From Screamer to Shakes - Bafana coaches over the years

Shakes Mashaba was the 17th man to coach Bafana Bafana in the 24 years of the team’s existence since readmission to international football in 1992.

Mashaba was in his third stint as Bafana Bafana coach when he was fired by the South African Football Association (Safa) on Thursday.

Overall, their have been 23 coaching appointments made to the Bafana head coaching position some on an interim basis.

• How Shakes Mashaba’s mouth often put him on shaky groundBafana Bafana coach Ephraim “Shakes” Mashaba’s public rant against his South African Football Association (Safa) bosses after his side’s 2-1 World Cup qualifying victory against Senegal at Peter Mokaba Stadium has cost him his job. 

Like Mashaba, Jomo Sono has also had three stints in the national coaching hot seat – once, in 1998, as an interim coach when he took Bafana to that the final of that year’s Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Burkina Faso, then again as a caretaker in one match in 2003.

Carlos Alberto Parreira and Pitso Mosimane have had two.

• Winning‚ losing and mean streaks: A look back at Shakes Mashaba’s last tenure as Bafana coachEphraim “Shakes” Mashaba has had his ups and downs in the almost two and a half years of his fourth stint as Bafana Bafana coach. 

Mashaba was fired following a dsicciplinary hearing for charges of, according to Safa, “gross misconduct/professional misconduct, gross Insubordination/professional misconduct and violation of the Safa Communications Policy”.

Below is a list of previous Bafana Bafana coaches since re-admission back into the international fold in 1992:

• 1992, Stanley ‘‘Screamer” Tshabalala
• 1992, Ephraim ‘‘Shakes” Mashaba (caretaker coach, one match)
• 1992, Augusto Palacios
• 1994, Clive Barker
• 1998, Jomo Sono (interim)
• 1998, Phillipe Troussier
• 1998, Trott Moloto
• 2000, Carlos Queiroz
• 2002, Jomo Sono
• 2002, Ephraim ‘‘Shakes” Mashaba
• 2003, Jomo Sono (caretaker coach, one match)
• 2003, Kenneth Kubheka (caretaker, one match)
• 2003, April ‘‘Styles” Phumo
• 2004, Stuart Baxter
• 2005, Ted Dumitru
• 2006, Pitso Mosimane (caretaker coach, seven matches)
• 2007, Carlos Alberto Parreira
• 2008, Joel Natalino Santana
• 2009, Carlos Alberto Parreira
• 2010, Pitso Mosimane
• 2012, Steve Komphela (interim, two matches)
• 2012, Gordon Igesund
• 2014, Ephraim ‘‘Shakes” Mashaba

— TMG Digital