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SPENDING PRIORITIES: SA’s sports funding crisis exposed as athletes pay the price
SPENDING PRIORITIES SA’s sports funding crisis exposed as athletes pay the price Government’s R31-million expenditure on a Fifa World Cup nation-building programme while hockey players are self-funding their way to the World Cup has reignited debate over funding priorities. The teams will do so fully funded after Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie approved departmental financial assistance of R3-million on 23 July. The announcement comes after two-time Olympian Onthatile Zulu took to social media on 17 July to speak up about the financial burden she and her teammates and many other South African athletes have to carry.
- ▪SPENDING PRIORITIES SA’s sports funding crisis exposed as athletes pay the price Government’s R31-million expenditure on a Fifa World Cup nation-building programme while hockey players are self-funding their way to the World Cup has reignit
- ▪The teams will do so fully funded after Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie approved departmental financial assistance of R3-million on 23 July.
- ▪The announcement comes after two-time Olympian Onthatile Zulu took to social media on 17 July to speak up about the financial burden she and her teammates and many other South African athletes have to carry.
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SPENDING PRIORITIES SA’s sports funding crisis exposed as athletes pay the price Government’s R31-million expenditure on a Fifa World Cup nation-building programme while hockey players are self-funding their way to the World Cup has reignited debate over funding priorities. By Annemieke Thomaidis 23 Jul 2026 Two-time Olympian Onthatile Zulu took to social media to speak up about the financial burden she and her teammates and many other South African athletes have to carry. (Photo: Ashley Vlotman / Gallo Images) Dive Deeper Speed Read Summary Listen Dive Deeper In a matter of weeks, South Africa’s men’s and women’s hockey teams will arrive in Belgium and the Netherlands for the 2026 Hockey World Cup.
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