{"id":49314,"date":"2026-10-28T17:24:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T15:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=49314"},"modified":"2026-10-28T17:24:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T15:24:45","slug":"sa-coach-mngqithi-critiques-tanzanian-club-standards","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-coach-mngqithi-critiques-tanzanian-club-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"SA coach Mngqithi critiques Tanzanian Club standards \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former South African (SA) football coach Manqoba Mngqithi has opened up about his sudden departure from Tanzanian giants Young Africans SC (Yanga), accusing the club of encouraging a toxic culture of unpunished player absenteeism and poor discipline.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite leading the Dar es Salaam-based club into the CAF Champions League group stages and keeping them within five points of local rivals Simba SC, Mngqithi was sacked after just three months in charge. Clearing the air, he insisted that his exit had nothing to do with match results, but rather deeper issues behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mngqithi pointed out that basic professional standards were repeatedly ignored during his brief spell in Tanzania, with players routinely missing training sessions without facing any real punishment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The team needs to improve that level of professionalism,&#8221; Mngqithi said. &#8220;At Yanga, it&#8217;s normal for a player not to come to training. After having not come to training, maybe you don&#8217;t even get much in terms of disciplinary actions against the player. And I think those aspects are fundamentally destroying the club.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His comments highlight the ongoing challenges coaches face when managing major football clubs in East Africa, where internal discipline and administrative support often fall short of professional expectations on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40791,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-49314","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA Coach Manqoba Mngqithi exposes professional standards breakdown at Yanga","published_date":"2026-10-28 17:23:07","news_description":"SA Coach Manqoba Mngqithi exposes professional standards breakdown at Yanga","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49314","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49316,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49314\/revisions\/49316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=49314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}