Stars Banyana will look up to do the job as they seek to defend title

Veterans of the last Wafcon back to savour glory again

- By Kgomotso Mokoena

Tomorrow, Banyana Banyana will get off the mark and open their 2025 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) campaign against Ghana.

The much-awaited tournament started yesterday with a clash between host country Morocco and Zambia.

The South Africans are on a mission to defend the trophy they won in the last edition in 2022 in the same country and it should be a huge sense of déjà vu for the SA girls. They are drawn in the same group as Ghana, Tanzania and Mali.

There were issues in the Banyana camp in Casablanca when coach Desiree Ellis' players downed tools and staged a little stay-away. They boycotted training and wanted the South African Football Association (Safa) to address their financial demands.

Well, according to Safa, the impasse was easily resolved, and an agreement was reached. So, things are back on track and the focus is back on the main prize, the holy grail of women's football in the African continent.