Dazzy Kapenya Criticises ZIFA CAF A Licence Requirement
Former Highlanders captain and Warriors centre-back Dazzy Kapenya has criticised the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) for barring from the Premier Soccer League (PSL) coaches who do not have the minimum qualification of CAF A licence.
Kapenya said it doesn’t make sense for ZIFA to implement the measure now when it is not running such courses.
In 2017, ZIFA introduced regulations that require premiership coaches and their assistants to be in possession of a CAF A badge as the minimum qualification.
Division One coaches should have a minimum of CAF B while assistant coaches are required to be holders of a CAF C or ZIFA Level Four licence.
In the Second Division, a coach should have a Caf C licence while his assistant should have a Level Three qualification.
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Kapenya, who was the PSL 2002 Soccer Star of the Year, said ZIFA’s decision to enforce the regulations is a huge blow to young coaches. He said:
I’m a CAF C licence holder and I would naturally want to develop as a coach and attain a CAF A badge but how can I do so when ZIFA is not offering such courses?
This failure by the association to offer such training courses has affected a lot of us.
Teams are being forced to recycle coaches because emerging coaches do not have the qualifications.
Football is all about giving new players, new coaches and new administrators a chance.
The coaching standards are also being enforced in Three, tertiary institutions and schools.
For secondary schools, a ZIFA Level Two badge is mandatory and primary school football coaches should have at least a Level Two certificate.
ZIFA technical development chairperson Kenneth Mhlophe is on record saying they are not going back on enforcing the standards. He said:
We can’t have a situation where we turn a blind eye and say because we’re not involved in international football let Zimbabwean football be an animal farm where anyone can do as they please.
There was an annoying disregard for the club licensing with unqualified coaches and supporting staff allowed at the benches of the PSL.
We don’t make rules on who qualifies to be on the bench, its FIFA and CAF. There’s no going back in terms of enforcing standardisation.
Kapenya (45), currently mentors Falcon College’s Under 14, 15 and 16 football teams and also conducts physical education lessons at the college. | Chronicle
