South African World Cup visa debacle

South African World Cup visa debacle

South Africa failed to depart for the 2026 World Cup as planned on Sunday after some players and officials had not received visas 11 days ahead of their tournament-opening match against co-hosts Mexico.

 

[Gordon_R]

Storm in a tea-cup, plus political posturing. I just heard on the news that all players now have visas.

 

[bwana]

“I have informed SAFA that I need a report, and action must be taken against those responsible for this mess. We are being made to look like fools.”

Wonder who is going to read it to him and explain all the big words.

 

[Pegging]

Wonder who is going to read it to him and explain all the big words.

Probably the same AI that wrote it

 

[Heisenborg]

Wonder who is going to read it to him and explain all the big words.

The chief clown has spoken

 

[Hemi300c]

So they can take a day visitor visa..............

 

[Heisenborg]

So they can take a day visitor visa..............

Too soon

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2061117218239480182

 

[Rumple4skin]

They should just stay. The embarrassment of not being able to go would be far smaller than the embarrassment their performance will be at the world cup.

 

[akescpt]

Wonder how much his trip will cost this time around…