Parreira's permit in the works
09/02/2007 21:17  - (SA)  

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Johannesburg - Safa CEO Raymond Hack says he does not know what all the fuss is about after reports that the work permit application for new Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has still to be ratified by home affairs.

Speaking from the Sudan where he is attending a Caf congress, Hack confirmed the work permit application for the renowned former Brazilian World Cup coach had only been submitted this week, because documentation supporting the application had been delayed in Brazil.

Hack said: "I suppose we could have cancelled this week's informal camp where Parreira worked out with the Bafana squad, but it would have been a major blow for Bafana and long-term World Cup planning - and I can't believe anyone in the country would have approved of that."

Hack, a seasoned Johannesburg attorney, said the work permit application had been meticulously prepared and Safa believed it was a formality before it would be approved.

Newly-appointed Safa communications manager Morio Sanyane said that the matter appeared to be a storm in a tea cup.

He said: "The Bafana coach is in the country on a visitors visa, but this was simply done in order to speed up the procedure before obtaining his work permit."

Parreira is contracted by Safa to remain the Bafana coach until the completion of the 2010 World Cup at a gross monthly salary of R1.8 million - work permit or not.

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