Game-changer career for the disabled
Johannesburg - Co-founder and MD of training and skills development provider, Dynamic DNA, Prudence Mabitsela indicates that people with disabilities (PwDs) can play an invaluable role in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), while carving out a rewarding career for themselves.
She says people living with disabilities should not be excluded from participating in the economy.
“If you have the right attitude, aptitude and skill, there is no reason why you should not be able to excel in this booming sector,” she says.
Mabitsela adds that she is passionate about empowering youths with the right skills and focuses on getting more people with disabilities, and black women into the ICT sector.
“Disability inclusion is about creating an all-encompassing workplace, where people feel welcome and appreciated for what they bring to the table. While some impairment like blindness, for example, are not at the level of inclusion that we would like, there are plenty of opportunities for the deaf, speech or mobility impaired. While there are still some barriers for people with disabilities in the workplace, this is changing, thanks to advances in technology, support of companies who appreci-
ate the value of becoming more inclusive, and opportunities created by the growing IT skills gap,” Mabitsela says.
Research from the City of Joburg suggests that South Africa currently has approximately 3,5 million PwDs, making up 6,6% of the total population; which means there is a substantial untapped market for businesses to plug into for scarce skills.
Mabitsela adds that those with disabilities are often early technology adopters, using it to help empower them to do more, so they would enjoy developing expertise in areas like cyber security, AI and cloud computing, which are in high demand.
“It is important to make it clear that providing training and employing PwDs does not make businesses charitable. It is simply more of an intentional part of the skills development process,” she adds.
In addition to addressing skills shortage, prioritising learnership programmes for PwDs can bolster an organisation’s B-BBEE compliance mandate, making it eligible for levies and grants provided by the Skills Development Act and the Skills Development Levies Act. This includes mandatory and discretionary SETA funding and even SARS rebates.
Mabitsela gives reasons why ICT
could be a great career for people with disabilities and how businesses can market to PwDs.
“Most jobs in the ICT industry are not physically strenuous, making it perfect for those with mobility challenges. The use of assistive technologies like speech to text means those with a mobility disability or hearing impaired can communicate with ease on email, WhatsApp and through work applications. It may require some getting used to and access to these technologies may be difficult, but there is nothing stopping those who experience mobility challenges, speech impairments or hearing loss to enjoy a career as a programmer, systems analyst, business analyst or software engineer,” she says.
She adds that many training companies have adapted their learning environment to cater for people with mobility impairment.
“Campuses, for example, are more accessible and inclusive, with flexible learning rolled out to a level that suits the individual. For those with hearing impairment, learning materials can be accessed in a visual format and online platforms allow them to learn at their own pace in the comfort of their home. Remote working is now increasingly accepted, which removes the physical barrier of ac-
cess to the workplace. Those with a disability can work from home, with many companies providing internet access and voice apps that allow them to make and receive calls. Working from home is especially beneficial as many young people do not have access to a vehicle for travel, and many workplaces are difficult to access. This way, barriers for people living with a disability are removed even further,” she says.
Mabitsela adds that people with disabilities may be nervous to integrate into the work environment, however, organisations like Dynamic DNA are on hand to provide learnerships with full learner management.
“This includes training, hiring, workplace mentorship and complete administrative management of skills development to ensure a company investing in PwD’s also benefits from tax credits and levy reimbursements. If a person with a physical disability does not have an aptitude for a technical ICT qualification, working in a call centre will provide them with flexibility, and they don’t need a specific qualification to enter this field. All they need is a personal computer, telephone and headset. There are many call centre jobs and several people living with a disability are doing them,” Mabitsela says.
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“Most jobs in the ICT industry are not physically strenuous, making it perfect for those with mobility challenges.”
Dynamic DNA co-founder Prudence Mabitsela
In addition to addressing skills shortage, prioritising learnership programmes for PwDs can bolster an organisation’s B-BBEE compliance mandate, making it eligible for levies and grants provided by the Skills Development Act and the Skills Development Levies Act
talent ManageMent: the 4th iR veRsion of huMan ResouRces
School leavers and employees are eager to start a career in Human Resources, as it is a fast-growing career field with many lucrative opportunities. Today in South Africa one can set up a private consulting practice to do training, completion of SETA forms, career path analyses and development, and many other functions. Career analysts expect the number of Human Resources jobs to increase in the future.
