Dylan Bettencourt
Ukuhlukahluka okusha kwe-coronavirus, okutholwe abacwaningi baseNingizimu Afrika kumise ezemidlalo eNingizimu Afrika.
I-Joburg Golf Open ihlehliswe ngosuku ngenxa yesimo sezulu esingesihle, kodwa lokhu kuhlehliswa kuvumele abadlali bamazwe ngamazwe ukuba babuyele emakhaya ukuze bagweme ukuhlaliswa bodwa njengoba imingcele yokuhamba ivinjelwe abavela eNingizimu Afrika.
Igalofu eNingizimu Afrika kulindeleke ukuthi liphazamiseke kakhulu njengoba i-DP World Tour ingeke ivume ukuhlanganyela i-South African Open ehlelelwe ukuba e-Gary Player Country Club e-Sun City ngesonto elizayo. I-Alfred Dunhill Championship e-Leopard’s Creek nayo ikhanseliwe.
Uchungechunge lwe-One Day International (i-ODI) phakathi kweNingizimu Afrika ne-Netherlands luphoqeleke ukuthi luhlehliswe ngemuva kokuthi luqale ngoLwesihlanu.
“Lesi sinqumo siza ngenxa yokwanda kokukhathazeka ohlangothini lwethimba elivakashile mayelana nokuvinjelwa kohambo kanye nemikhawulo yezindiza ezisuka eNingizimu Afrika ebekwe amazwe amaningana emhlabeni jikelele okubalwa i-United Kingdom, i-European Union kanye neMelika,” kufundeka isitatimende se-Cricket South Africa.
I-ODI yokuqala phakathi kwamaqembu iye yamiswa ngenxa yemvula ngoLwesihlanu lapho ama-Proteas aqede khona usuku inamaphuzu angama-278 ngemuva komdlalo omuhle ka-Kyle Verreynne oshaye ama-runs angama-95 emabholeni ayi-112.
Umdlalo webhola lombhoxo phakathi kwe-Barbarians ne-Samoa e-Twickenham umiswe kusasele imizuzu engama-90 ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale umdlalo ngenxa yokuthelana okuningi kwe-Covid-19 ohlangothini lwase-Samoa.
Isitatimende esikhishwe yi-Rugby Football Union (i-RFU) siveze ukuthi abadlali abane nabasebenzi ababili bathole imiphumela yokuthi batheleleke nge-Covid-19 nokuphoqe ukuthi umdlalo umiswe.
Abadlali baseNingizimu Afrika abathathu, uDuane Vermeulen, uMalcolm Marx kanye noSteven Kitshoff bonke bebezoqhudelana.
“Siyazi ukuthi lesi yisimo esidumaza kakhulu kubalandeli abaningi okufanele babekhona, kodwa ukuphepha kwamalungu awo emaqenjini womabili kuyinto ehamba phambili kithi,” kusho isitatimende se-RFU.
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