 Nyorai mberi kwechikamu chino - Munguva yakatevera 2002 World Cup uye yakatungamira ku2006 FIFA World Cup, South Africa yaizopfuura nevadzidzisi vakuru vana; Ephraim Mashaba 20022004, April Phumo 2004, Stuart Baxter 20042005, Ted Dumitru 20052006 uye mutarisiri Pitso Mosimane 2006. Hapana mumwe wevarairidzi ava akakwanisa kuenzanisa kubudirira kwakaonekwa munguva ya1996-2002 sezvo South Africa yakatadza kufambira mberi kupfuura zvikamu zveboka mu2004 Africa Cup of Nations kana 2006 Africa Cup of Nations., vakakundikana kunyoresa chinangwa chimwe chete mune yokupedzisira. Kupfuura zvose, kunyange zvakadaro, South Africa yakakundikana kukwanisa kuenda ku2006 FIFA World Cup. Pashure pokuiswa muBoka 2 nokuda kwokukwanisa, South Africa yakarohwa kuGermany neGhana. Kutevera kuita kwakashata mu2004 ne2006 Africa Cup of Nations, runyerekupe rwakapararira kuti SAFA yanga ichiedza kukwezva maneja wepasi rose wepamusoro kuti adzidzise Bafana Bafana uye kuti aimbove mukuru weEngland Sven-Göran Eriksson akange arongerwa. Zvisinei, runyerekupe urwu rwakarambwa. 