If you choose to work for an organisation, a career in human resources involves helping an organisation manage its people. This includes recruitment, mediation, holding disciplinary hearings, training, compensation, administering benefits and handling the informational side of people management. Human resource managers are frequently in top management roles and are critical to the success of any company.
With the fourth IR changing skills requirements in companies, this field is increasingly known as Talent Acquisition, and Talent Management, showing the reframing of seeing people as TALENT rather than employers. This simple word greatly enhances the value that employers assign to the people who work for them. What type of person should I be?
Human Resources is a professional career that demands:
• integrity,
• confidentiality,
• and a high level of interpersonal interaction
• sensitivity,
• big picture, team-orientation
• extroverted personality
• and honesty
There are a number of areas of specialisation within HR, depending on the size of the company you may specialize in one area or work in some or all of them. They include:
• HR Planning: Anticipate and make provision for the movement of people into, within, and out of an organization.
• Training and development: Design and deliver training programs using a variety of methods to develop an employee’s knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Staffing: Locate potential applicants, encourage them to apply for existing or anticipated job openings (recruitment); choose individuals with relevant qualifications to fill existing or projected job openings (selection).
• Organisational Development: Improve jobs through technological and human considerations in order to enhance organisation efficiency and employee satisfaction.
• Performance evaluation: Design and develop programs and tools which help managers and employees establish performance standards, identify ways to improve performance, and assess and document work performance.
• Compensation & Benefits: complete pay rolls each month, create policies, develop programs to fairly compensate employees for work performance and meet strategic objectives of organization. Includes wages, salaries, incentives, bonuses, and commissions and benefits provided to improve employees’ quality of life.
• Employee & Labour Relations: Design and develop HR policies and practices to maintain harmonious working relationships between departments, managers and individuals (includes employee communications, managing organization change, absenteeism, sexual harassment, employment equity, diversity).
• Workplace Health & Safety: South African companies have to comply with the rules and regulations of the Occupational health and safety Act. Policies and procedures must be designed to ensure compliance with this act, and to ensure a hazardfree workplace; inform employees about health and safety, enforce safety rules, and keep comprehensive company records.
• HR Information Management: learn to
operate and maintain a computerised data information system.
What type of person should I be?
• Good communicator
• Good listener
• Handle pressure
• Handle rejection or anger of interviewees not selected
• Attention to details
• Patient and observant
• Assertive
• motivating
What will I do on a day to day basis?
• Recruit and select and interview staff
• Payroll
• Deal with mediation and arbitration and labour disputes
• Liaise with staff and management
• Create reports, complete workplace skills plans and annual training reports, be part of training committee
• Skills and training development path planning
• Training, orientation and induction of new staff
• Signing of new contracts
• Problem solving and decision making
• Create staff policies
To find out more visit one of Boston’s 47 support centres situated countrywide, call 011 551 9000, email info@boston.co.za or visit www.boston.ac.za
Awareness vital in countering cyber crooks Tech
Addressing cyber security is a joint venture between security experts and organisations that keep staff informed
Reporter
Cybersecurity consultants at Altron Karabina, Keitumetse Mogodi and Reggie Nkabinde say despite improving technology to defend against cyber criminals, digital hygiene is of paramount importance.
While security experts are responsible for ensuring that best practices, tools and the essential principles of security are in place, it would be futile if there was no awareness and education for end users, they say.
Addressing cyber security can be seen as a joint venture between security experts and organisations that keep staff informed.
“Just as we look after our physical security by being aware and conscious of our surroundings, in addition to physical security investments to protect us, so too should people think about cyber security,” Mogodi says.
She adds that large breaches that make the news regularly serve to keep high-profile cybercrime front of mind. “But every time we use a device there is a risk. You never know when a malicious email will land or an attack will happen, be alert.”
Nkabinde says all users must educate themselves, not just those tasked with managing cyber security. “Users must familiarise themselves regarding cyber security and breaches. Google is your friend, stay up to date with the latest devel-
opments; this will ensure that users are cyber aware. Look at the security practices; have an appropriate password and multi-factor identification; learn how to have your data encrypted; know the latest tools to use; know what to look out for so as to prevent a phishing attack or open the door to your organisation; and pay attention to simple things like tone, colours, URLs and more.”
