Sport Minister Makhenkesi Stofile is expected to meet the South African Football Association (Safa) on Sunday to be briefed on the reasons for Bafana Bafana's dismal performance at the African Cup of Nations.
The national team crashed out in the first round, losing three matches and scoring no goals.
Stofile said the government was concerned about the team's decline and wanted answers.
"We're probably more concerned than the public because we know that... not only (does this) demoralise... the country, but... (it) also undermines the integrity of South Africa as the host country of the World Cup."
Stofile said he would meet Safa's leadership in an attempt to "correct" the team's recent losses.
"We have to give Safa an opportunity to get a report from their technical staff and then... give us a comprehensive report of what they think went wrong and what they think should be done."
But Stofile said he was confident that for the 2010 World Cup Bafana Bafana would be a strong team that would "surprise everybody".
So the government is "more concerned than the public." What does that mean? Are we totally uncaring? I also find it really sad that while people are having to poo in buckets and lose thier lives because of poor town planning and floods, out good government is making sure that the soccer team perform well so that our morale will be high. Thanks guys!!
Stofile will ask the team that went to Egypt what went wrong and how that same team "think should be done." WHAT?????? Have you ever heard of the blind leading the blind? If those people knew how to fix it, THEY WOULD HAVE!!!!!
As for why the team performing badly has anything to do with South Africa not being able to host a succesful 2010 world cup? What rubbish. In what way do our crime, transport, hotel, financial and racial problems have anything at all with the soccer team?
I hate the government getting involved in sport. Maybe that should be the biggest worry for hosting the 2010 world cup.
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