South African won't vote for Morocco's bid to host the 2026 World Cup, says Times Live on Monday. South African Sports Minister Tokozile Xasa announced that her country will not support the Moroccan bid, confirming the stance made public last week by Danny Jordaan, president of the South African Football Association (SAFA). «We are very clear that we can't support Morocco», she said. «Our parliament was very straightforward in this regard‚ it is the mandate of the country and it is an obligation for sporting bodies to understand what the country's agenda is». Last month, SAFA in the person of its president Danny Jordaan confirmed that South Africa would support the Moroccan bid. The official had even said in a statement, that it would be 'great' for Africa to organize once again this international competition. However, the association said last Thursday in a communiqué that it had received the two presentations and that «it was made clear to both delegations that these presentations would be taken to SAFA NEC who will give the mandate to the delegates going to the FIFA Congress in Moscow in June on which bid to support».
