GARETH VAN ONSELEN: Fikile Mbalula - An unbearably useless individual
ON JANUARY 20 2014, as if struck by a bolt of truth lightning, Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula suddenly felt compelled, Tourette’s-like, to blurt out a series of truths. How refreshing. Let’s have some more of whatever it is he’s on. Give the whole Cabinet a drink from his cup. That stuff is the real deal.Mbalula told a press conference after Bafana Bafana’s latest capitulation, to Nigeria: "Last night (Sunday) we saw a bunch of losers — unbearable, useless individuals. We must never wake up to this. We indeed have a crisis of monumental proportions, this tournament has proved. That mediocrity we saw yesterday is disgraceful."In Africa we have won nothing — we are the laughing stock. Even Madiba magic would not have worked. This generation of players we must forget. It is back to the drawing board. Safa (the South African Football Association) must draw up a detailed plan. They must wake up and smell the coffee."Agree with him or not, that’s about as forthright as polit...
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