Bafana full of confidence

Bafana Bafana's success in 2024 has to give them confidence they can compete for honours again at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco at the end of the year.

- Jonty Mark

South Africa can also take heart from a potentially easier draw overall than they had for the finals at the start of last year in the Ivory Coast.

Hugo Broos' side will face the might of Egypt in Group C, following the draw in Rabat on Monday. But in Angola and Zimbabwe, they will also take on two sides they will feel they can get the better of in the battle for the knockout rounds.

At the last Afcon, Bafana had to take on both Mali and Tunisia in the group stages, and did well to seal a runners-up spot in their group with a goalless draw against Tunisia.