Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
UPatrice Motsepe uthi i-Africa Cup of Nations ka-2025 izoqhubekela phambili e-Morocco, nakuba sekunemibhikisho esithathe isikhathi emayelana nenkohlakalo nokungatholakali kwezidingongqangi.
Lo mqhudelwano uzoqala ngomhlaka-21 kuZibandlela uze ufike uphele ngomhlaka-18 kuMasingana, unamaqembu angu-24 nabadlali abaphambili abafana no-Mohamed Salah no-Achraf Hakimi.
Umengameli we-CAF uPatrice Motsepe uthi i-Africa Cup of Nations ngo-2025 izoqhubeka eMorocco nakuba imibhikisho isaqhubeka ezweni.
Sekuphele isonto abantu abasha baseMorocco begcwele imigwaqo bebhikishela inkohlakalo, izikole ezintulayo kanye nezibhedlela ezingathuthuli.
Kodwa uMotsepe akakhathazekile.
“I-Morocco iwuhlelo A, uhlelo B kanye nohlelo C,” esho emhlanganweni eKinshasa, lapho umengameli weFifa uGianni Infantino naye ebekhona.
Lo mqhudelwano uzokuba ngomhlaka-21 kuZibandlela uze uyophela ngomhlaka-18 kuMasingana, kanti amaqembu esizwe angu-24 azodlala ezinkundleni eziyisishiyagalolunye.
Abadlali abaphambili abafana no-Mohamed Salah no-Achraf Hakimi kulindeleke ukuthi babambe iqhaza.
UMotsepe uthe i-CAF izosebenzisana nohulumeni waseMorocco kanye nabantu ukwenza i-Afcon eyimpumelelo kakhulu emlandweni.”
IMorocco yagcina ukusingatha lo mqhudelwano ngo-1988 kanti bekufanele iphinde ngo-2015 kodwa yaphuma ngenxa yokwesaba i-Ebola.
UMotsepe uphinde wathi iCAF ihlela ukuyiqala kabusha i-African Football League. Iligi yethulwa ngo-2023 inamaqembu ayisishiyagalombili kuphela esikhundleni samaqembu angu-24, kwathi ngesizini yokuqala iMamelodi Sundowns yawina.
“I-African Football League ibaluleke kakhulu futhi izoqhubeka,” kusho yena.
UMotsepe wengeze ngokuthi iCAF isisesimweni esiqinile kwezezimali. Kulindeleke ukuthi kube nenzuzo engaphezulu kuka-$28.45 million ngonyaka ozayo ukweqa okukhulu kusuka enzuzweni engu-$9.48 million ngonyaka odlule.
“Imali engenayo iphindeke kane. Asiyibekezeleli nhlobo inkohlakalo. Yonke imali ingena ebholeni,” esho.
Osesithombeni esingenhla: UPatrice Motsepe.
Umthombo wesithombe: Ifayela