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Despite scrabbling through in the final qualifying spot for the last 16, on the strength of a Bongani Zungu header in a gritty 1-0 win over Namibia, the focus back home centred on who would replace the 65-year-old with most convinced Mohamed Salah and co. were about to send South Africa packing in Cairo.

A refusal to play Thembinkosi Lorch, the 2018-19 player of the season in South Africa, did not sit well either but the well-travelled Baxter stuck to his instincts—belatedly introducing Lorch for the suspended Themba Zwane for the Egypt clash—and inflicted a “national disaster” on the shell-shocked host nation.

The jubilant mood was a far cry from that engulfing the squad just five days earlier after Mbark Boussoufa’s 90th-minute goal threatened to knock South Africa out in the group stage.

By the time South Africa came calling for a second time in 2017, after the dismissal of Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba for publicly criticising FA president Danny Jordaan, Baxter had captured a pair of league titles with Kaizer Chiefs following a spell in charge of Finland.

I don't think he changed anything. We did not qualify for world cup.

Thanks he read the NDP and growth is his drive.

said who? HE IS GOING NO WHERE UNTIL WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

One swallow doesn't bring rain, we need consistency.

Still want him to go

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