| Search for new Bafana coach continues - 25/05/2006 |
A report that Safa technical committee chairman Sturu Pasiya held face-to-face talks with Portugal and former Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari on the issue of Bafana Bafana coach for the 2010 WC has been described as pie in the sky by former Moroka Swallows coach and Wits University assistant coach Zeca Marques. According to a report on the Sunday Times site, "Marques said the consensus in Portugal was that the controversial, head-strong Scolari would continue in his present position unless something goes horribly wrong at the World Cup."
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| Safa boss dismisses hate campaign - 23/05/2006 |
Safa CE Raymond Hack dismissed a hate campaign to discredit him as mischievous and deceitful - and said there was no substance to reports that there had been a petition by staff calling for his dismissal. According to a report on the News24 site, "Hack said he had discussed the campaign with Safa President Molefi Oliphant and Vice-President Irvin Khoza, and both had given him full support and advised him to ignore what was clearly a personal vendetta."
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Full report on the News24 site
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| Strongman Khoza tries to muscle his way into 2010 action - 05/05/2006 |
Controversial football strongman Irvin Khoza, sidelined from direct involvement in the 2010 WC, is attempting to muscle his way into the action via the commercial company that will look after Bafana Bafana. According to a Mail & Guardian Online report, "attempts to get businessmen Saki Macozoma and Patrice Motsepe to serve on the newly established commercial wing of Safa could be scuppered by senior officials within the PSL, who want to see the board chaired by Orlando Pirates owner Khoza."
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| Zimbabwe to benefit from 2010 World Cup finals - 25/04/2006 |
Top Zimbabwe and Africa match official Felix Tangawarima is convinced that Safa are keen to help Zifa reap rewards from that countrys hosting of the 2010 WC finals. According to an allAfrica.com report, "Tangawarima said that he had talked to Safa officials with regards 2010, trying to establish how best we can benefit from their hosting of the tournament. He says they are saying Zimbabwe can host some of the countries coming to SA and make arrangements to even have those teams fly in and out of that country for their matches."
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| PSL and Safa go head-to-head over Bafana - 22/04/2006 |
The PSL and Safa are heading for a collision course over the new body which will look at the commercial aspect of Bafana Bafana and other national teams. According to a report on the News24 site, "the fresh attempt by the PSL is widely viewed as being orchestrated by a few individuals who want to take over the control of the national squad for personal gain. The same individuals cried foul when the 2010 procurement committee headed by Deputy Minister of Finance, Jabu Moleketi did not award them the hand-over management contract."
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Full report on the News24 site
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| Parreira emerges as frontrunner for Bafana job - 21/04/2006 |
Diplomatic relations among SA, Brazil and India (a grouping known as Ibsa) could settle what is developing into a fierce battle for the Bafana Bafana coaching job. According to a Mail & Guardian Online report, "the shortlist is down to three candidates: Carlos Parreira, Luiz Felipe Scolari and Frank Rijkaard. Brazil, together with its South American neighbours, voted as a bloc in SA’s successful bid to host the 2010 soccer World Cup and talk has been that in return Safa promised to support them in their 2014 bid."
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| Safa no longer interested in Erikssons services - 20/04/2006 |
England coach Sven Goran Eriksson is interested in taking over the national soccer team coaching job - but Safa is seemingly no longer interested in his services. Business Day reports that "Safa technical committee chairman Sturu Pasiya dismissed the claims and said that while Eriksson’s name may have come into consideration during the preliminary stages of the search, he was never actually approached."
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Full Business Day report
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| Eriksson interested in taking over as Bafana coach - 20/04/2006 |
Current England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson is said to be interested in taking over the vacant SA coaching job. According to a Mail & Guardian Online report, "Erikssons long-time assistant, Tord Grip, confirmed in Aftonbladet that Eriksson has been approached by SA football officials."
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| Murky waters still evident with regard to selection of new Bafana coach - 16/04/2006 |
The naming by Safa of as many as 13 candidates for the job of Bafana Bafana coach, shows how murky the waters still are with regard to filling the hot seat. BBC reports that "this relatively long shortlist defeats Safas earlier confidence of having the new man in place by mid-April."
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| PE businesses to benefit from R2bn boost from the WC - 12/04/2006 |
Economic benefits of almost R2bn could flow into the hands of Nelson Mandela Bay businesses during the preparation and event phases of the 2010 WC, said Safa CE Danny Jordaan. The Herald reports that "he was briefing PE businessmen at an FNB-organised business function."
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| Search for Bafana coach unlikely to meet deadline - 12/04/2006 |
The mid-April deadline set by Safa to find a new head coach appears unlikely to be met, with the availability of most coaches on the current 13-man list yet to be established. The Pretoria News reports that "Dutchman Guus Hiddink indicated that he was heading for Moscow rather than Johannesburg after this years World Cup in Germany, and hes not the only target who would prove inaccessible."
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| SA willing to pay big money for top foreign coach - 07/04/2006 |
The government, sponsors and the WC LOC are willing to pay the salary of a top foreign coach to ensure SA does well when it hosts the 2010 showpiece. According to a Mail & Guardian Onlione report, "a senior official at Safa said the LOC and the government wanted to have a big say in the rebuilding of Bafana Bafana to ensure that the 2010 World Cup is a success."
