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New Young Africans SC head coach Manqoba Mngqithi believes that as good as the moves being made by South African-born coaches outside the shores of the country are, there’s also a risk of brain drain.
Mngqithi’s appointment to the Tanzania giants was confirmed this month making him the third coach in the East after Fadlu Davids and Steve Barker, and overall, fourth South African-born coach outside the PSL with Rulani Mokwena in the North with Pyramids FC.
Speaking to iDiski Times senior journalist Matshelane Mamabolo in the latest edition of the newspaper the former Mamelodi Sundowns and Golden Arrows mentor said it should be a concern for the league to be losing local talent.
“I think it’s good for us as individuals, but I don’t think it’s very good for South African football because a lot of prominent coaches are moving away from the league,” Mngqithi told iDiski Times.
“You start to wonder what is going to happen in the next few years, because it is also important that we must also look at ourselves – our local league. But if our local league has to depend on foreign coaches, because most home- bred coaches are leaving, then I don’t think it’s the best thing.
“For me as an individual coach, though, it’s always an opportunity to see what happens out there; to be part of another debut that I have always cherished from a distance. It’s also a chance to see ourselves in the Champions League, because in South Africa there are only two opportunities to be in the Champions League.
“It’s mainly [Mamelodi] Sundowns and [Orlando] Pirates. And if you have that adrenaline and that rush in the Champions League, it’s always nice to try and get yourself there.”
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