It is less than eight months to go before the 2010 World Cup and Bafana Bafana is without a coach.

The South African Football Association has to appoint a successor to Joel Santana the Brazilian who stepped down as Bafana Bafana head coach this week.

Coaches who are standing in line for this position are the former Bafana head coach Carlos Alberto Parreira, SuperSport Uniteds Gavin Hunt and Gordon Igesund of Maritzburg United.

The wait is over Carlos Alberto Parreira has been appointed as the New Bafana head coach for South Africa.