Barring complacency on the part of the Bafana Bafana players, the Council of Southern African Football Association (Cosafa) Cup will be coming to South Africa at last on Saturday.

Pitso Mosimane recently turned down the opportunity to coach Bafana Bafana after Jomo Sono stepped down — not because he does not want to coach the national team, he just believes he is not yet ready for the hot seat.

New Bafana Bafana coach Ephraim ”Shakes” Mashaba cuts an imposing figure. His firm handshake complements that impression and the South African Football Association (Safa) has provided an impressive office at Soccer City to house the package.

There are no minnows in the Council of Southern African Football Association (Cosafa) regional tournament and this has been proved frequently to the South African national team.

The Sanzar rugby unions — South Africa, New Zealand and Australia — could find their lucrative television deal is in jeopardy if the ideas in the discussion paper on sports broadcasting rights released last week by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) make their way into law.

Sponsorship deals from the SABC of R500-million and R140-million from South African Breweries came in handy in the Premier Soccer League’s (PSL) decision to cut down to 16 teams from 18.

The South African Football Association (Safa) announced this week that there was no suitable person in the country to assume the position of technical director.

When the racing season ended on Wednesday, Mike de Kock won the trainers’ championship by the comfortable margin of more than R2-million in stakes earned.

This weekend’s Telkom Charity Cup has for the past three weeks provided an emotional rollercoaster ride for the 18 teams in the Premier Soccer League. The ride came to an end this week when the four teams who will participate in the tournament were announced after the 650 000 votes cast by the public had been tallied.

Bafana Bafana players have had a month’s break since the World Cup but they now have to face Madagascar again.