The South African Football Association (Safa) has named former Afcon-winning coach with Cameroon, Hugo Broos, as the new head coach of Bafana Bafana.
The association made the announcement at a media conference on Wednesday afternoon, finally putting to bed weeks of speculation around the vacant role.
The appointment comes at a vital time as Bafana’s 2022 World Cup-qualifying Group A campaign begins with a match against Zimbabwe in Harare on the weekend of 5-7 June.
The Belgium mentor is no stranger to African football as he guided Cameroon to Afcon success in Gabon in 2017 when they beat Egypt 2-1 in the final at the Stade de l'Amitié in Libreville.
A number of coaches – including Pitso Mosimane, Carlos Queiroz, Hervé Renard and Benni McCarthy – were all linked to the job but after failing to agree terms with any of those targets, Safa settled on Broos as the new coach.
