It took Santana's South African Police Services escort less than a minute to whisk Santana out of the airport and into his car en route to his hotel.

Santana replaces fellow Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira who caused a major shock last month when he resigned due to the ill health of his wife.

Parreira won the World Cup with Brazil in 1994 when the world showpiece was staged in the United States of America.

Santana will coach Bafana until the end of the 2010 World Cup finals to be staged in South Africa.

He will earn R1,5 million a month, Parreira was paid R1,8 million a month.

Santana met with his two assistant coaches Jairo Leal and Pitso Mosimane for the first time on Sunday.

Hack told reporters: "Santana will be meeting with his technical team over the next three days to familiarise himself with his new players before announcing his squad to play Nigeria in the central Nigerian city of Abuja on June 1 in the opening Group Four 2010 African Nations Cup qualifier.

Said Hack: "The two assistant coaches will help Santana select the squad for Nigeria which will be announced on Wednesday.

Santana will not answer questions on the squad at Monday's briefing as he will not have had time to find his feet.

But he is prepared to discuss tactics and other aspects of his career.

But on Wednesday he will be up to speed and discuss his new squad."

Santana has no experience of coaching an international team.

He has won the Rio de Janeiro State Championships four times.

He faces a tough challenge when he leads the Bafana side against Bafana's old enemies Nigeria.

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