Parliamentary Sports Committee Chairman Butana Komphela has spoken out about the 'missing' protea in the new Bafana Bafana replica jerseys that were launched last week.The jersey that Bafana Bafana wore in their 0-0 draw had the protea but the ones that have been sold have been without the symbol.
Komphela lashed out at the SAFA CEO Raymond Hack who was quoted by Business Day insisting 'it is still a Bafana jersey (whether it has the protea or not) and that is all there is to it."
The chairman told the paper: "Raymond Hack is a dangerous, walking time bomb. His statement is the extent of how much he does not care about the pride of his country.
"Tell Raymond Hack that this is a national symbol that we are talking about here and we cannot make a mockery of the World Cup."
It is alleged that SAFA were cutting costs with the omission of the symbol, something that occured during Molefi Oliphant's reign.
SAFA president Kirsten Nematandani has vowed to solve the issue.
He said: "The old guard made these decisions a while back but we now have to sit down with Adidas and sort this out.
"It is something that we are engaging the government about at the moment. But I cannot tell you more about it."
