The South African Football Association (SAFA) coach education department together with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will offer the first ever CAF A Licence course to 60 qualified Level 3 coaches and SAFA instructors.

The A Licence coaching course will be held at SAFA House from Friday, 15 – 19 November 2013 and will be conducted by Ben Koufie of Ghana and Tanzania’s Sunday Kayuni.

This course is in line with the CAF Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) programme to empower the group of elite coaches with the highest CAF coaching qualifications.

Some of the big names attending the course are Doctor Khumalo, Manqoba Mnqithi, Steve Khompela, Ian Gorowa, Ian Palmer, Sheryl Botes and Farouk Khan.

“The Equivalence coaching course is the CAF recognition of prior learning (RPL) programme aimed at recognising the qualification of our Pro/Level 3 coaches. It will fill in the gaps and align their qualification with the highest CAF coaching qualification,” said Serame Letsoaka.

SAFA’s Acting Technical Director, Fran Hilton-Smith said she was excited that the course has arrived and added that the course was a step in the right direction to empower the country in its endeavour to get back to the top.

“It is a milestone in our coaching history to have so many top level coaches finally doing the CAF A licence. This will put us among the top coaches in Africa as far as coach education is concerned,” said Hilton-Smith.

Senior instructor Koufie said with so many brains in the coaching industry, there is no reason why South Africa should not be the shining example on the African continent.

“I can’t comprehend this. But during our deliberations, we are going to come up with solutions and all you gathered here should drive this process forward.”-TDN
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