: The guys that are playing, the guys that are representing
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  Speaker 2: us on the pitch, they are fine. They've got their
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  Speaker 2: visits there on their way there. It's just the technical
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  Speaker 2: stuff and the doctors and their security that is.
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  Speaker 3: The everybody apparently was in that flight they all left yesterday, okay,
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  Speaker 3: or because remember again they said they can leave the
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  Speaker 3: doctors and setting people around them. It's the standard requirement
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  Speaker 3: that when they traveled, the doctors. So when I learn
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  Speaker 3: that doctors and I just said, you, Jim, then problem
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  Speaker 3: because the doctor was not supposed to be part of
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  Speaker 3: the selection that it is given you are going. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: and other person who's given support, it's given you are going.
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  Speaker 3: And so the day they qualified, that's the day when
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  Speaker 3: everybody was just opposed.
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  Speaker 1: To sort themselves out.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, sort themselves out. That's what the minister and the
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  Speaker 3: team that is traveling in this act. Did you know
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  Speaker 3: we're even laughing that, hey, you will be reshuffled before
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  Speaker 3: the World Cup games start.
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  Speaker 1: Deputy Minister was the was the Ministry of Sports, Arts
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  Speaker 1: and Culture all able to help with the visa process
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  Speaker 1: like I mean, obviously you know when we are here,
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  Speaker 1: now are you are you able to speak to the
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  Speaker 1: consulates to say, guys, please help expedite these visas for
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  Speaker 1: certain people that need to be on part of this team.
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  Speaker 3: You know, we don't get involved at all because you know,
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  Speaker 3: to get foreign people's people into a country, it is
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  Speaker 3: it is very technical and it can let you into trouble.
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  Speaker 3: We don't even do it when artists are traveling. We
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  Speaker 3: can fund you, but we are never involved into your
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  Speaker 3: visa applications. It's a standard policy of Dissect that we
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  Speaker 3: are not involved in that.
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  Speaker 1: But but maybe I mean Derker could help, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, there are other departments who specialize in the.
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  Speaker 3: Responsibility because they are the ones who have relations with
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  Speaker 3: other countries when it comes to issues related to migration.
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  Speaker 2: I did see a treat from case and yesterday saying
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  Speaker 2: derko to the rescue once again, So I think they're
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  Speaker 2: the ones who's master stepped into.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, it's it's their responsibility because we then recommended that
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  Speaker 3: they needed to write and note the about to the
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  Speaker 3: authorities of put not put to the authorities of Mexico. Yes,
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  Speaker 3: to the authorities of Mexico. So once that is written,
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  Speaker 3: then your application will get a special attention. We we
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  Speaker 3: I think also what we need to remember is that
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  Speaker 3: we are not the only people that are going to Mexico.
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  Speaker 3: The old world is going to Mexico.
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  Speaker 1: That's very true. That is very world is.
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  Speaker 3: Going to Mexico. People are going there for different reasons,
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  Speaker 3: and the whole attention is in Mexico because the first
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  Speaker 3: matched it is in Mexico, so you could imagine what
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  Speaker 3: they are going through in terms of migration.
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  Speaker 1: Yeaster, are you going to Mexico.
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  Speaker 3: I'm waiting for the boys to qualify until the second second.
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  Speaker 2: Phase join them to join the next round.
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  Speaker 3: But otherwise I will be home with you guys making
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  Speaker 3: rounds in all public friends that are going to be there,
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  Speaker 3: and yes, I will be with you guys. I'll be home.
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  Speaker 3: But when they make it to the second round, I
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  Speaker 3: take my plight. I'm sure we already as well.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, good, I'm sure. I'm sure we're gonna have a
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  Speaker 1: big viewing party for the first game. We'll invite you.
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  Speaker 1: Deputy Minister, please come and join us.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, that would be very wonderful. I'll appreciate it. Excellent.
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  Speaker 2: She is the Deputy Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody's got a huge personality in that department. Katon her
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  Speaker 2: loving it, loving it. Back to making your morning and
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  Speaker 2: La and the club.
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  Speaker 1: I love this.
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  Speaker 3: On nine four seven