TS Galaxy chairman Tim Sukazi backs Benni McCarthy for Bafana job

The South African Football Association are currently on the lookout for a replacement for Belgian mentor Hugo Broos, who stepped down from the post after guiding his team to the knockout rounds of the FIFA 2026 World Cup.

McCarthy is currently head coach of the Kenyan national team and has a remit to lead the nation to the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations.

But Sukazi believes McCarthy would be a good fit to continue the progress made with the national side under Broos.

"Benni McCarthy is doing magic with an unfashionable side in Kenya," Sukazi said in the Sowetan.

"He has done a splendid job at all the teams he coached here when he was a novice in the coaching field.

"At AmaZulu, he finished second, and he won the MTN8 with Cape Town City, and his teams have been high up there. That’s the truth, and these are the facts.

"He's young. So, if you ask me, I will go for Benni McCarthy, no doubt about it. I am saying that with the utmost respect to other candidates."

Pitso Mosimane and Jose Riveiro are two names being linked to the vacant Bafana role.

"I don't know if Benni is a candidate, and I don't know the other candidates. There has been mention of coach Pitso [Mosimane]. [But] if I were to go for personal choice, I would go for Benni," added Sukazi.