SA under-23 coach Owen da Gama and his under-20 counterpart, Thabo Senong, are also set to be shown the door after suspended Bafana Bafana mentor Ephraim "Shakes" Mashaba’s expected sacking this week. Mashaba is set to be fired this week after appearing before the South African Football Association’s (Safa) disciplinary committee on Tuesday. Business Day has learnt that under-17 coach Molefi Ntseki is the only national team coach who will escape the guillotine. The contracts of Da Gama and Senong — who double as Mashaba’s assistants at Bafana level — are linked to Mashaba’s agreement with Safa. Da Gama, who took charge of Bafana on an interim basis in the friendly international against Mozambique on Tuesday following Mashaba’s suspension, will not have helped his chances of survival after he pledged allegiance to Mashaba. He said he hoped Mashaba would be restored to his position after his suspension. "Continuity always favours whatever you are in‚" Da Gama was quoted as saying. "So...
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