It’s been over five weeks since Dylan Kerr was appointed as a consultant at Marumo Gallants but he still hasn’t received his work permit.
The English tactician arrived in South Africa in 2018 when he was coaching Black Leopards and coached five clubs different clubs since, including a return to Leopards which means he has acquired five work permits already.
The Valletta-born explained his frustrations recently, saying despite working in South Africa for over four years, it still takes him longer than other coaches to receive his work permit.
“I have got five work permits in my passport. The problem for me is, I’m in the system, so why does it take so long for me to get a permit?” Kerr told Phakathi.
“I will do due process, I will follow the rules, we apply legally. But Romain Folz got his work permit at AmaZulu within four days, and I’m still waiting.
“The frustration is I was walking through the streets of Bloemfontein and being stopped by supporters congratulating me on the team having done really well, even though we lost [against Sundowns].
“But they said, ‘Why did I take Monde, my little midfielder off?’ I told them it was a miscommunication.
“He wasn’t having a great first half and I said to Sly [Mosala, Gallants’ assistant coach] at half-time, ‘maybe have a look at Monde for the first 16 minutes of the second half and we’ll bring him off and put some pace on the flanks’.
“In the second half I pointed at [Sibusiso] Sibeko and shouted, ‘take Sibeko off’, and Sly must not have heard. As the sub went on I saw Monde coming off and boos went around the stadium.
“That’s the frustrating part of the way it has been. At every club I’ve been at it’s always taken five, six games before I got to sit on the bench.
“Those first games are important because it’s when a new coach needs to get his team to play the way he wants them to.”
