SA’s sports funding crisis exposed as athletes pay the price

South Africa’s athletes are winning on the world stage, but they’re paying for it out of their own pockets. From R120,000 tournament fees to covering official staff costs, we look into why national teams are forced to crowdfund while big-budget spending happens elsewhere. Daily Maverick’s Annemieke Thomaidis explains.

Reporting by: Annemieke Thomaidis 
Filmed by: Malibongwe Tyilo 
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi 
Produced by: Emilie Gambade 
Creative input by: Malibongwe Tyilo 
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme

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