Inside Education Reporter
Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Zizi Kodwa is optimistic about the future of Bafana Bafana following a third-place finish at the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Côte d’Ivoire.
“What is clear for me now is that after a long time with Bafana Bafana, we now have sufficient building blocks for a national team to prepare for the next World Cup,” Kodwas says, adding that grassroots talent must provide the future pipeline to the national team.
“We must focus on the grassroots to build on. Bafana Bafana have made us proud as a country. All our national sports teams are performing extremely well. Bafana Bafana have come to the party.”
Turning his attention to Boxing South Africa (BSA), the Minister said reflected on the urgency of the BSA matter that is currently before the court. The Minister once again highlighted the government’s focus to stabilise leadership and governance at BSA.
“We are dealing with the issue. It takes time, but we have got to be careful in whatever we do.”
Kodwa says in a matter of days, he would be considering a number of options, including that in the interim, while we are dealing with the issue of the main application of the court ruling, whether appointing an administrator to do the same work that the Board would have done should be pursued.
“I want to bring boxing to its glory days. Whatever we do, we must make sure that there is clarity on issues of governance, there is clarity on issues of stability of leadership.”
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