PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION FOR THE MINISTER
QUESTION NUMBER 3744
QUESTION 3744
Mr M S Malatsi (DA) to ask the Minister of Sport and Recreation:
With reference to a technical report on the performance of Bafana Bafana at
the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, (a) when did he or his department
commission the specified report, (b) what amount was (i) budgeted for and
(ii) spent on the report, (c) which service providers were appointed to
produce the report and (d) what are the relevant details of the specified
service providers including (i) their names, (ii) physical addresses and
(iii) chief executive officers? NW4428E
REPLY
SAFA routinely interrogates the coaches' reports through its Technical
Committee and has done so at the March 2015 Technical Committee meeting.
SAFA also received an independent expert technical analysis of all 3
matches at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final Tournament in Equatorial
Guinea and has discussed it thoroughly with a view to making corrections
for future matches.
SAFA has its own internal match analysis system which it has used for all
national teams.
b) No government funds were used for Bafana Bafana at any time during this
period. The independent technical analysis was done by an international
match analyst engaged by SAFA;
c) Government did not use any service providers. Instead, SAFA engaged the
independent technical analysts who were vying for a long-term relationship
with the Association. They produced their analysis to indicate the
strengths of their system. SAFA deems its own system to be of equal value
and continues to use its own match technical analysis system to
adjust/improve the performance of its national teams.