FOUR NATIONS TOURNAMENT
Pirates sink Baxter’s plan for Mokwena
Pirates assistant mentor Rhulani Mokwena will not be on the flight to Zambia after Safa and Pirates thwart Baxter’s plan
Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter’s plan to take Orlando Pirates assistant mentor Rhulani Mokwena to Zambia as part of the national team’s technical staff has been scuppered. Bafana will participate in a four-nations tournament in Ndola this week and Baxter wanted Mokwena to accompany the national team as an observer to gain experience. But Mokwena will not be on the flight on Tuesday after Baxter revealed that a communications breakdown between the South African Football Association (Safa) and Pirates put paid to the idea. "As everybody knows this camp has been really compromised in terms of time for preparation‚" Baxter said. "The warning time for us to know that we were taking part [in the tournament] was very short. We understand the situation at Pirates and we just want everybody to know that the intention was to bring a young coach to the camp and give him that experience. ‘‘That was a positive gesture and I think all parties will look to try to readdress that in the future. B...
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