Less than two weeks before the U18 Basketball African Championship in Johannesburg, South Africa has yet to announce the national team, the venues for the matches, or the plans to accommodate teams from 12 countries across the continent, leaving young players across the country in limbo.
The tournament, officially titled the FIBA U18 AfroBasket, will be hosted in Johannesburg from 1 to 14 September.
According to GroundUp , Basketball South Africa (BSA), the organisers of the tournament, announced training squads for the South African national boys' and girls' U18 teams on 21 July 2023.
The announcement was made in a letter addressed to all BSA members signed by the BSA secretary general, Sibongile Fondini.
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