Edward Motale endorses Helman Mkhalele to take over Bafana Bafana

Mkhalele – currently Bafana assistant coach to Broos – was hand-picked by the Belgian himself as his preferred successor, having announced that he will retire as a coach following the FIFA World Cup in North America.  

Motale believes that working as Broos’ understudy plus being a former South Africa international himself, makes Mkhalele the perfect candidate. 

"Seconded – Helman 'Midnight Express' should be our next head coach for Bafana Bafana because what he has learnt – I think he has learnt so many things from Hugo Broos, so he won't disappoint," said 'Magents'.

"And as a former football player, he's a former Bafana Bafana players, he knows the system and he knows the culture – I was with him when we won the AFCON years back. So everything is in here – in his hands."

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Motale has pleaded with the South African public to rally behind his former teammate should the appointment materialise.  

"All I say to South Africans, I say, 'If it happens that Helman is our head coach next year, please let's give him support through all odds," he said.

"We've seen with Nigeria; we've seen with Ghana, Ivory Coast – the list is endless, they are coached by their own, so let's give him the 100 percent support that we can so that we can start believing in our own.

"I'm not saying Europe is bad but this time around, Helman is there, why must we be running around?"