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It's clear football cannot resume competitively under Level 3 lockdown - Safa

The South African Football Association (Safa) has welcomed Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa's decision to allow contact and non-contact sport to resume training under Level 3 of the lockdown.

There hasn't been football anywhere in the country since mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic - and the PSL and Safa have been working together to find the feasibility of football resumption.

Safa admits Mthethwa's statement will be helpful in plotting a way forward ahead of Monday's Joint Liaison Committee (JLC) meeting.

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Acting CEO Tebogo Motlanthe said in the same statement released by the country's FA that from what the association gathered, no football will resume competitively under Level 3

"We welcome the fact that athletes can start training under strict specific conditions.