For Bafana Bafana to go back to their glory days, they need to address three things, according to head coach Hugo Broos.
The South African Football Association (SAFA) recently announced new coaching qualification requirements for Premier Soccer League coaches starting in the 2024/25 season.
SAFA's National Executive Committee (NEC) approved the new requirements for coaches in the PSL, that they would need a CAF A or a UEFA Pro licence to coach in South Africa's top flight.
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The new coaching requirements also apply to all divisions, with varying coaching badges needed, as coaches who are not properly qualified will not be able to coach in any league or universities in the country.
Broos has urged SAFA to go down to grassroots level and introduce coaching licenses for youth coaches, as that's the most critical part about improving football in the country holistically.
The Belgian has suggested that what has been letting Bafana down in the international stage is that there is no formation that PSL clubs can be identified with and those issues start at grassroots level.
"The reason for that (why SA players mature late) is the formation of the players, South Africa don't really have a good formation, maybe the country is too big to do it but I think there's a lot of work to do for SAFA," Broos said on PrimeSportsWithMahlatse YouTube Channel.
"In 2006, Belgium was not in the world championship (World Cup), we asked questions why, all the other big tournaments were there, suddenly we were not there anymore. So they made a commission of people and they researched why that happened.
"And one of the biggest reason was first of all not enough younger players, secondly we did not give the chance to younger players and thirdly there was no formation, every club did what they wanted, so they made a formation programme for young players from six years old until 18 and they went with that to the clubs and also they licensed trainers, it was like that also in Belgium, the one on the street, 'Oh, you're free? You can come and train this boy' they also started courses for trainers, now in Belgium you need a license, also for youth (training), if you don't have it, you don't train youth," he added.
Bafana last qualified for the FIFA World Cup in 2002.
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