Bafana’s Baxter ‘not getting R1m’

But Jordaan refuses to reveal coach’s ‘real’ salary

SA Football Association president Danny Jordaan yesterday disputed reports that the new Bafana Bafana coach‚ Stuart Baxter‚ will be earning R1-million a month.

Briefing parliament’s sports and recreation portfolio committee‚ Jordaan also disputed allegations that Baxter demanded that his son‚ Lee‚ be appointed as the national team’s goalkeeper coach.

“Did Baxter make a demand that [his son must be a goalkeeper coach]? No... Is Baxter getting R1-million a month? No. Is Baxter getting more than Shakes Mashaba? No‚” Jordaan said.

Sowetan reported last month that Baxter, who will name his first Bafana squad today, had been enticed by Safa’s R1-million per month offer to leave SuperSport United. He is taking over from Shakes Mashaba who was fired in December.

Mashaba took Safa to the CCMA where it was revealed he earned nearly R600 000 per month.

In the briefing both Jordaan and Safa chief executive Dennis Mumble flatly refused to give the exact amount paid to Baxter despite numerous pleas from DA MP Tsepo Mhlongo.

“We have not published any salaries of any of our staff‚ including the former coach. What you read in the papers ... they are throwing around figures that have no basis in reality‚” said Mumble.

He said Baxter’s salary was a contractual matter and that the two parties had signed a confidentiality clause.