Watch — 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 Thomatis explains.Reporting by: Annemieke ThomatisFilmed by: Joel SeboaEdited by: Anda TolibadiProduced by: Emilie GambadeCreative input by: Malibongwe TyiloSub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme***Mid-July, Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie approved R3-million to help fund the South African men’s and women’s hockey teams’ World Cup campaigns.Set for mid-August in Belgium and the Netherlands, the tournament represents the pinnacle of the sport. Yet instead of focusing purely on traini