Billionaire Strive Masiyiwa has dismissed as false reports that he has launched a bid to purchase SuperSport United.
In a statement, Masyiwa said he has never heard of a football team called Supersport.
He said the reports are so scary and a complete disgrace to the important profession of journalism.
Below is the full statement
I have never heard of a football team called Supersport.
—Strive Masiyiwa
Over the last few weeks there has apparently been a lot of social media chatter started by an article by a South African journalist, claiming that I have made a bid to buy a South African sports team called SuperSport United.
With all due respects to the club and its fans, I had actually never heard of them. I’m sure they must be a great club but this is not my business. I don’t go round trying to buy sports teams. Even if you offered me the best sports team for $10, I would still not buy it because I don’t believe in buying businesses one knows nothing about. Sports is a serious business just like telecoms or mining or fashion; only I’m not into the business of sport. And anyone who has been on this platform knows that.
What surprised and saddened me however, was that a self-respecting “journalist” [I won’t mention the name] would imagine a story and simply proceed to write about it as though it were real. He did not check it out or speak to anyone in my organisation. Why let something like facts and truth get in the way of a fake story?
That is just so scary and a complete disgrace to this very important profession of journalism.
Let’s be serious now.
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