Ephraim’Shakes’ Mashaba was named coach
of South Africa Saturday in succession to
sacked Gordon Igesund.
National youth coach Mashaba was not
present at the announcement in Soweto as he
is in Mali with the under-20 squad.
The 63-year-old former Orlando Pirates
defender is a former caretaker coach and
coach of Bafana Bafana (The Boys).
Mashaba was the unanimous choice of the
national football association executive
committee ahead of Portuguese Carlos
Queiroz, who was favoured to take over the
struggling national team.
South Africa are ranked 14 in Africa and 66
in the world and poor tournament results
cost Igesund his job.
Hosts South Africa were eliminated in the
2013 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals
after losing a penalty shootout against Mali.
They also failed to qualify for the 2014
World Cup in Brazil, surprisingly finishing
second behind lowest seeds Ethiopia in a
mini-league.
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