According to the organisers of the planned protest on Saturday, more than 2 000 football supporters from across the country will be at the march to show their dissatisfaction. The march to demand the opening of stadiums to the general public will also be attended by people from affected industries. The livelihood of stadium vendors and security personnel at the matches who now don\u2019t have any form of income, are also affected by the banishment of fans at live football matches.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the major demand as the supporters\u2019 association is one we need to go back to the stadium. It\u2019s been too long now, it\u2019s over two years since the COVID-19 pandemic and yes the country is open to have 2 000 spectators in the field of play, however in football we don\u2019t even have a single spectator allowed to be back at the stadium in terms of the Premier Soccer League games and also in rallying behind and talking to the PSL assisting them in also pushing the minimum 50% capacity to open stadiums for supporters,\u201d says NAFSA Acting Chief Executive. Siyabulela Loyilane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Football fans in South Africa are up in arms. Supporters of the beautiful game want to return to stadiums with immediate effect. Football lovers have been banned from attending live domestic soccer matches in South Africa for two years now, due to strict COVID-19 regulations in the country. Now, members of the National Football Supporters Association (NAFSA) have organised a march to hand over a memorandum of demands during the Soweto derby at the Orlando Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":2471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,4],"tags":[7,26,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-2474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-sports","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n