South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) President Gideon Sam confirmed the news on Monday, after reports that the bid committee missed crucial submission deadlines, while government failed to put up the necessary financial guarantees.
The committee was given a November deadline to submit all documentation.
Sam says no one is to blame for the decision.
“Nobody can take blame for this, we were all in good spirits about doing it so I don’t think we can apportion blame. The reality of the situation is that budget vote of our minister for finance doesn’t look good, so we were going to take money from here and there.”
