{"id":16045,"date":"2025-11-25T06:06:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T04:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/lesotho-launches-caf-a-licence-diploma-course\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:31:22","slug":"lesotho-launches-caf-a-licence-diploma-course","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/lesotho-launches-caf-a-licence-diploma-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesotho launches CAF A Licence Diploma course"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The important CAF A Diploma Course officially began at the Bambatha Tsita Sports Arena in Maseru, Lesotho.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The programme is led by renowned CAF and FIFA coach educator Serame Letsoaka, assisted by local instructor and CAF A graduate Naleli Tsilo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Bafana Bafana assistant coach, Helman Mkhalele says enrolling in the CAF A Licence course currently underway in Maseru, Lesotho is part of his commitment to strengthening his coaching credentials and preparing for future national leadership roles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First an foremost, I would lie to thank LeFA, Lesotho Football Association for creating an opportunity for me to be part of the student.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">It is not an easy thing for a foreign coach, to be given an opportunity to gain knowledge. For me as a coach, who has been working at a national team at a senior level, it is important I have the right qualification, so I am here to get a qualification, of which is not the main objective, the objective is to acquire knowledge and skill,&#8221;\u00a0 he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15983,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-16045","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The Lesotho Football Association this week opened its CAF A Licence Diploma course, attracting 23 coaches from across the region. Among them is Bafana Bafana assistant coach Helman \"Midnight Express\" Mkhalele","published_date":"2025-11-25 00:00:00","news_description":"The Lesotho Football Association this week opened its CAF A Licence Diploma course, attracting 23 coaches from across the region. Among them is Bafana Bafana assistant coach Helman \"Midnight Express\" Mkhalele","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16045","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\/16045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20023,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16045\/revisions\/20023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=16045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}