TimesLIVE reports that Patrice Motsepe is stepping in to help solve the SA Football Association’s (Safa's) Banyana Banyana crisis.

The 11th hour intervention means Banyana will leave on time for the Fifa Women’s World Cup in New Zealand and Australia in two groups on Wednesday and Thursday. While the details are not known about how the Confederation of African Football president, Mamelodi Sundowns owner and mining magnate Motsepe will help, his intervention is expected to be financial. Full details are expected to be announced at a press conference on Wednesday at 11am. Motsepe is believed to have been part of a crisis meeting with Safa and the Banyana players to come to a resolution. Safa and Banyana have been at odds over several contractual issues as well as the quality of their build-up opponents for the World Cup. The saga blew up when Banyana were unable to play their World Cup send-off game against Botswana at Tsakane Stadium on Ekurhuleni on Sunday. According to the SA Football Players Union (Safpu), while Banyana players threatened not to play the game because they felt their complaints were not being dealt with adequately, they were on the team bus and ready to play but were instructed not to do so by Safa. Safpu claims to represent Banyana players, though Safa has disputed that. According to the union, the players want the R565,000 per player in appearance money paid by Fifa for the World Cup group stage to be written into their contracts with Safa.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Marc Strydom at TimesLIVE

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