702, Thursday morning

Life from a brother to an uncle, to a father, to a spouse, make sure they are getting the necessary health checks. And then, of course, Tatjana Smith's decision to now swim for the Netherlands. It's really, I think, exposed a lot of what's happening in not just swimming, by the way. We can talk about sports broadly. We can even speak about sports and arts and culture.

More widely, Tatiana Smith. I mean, it's an incredible statistic. She says her family invested an estimated 10 million rand over 16 years for her to have the career that she did. To then, having won international prize money, to have to threaten litigation against her federation to get that money is extraordinary. Think of Untatile Zulu, who paid

68,000 Rand to play at a World Cup. Chad LeClow will tell you about the reliance on private banking and independent campaigns. Athletes who now speak at conferences because they need to make that money to support their careers and on and on and on. I mean, wasn't there an article as recently as last month, Mute, that said the Bafana-Bafana players hadn't received some of their World Cup money? Yeah, that's always been a recurring problem around funding, but also.

Even after you win, getting the money, the prize money that you've won, or you know, the money that's calling for me representing your country. Not that it doesn't matter, but it's one thing to pay your way to get there. Now you've competed at the very highest levels, and internationally you are awarded money for having performed. And then your association keeps the money? And the country uses you to increase its brand and the good story that South Africa is, but you still don't get paid.

Aziz, you're in Norwood. You want to react to Tatiana Smith? Good morning. Hi, good morning, Aziz Katrada. Mungani, I'm just quite puzzled and perplexed. Mind is simple. First point is that sports, like anything else, is a skill. So it is covered by the skills development levy. Hence, if we get the cast theta involved in this, I can't understand that at national level with our national hero sporting heroes.