The Malagasy Football Federation has called off the friendly football match against South Africa, following the violent attacks against Nigerians and other African nationals in South Africa.
Madagascar has joined the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) who pulled out of hosting South Africa’s Bafana Bafana in Lusaka Saturday, citing “current security concerns.”
However, the South African Football Association (SAFA) turned to Madagascar for a hastily arranged friendly in Orlando on the eastern edge of Johannesburg.
But the Bafana Bafana Twitter page said on Thursday the game would no longer take place.
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“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 statement read
Similarly, the Malagasy Federation of Football, in a statement, said it was honored 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.
Violence erupted in the South African capital Pretoria last week following the shooting of a local taxi driver, allegedly by a foreign drug dealer.
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