Safa deserve nothing at all

If Bafana Bafana’s players are dancing at Mbombela Stadium this evening then South Africa will probably have qualified for the 2026 Fifa World Cup finals.

- with Jonty Mark

There is a note of caution here only because there has been dancing in Mbombela before that has not resulted in qualification for a major tournament.

In 2011, Pitso Mosimane’s Bafana side celebrated a goalless draw against Sierra Leona at the same stadium, thinking they had qualified for the 2012 Afcon. They had not, having misunderstood the rules.