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Floyd Shivambu says African passport would solve Kaizer Chiefs problems The EFF s Floyd Shivambu says the issue of visas for intra-continental travel represents colonial backwardness . Image: Financial Mail
EFF deputy leader Floyd Shivambu has weighed in on Kaizer Chiefs battle to get visas to travel to Morocco for their first group match of the 2021 Confederation of African Football (Caf) Champions League.
Chiefs were set to play against Wydad Casablanca on Saturday and supposed to travel to North Africa on Wednesday night to honour the away fixture.
However, just hours before the team was due to depart for Morocco, the club announced that members of the travelling party were not issued visas to enter the North African country, despite applications being submitted timeously.
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has confirmed that the Caf Champions League match between Wydad Athletic Club from Casablanca in Morocco versus Kaizer Chiefs, will not be played as scheduled on Saturday, 13 February 2021, read a statement on the Safa website. In a one-liner correspondence sent to Safa last night, Caf through its Competition Division manager, Ahmed Salem said Caf will communicate the updated decision in due time.
As of Wednesday, Chiefs had been in the dark over whether or not the fixture would go ahead. Due to the hold up with the issuing of visas to Morocco and lack of communication from the Moroccan football federation and authorities on the matter that involves Kaizer Chiefs travelling to the north African country, the club had no option but to move their travel to tomorrow (Thursday), pending the resolution of the matter and cooperation from all the relevant parties, read a statement from the Glamour Boys.