Mogodi and Nkabinde say the best-laid plans in an organisation can become unstuck if users are not on top of their own cyber behaviour.
“This makes on-going education and awareness an absolute necessity for businesses, and this needs to be driven from the top of the organisation,” says Nkabinde.
Mogodi adds that specialist partners will help businesses identify all weak spots, but there need to be awareness campaigns that teach users that every time they log into the company systems without due care, there is a risk they could open a door for criminals.
Nkabinde says cloud computing can be more secure. “A specialist partner will work with a business to ensure that the core principles of cloud computing are adhered to, while identifying the best tools to help secure the organisation.”
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Women demand voice over climate change
Chris Gilili
Last Thursday rural women farmers from across Southern Africa gathered at Constitution Hill to share their experiences of climate change.
Over 100 members of the Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA) gathered at Constitution Hill to demand action on climate change.
The women came from countries across the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Their demand was that their voices be included when climate change is addressed at conferences such as the United Nations COP27 climate conference in Egypt.
The women spoke about how climate change is affecting them. They wrote down their demands on how governments could assist them and help with mitigating the effects of climate change.
Mary Sakala, a farmer from Zambia said women must be represented on platforms like COP27. Camile Fakudze from Eswatini said: “Climate change has caused poverty in her community and women could no longer farm as they used to. But addressing the issue is made difficult because, Swaziland is not safe for us. We cannot address our issues freely. Even if you are trying to empower women in Swaziland, you are seen as a political threat. The government has turned a blind eye to our issues as women, there is no budget for rural women farmers,” said Fakudze.
Emily Tjale from Limpopo said Ntwane Village, where she lives, is in a lowveld region. “It was always green and beautiful, but since 2014 there have been drought conditions. We are truly suffering, we could not harvest anything. I think COP27 is just a talk shop. We need concrete solutions
for climate change now. The big polluting companies should be made to pay and be largely taxed,” said Tjale.
Thembi Mahlangu from Moutse Village in Limpopo said: “I farm green beans and spinach. But climate change has affected how we farm. When we harvest our produce is not properly grown. We need to be trained in our communities on how to minimise the effects of climate change and preserve our environment.”
Southern African Rural Women’s Assembly co-ordinator Mercia Andrews said: “Rural women farmers seriously suffer and are affected, but there is no compensation given to them. It was perfect to have our event now, at the moment of the COP conference to expose the hypocrisy of our leaders.” GroundUp
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Part of the gathering on climate change experiences at the Constitution Hill Pic: chris Gilili
Promise for improved internet in Africa
Own Correspondent
The recent arrival of Google’s Equiano subsea internet cable promises cheaper and faster internet in Africa.
Equiano has 20 times more capacity than the last cable built to serve the region. Once Equiano comes online, internet connectivity could be around 20% cheaper, according to Google Sub-Saharan Africa managing director Nitin Gajria. But how much cheaper data will become because of Equiano largely depends on the country and partnerships along the way.
The Equiano internet cable that landed ashore in Melkbosstrand outside Cape Town earlier this year could cut South Africa’s internet
costs by around 20%, according to Google. Equiano arrived in South Africa in early August, its final destination Togo, Nigeria and Namibia.
Gajria says the submarine internet cable, stretching 15 000 kilometres from Portugal to South Africa along the west coast of Africa, features 12 fibre pairs and capacity of 150Tbps.
“Equiano has 20 times more network capacity than the last cable built to serve this region. There is a huge positive knock-on effect in terms of digital economies and job generation. For the end-user the knock-on effect is faster and lower cost internet. Depending on the country, geography and various partnerships, this would be somewhere in the range of 20% cheaper internet locally,” Gajria said.
Warning on procurement scam
Johannesburg - The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has warned the public of a scam doing the rounds around the country, where unscrupulous people circulate fraudulent tenders under the bank’s name.
In a statement SARB said the email address and tender documents attached to the email, calling on prospective suppliers to bid for 300 units of MRTX flashlights, is fake.
