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Ngesikhathi owayenguNgqongqoshe wezeMidlalo uFikile Mbalula ehlambalaza iBafana Bafana futhi eyibiza ngokuthi “yinqwaba yabangaphumelelanga” ngokuphuma ku-Africa Cup of Nations ngowezi-2014, wagxekwa kakhulu.
Kodwa encwadini yami, ubenelungelo lokuzwakalisa ukuphoxeka kwakhe kuBafana ngemuva kokuntengantenga emdlalweni wokuqala kulo mqhudelwano, bona ngokwabo bengabasingathi.
Isizathu esenza ngikhumbule la mazwi amabi acashuniwe kaMbalula yingoba, njengoMbalula, ngiphoxeke kabuhlungu nge-South African Sports Confederation, kanye ne-Olympic Committee (i-Sascoc) kanye noNgqongqoshe wethu wamanje wezeMidlalo, uNathi Mthethwa.
Okungidumazayo nge-Sascoc ukuthi bathi abanayo imali yokuhlomulisa abasubathi bethu, abenze konke okusemandleni abo ukubuya ekhaya nezindondo ezivela Emidlalweni yama-Olimpiki ase-Tokyo.
Lokho kuyiphuzu eliphansi kubo ngokuthi bangaqhamuka nezaba ezingezinhle kangako. Yebo, iThimba lethu lama-Olimpiki alizange lenze kahle kule midlalo njengoba bekulindelekile, kodwa ukugodla amabhonasi kuyinto embi.
Izindondo ezintathu akuyona into okufanele siziqhenye ngayo njengesizwe kodwa i-Sascoc kufanele iklomelise abadlali bayo ngemizamo yabo.
UMnu Fixit, njengoba uMbalula aziwa kanjalo, waklomelisa abawina izindondo zethu zangowezi-2016 ngamabhonasi okuncintisana. Isibonelo nguWayde van Niekerk, owathola imali eyizi-R550,000 ngokungagcini nje ngokuletha igolide ekhaya, kodwa ngenxa yokwephula irekhodi lomhlaba.
Abathola izindondo zesiliva bathola imali eyizi-R200,000, kwathi eyizi-R80,000 yanikwa abathola izindondo zethusi. Ngisho nabaqeqeshi babo bathola okuthile.
UTatjana Schoenmaker noBianca Buitendag bafanelwe okuthile ngokudlala kwabo kule midlalo.
USchoenmaker wayehlukile ngemuva kokusitholela indondo yegolide nesiliva, kanye nama-Olimpiki nokuphula irekhodi lomhlaba.
Ungalindela ukuthi uMthethwa ahole ngesibonelo futhi amele la basubathi ababili abangamaqhawe bese efuna ukuthi i-Sascoc ibaklomelise.
Esikhundleni salokho, ukhulume okuthile okungahambisani nenani labantu beThimba lethu lama-Olimpiki.
Ngempela Ngqongqoshe, ingabe yiIokho okuncono kakhulu ongaqhamuka nakho?
Mthethwa ne-Sascoc; musani ukuba yiqembu labangaphumeleli, klomelisani lapho okufanele niklomelise khona.
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