Cape Town – The jury is out on whether Bafana Bafana coach Shakes Mashaba should get the axe – or continue at the helm of the national team.
Bafana hit rock-bottom in their AFCON 2017 qualifier against minnows Mauritania on Saturday, going down 3-1 to the 114th-ranked team in the world in what will go down in the annals as the worst performance by Bafana in living memory.
Was it a mere blip in the road to long-term glory, or is it time for fresh blood in charge?
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Shakes Mashaba, Coach of South Africa during the South African Football Association Team Announcement at Cape Town Civic Centre, Cape Town on 22 August 2014 ©Chris Ricco/BackpagePix
Bafana Bafana coach Ephraim “Shakes” Mashaba said there will be nothing friendly about their 2015 Nelson Mandela Challenge against Senegal on September 8.
Bafana play the Teranga Lions in the 21st edition of this annual event played in honour of former State President Nelson Mandela to raise funds for needy communities. The match will be played at Orlando Stadium three days after Bafana’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Mauritania.
“We are going to win this one,” Mashaba boldly declared. “There has never been a friendly game between nations. There’s a lot at stake. They will come here spitting fire and we will be prepared for them.”
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