A warning on a soccer scam

Simamkele Vakaza

19 January 2016

The Western Cape Social Development has confirmed that five boys who were under its care have returned back to KwaZulu-Natal safely.

 It is believed that the boys were left stranded after being deceived into travelling to Cape Town for a scam promising them places at a top soccer club’s training academy.

“The five boys are safe back in KwaZulu-Natal. We are now working with the Department of KwaZulu-Natal social development, to look at the integration of three other boys”, said Albert Fritz.

 “Two of them are now back, reunited with their families, we just very happy the children are safe”, said Fritz.

He added that… “We want to repeat our warning to parents to please make any effort to make sure their children, when  they leave home from one province that they are going to a secure place and secondly a contract if it’s a soccer club or something that they supposed to go to that there is a type of contract”.