Another African Country, Madagascar, has called off a football match against South Africa to protest the menace of xenophobic attacks in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
This is coming 48 hours after the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) boycotted a friendly with South Africa’s Bafana Bafana, scheduled to hold in Lusaka on Saturday.
South African Football Association (SAFA) had hastily arranged another match with Madagascar but the Indian Ocean country called it off less than 48 hours to the event.
This was made known on Bafana Bafana Twitter page on Thursday.
“SAFA regrets to inform the public that the match between Bafana Bafana and Madagascar scheduled for this coming Saturday (7 September) has been called off after the visitors (Madagascar) decided to withdraw from the encounter,” the tweet read.
Similarly, the Malagasy Federation of Football has said it was an honour to be considered to play South Africa but after consultation with various agencies in the country, it was deemed wise to decline the invitation on security grounds.