South Africa's football future shines ahead of key World Cup matches

Despite what happens between Wednesday and Tuesday night, the future of South African football, particularly for the senior national team, is in safe hands.

History beckons for SA football in the next few days. Amajita will face Colombia in the U20 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 in Chile, while Bafana Bafana will clash with Zimbabwe and Rwanda in two crucial FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

A victory for Amajita would make them the first South African national team, male or female, to reach the global showpiece quarter-final, having last reached the U20 quarter-final in the 2009 edition in Egypt, before Banyana Banyana followed suit at the 2023 global showpiece in Australia.

By Mihlali Baleka

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