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Heartfelt: Coach Hugo Broos with Bafana Bafana players at the Africa Cup of Nations match between South Africa and Namibia on 21 January in Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire. Photo: Segun Ogunfeyitimi/Gallo Images

Bafana Bafana’s glass is half full

The consistency in the national team’s coaching staff has seen a change in its fortunes

Clive Barker during the AmaZulu training session ahead of their friendly against Manchester United, at Moses Mabhida Stadium on July 17, 2012 in Durban, South Africa.
(Photo by Anesh Debiky/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

TRIBUTE: Clive Barker’s greatness was in unlocking the greatness of others

He navigated fraught and complex sociopolitical terrain for decades, both on and beyond the pitch

17July 2012: Coach Clive Barker at AmaZulu’s training session ahead of their friendly against Manchester United at Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban. (Photograph by Anesh Debiky/ Gallo Images)

The genius of Clive Barker

The only South African coach to win the Nations Cup is renowned for his man-management skills, but there was more to him than that. Those who played for him explain what made him…

Percy Tau

Talented Tau surrenders to his fate

A nightmare scenario could leave him to languish in minor leagues

‘Sometimes

Clive Barker: Why I made Neil Tovey my captain

In 1996, Clive Barker took Bafana Bafana to their first and only Africa Cup of Nations. In his new autobiography, he recalls his first job as coach

Bafana need Barker’s bite in Afcon

Bafana Bafana need some of the grit and fire shown by the team, coached by Clive Barker, that won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1996.

Tovey backs Barker for Bafana hot seat

Safa should appoint a local coach, such as Clive Barker, to take Bafana Bafana to the 2010 World Cup, former captain Neil Tovey says.

We’re not after Santana’s job, says Hunt

Gavin Hunt has made it clear that Joel Santana’s job is not under threat from the three local coaches roped in to act as assessors for Bafana Bafana.

Assessing Bafana’s assessors

Not everyone has been enamoured with the decision of Safa to appoint three assessors to stand in judgement of battling Bafana Bafana.

AmaZulu target Arrows

AmaZulu head coach Clive Barker is expecting plenty of fireworks when Usuthu face Golden Arrows in Durban on Wednesday night.

‘Sundowns are back in business’

Mamelodi Sundowns got their season back on track with a well-deserved 3-0 win over injury-hit AmaZulu in an Absa Premiership clash on Wednesday night.

Clive Barker takes aim at Safa

Bafana Bafana’s most successful coach, Clive Barker, has called Safa to set up a meeting with former local-born national coaches.

We voted for Khune, say coaches

Itumeleng Khune and not Teko Modise should have been named the Premier Soccer League’s (PSL) best footballer this season if coaches had voted along the lines they suggested to…

Downs reach Cup final

It was going to take something special to win this tight Nedbank Cup semifinal between favourites Mamelodi Sundowns and AmaZulu at Potchefstroom’s Olen Park on Sunday. The piece…

Sparks to fly in Cup play-offs

Free State Stars coach Kinnah Phiri is hoping that lightning will strike twice in the same place in one season when they host Santos in the quarterfinals of the Nedbank Cup at…

AmaZulu too good for SuperSport

Absa Premiership leaders SuperSport United, seemingly on the wrong wavelength and looking nothing like potential champions, slumped to a 2-0 defeat against a more willing and…

Bloemfontein Celtic almost let victory slip

Bloemfontein Celtic beat Amazulu 3-2 in a Premier Soccer League (PSL) match at a packed Seisa Ramabodu Stadium in Bloemfontein on Sunday. In other matches, Mamelodi Sundowns…

Former Chiefs legend thwarts Amakhosi

Life seemed to be starting all over at 42 for former Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana legend John ”Shoes” Moshoeu when he scored the equalising goal for AmaZulu against his old…

Amazulu goalie teaches PSL forwards a lesson

With hardly anyone in the PSL able to place the ball in the back of the net, Amazulu goalkeeper Tshepo Motsoeneng decided to give all and sundry a lesson in the Premier League…