Any Hugo Broos Succession Conversation Must Include Bafana Bafana Great Benni Mccarthy

What Hugo Broos has achieved over the last four years with Bafana Bafana cant be overstated.

Broos was called the Belgian bricklayer by some on social media when he took the job in 2021, with many fans not convinced by the appointment despite the coach winning the cup with Cameroon in 2017.

But Broos has since built Bafana Bafana into a competitive force , and they are currently on an 18-match unbeaten run in competitive international matches. During that time they finished third at the Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast and successfully qualified for the next tournament in Morocco, which starts in late December this year.

The South Africans also sit pretty atop Group C in the current 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers with 13 points, five ahead of second-placed Rwanda. If they do qualify for the showpiece tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico, it will be the first time that they do so since 2002.

Bafana last participated at the 2010 tournament on home soil after they qualified as hosts.