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| New Bafana coach remains a mystery - 04/04/2006 |
The media has been sent on a wild goose chase by Safa regarding the next Bafana Bafana coach. The Sunday Times reports that "it has been almost four months since the senior national team had a permanent head coach and fears are mounting that the team might be without a coach when they play their Cosafa Cup in Botswana next month."
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| Mpumalanga to hold indaba on World Cup needs - 29/03/2006 |
Mpumalanga will hold a meeting to thrash out soccer development issues ahead of the 2010 WC. According to a report on the News24 site, "Sports, arts and culture MEC Nomsa Mtsweni told the legislature that her department and Safa planned to hold the indaba next month. Also, were in the process of establishing various sub-committees that will look into such issues as safety and security and tourism, Mtsweni said."
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| New Bafana coach to be announced after WC in Germany - 23/03/2006 |
The man who will coach B afana Bafana at the 2010 WC will only be announced after this years World Cup in Germany. According to a report on the iafrica.com site, "an interim coach will be announced in April to guide the national team to the Cosafa Cup according to Safa President Molefi Oliphant."
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| SA headhunt Englands Sven-Goran Eriksson to coach Bafana - 22/03/2006 |
SA would like Sven-Goran Eriksson to be its football coach at the 2010 WC. The Daily News reports that "the Swede is leaving the England job after this years finals in Germany. Danny Jordaan, chairperson of the 2010 World Cup organising committee, said Eriksson was the ideal man to lift the nations struggling team."
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| PSL Trevor Phillips dismisses Safa takeover rumours - 13/03/2006 |
PSL CE Trevor Phillips described weekend reports that the PSL was poised to take over control of Bafana Bafana as far-fetched - but he confirmed there would probably be a greater involvement by the professional organisation in the running of the national team. The Cape Times reports that "Phillips said that this was not an urgent issue related only to rebuilding Bafana as a respected force before the advent of the 2010 World Cup, but also to streamline all issues linked to professionalism in SA soccer."
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| Safa silent after meeting - 11/03/2006 |
An eight-hour Safa executive committee meeting at Johannesburg International Airport, aimed at looking forward towards the 2010 WC and the appointment of a new Bafana Bafana coach, ended without any official statement. The Sunday Times reports that "the meeting took place amid an atmosphere of uneasiness generally throughout the country about the future of SA soccers controlling body in general - and their efforts to rebuild the sagging stature of Bafana Bafana in particular."
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| SA soccer back to where it started - 10/03/2006 |
"A revolutionary restructuring of football is being touted, which could see a government representative and a well-respected businessman being appointed to a new body that would run the affairs of the country’s national teams, the head of the South African Football Association’s (Safa) technical committee," Sturu Pasiya, told the Mail & Guardian this week. Also on the cards is an accommodation for equal representation on the newly constituted governing body of Safa and the PSL.
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| Jordaan welcomes Fifas decision to take charge of 2010 ticket sales - 07/03/2006 |
Rather than joining in any mounting alarm - with some SA soccer officials voicing immediate concern - LOC CE Danny Jordaan said that he welcomed Fifas decision to take charge of ticket sales for the 2010 WC. The Cape Argus reports that "Jordaan said that it would make for a smoother, overall organisation of the tournament in SA."
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| Safa puts out all the stops to find the next Bafana coach - 05/03/2006 |
Safa is ready to break the bank if that is what it will take to get the best coach for the national team. According to a report on the News24 site, "Swede Sven Goran Eriksson, Dutchman Guus Hiddink and Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira now head the list of those being head-hunted. Sturu Pasiya, chairperson of the technical committee which has the task of finding a new Bafana Bafana coach, said they would pull out all the stops to get their man."
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| Hunt for new Bafana coach begins - 28/02/2006 |
The identity of the man who will lead the national team during the 2010 WC could be unveiled by the middle of April. Business Day reports that "Safa CE Raymond Hack said that the technical committee had been officially given the task of finding the next Bafana Bafana coach."
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| Expect no changes from Safa - 28/02/2006 |
Nothing in domestic football shows the problems that beset the game better than Safa national executive committee (NEC) elections held every four years. In a Mail & Guardian Online column, Lungile Madywabe says that "this is an occasion when regional representatives should decide who can develop and channel the game in the right direction for another term. It is, alas, punctuated by cronyism, cheating and blackmail."
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| New Bafana coach to be appointed by April - 28/02/2006 |
Safa technical committee have been mandated to secure a Bafana Bafana coach by mid-April. According to a report on the iafrica.com site, "this was revealed by Safa CE Raymond Hack after a protracted meeting of the associations executive. Securing a coach will not necessarily mean the choice will be announced by mid-April. It is possible he will be under contract at that time and would not like to reveal his future plans, said Hack"
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| Safa WP hosts 2010 Gala Event - 23/11/2005 |
A WC 2010 Gala Event was held at the Spier Wine Estate near Stellenbosch, where Safa WP went all out to pass the message to Fifa that the Cape is ready to host 2010. SAsoccer365 reports that "Safa also used the occasion to thank Fifa President Sepp Blatter for the dedication he showed in ensuring that the worlds greatest single sporting event was hosted by SA."
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