Jordaan: Baxter earning same or less than Mashaba

Reports have surfaced that the incoming coach earns more money than the sacked Shakes Mashaba, whose wages stand at R583 333 a month.

South African Football Association president (Safa) Jordaan was coy about the actual amount Baxter would get at the end of each month, and claimed it could be more or less than what Mashaba was earning.

Mashaba’s lawyer, Claudio Bollo, revealed the former coach’s salary at his CCMA hearing after he was sacked last year in December.

“Did Baxter make a demand that [his son must be a goalkeeper coach]? No. Is Baxter getting R1 million a month? No. Is Baxter getting more than Shakes Mashaba? No‚” said Jordaan.

Safa’s chief executive officer Dennis Mumble refused to confirm or deny any of the figures mentioned in the media as possible salaries of national team bosses.

“We have not published any salaries of any of our staff‚ including the former coach. What you read in the papers, they are throwing around figures that have no basis in reality‚” said Mumble.