Ministan Wasanni na Afirka ta Kudu, Gayton McKenzie, ya zargi Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Afirka ta Kudu (Safa) da ƙarfi bayan gazawar gudanarwa ta hana wasu 'yan wasan Bafana Bafana samun takardar izni ta tafiya Mexico kafin FIFA World Cup 2026.

Hukumar watsa labarai ta ƙasa SABC ta kira lamarin «kuskuren gudanarwa mai girma», ba tare da ba da cikakken bayani ba. McKenzie bai ɓoye fushinsashi ba, yana rubuta a X yana neman a yi lissafi.

«Ana sa mu kama wawaye,» ya rubuta. Ya kuma kira halin «abin kunya kuma zagi ga 'yan wasan da ma'aikatan horarwa,» yana ƙara da cewa ya umurci Safa da su gabatar da cikakken rahoto kuma dole a ɗauki matakai a kan masu alhakin. Safa ba ta ba da wata martani ta hukuma a lokacin bugawa ba.

Gaggawa don samun takardar izni ta Amurka

A cewar TimesLive, jami'ai na Afirka ta Kudu sun yi gaggawa don samun takardar izni ta Amurka don dukan tawagar, suna fatan jigilar ƙungiyar da jirgin sama magariba na Lahadi ko Litinin. Izinin shiga Amurka yana da matukar muhimmanci — an shirya Bafana Bafana su buga wasansu na biyu a rukunin gasar da Czech Republic a Atlanta.

Afirka ta Kudu za ta fuskanci Jamaica a wasan abokantaka na shiri a Mexico ranar Juma'a, wanda shi ne wasansu na ƙarshe na shiri kafin fara gasar. Wannan wasa yana da ƙarin muhimmanci dangane da yanayin kwanan nan na Bafana Bafana: ƙungiyar tana kan jerin wasanni huɗu ba tare da nasara ba, bayan zanen takaici na 0-0 a gida da Nicaragua — sakamakon da ya haɗa da azaba da aka rasa kuma aka soki shi sosai.

Dawowar tarihi zuwa fagen duniya

FIFA World Cup 2026 tana wakiltar dawowar Afirka ta Kudu zuwa babbar fagen ƙwallon ƙafa a duniya a karon farko tun 2010, lokacin da suka ɗauki nauyin gasar a ƙasarsu. Suna cikin ƙasashe 10 na Afirka da ke halartar gasar mai faɗaɗa ta ƙungiyoyi 48, wacce Mexico, Amurka, da Kanada suke ɗaukar nauyin ta tare.

Bafana Bafana za su buɗe tafiyarsu ta Kofin Duniya da fuskantar Mexico — ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashen masu ɗaukar nauyi — a ranar 11 ga Yuni. Da tashin hankali mai ƙarfi a wajen filin wasa da yanayin rashin tabbas a cikinsa, rikicin takardar izni bai iya zo a lokaci mafi muni ba ga tawagar da ke matukar buƙatar natsuwa da kwarin gwiwa kafin gasar.