South Africa suffered their second consecutive defeat in four days, as they lost 4-2 to Germany, the 2006 World Cup hosts, in Bremen on Wednesday.
Bafana Bafana were beaten 3-1 by Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou on Sunday, which ended their quest for a spot at next year`s World Cup finals.
Lukas Podolski was the star of Wednesday`s game, scoring a hat-trick that restored German morale after a poor outing against Slovakia.
Podolski began Germany`s rout with a 12th minute goal, neatly lobbing the ball over goalkeeper Hans Vonk.
South Africa`s Shaun Bartlett converted a 28th minute penalty, after a foul on Sibusiso Zuma, which kept the scoreline respectable in the first-half.
But Tim Borowski began the German resurgence by opening the lead one minute after the interval.
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Podolski, who set up Borowski`s strike, got his second goal - and Germany`s third - one minute later.
Benni McCarthy`s close-range strike in the 50th gave the South Africans a fighting chance of getting back into the game.
That hope was extinguished by Podolski`s 56th minute goal that marked his hat-trick.
It was only the outstanding goalkeeping by South Africa goalkeeper Hans Vonk, in the last ten minutes of the game, that ensured the Germans did not increase the margin of defeat.
Wednesday`s loss is certain to intensify pressure on embattled coach Stuart Baxter.
The Englishman has publicly stated he is expecting the South African Football Association to sack him as a result of his team`s failure to reach next year`s World Cup finals.
