Safa ready to announce new coach

The South African Football Association (Safa) has finalised outstanding matters with the new incoming coach and the announcement will be made next week.

“We have concluded and finalised all the outstanding matters and we will announce the new coach next week,” said Safa CEO Tebogo Motlanthe.

“The two parties [Safa and new coach] have resolved all matters. What remains now is to officially announce him next week.”

South Africa are drawn in Group G for the 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifiers, together with Ghana, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe.

Bafana Bafana kick off their World Cup campaign with an away match against Zimbabwe in the first week of June.