Nearly three months into the job, Bafana coach still has no contract

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Nearly three months into the job, Bafana coach still has no contract
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Ntseki’s agent Thato Matuka will meet with new South African Football Association (Safa) acting CEO Gay Mokoena on Thursday to try to resolve his contract impasse. marc_strydom

Molefi Ntseki has been in charge of Bafana Bafana for three matches but is yet to be officially contracted to the position.Molefi Ntseki was appointed in August to replace the coach he had been assistant to, Stuart Baxter, as Bafana Bafana head coach until the Qatar World Cup in 2022. But he remains on his old Safa contract, dating back to when he coached the national under-17 team.

Ntseki’s agent Thato Matuka will meet with new South African Football Association acting CEO Gay Mokoena on Thursday to try to resolve his contract impasse. The reasons for this, said Matuka, include some sticking points on a proposed Safa contract, as well asjob as COO of the Qatar World Cup. “Obviously he [Mokoena] was appointed, and we had a subsequent appointment the following week regarding the contract,” Matuka told TimesLIVE.

"Bafana Bafana went into camp for the friendly matches against Zambia and Madagascar that were called off [in September], and Safa asked that Molefi oversee those games before the contract issue be resolved.

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