2030 Commonwealth Games on SA radar; 2036 Olympic deadline looms
But the country's hope of bidding for the 2036 Olympics has yet to be approved by cabinet, with the deadline coming up within the next two weeks.
Hendricks wasn't fazed at the prospect of missing the deadline, saying they could still bid for 2040, describing the process as 'a learning curve'.
The CS request to South Africa — with five other countries apparently interested in the centennial Commonwealth Games — comes eight years after the country gave up the 2022 edition scheduled for Durban.
Hendricks pointed out the nature of hosting had changed since then, with multi-city bids now being acceptable as a way of keeping costs down.
'[For 2022] we couldn't get the security or surety for the R4.5bn [cost]. The fundamental concept of the Commonwealth Games has changed, where we have Scotland now running on a £1m (R2.4bn) budget, which is not too bad. That budget was provided by Commonwealth Sport.'
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