South Africa’s Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has called out Morocco for the way it has handled the situation around the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON).
According to him, the Moroccans have not been productive in their communication regarding hosting the tournament for the third consecutive time.
There have been several reports of the competition not happening due to Morocco’s uncertainties, just weeks after the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, confirmed the tournament will go on as planned.
With just 13 days to the scheduled start of the tournament, there has been no official communication from Morocco or from CAF.
“If Morocco is ready to host the WAFCON because they had a brilliant AFCON, they should do so, but if they are not ready, we want to tell them, we (South Africa) are not a country that doesn’t host games, we are not a country with less infrastructure. We will never be held hostage by countries that have less than what we have,” McKenze said.
“We don’t wait for no one. We will not allow women’s football to be treated this way…If Morocco is not going to host it, South Africa is standing ready because, at the end of the day, we will embarrass the President of CAF.”
Meanwhile, CAF is expected to break its silence on the matter in the next 48 hours as announced by the association’s Head of Communication, Luxolo September.
The tournament is originally scheduled to be played from March 17 to April 3 in Morocco, with qualified countries already preparing themselves for the tournament.
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