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Amajita reserve their best for Africa
The Star
|May 20, 2025
THE investment that has been made in the growth of South African youth football paid off on the continental stage on Sunday, as the Under-20 men's national team won the Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations.
Amajita etched their names into the record books of continental football by winning their first-ever Africa youth championship.
En route to the title on Sunday night, Amajita beat Morocco 1-0 at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo, courtesy of a second-half goal by Gomolemo Kekana. That win means Amajita will head to the Fifa Under-20 World Cup in Chile in September as African champions, surpassing the class of 1997 who finished as runners-up.
South African youth football has been on the rise recently, with the Under-17 men's national team - Amajimbos - also qualifying for the Fifa Under-17 World Cup in Qatar in late November. This upward trajectory comes as the PSL reserve league — the DStv Diski Challenge (DDC) = celebrates 10 years of existence and success. The DDC has been a breeding and nurturing ground for some of the top exports the country has ever produced, including Bafana Bafana's talisman, Percy Tau.
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