Mashaba was the first Bafana coach to win the COSAFA Cup in 2002 and since then the team has only won the trophy in 2007 and 2008. The 65 year-old well-travelled coach repeats his previous statements that before the country can go on to conquer on bigger platforms, there’s a need to dominate the region first…

The 18-man Bafana squad that’s taking part in the COSAFA Cup already has got four players with senior international caps, led by regular starter Rivaldo Coetzee with 12 caps. Mashaba is dangling a carrot in front of these boys saying if they continue to excel they will follow in the footsteps of Coetzee, Keagan Dolly, Lebogang Phiri and Kwanda Mngonyama…