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Under the pre-tournament agreement, after tax and after deductions, players were said to have received. Should I tell you the number? No, I'm not going to tell you the number. However, with that being said, as much as the Bafana players got their payouts, technical staff unfortunately received significantly less. They reportedly received not even what is that? Not even 20% of what the Bafana players received themselves.

So, the payout did cause dissatisfaction among some members of the support staff, and those affected included personnel who contributed to the team's preparation and performance behind the scenes. There was an unnamed source that described the amount as disappointing compared with what the players did receive. Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie had promised Bafana an additional 5 million rand during the World Cup campaign, and the pledge followed the team's victory over South Korea. He also outlined further potential bonuses.

To victories in subsequent knockout matches. However, that additional 5 million rand has reportedly not been paid out as yet. But let's look at the difference between the FIFA money and the ministry's promises as well. So the FIFA-related payments are separate from what the minister had promised. So Safa received tournament-related funding from FIFA following Bafana's participation and progression to the knockout stages. The players and technical staff were allocated a portion of that funding under an agreement.

With Safa, and the outstanding ministerial pledge has become a separate source of frustration within the national team camp. So, how was the money originally meant to be distributed? So, the reports on the original agreement indicated that approximately 65 million rand was allocated to players and technical staff. Each of the 26 players were reportedly due around 2.5 million rand before deductions. Head coach Hugo Brusch was reportedly allocated 21.8 million rand, while assistant

Coach Helman was allocated approximately 8 million rand, and the remaining technical staff were allocated a smaller shared percentage of the funds.8 million rand. I'm not saying that Hugo Bruce didn't play his part. However, that is a lot. And for the technical staff to only be awarded how much okay, this is the approximately the technical staff got less than 250,000 rand each.