{"id":13690,"date":"2025-10-24T09:49:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/kaizer-chiefs-co-coach-stays-confident-amid-criticism\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:32","slug":"kaizer-chiefs-co-coach-stays-confident-amid-criticism","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/kaizer-chiefs-co-coach-stays-confident-amid-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaizer Chiefs Co-Coach stays confident amid criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cedric Kaze, Co-Coach of Kaizer Chiefs, is keeping his focus despite the mixed reactions to his recent promotion alongside Khalil Ben Youssef as joint head coaches of one of South Africa\u2019s most high-profile football clubs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The pair stepped up a few weeks ago after the club parted ways with Nasreddine Nabi, who had originally brought them in as assistants. While some fans and commentators have questioned the move, Kaze says he is concentrating on continuity and performance rather than outside noise.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first thing is continuity. In the recent games, we\u2019ve been strong both offensively and defensively. The players believe in what we are building, and everyone here is optimistic about the path ahead,\u201d Kaze said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With coaching experience at the Burundian national team and Tanzanian side Yanga, Kaze is undeterred by criticism. He points to the broader challenge African coaches face in gaining respect compared to their European counterparts, but he remains confident in his and Ben Youssef\u2019s ability to deliver results for Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13691,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-13690","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Cedric Kaze, Co-Coach of Kaizer Chiefs, is keeping his focus despite the mixed reactions to his recent promotion","published_date":"2025-10-24 11:49:08","news_description":"Cedric Kaze, Co-Coach of Kaizer Chiefs, is keeping his focus despite the mixed reactions to his recent promotion","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18695,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13690\/revisions\/18695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=13690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}