Terry Venables has applied to be the next coach of South Africa

The South African Football Association (Safa) has revealed he was one of around 50 candidates to have put their names forward for the job.

Ted Dumitru is the caretaker coach of Bafana Bafana and will lead them at the upcoming African Nations Cup in Egypt.

Safa will meet next month to discuss who will take over from Dumitru, and it insists no decision has yet been made.

Although the list of applicants includes a number of high-profile names, Safa chief executive Raymond Hack insists every candidate will be considered for the job.

"The idea that anyone - Venables included - has an inside track or is in discussions with Safa is utter nonsense," Hack told South African newspaper the Sunday Times.

"Ted will report on the African Cup of Nations on 17 February - when the next executive meeting is held - and after that we will take things forward.

"We acknowledge receipt (of every application) and that's all - nothing is evaluated or discussed at any level of Safa.

"The irony here is that these many applications are not responses to an advertised vacancy."