Ozongenela isikhundla sokuba nguMengameli weSouth African Football Association (SAFA), uSandile Zungu, uthi unesiqiniseko sokuthi zonke izifunda zebhola eziyi-11 zaKwaZulu-Natal zizomeseka ngaphambi kokhetho oluzoba mhla ziyi-12 kuMandulo.
Umnikazi we-AmaZulu FC uthi ukuthola ukwesekwa yisifundazwe sakubo kuzomqinisa emkhankasweni wakhe wokuzama ukunqoba uMengameli okhona, uDanny Jordaan.
Ngokombiko weSportsWire, uZungu usevele uthole ukwesekwa ngokusemthethweni ezifundeni ezine zaKwaZulu-Natal, okuyi-Amajuba, uMgungundlovu, uThukela kanye neKing Cetshwayo.
Yize ezinye izifunda eziyisikhombisa zingakazimemezeli ngokusemthethweni ukuthi ziyamxhasa, uZungu uthi unethemba elikhulu lokuthi zizomeseka ngaphambi kosuku lokhetho.
“KwaZulu-Natal inezifunda eziyi-11 kanti i-Eastern Cape inezisishiyagalombili. Ngicabanga ukuthi senza kahle kakhulu kulezi zifundazwe zombili,” kusho uZungu.
Uthe uyakuqonda ukuthi ezinye izifunda bezingakafuni ukumemezela ukumeseka ngenxa yokuthi ungene emjahweni wokhetho sekudlule isikhathi.
“Nginesiqiniseko esikhulu sokuthi ngesikhathi siya engqungqutheleni yokhetho, zonke izifunda eziyi-11 zaKwaZulu-Natal zizobe zisemva kwalo mkhankaso,” kusho yena.
Lo mkhankaso kaZungu uphinde waqiniswa ngemuva kokuthi iphini likamongameli weSAFA, uBennet Bailey, lihoxise isicelo salo sokungenela ukhetho ukuze limsekele.
UZungu uphinde wazichitha izinsolo ezibuza ukufaneleka kwakhe ukungenela lesi sikhundla, ethi uneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-14 yesipiliyoni kwezokuphathwa kwebhola futhi uyahlangabezana nazo zonke izimfuneko zokungenela ukhetho.
