*The YCLSA wishes to congratulate SAFA’s newly elected president* *27 September 2009 *
The Young Communist League of South Africa [uFasimba] congratulates newly-elected SA Football Association President Kirsten Nematandani who ascended to the throne unopposed. The YCLSA further wants to applaud both Dr. Irvin Khoza and Danny Jordan for having withdrawn and acted in the interest of our football chose keep SAFA united as we move towards FIFA 2010. We believe that the politics that dominated their contest (albeit democratic) was likely to affect our smooth preparations for the World Cup. We urge the newly elected Nematandani, to move beyond the divisive politics in football and concentrate on ensuring that our soccer team delivers the prestigious FIFA World Cup next year. We believe that some of the challenges that he faces in the long-term includes: Development of football from grassroots by fostering investment in better soccer public facilities and soccer development academies; Dealing with infighting at lower levels of the Association; Ensuring that the SAFA Leagues are competitive; Leadership of both University and School Soccer by ensuring resources and quality leadership for the Unions at that levels; and attracting more sponsorships and resources for soccer development at rural and grassroot level. We wish the new President and the leadership all the best in their quest to take soccer to greater heights. Issued by the YCLSA National Office For more information please contact Gugu Ndima (076 783 1516) National spokesperson -- Gugu Ndima +27 76 783 1516 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
