Former Bafana Bafana head coach Pitso Mosimane wants another crack at the national team job as he is keen to complete his collection of medals on the continent.
The 61-year-old has won every competition in South Africa, while he guided both Mamelodi Sundowns (2016) and Al Ahly (2020, 2021) to the CAF Champions League title.
Mosimane had a two-year stint with South Africa from 2010 to 2012, but he famously failed to qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations after mistakenly playing for a draw against Sierra Leone when he needed a win.
‘Jingles’ is currently enjoying some time away from the game, having not been in the dugout since leaving Iranian side Esteghlal in January 2025.
Mosimane has declared his interest in replacing Hugo Broos at the helm after the 2026 World Cup when the Belgian is set to retire. His motivation is spearheaded by the only medal that has eluded him thus far – AFCON.
“Myself, I am interested because I’ll tell you why, maybe it is ego, but it is the [AFCON] medal that I want to close everything,” Mosimane told the SMWX Podcast.
“It’s just the medal I don’t have on the continent. So, I would love to do that with Bafana and win the AFCON, that’s the one I want, it is possible.
“But I am not campaigning because the football association will put whoever they think is right, but if you ask me today, would you sign the contract? I would sign it today because it means a lot to me and I think we are at the right time with the right generation.
“Football goes in waves. Brazil have not won it (the World Cup) in so many years. France won the [2018] World Cup, they hadn’t won it for some time. Spain, you know, it’s a generational thing, Germany were winning it before.
“Argentina last won it with Diego Maradona era [prior to winning it in 2022]. I think this time, for AFCON, in South Africa we have the product to win it. We came third in the edition before the last one because we were knocked out in the [Last 16].
“But I think Sundowns, Pirates and Chiefs are coming up, they have the capacity to give us the players to fight because I like it when Chiefs are playing in the Confederation Cup, Pirates and Sundowns in the Champions League.
“That is where you test yourself, and we a have an opportunity now, we’re good. We have the capacity and we should not make excuses, we can do it.”