“All SARB email addresses end with res-
bank.co.za. Suppliers are advised to scrutinise all bids they receive, including the email addresses of the SARB buyers, as well as other details. It should also be noted that all procurement at the SARB is centralised within its Procurement Division. If a potential supplier is unsure about a tender purporting to be from the SARB, they are encouraged to contact the SARB’s procurement support desk through email supplier@resbank.co.za,” SARB said.
Equiano will start feeding more network capacity through the west coast of Africa and South Africa in a phased approach, said Gajria, with the first phase to begin in December.
“The cable brings a lot more network capacity. We are working with partners to bring this capacity further afield. This involves us working with ISPs, telcos and other infrastructure players in the ecosystem to bring this capacity further afield. One of our objectives is to start driving more connectivity and getting more people online and getting faster, cheaper internet into more parts of Africa, including rural areas. In about 1.1 billion people in Sub-Saharan Africa only 300 million are online. Those
people do not really have the full internet experience that many of us do. The problem in getting more people connected to the internet in Africa involves network availability, which is becoming less of an issue as telecommunication providers expand. So think of Equiano as bringing in a lot more supply of network capacity into Africa. That will make internet speeds faster and data cheaper,” Gajria said.
The landing of Equiano in South Africa coincides with the laying of the 2Africa cable, the longest subsea cable in the world, which recently arrived in Marseille, France. The cable will connect 33 countries and continents of Africa, Europe and Asia once live in 2023, further improving capacity in the regions.
Security guard shoots another dead
‘The security guards working for different companies were on duty at the time, and the motive for the murder is not yet known’
Johannesburg - On Sunday police arrested a 34-year-old security guard for murder at Prasa building, corner Carr Street and Central Road.
Police spokesperson Lt-Colonel Xoli Mbele said the man allegedly shot another security guard once in the upper body.
“The victim was taken to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The security men working for different companies were on duty at the time, and the motive for the murder is not yet known. The firearm used in the shooting was confiscated and investigation is underway,” Mbele said.
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Google Sub-Saharan Africa managing director Nitin Gajria
‘Equiano will start feeding more network capacity through the west coast of Africa and South Africa in a phased approach, with the first phase to begin in December.’
Paper and print still relevant as ever - study
Johannesburg - Contrary to popular belief, society is far from being paperless.
A recent survey conducted by the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) found that 82% of respondents still use many forms of paper in their daily lives. Only 5% reported using paper “little”, and 0.2% said they did not use paper.
Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) director Jane Molony says the world is changing, and so is use of paper.
“We wanted to get a better understanding of how, when, and why people use paper and what they thought about it. What we learnt is that paper in its countless forms still holds a prominent place in people’s lives,” she says.
The 1 976 people surveyed said paper is for pleasure. When reading for fun, respondents preferred paper books and magazines to electronic versions. Just over 32% of participants read paper books, 22% read magazines and 11% enjoy newspapers. In total 65% of people preferred paper when reading for leisure.
Eighty percent of those who completed the survey admitted that they own 50 books or less with 8.6% saying they have more than 100. Just under a quarter of respondents still get their news from newspapers only, while 33% of the participants say they rely on a
combination of newspapers and websites. A significant 87% of people agreed that labelling and printing on packaging are important to them. Just over 64% of respondents correctly believe that paper is sustainably produced in South Africa and some 85% understand paper to be a renewable resource.
“These insights are great news for our sector which has been championing the versatility, renewability and recyclability of paper through awareness, advocacy and education programmes,” Molony says.
She adds that however the myths around paper production causing deforestation still abound.
“There is disconnection between people recognising that paper is a sustainable material, but believe that trees need to be kept in the ground to help our planet. We continue to counter misinformation about paper and print with the science around harvested wood products, and to challenge attitudes about paper and print’s place in society,” she says.
Since the early 2000s, the internet has been inundated with predictions of paper and print getting obsolete. Decades later, both remain a staple part of daily lives, and South Africans believe that this will not change anytime soon.
Asked if they believe print is dead, 55% of respondents disagreed. Despite what some say, print and paper are still very much alive.
Police seize over 280 guns
Johannesburg - Gauteng police arrested more than 120 suspects and recovered over 280 firearms and about 8 000 rounds of ammunition between November 1 and 15.
Working with other law-enforcement agencies in O Kae Molao operations they made the arrests through crime-prevention patrols, stop-and-searches and tip-offs.
