Will Durban make Commonwealth Games deadline?
The City has until Wednesday to raise millions of rands to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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ETHEKWINI Municipality has until Wednesday, 30 November to secure funding and meet deadlines set by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to allow the city’s bid for the international tournament to go ahead.
According to recent media reports, The Durban Commonwealth Games 2022 bid committee is required to raise the R6.3 billion in guarantees required by the CGF for the bid to be confirmed.
Members of the team responsible for the Durban bid attended a meeting in London earlier this month to report on the preparations and the financial guarantees for Durban to host the Games. It is reported that the Federation raised concerns about Durban’s failure to appoint a local organising committee and change the content of the bid since the time of the award.
The CGF will be considering the submissions and will make a final recommendation in the new year on Durban’s ability to host the Games.
“We are behind in providing housing, our infrastructure is crumbling, and the city is struggling to meet all its obligations. When it became clear that the city was going to bid and host the Games, the DA asked for guarantees that t National and Provincial government would carry part of the cost. The then Mayor kept assuring us that they would pay, but all our requests for this in writing from the other spheres of government have proved fruitless,” said Meyer.