Mabhuti Khenyeza pleads with SAFA to speed up coaching courses

The former Bafana Bafana striker is one of several tacticians in the Premier Soccer League who’ve been waiting on the motherbody to announce dates and the way forward since last offering curriculum in 2017.

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SAFA announced two months ago the first program would run from 13-23 November, but Khenyeza is yet to get confirmation.

"I think it's very important to have coaching licenses because, in this day and age, you need to have some sort of qualification but bear in mind that if you talk about licenses, when was the last time SAFA hosted a licensing course? They always host courses for D-licences and C-licenses only. They stopped hosting classes for an A-licence and B-licence back in 2015. We want to get these badges but where do we go," Khenyeza said.

Khenyeza made his comments after Arrows thumped Cape Town City 3-1 on Saturday afternoon to eliminate them from the Carling Knockout Cup.

He was asked whether coaching badges were necessary considering the results at the club so far this season.

Arrows are second on the DStv Premiership table after eight matches.

"They can complain about coaching licenses but when was the last time they hosted a coaching course? It's been eight years. If they were to host these sessions, so many coaches would attend but SAFA are not serious about them. They need to fix their internal issues. They only have old certificates from coaches who did their licenses back in the day," Khenyeza added.

More and more local coaches, at least those who can afford to, have gone to Europe or elsewhere on the continent as courses were not being offered in the country.

Khenyeza says that’s not fair.

"You can't blame coaches for not having coaching licenses because where are we supposed to get them? Some go abroad to try and empower themselves but here in South Africa we can't get those badges, you only get C and D-licences here."