Police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Sello said members of Johannesburg central police arrested a 45-year-old suspect in the early hours for possession of an un-
licensed firearm and ammunition. “Members on routine crime-prevention patrol noticed three suspicious individuals in town just after midnight. A stop-and-search was conducted, which led to the recovery of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition,” Sello said.
In Ivory Park police arrested a 36-year-old man and recovered an unlicensed firearm and ammunition after a tip-off.
The firearms will be tested to establish if they are linked to other crimes, Sello said.
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PAMSA director Jane Molony
According to 82% of South Africans paper is still a part of their daily lives
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Theatre appoints festival director
The Market Theatre Foundation has appointed MoMo Matsunyane as the new director of the Zwakala Festival that will take place from 4 February 2023.
The festival is the most established and well-respected theatre festival in Gauteng. The revamped model of the festival has a much clearer mission and vision, which is to develop, nurture and promote new writing talent, a platform for connecting communities and to support new writers and directors to connect with larger audiences.
Matsunyane has been a professional actor since 2004. She obtained an honours degree in Dramatic Arts from Wits University in 2012, majoring in performance as well as film and television.
She has performed in numerous plays, films and television shows and has been nominated and won several awards. Those include Best Actress in a Leading Role (Have You Seen Zandile?); Naledi Theatre Awards 2014), Best Supporting Actress (Ankobia); SA Theatre Magazine Awards 2017), Best Ensemble (Animal Farm); Naledi Theatre Awards 2015), Best Supporting Role (Tsotsi the Musical); Fleur Du Cap Awards 2018), among many others.
UJ gallery unveils art collection
Visitors to the gallery can view this unique collection of art that resonates with biographical, educational, social, economic and political meanings
Johannesburg - The University of Johannesburg has opened the Nimrod Ndebele - Gerard Sekoto Collection at the UJ Art Gallery, a long-term showcase on loan from the university’s chancellor, Professor Njabulo Ndebele.
Visitors to the gallery can view this unique collection of art that resonates with biographical, educational, social, economic and political meanings, which are encoded within them and also resonate beyond them.
coba in that he improved their way of thinking about life in general. “He held strong views on social and political matters. He was an unflinching Marxist and made no apologies for that. In those days, the mid-thirties, when life appeared less worldly he gave us the shock of our lives when he bluntly flung this at us, that he did not believe in the existence of God.”
In 2016/17 she co-directed multi-award Naledi winning play Tau which enjoyed a highly successful run at the Market Theatre.
“I hope to give an opportunity to plays and performers who will thrive in an opportunity like this. It is one thing to want to be on a stage like the Market Theatre’s, but it is another to be hungry for it. I also wish to have a variety of plays that represent a multitude of voices, particularly those from communities people consider marginalised, forgotten or unworthy,” she said.
The Zwakala Festival continues to remain one of South Africa’s most dynamic theatre festivals aimed specifically at communitybased theatre-makers.
It was established three years after the Market Theatre Laboratory was founded in 1989 by Barney Simon and John Kani, with funding from the Rockerfeller Foundation.
The festival is sponsored by the Department of Sports Arts and Culture incubation programme.
Local horror movie wins big
Arts Correspondent
South African horror film, The Domestic, was recently announced as the African winner at ScreamFest LA 2022.
Produced by Shaun Naidoo, directed by award-winning writer and director Brad Katzen and photographed by award-winning cinematographer Motheo Moeng, The Domestic tells the story of an upperclass couple who hire the daughter of their deceased housekeeper, only for things to take a macabre turn when she tries to destroy them.
Exploring themes of tradition versus modernity, African witchcraft and muthi, and the extreme class differences, The Domestic is a tense, disturbing descent into suburban horror.
Launched on Amazon Prime Video earlier this year, the film is a horrifying tale set in Johannesburg starring Thuli Thabethe, Amanda Du-Pont and Tumisho Masha.
The film has amassed 12 awards from national and international fes-
tivals, including Best Horror at the Budapest Film Festival, Montreal Independent Film Festival and International World Film Awards.
Naidoo said the film was finalised between 2020 and 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic, under strict lockdown regulations.
