South Africa U20 coach Raymond Mdaka has spoken about his highly publicised salary following the uproar that greeted initial reports that he earns just R25,000.
Mdaka’s salary became a subject of national debate when former SAFA Technical Director Walter Steenbok claimed that the Amajita coach takes home what Bafana Bafana coach pays as rent every month.
The issue would surface in Parliament last week when SAFA CEO Lydia Monyepao was put to task at the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee for Sport to confirm if indeed Mdaka earns R25,000 after which she revealed that the tactician takes home a figure between R25,000 and R50,000.
It has not been received well with many fans feeling the coach is underpaid, especially after leading Amajita to the country’s first-ever Africa U20 Cup of Nations title, but the tactician is not concerned by the talk.
What has Mdaka said over his salary?
“Yeah well most of the things can come up. You know I suppose you need to have that heart of accepting some of the things more especially if they are not in your hands,” Mdaka said as per iDiski Times during his homecoming in Greater Tzaneen municipality in Tzaneen on Thursday.
“You cannot stop people from talking much as how they speak to you, others it might be quite disturbing, others might be pleading with you and all these other things.
“But these are the things that we don’t normally focus on. We just allow it as it is and nature will sort it out.”
Mdaka, who will lead Amajita to the U20 World Cup in Chile later this year, received R35,000 from the municipality to go towards the Ray Mdaka Foundation with the former Marumo Gallants coach saying that the funds will be used in the upcoming tournaments he is hosting in schools in the area.
