By Levy Masiteng
The Minister of Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC), Gayton McKenzie, has announced that National Treasury has approved an initial allocation of R20 million to support the rollout of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology in South African football.
This milestone follows a successful fact-finding mission to Spain, where SAFA VAR project leader Daniel Bennett and McKenzie’s Special Advisor Charles Cilliers assessed the operations of quality, which is one of four shortlisted global VAR suppliers.
The delegation said it was impressed by the quality of the centralised VAR Hub, a remote production facility equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure.
According to the department, they observed live video support and broadcast operations during a women’s Primera Federación Division 2 match and were impressed with FIFA’s commendation of the company’s compliance standards.
Bennett and Cilliers also visited the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) headquarters, where they witnessed a full VAR
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