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BusinessLive reports that the South African women’s national team players could earn the biggest pay-day of their careers at the Fifa World Cup in France and could walk away with almost R1m each.
SA Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan announced on Thursday that the Banyana Banyana players and their Bafana Bafana counterparts would for the first time earn the same amounts when they participate in the Fifa Women’s World Cup and in the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon). “This will go a long way towards closing the pay gap between the men and women footballers in this country and it is a happy day for SA football‚” said Jordaan. The Banyana and Bafana players will get R320‚000 each if their teams are able to reach the last 16 stage of the World Cup in France and the Nations Cup in Egypt. They will earn R520‚000 for reaching the quarterfinals‚ R670‚000 for getting to the semifinals and R920‚000 for winning their respective tournaments. Bafana players have always earned more in bonuses during qualifiers or at major tournaments while their Banyana counterparts have received considerably less. Banyana captain Janine van Wyk welcomed the decision by Safa for remunerating them equally with their Bafana counterparts.
- Read the full original of Mahlatse Mphahlele’s report in the above regard at BusinessLive
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