Is local no longer lekker?

07 May 2017

Letepe Maisela

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Stuart Baxter. (Samuel Shivambu, BackpagePix)

Johannesburg - The SA Football Association finally announced the name of the new Bafana Bafana coach – Scotsman Stuart Baxter a few days ago.

I read recent news reports with sadness and trepidation because all the top contenders for the job were foreign.

The pool consisted of locally based Baxter, Portugal’s Carlos Queiroz, France’s Hervé Renard, Belgium’s Hugo Broos and the UK’s Roy Hodgson.

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