JOHANNESBURG – There were chaotic scenes at Banyana Banyana’s send-off for their second Fifa World Cup as the team boycotted Sunday’s warm-up game against Botswana at Tsakane Stadium in Ekhuruleni.
A makeshift South African team -seeming to consist of 13 players — were warming up to come out and play a game delayed from 3pm to 4pm, though reports were it was made up of no players from Banyana’s World Cup squad. A decent crowd turned out at the ground.
Coach Desiree Ellis’s makeshift Banyana were reportedly made up not of players from clubs of the top-flight Hollywoodbets Super League, but the next tier Sasol Women’s League.
This followed reports in the Sunday newspapers of a revolt in the women’s national team camp.
A report in Sunday Times, quoting sources, detailed a potential mutiny as players objected to the venue of Tsakane Stadium for Sunday’s send-off match against Botswana (3pm) as substandard.
