Tech director to be appointed

The Namibia Football Association (NFA) will appoint a new technical director to replace Seth Boois after consultations with the German Football Association this weekend.

Boois recently resigned after about two and a half years in the post, saying that he wanted to pursue business interests. The PRO of the NFA, Beau Kauta told Namibia Sport that Markus Weidner, the Head of Coaching, Education and Marketing of the German Football Association (DFB), would visit Namibia this weekend to hold discussions with the NFA and to assess its needs.After this he will report back to the DFB, who will then second a coaching expert to Namibia to take up the post of Director of Football.”Weidner will arrive in Namibia this weekend to finalise the agreement with the NFA regarding the appointment of a technical director of football.He will assess the situation in Namibia and then report back to the DFB, after which they will second a technical director to us,” he said.Kauta said the exercise would take place under the existing football bilateral agreement between Namibia and Germany, and that the DFB and the German government would foot the bill for the technical director.consultative meeting Kauta gave feedback on other issues discussed at the NFA’s consultative and executive meetings in Outjo on March 1.Regarding future sponsorships of football, Kauta said that the NFA would try and find other sponsors of football, after holding consultations with the Namibia Football Consortium, consisting of MTC, Namibia Breweries and FNB.Under the current five-year agreement which comes to an end in 2010, the NFA receives N$5 million per year from the NFC.The agreement however stipulates that other sponsors who are in direct competition to the NFC may not come on board as sponsors of football in Namibia, but according to Kauta the NFA hoped to reverse this stipulation.”We all know that football has outgrown the money that is on the table.Currently the NFC has exclusive rights to football in Namibia, but we are looking at ways to expand this, and will hold further negotiations with the NFC,” he said.Kauta said the NFA hoped to find sponsors especially with regard to African club competitions, since Namibian clubs had seldom competed over the past due to a lack of finances.The defending Namibian club champions, Civics competed in the African Champions League for the past two seasons but this year did not participate again due to the exorbitant fees of the competition.Club licensing system From next year the NFA will introduce a club licensing system to which local clubs will have to adhere.”Clubs will have to adhere to FIFA regulations and will have to apply to the NFA to be given a licence to operate.Some of these requirements include the submission of financial statements and the appointment of qualified coaches,” he said.Kauta added that the NFA would be registered as a legal entity and that it would also appoint a media officer in due course.Regarding the ongoing saga of the vacant secretary general post, Kauta said that the NFA was awaiting the outcome of an investigation by the Anti-Corruption Commission.The ACC is investigating charges against the current acting secretary general, Barry Rukoro, that he forged his matric certificate.”We think that it’s only fair that we wait for the ACC to express themselves on this matter.If Rukoro is found guilty, he will not be a candidate for the post of secretary general,” Kauta said.The PRO of the NFA, Beau Kauta told Namibia Sport that Markus Weidner, the Head of Coaching, Education and Marketing of the German Football Association (DFB), would visit Namibia this weekend to hold discussions with the NFA and to assess its needs.After this he will report back to the DFB, who will then second a coaching expert to Namibia to take up the post of Director of Football.”Weidner will arrive in Namibia this weekend to finalise the agreement with the NFA regarding the appointment of a technical director of football.He will assess the situation in Namibia and then report back to the DFB, after which they will second a technical director to us,” he said.Kauta said the exercise would take place under the existing football bilateral agreement between Namibia and Germany, and that the DFB and the German government would foot the bill for the technical director.consultative meeting Kauta gave feedback on other issues discussed at the NFA’s consultative and executive meetings in Outjo on March 1.Regarding future sponsorships of football, Kauta said that the NFA would try and find other sponsors of football, after holding consultations with the Namibia Football Consortium, consisting of MTC, Namibia Breweries and FNB.Under the current five-year agreement which comes to an end in 2010, the NFA receives N$5 million per year from the NFC.The agreement however stipulates that other sponsors who are in direct competition to the NFC may not come on board as sponsors of football in Namibia, but according to Kauta the NFA hoped to reverse this stipulation.”We all know that football has outgrown the money that is on the table.Currently the NFC has exclusive rights to football in Namibia, but we are looking at ways to expand this, and will hold further negotiations with the NFC,” he said.Kauta said the NFA hoped to find sponsors especially with regard to African club competitions, since Namibian clubs had seldom competed over the past due to a lack of finances.The defending Namibian club champions, Civics competed in the African Champions League for the past two seasons but this year did not participate again due to the exorbitant fees of the competition.Club licensing system From next year the NFA will introduce a club licensing system to which local clubs will have to adhere.”Clubs will have to adhere to FIFA regulations and will have to apply to the NFA to be given a licence to operate.Some of these requirements include the submission of financial statements and the appointment of qualified coaches,” he said.Kauta added that the NFA would be registered as a legal entity and that it would also appoint a media officer in due course.Regarding the ongoing saga of the vacant secretary general post, Kauta said that the NFA was awaiting the outcome of an investigation by the Anti-Corruption Commission.The ACC is investigating charges against the current acting secretary general, Barry Rukoro, that he forged his matric certificate.”We think that it’s only fair that we wait for the ACC to express themselves on this matter.If Rukoro is found guilty, he will not be a candidate for the post of secretary general,” Kauta said.