Pitso Mosimane has been sacked as Bafana Bafana head coach.
Assistant coach Steve Komphela would take charge of South Africa’s next two matches, Independent Online reported on Tuesday morning.
“Drawing in the last 15 minutes of the game [against Ethiopia] made us realise we had to act now,” the SA Football Association (Safa) was quoted as saying in a statement.
Bafana drew 1-1 against their east African counterparts in their opening match of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers in Phokeng, outside Rustenburg, on Sunday.
They face Botswana in another crucial qualifying fixture in Gaborone on Saturday, and they play Gabon in an international friendly in Johannesburg later this month.
Moroka Swallows coach Gordon Igesund has been tipped to take over from the embattled Mosimane on a permanent basis after South Africa failed to win any of their last seven matches.
Further details were expected from Safa later today.
In their statement issued early this morning, Safa said its Emergency Committee held a meeting yesterday "to evaluate the performance of Bafana Bafana as a direct result of the first 2014 World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Ethiopia held on Sunday".
The Emergency Committee "considered the reports that were tabled at the meeting and mandated SAFA Vice President Chief Mwelo Nonkonyana and the CEO of SAFA Dr Robin Petersen to hold an urgent meeting with Mr Pitso Mosimane to discuss the matter".
This meeting was held at the Royal Marang Hotel in Phokeng near Rustenburg the same day, and "both parties agreed to part ways amicably in the best interests of both the country and the national team".
"The Association will be indebted to Mr. Mosimane for the work he has done for SAFA since his appointment as head coach of Bafana Bafana and we wish him well in his future endeavours.
"This Association wants to place on record that Mr. Mosimane is the only coach that has assisted SAFA by donating a portion of his salary in the pursuit of the development agenda of the Association which included assisting the ex-professional football players to attend the coaching course that is currently on-going at SAFA House," said SAFA President Kirsten Nematandani.
SAFA CEO Dr Robin Petersen said: "We appeal to the nation to also support the caretaker coach, the technical team, the players and the whole team going forward. We have entered into a crucial period of World Cup qualification and we will need all hands on deck to ensure this country gets to Brazil in 2014, as well as perform admirably at the 2013 AFCON tournament that we will host".
Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane fired
Pitso Mosimane has been sacked as Bafana Bafana head coach.
Assistant coach Steve Komphela would take charge of South Africa’s next two matches, Independent Online reported on Tuesday morning.
“Drawing in the last 15 minutes of the game [against Ethiopia] made us realise we had to act now,” the SA Football Association (Safa) was quoted as saying in a statement.
Bafana drew 1-1 against their east African counterparts in their opening match of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers in Phokeng, outside Rustenburg, on Sunday.
They face Botswana in another crucial qualifying fixture in Gaborone on Saturday, and they play Gabon in an international friendly in Johannesburg later this month.
Moroka Swallows coach Gordon Igesund has been tipped to take over from the embattled Mosimane on a permanent basis after South Africa failed to win any of their last seven matches.
Further details were expected from Safa later today.
In their statement issued early this morning, Safa said its Emergency Committee held a meeting yesterday "to evaluate the performance of Bafana Bafana as a direct result of the first 2014 World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Ethiopia held on Sunday".
The Emergency Committee "considered the reports that were tabled at the meeting and mandated SAFA Vice President Chief Mwelo Nonkonyana and the CEO of SAFA Dr Robin Petersen to hold an urgent meeting with Mr Pitso Mosimane to discuss the matter".
This meeting was held at the Royal Marang Hotel in Phokeng near Rustenburg the same day, and "both parties agreed to part ways amicably in the best interests of both the country and the national team".
"The Association will be indebted to Mr. Mosimane for the work he has done for SAFA since his appointment as head coach of Bafana Bafana and we wish him well in his future endeavours.
"This Association wants to place on record that Mr. Mosimane is the only coach that has assisted SAFA by donating a portion of his salary in the pursuit of the development agenda of the Association which included assisting the ex-professional football players to attend the coaching course that is currently on-going at SAFA House," said SAFA President Kirsten Nematandani.
SAFA CEO Dr Robin Petersen said: "We appeal to the nation to also support the caretaker coach, the technical team, the players and the whole team going forward. We have entered into a crucial period of World Cup qualification and we will need all hands on deck to ensure this country gets to Brazil in 2014, as well as perform admirably at the 2013 AFCON tournament that we will host".
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