Zimbabwean rugby team spotted sleeping on the streets of Tunisia
The African World Cup qualifiers are underway but the Zimbabwean team seem to be having a few problems off the pitch.
When it comes to international sports tournaments, the biggest challenge players should have to face is on the field, but unfortunately, that wasn't the case for the Zimbabwean team.
They are currently in Tunisia playing in the African World Cup qualifiers but have run into a little bit of trouble. According to a number of reports, the team was held at the airport for about six hours due to their inability to pay a 20-euro (R320) visa fee per man.
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From there it became worse with photos of the team sleeping on the street circulating on social media.
Zimbabwe’s Sables Rugby Team stuck in Tunisia...😔 Why have we no respect and appreciation for our sportsmen and artists???
— Patience Musa ZIFM (@PatieMusa) July 3, 2018
They go out there flying the Zim flag high and get very little love at home...we can do better!@zimbabwerugby @ZimbabweSables @edmnangagwa pic.twitter.com/TmPY0aQzoW
This was confirmed by David Coltart, the former Zimbabwean Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture.
This is true - I have received a report from a father of one of the players. Simply unacceptable. What is our government doing about this? https://t.co/BZhiLC0z7Q https://t.co/BZhiLC0z7Q
— David Coltart (@DavidColtart) July 3, 2018
The Rugby team was held up for more than six hours at passport control point after Tunisian authorities confiscated their passports and demanded that they pay 600 Euros for visas, according to David Coltart, a former Zimbabwe Minister of Sport.
— atanas (@atanasi_) July 3, 2018