The controversy over Stuart Baxter wanting his son to be the Bafana Bafana goalkeeper coach continues unabated after the Briton declined to confirm or deny the allegations this week. Football fans across the country are unhappy that the SuperSport United coach‚ who appears to be the frontrunner for the vacant Bafana Bafana job‚ has demanded that his son Lee should be hired as a member of the technical staff he wants to use for the national team. Breaking his silence for the first time since Business Day revealed on Monday he wanted his son on board, Baxter said he had made "recommendations" rather than demands to the South African Football Association (Safa). "All the stories that I am holding Safa to ransom because I want my son to be working there‚ I made recommendations to Safa, but I have not mentioned staff by name yet‚" he said after United beat KwaDukuza United 2-0 in the Nedbank Cup at the Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium on Tuesday night. "Maybe someone has a 5% truth and 95% interes...
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