MNINAWA NTLOKO: Mashaba faces tough Safa questions as Bafana coaching job hangs by thread
EPHRAIM ‘‘Shakes" Mashaba remains stranded on death row, and he more than anyone else knows Saturday’s stay of execution was not a pardon but a delay of the inevitable.Displaying breathtaking skills that were reminiscent of that famous 360° rotation scene of Neo bending over backwards to dodge bullets in The Matrix, the Bafana coach somehow managed to survive the axe at the weekend.His headstone inscription was already written and it was the kind of great escape that would have done the slippery Harry Houdini proud.READ THIS: Mashaba’s jaunt to gallows could have other local coaches crying in their beerBut the burly mentor now knows he has a marksman’s target etched on his back.Nevermind the nonchalant responses he gave each time journalists asked him about his future last week, the Bafana coach knows that his regime is under serious scrutiny.His employers are not pleased with him and he is expected to go before them to explain himself in the coming days. He faces a long list of qu...
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