When SAFA regions vote for the new President on September 28, they need to put principles ahead of personal agendas. That’s the view of SAFA Johannesburg Vice-President Jimmy Bakos who will also be attending the SAFA Elective Congress in Fourways on Saturday. Speaking at the launch of the Clinix Stix Morewa Soccer Challenge in Soweto today, Bakos says these elections are not just about the two Presidential candidates Danny Jordaan and Mandla Mazibuko only…
The SAFA Elective Congress will be held at the Helderfontein Estate in Fourways with the new President and his entire executive expected to be unveiled to the media at around 16h00 on the same day.
Jordaan is up against Mazibuko for the presidential post with seven candidates vying for the three Vice-Presidents slots including Mazibuko again who on his side also has former Bafana Bafana team doctor Dr Victor Ramathesele. Chief Mwelo Nonkonyana still features both sides as a Vice-President candidate. Bakos says time for speeches is over, it’s time for action when it comes to development…
The late Morewa is still remembered as the most successful SAFA President since the country’s return to international football in 1991, the 1996 AFCON success and the vision of hosting a World Cup. Bakos says when Morewa left SAFA under controversial circumstances in 1996 that was the death of football development in SA…
It was during Morewa’s reign that Shakes Mashaba unleashed South Africa in the international youth tournaments. Speaking at the launch of the seventh edition of Stix Morewa tournament in Soweto today, Mashaba remembers him as a friend of development…
From 1996 until 2002, those years can be referred to as the golden years of SA football at a time when SAFA was still new in the international arena. In that period Mashaba coached an u/20 team to it’s first ever FIFA World Cup in Malaysia and proceeded with the bulk of that squad to Sydney 2000 Olympics. And some of those players also dominated the Bafana Bafana 2002 World Cup squad in Korea and Japan. Mashaba credits Morewa’s vision for this…
A number of PSL players have taken part in this Clinix Stix Morewa Soccer Challenge since it’s introduction in 2006, notably the BIDVest Wits duo of Sibusiso “General” Vilakazi and Katlego “English” Pule. The word development has been overused during this electioneering period but Mashaba has a simple message that the right people should do this…
Mashaba who has also coached Bafana Bafana and Swaziland national team says the challenge here at home is that players with no junior national teams experience mushroom at the highest level and it shows at a later stage…Journalist: Velile Mbuli