No More Excuses: We Need To Qualify

If Bafana Bafana fails to qualify for the 2026 Fifa World Cup, it will go down as one of the biggest bottle jobs in South African football.

- Katlego Modiba

The task is straightforward; beat Lesotho and Nigeria at home, and qualification is within touching distance.

With four games to play, Hugo Broos has his side sitting top of Group C on 13 points, five clear of second-placed Rwanda.

The coach would have taken this scenario if it was offered to him before the qualifiers started.

For Bafana, missing out from this position would be unforgivable.

More importantly, it would rob the football-mad nation of the moment it has craved for 23 years. Mzansi football doesn't need another nearly story; it needs Bafana on the plane to North America.

The country last qualified for the World Cup in 2002, which was held in South Korea and Japan. They featured again in 2010 as hosts, but two decades of near misses and heartbreak have followed.