“The cast and crew had to double efforts to ensure that the final product is of quality and exceeds international standards. Being awarded by industry peers at a prestigious event such as ScreamFest is every filmmaker’s dream. The Domestic has also been selected in nine other film festivals across the globe.
These include the Santiago Horror Film Festival, Something Wicked Film Festival and the Rome Prisma Film Awards,” Naidoo said.
The film also recently received the Dark Matter Jury Award for Horror at the Austin Film Festival in Texas.
“This confirms that with limited financial resources, an African film production company can produce a film that can win awards at international level,” Naidoo added.
Originally purchased by Nimrod Ndebele from Sekoto just before the artist left for Paris, France, in 1947, the three artworks have hung together on the living room walls of all Ndebele’s abodes, from Pietersburg, Sophiatown and Western Native Township to Charterston and Duduza, both satellite locations of the town of Nigel.
For at least 70 years they have been on private, home display, only once featuring in a major exhibition Song for Sekoto at the Wits Art Museum between 24 April and 2 June 2013. The collection has earned the family name The Inseparable Three.
In a letter in 2021 Professor Njabulo Ndebele, son of Nimrod Ndebele, describes the friendship between the teacher and playwright Ndebele, the teacher and artist Sekoto, teacher and artist Ernest Mancoba and the teacher Louis Makenna as an unlikely, marvellous convergence of talent. These four African men met in the 1930s when they were in their 20s and teaching at Khaiso secondary school in Polokwane.
Nimrod Ndebele details their intellectual camaraderie stating that while Sekoto painted and Mancoba sculpted, he wrote and produced plays, some of which Makenna, Sekoto and Mancoba performed in. He remembers in this regard that ‘we discovered our artists to be good actors in drama.’
Nimrod Ndebele expresses a debt of gratitude to Man-
He recalls Sekoto’s assertion that he allowed only three people to peep into his work as he was painting, Makenna, Nimrod Ndebele and Mancoba. He had confidence that these three looked with interest, not merely out of curiosity.
Nimrod Ndebele was born on 12 October 1913 in Senyotong, in the Leribe district of Lesotho. His father, Reverend Walter Ndebele had at the time been sent to Lesotho to do missionary work on behalf of the Christian Catholic Church of Zion.
Growing up in Sophiatown, he attended Saint Peter’s secondary school in Rosettenville and Amanzimtoti College, where he earned a teaching certificate and began teaching at Khaiso secondary school.
He went on to write the first published play in isiZulu which is now listed in number six on the Bantu
Treasury publication list of the University of the Witwatersrand. Both Mancoba and Sekoto won scholarships to develop their art in France, where they garnered international repute.
“Embedded in these three artworks is a wonderful sense of a historical moment and a special relationship among friends that was as emotionally mutual as it was supportive, professional, intellectual and artistic. They are a significant national asset,” Professor Ndebele says.
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Professor Njabulo Ndebele
Award winning actress MoMo Matsunyane
Lusanda Zokufa
SAFA
president reflects on 2010 legacy
Sports Reporter
During the World Football Summit Africa at the ICC in Durban last Thursday SAFA president Dr Danny Jordaan revisited the 2010 FIFA World Cup memories to the global football audience, touching on how pessimistic the world was ahead of the world sporting showpiece. That pessimism was all to change after South Africa hosted one of the most successful World Cup events.
Dr Jordaan spoke of how the European audience kept speaking of Plan B, because they did not believe that an African country could host such an event.
“Since then the way the rest of the world views Africa has changed, thanks to the 2010 FIFA World Cup,” Dr Jordaan said. He told the football audience that the association is investing massively in the youths and good talent is emerging in the country.
“This is a process, to produce good talent we need to produce quality coaches in a bid to have a reasonable player, coach ratio,” Dr Jordaan said.
He added that because of the 2010 legacy, women’s football is growing rapidly in the country.
“We would like the promotion of the women’s game to be at par to that of men, and should also be commercialized to add value,” he added.
He showered praise onto Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis for doing an exceptional job, and thanked Hollywood Bets Super League sponsors, Hollywood Bets for being an excellent partner.
He also said the FIFA international calendar is structured in a way that disadvantages Africa because of the arduous traveling schedule.
“African national teams need more time to prepare for major tournaments for them to do well,” he said.
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SAFA president Danny Jordaan with officials during the event