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Stanley Tshabalala was the first post isolation coach of the South African national team. (Mark Gleeson/Gallo Images)
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Shakes Mashaba managed the South Africa national side twice, in 1992. In his second stint he was sacked from the team on the eve of the 2004 African Cup of Nations in January 2004 after previously having been suspended. (Gallo Images)
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Augusto Palacios was coach of Bafana from 1992 to 94. (Lee Warren Gallo Images)
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Clive Barker guided the South African national team to their only African Nations Cup title in 1996. (Gallo Images)
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In 1998, Sono was appointed as caretaker coach of the Bafana Bafana just before the African Nations Cup tournament in Burkina Faso in the place of Clive Barker, who had been sacked just before the event. Under Sono, the team reached the final of the tournament, where they lost to Egypt. Taking the short time that he had to prepare with the team into account, it was considered a remarkable feat.
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Known as the "White Witch Doctor" Phillipe Troussier coached the Boks in 1998. (Duif Du Toit / Gallo Images)
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Trott Moloto coached Bafan Bafana from 1998 to 2000. (Gallo Images)
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Under Queiroz, South Africa qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but Queiroz resigned before the finals after falling out with the SAFA. (Tertius Pickard/ Gallo Images.)
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Phumo was involved with the South African men's senior team for a number of years. He was assistant to Trott Moloto and the 2000 African Cup of NationsIn July 2002, Phumo returned as national team assistant to Ephraim Mashaba.[11] When Mashaba was sacked in January 2004, Phumo became temporary manager, taking control of the national team at the 2004 African Cup of Nations. (Duif du Toit Gallo Images)
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Stuart Baxter was hired as South Africa's manager in 2004. By autumn 2005, he quit this role having failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup. (Gallo Images)
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Ted Dumitru was appointed as coach of Bafana-Bafana in November 2005 but was dismissed in February 2006, after the African Cup of Nations. (Duif du Toit / Gallo Images)
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Carlos Alberto Parreira was appointed Bafana coach in 2007, before resigning in 2008, he was re-appointed coach during 2009 but was unable to get Bafana past the group phase of the 2010 World Cup. (Lee Warren / Gallo Images)
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In April 2008, Joel Santana replaced his countryman, Carlos Alberto Parreira, as the coach of the South Africa national football team following a recommendation from Parreira himself who left the job due to personal reasons. In October 2009 Santana was dismissed from the position due to the poor results achieved by the team. (Lefty Shivambu / Gallo Images)
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Pitso Mosimane served as the care-taker coach of South Africa for seven games during 2007, he was an assistant coach to Parreira, and Joel Santana.
In 2010, Mosimane was named as the new head coach of South Africa. After embarassingly failing to get South Africa to the AFCON and drawing his first World Cup qualifier, he was sacked. (Samuel Shivambu / Gallo Images)
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Steve Komphela was appointed caretaker coach after Pitso Mosimane was dismissed. (Duif Du Toit / Gallo Images)
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The next Bafana Bafana coach? Gordon Igesund is the favourite to be appointed, but Shakes Mashaba, Neil Tovey, Gavin Hunt and Steve Komphela were all interviewed for the post. (Gallo Images)
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