Menzi Magubane
The South African Football Association (Safa) has strongly rubbished claims that Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has resigned.
Reports circulated on Wednesday that the Belgian had vacated his position and returned to his native country.
They further claimed that his assistant Helman Mkhalele had been appointed as the new Bafana Bafana mentor.
Safa CEO Tebogo Motlanthe, however, dismissed the claims as fiction, saying Broos is still in charge of Bafana and that it has always been the arrangement that both the Cosafa tournament and the African Nations Championship (Chan) would be handled by Mkhalele.
‘’These claims are absolutely false and it is troubling that they were published without anyone seeing the need to contact Safa. This is shocking conduct,” Motlanthe said in a statement.
“It has always been the norm that the Cosafa tournament and Chan are handled by coach Mkhalele. Even last year before he got Covid-19 at the Cosafa tournament in Nelson Mandela Bay, coach Helman was in charge of the team.
“It is malicious and untrue that Broos is no longer Bafana Bafana coach.”
Motlanthe, however, did not explain why Broos is back home while the national team was in action last week in the Cosafa Cup held in Durban.
On Saturday Bafana will be in action again away against Comoros in the Chan qualifiers.
The return leg will be in Mzansi on 30 July where Broos will still be absent.
