Overview
- Oswin Appollis put Bafana Bafana ahead in the 21st minute before Angola’s Show equalised, with South Africa asserting control after half-time.
- Tshepang Moremi’s second-half strike was disallowed on VAR review for an offside in the buildup involving Lyle Foster.
- Lyle Foster clinched the points with a precise 79th-minute shot from the edge of the area after missing a chance moments earlier.
- Coach Hugo Broos handed AFCON debuts to Mbekezeli Mbokazi, Mohau Nkota and Sipho Mbule, and Mbokazi later struck the crossbar.
- Egypt defeated Zimbabwe 2-1 later in Agadir, leaving Egypt and South Africa level on three points ahead of Friday’s Group B meeting.