Baxter's back as Bafana coach. Can he turn the team around?
While Baxter’s first spell as Bafana coach was no great shakes‚ he has since gone on to enjoy considerable domestic success‚ including two league championships in three years at Chiefs
05 May 2017 - 08:04
Briton Stuart Baxter’s return to the Bafana Bafana coaching seat he vacated in 2005 will draw mixed reaction from the nation’s soccer lovers after the protracted search for Ephraim ‘‘Shakes” Mashaba’s successor finally came to an end on Thursday afternoon. The SuperSport United coach comes up short when measured against the criteria set by his new employers‚ the South African Football Association (Safa)‚ in the beginning of the year. One of the conditions states that the new Bafana coach needs to have international coaching experience‚ ‘‘Especially African competition with a minimum of five and 10 years.”
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