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A player has his foot on a soccer ball.
The Western Cape Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Ricardo Mackenzie, is travelling to Portugal to assess the situation regarding a group of stranded young soccer players from Cape Town.
The group left the city earlier this month to take part in a football tournament in Spain.
They’ve since been left stranded after the BT Football Academy allegedly failed to pay for return flights and accommodation.
The group of more than 20 players is currently staying in a hotel in Lisbon.
“Minister Ricardo Mackenzie is currently travelling to Portugal to go and assess the situation and to determine what additional support is needed to ensure that the children can get home safely. Our first priority now is to ensure that the children are safe and they they can get home as soon as possible,” says acting Ministerial Spokesperson, Tania Colyn.
The academy has released a statement explaining further:
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