South Africa: SA's Football Failures Begin At School Level

Former Safa technical directors Fran Hilton-Smith and Serame Letsoaka assess why the dysfunctional association is on its knees and how to get South African football back in contention.

The South African Football Association's (Safa) response to Bafana Bafana failing to qualify for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) was revealing. It laid bare the association's state of affairs even though there was no honest assessment from those in power.

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