Mamelodi Sundowns president Patrice Motsepe has reassured his players and staff members that there will be no salary cuts at the club during the nationwide lockdown period.

The likes of AmaZulu, Cape Town City and Highlands Park have already enforced salary reductions for their players and staff members following the suspension of all football in the country.

However, Motsepe insists his players and all the staff at Chloorkop will continue to receive their full monthly salaries.

‘It’s important [that we continue paying the salaries],’ Motsepe said in a virtual media conference.

‘We will continue to pay the salaries whether there is football or no football.

‘We will continue to pay everybody who works for us their salaries as if there was no coronavirus – it’s an obligation we have for them. It’s an obligation. We have to do that,’ added Motsepe.

‘Listen, for me, football is not my number one focus. I love football. I am passionate about football but my number one focus is unemployment, poverty, inequality, hunger and lack of education,’ said Motsepe.