{"id":235026,"date":"2022-08-24T10:06:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T08:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/government-increases-banyana-banyana-pledge-to-r15m\/"},"modified":"2022-08-24T10:06:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T08:06:56","slug":"government-increases-banyana-banyana-pledge-to-r15m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/government-increases-banyana-banyana-pledge-to-r15m\/","title":{"rendered":"Government increases Banyana Banyana pledge to R15m"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, has announced that Banyana Banyana\u2019s pledge of R5.8 million following the team\u2019s recent 2022 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) victory has been increased to R15 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am pleased to announce that the National Government\u2019s contribution to the team [has been increased] to R15 million. This means that R9.2 million was added,\u201d the Minister said.<\/p>\n

Last month, the team triumphed 2-1 over the hosts Morocco in an intense final held at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco.<\/p>\n

Briefing the media on the incentives for Banyana Banyana for their excellent WAFCON performance, the Minister said the significance of the team\u2019s WAFCON win means that they will be representing not only this country but also the continent in next year\u2019s Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cBanyana Banyana had been denied in five previous WAFCON finals \u2013 1995, 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2018 \u2013 and at the 2022 edition, they tasted glory for the first time in the history of the National senior women’s team.<\/p>\n

\u201cNational coach, Desiree Ellis, and her team achieved what seemed like an impossible feat when they maintained a clean sheet in reaching the WAFCON finals in Morocco. She too, gave us much to cheer about when the Confederation of African Football (CAF) recognised her for the third year running, with the 2022 WAFCON Coach of the Year,\u201d Mthethwa said.<\/p>\n

President Cyril Ramaphosa recognised Banyana Banyana\u2019s victory during a ceremony at the Union Buildings shortly after their arrival from Morocco.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the celebration hosted by the President, he noted the contribution of R5.8 that was committed by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture. He decided to instruct the whole of government, particularly National Treasury to pay more to Banyana Banyana than what the department had pledged,\u201d the Minister said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI salute Banyana Banyana for the positive role played by women in society and sports; in this particular instance, football. Banyana Banyana has shown us that it is possible. All we need to do is give them love. I am calling on all South Africans to go watch them and support them,” the Minister said.<\/p>\n

Mthethwa said as big supporters of women sport, his department is proud of its support not only to Banyana Banyana and the Proteas Netball team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, the department\u2019s contribution to big sports like cricket and rugby, is specifically ring-fenced for women. As Africa\u2019s first hosts of the 2023 Netball World Cup, we look forward to another big year at the world\u2019s stage by our country\u2019s women in sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdded to this, South Africa will also stage the Under-19 Girls Cricket World Cup and the T20 Women\u2019s Cricket World Cup in early 2023,\u201d the Minister said. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, has announced that Banyana Banyana\u2019s pledge of R5.8 million following the team\u2019s recent 2022 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) victory has been increased to R15 million. \u201cI am pleased to announce that the National Government\u2019s contribution to the team [has been increased] to R15 million. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-235026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/government-increases-banyana-banyana-pledge-to-r15m.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}