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Famed Carlos Alberto Perreira finally took charge on 26 January 2006 with a contract seeing him through World Cup 2010.

SuperSport United coach Pitso Mosimane had been handed the interim Bafana coaching reigns following the release of Ted Dumitru.

Romanian-born Ted Dumitru served out his three-month contract as Bafana Bafana coach for the 2006 African Nations Cup Finals in which South Africa lost all group round matches.

Dumitru boasts back-to-back PSL Championships with both Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs and has vast experience in Africa including national head coaching duties for Swaziland.

He replaced Englishman Stuart Baxter who resigned in mid-November 2005 from a two-year contract expiring in April 2006. The former England under-19 coach failed in his mandate to lead Bafana to the 2006 World Cup and just managed to scrape through to the African Nations Cup, winless in his last 9 matches.

Baxter had replaced April "Styles" Phumo who was Bafana Bafana coach for the 2004 African Nations Cup Finals and a friendly match against Australia.

Phumo's accomplishments include national head coaching duties for Lesotho. He was also assistant coach for Bafana Bafana head coach Ephraim "Shakes" Mashaba contracted from August 1 2002 to December 2004 and replacing stand-in coach Jomo Sono who stepped down the day before Mashaba's appointment.

Mashaba was subsequently fired in mid-January 2004 following a 7-day suspension for an alleged breach of contract after Safa claimed he had failed to monitor the form of the country's foreign-based players and had selected a Nations Cup squad with players who were injured or who had not played recently.

This decision was ruled illegal by the courts and Mashaba was awarded an undisclosed settlement amount of over R1 million.

Mashaba, one of the greats of South African soccer, played for Orlando Pirates and Moroka Swallows and was a club coach at Welkom Real Hearts and Vaal Reefs Stars.

His main coaching accomplishment prior to his Bafana appointment however had been as manager of the under-23 side which included a famous win over Brazil at the 2000 Olympics.

***Mashaba also led Bafana to a 3-0 win over Mozambique in the first round of the 2001 Cosafa Cup while Carlos Quieroz was still under contract.

Jomo Sono was recalled as head coach for the 2002 World Cup Finals, replacing Portugal's Mozambique-born Carlos Queiroz.

Sono had initially been appointed 'Technical Director' to Quieroz following the latter's disappointing 2002 African Nations Cup Finals campaign. Disagreements on team selection however, forced Quieroz to relinquish his post, effectively handing it to Sono.

The previous time Sono held the head coach position was in another stop-gap measure when he led Bafana Bafana through to the 1998 African Nations Cup final match.

*Sono was called up once again on May 22 for the England friendly match, Kenneth "Conti" Kubheka for a 2003 Cosafa Cup quarterfinal match against Zimbabwe.

Carlos Queiroz, who boasts a Masters degree soccer major in Physical Education and Sports, successfully led Bafana Bafana to qualification for both the 2002 World Cup and the 2002 African Nations Cup finals.

**Trott Moloto was entrusted with coaching duties for a second string Bafana team on April 17 2002 which admirably drew 0-0 with Ecuador in a World Cup warm-up match. He was sent off in that match for dissent.

Moloto's last match as a contracted coach was the 2002 African Nations Cup Qualifier against Congo on September 3 2000 after which he was relegated to senior assistant coach. He won that away match 2-1.

Clive Barker is the longest-standing coach in post-apartheid South African history. However, his record of 0 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses in his last 6 games was too much for the public to handle and he was replaced in 1998 by Jomo Sono for the African Nations Cup 98 campaign which saw South Africa reach the finals.

Philippe Troussier, 'The White Witchdoctor' from France who had performed miracles with lowly Burkina Faso, subsequently led a disappointing campaign for South Africa in the 1998 World Cup finals.