The South African cricketers are poised for an historic first ever Test series win on Australian soil.
The Proteas need only 153 runs with 10 wickets in hand against Australia in the final day of the second cricket Test at the MCG in Melbourne.
South Africa paceman Dale Steyn, who finished with 10 wickets for the match, says the feeling is that something special will happen this afternoon.
South Africa bowled Australia out for 247 on Monday and resume on the final day at 30 for no loss, chasing 183 to win and wrap up the series 2-0.
And if Graeme Smith - sitting on 25 from 19 balls including five fours from his short spell with the bat - and his men can win the final Test in Sydney, South Africa won't just have a whitewash and their first ever series win in Australia, they'll also replace the hosts at the top of the ICC Test rankings.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting meanwhile doesn't even know if his pace spearhead Brett Lee will be available to bowl at the SCG after Lee suffered a foot injury earlier in the match which will keep him out for six weeks following this game.
Summing up Australia's day, their only hint of a breakthrough late on day four after Ponting (99) and Mitchell Johnson (43 not out) offered the only resistance with the bat came with Lee bowling Neil McKenzie for two, but it was a no-ball.
The Proteas were inspired by pace ace Steyn's remarkable 10 for 154 including five for 67 in Australia's second innings.
Ponting, who made 101 in Australia's first innings, was caught at short cover by rival skipper Smith off Morne Morkel's bowling for 99 at eight for 212, silencing Monday's crowd of 19,847.
The Tasmanian fell one run short of a world record of becoming the first player to score twin centuries in a Test four times.
Steyn, who has claimed 74 wickets this year, took four of the first five to fall on Monday. They included out-of-form pair Matthew Hayden (23) and Andrew Symonds (0).
Australia were three for 86 at lunch after the dismissals of Hayden, Simon Katich (15) and Mike Hussey (2).
Ponting and vice-captain Michael Clarke (29) added 96 for the fourth wicket.
Averaging 23.85 in four Tests this summer, Symonds faces mounting pressure from fellow Queenslander Shane Watson for his place in the side for the third and final Test in Sydney starting on January 3.
Hayden, the 37-year-old opener whose 102-Test career appears almost over, was caught at short cover off Steyn.
Australia's best hope may rest with a rain-affected draw on day five, with morning rain predicted and a possible storm, with a top of 21 degrees.
