Banyana arrive in New Zealand for the Women's Soccer World Cup
The entire Banyana Banyana team has arrived in New Zealand ahead of the Women's Soccer World Cup which starts in 12 days. The first group of Banyana players departed on Wednesday evening. The second left on Thursday. The team travelled via Australia after a pay dispute with SAFA highlighting gender pay gaps in the country was resolved. The spat caused a renewed conversation around gender pay gaps in sports in the country. The squabble resulted in Banyana Banyana not playing a send-off match against Botswana in Johannesburg last Sunday. A hastily assembled team of South African lower league players lost 5-0. Australia and New Zealand are co-hosting the World Cup from July 20 and African champions South Africa, Morocco, Nigeria and Zambia are representing the continent. We spoke to Mathews Mpete, SABC Sports analyst
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