Soccer: Bafana Bafana departed for the World Cup without the assistant coach after visa woes [SOUND]

# Soccer: Bafana Bafana departed for their World Cup training base in Pachuca, Mexico, yesterday without assistant coach Helkman Mkhalele. He is still waiting for his visas to be processed by the US Embassy. The squad was originally set to depart on Sunday, but was held back by a delay in obtaining visas in what has been described as an administrative bungle by the South African Football Association. SAFA president Danny Jordaan says hopefully, Mkhalele’s visa issue will be finalised speedily: