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Officials from the South African Football Federation, led by Danny Jordan, met on Friday with Sports Minister Tocuzili Shasa to discuss the state's position on the organization of the FIFA Cup. 39, Africa of Nations 2019 after the withdrawal of the Cameroon organization.
The South African Football Federation (ASF) wanted to host the tournament, but CAF demanded government guarantees to accept its request, which has not yet been contacted by the Johannesburg government.
The South African Times Live reported that the Football Association had met with the Sports Minister yesterday as a government representative to obtain the letter of guarantee, but that the Minister of Sports was not satisfied with the record of the sport. organization, especially in the absence of guarantee of profits for the state.
The Minister of Sport also announced that the government would agree to apply the regulation if the CAF agreed to pay a portion of the profits from television and ticket sales.
A CAF source said earlier that even though the Africa Cup of Nations was closed Friday night, South Africa will have a deadline to announce its position before the host country is announced in January.
Egypt was officially named to host the tournament after Morocco apologized for suddenly applying to the organization after all the indicators confirmed its approach to African nations.
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