Overview

• SAFA has requested written reasons for FIFA’s forfeiture decision and intends to appeal within the 10-day window, after receiving a fine of about R200,000 and a warning for Mokoena.
• The deduction leaves Bafana level with Benin on 14 points but second on goal difference with two matches remaining.
• South Africa hosts Zimbabwe in Durban on 10 October and Rwanda in Mbombela on 14 October, with both fixtures on home soil.
• Hugo Broos’s 23-man list includes eight Orlando Pirates players and no Kaizer Chiefs selections, with suspended Siyabonga Ngezana omitted and Malibongwe Khoza called up.
• Broos publicly accepted responsibility for the oversight, called for focus on securing six points, and questioned the timing of FIFA’s ruling.