Soccer
Slimkat ditches Bafana─── 08:55 Tue, 22 May 2012
Johannesburg. - Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Moeneeb "Slimkat" Josephs has requested that he be withdrawn from the Bafana Bafana squad that is currently in camp in Phokeng near Rustenburg.
Josephs is one of the 30 players called up for national duty, but in a letter written to team management and the technical team through his representatives, the goal minder said he will be not be able to honour any this national team call up or any in future due to personal reasons. In the letter he requests to have a meeting with head coach Pitso Mosimane and the team manager to explain his reasons.
Mosimane has asked the player to pen a letter himself to explain the situation, before meeting him. The technical team is expected to make a decision on the way forward once they have received the letter from Josephs.
Another player whose arrival is in camp is in doubt is striker Eleazar Rodgers. His team Santos has requested that the player be excused from the national team as the Cape side is involved in the National First Division play-offs, and they would like to use him. - Safa
