/ 7 January 1999

DOLEZAR HELD AT AIRPORT

KAIZER Chiefs’ Franco-Yugoslav coach Paul Dolezar was held by police at Johannesburg international airport for an hour this week because of a visa bungle. Dolezar was released only after he had been identified by an official and paid a fine for not having a re-entry visa in his French passport. The coach slammed an official of the Johannesburg-based team, who was given money to organise the visa in Pretoria, but failed to obtain it. “This is the second time I have been embarrassed at the airport because of administrative incompetence. Several foreign-based players have not returned after the Christmas break for the same reason,” Dolezar said.