Malibongwe Maketa was named interim head coach of the South Africa cricket staff on Wednesday and can take cost of the Proteas for a three-test tour of Australia beginning subsequent month.
Maketa will exchange Mark Boucher, who will step down as head coach after the continuing Twenty20 World Cup in Australia.
The 42-year-old Maketa is at present the South Africa “A” staff coach and head of the nationwide academy, and has been a part of the senior staff’s teaching group earlier than. He was an assistant coach with the Proteas from 2017-19.
His appointment is just for the exams in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney in December and January, with Cricket South Africa anticipated to make a everlasting appointment early subsequent yr.