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SAFA MUST GUIDE BROOS TO APOLOGISE

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December 15, 2025

THE recent comments by Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos have struck a nerve deep within the national psyche, creating an unwelcome and damaging storm on the eve of critical tournaments.

While his frustration with player discipline is understandable, the language he used specifically the jarring, racially charged analogy about a player’s skin colour and the belittling description of a woman agent as a “nice little woman” was profoundly unfortunate. In a nation still healing from the scars of apartheid and grappling with a crisis of gender-based violence, such words are not merely insensitive; they are inflammatory and harmful.

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