The African Nations Championship Local Organizing Committee is embarking on a serious drive to woo supporters into the stadium for the last two rounds of matches. Bafana Bafana’s exit from the CHAN tournament following a 3-1 loss to Nigeria was a huge concern for the organizers as they were the crowd pullers at Cape Town stadium. Following the completion of Group B, Morocco will play Nigeria in the first quarterfinal and Mali will face Zimbabwe in the second game, a double header scheduled for Cape Town stadium. CHAN LOC CEO Mvuzo Mbebe says their plans were not set around Bafana…

Attendance has not been bad at the two Cape Town venues, as the tournaments reaches the competitive stage, Mbebe remains optimistic that they will get closer to their target of 350 000 people attending these matches…

Attendances in Bloemfontein picked up in the second round of matches but Polokwane continued to struggle, Mbebe is hoping for the better in the knockout stages…

Mbebe was also raving about the encouraging TV ratings for a tournament that was earlier looked down at in this country…Journalist: Velile Mbuli