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'Siyaya e-America' as brilliant Bafana end 23-year World Cup hoodoo
The Star
|October 15, 2025
THE South African men's national football team, Bafana Bafana, enjoyed a rare favour from archrivals Nigeria last night as they ended a 23-year World Cup qualification hoodoo.
Bafana pulled on the style, beating Rwanda 3-0 at Mbombela Stadium, as Nigeria did the same to Benin in Lagos during the last round of Group C of the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers last night.
They had no business to, but South Africa took a long route to booking their ticket to the global showpiece, which will be hosted by Mexico, the US, and Canada.
After leading Group C of the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers for over a year, Bafana were pencilled in the list of nine representatives for Africa.
And why not, after all? For the first time in over 20 years, Bafana actually had a good run in World Cup qualifiers, after last qualifying out of their efforts in 2002 and only playing as hosts in 2010.
Dit verhaal komt uit de October 15, 2025-editie van The Star.
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