Overview
- Pitso Mosimane will announce his final Bafana Bafana squad at SAFA House on Thursday at 12:00, cutting the earlier 35-man provisional list before the team reports for camp.
- He must replace at least four injured provisional picks — Mbekezeli Mbokazi, Thalente Mbatha, Khuliso Mudau and Evidence Makgopa — with Tshepang Moremi also a doubt for selection.
- South Africa’s immediate schedule is fixed and tight: they host Guinea in an AFCON qualifier on 26 September, travel to Egypt to face Eritrea on 30 September, and play a friendly against Egypt on 4 October.
- Local media have published projected starting XIs and shortlists that tend to back established figures such as captain Ronwen Williams and Teboho Mokoena while naming a group of players who could miss the cut.
- Mosimane returns on a multi-year SAFA mandate to prioritise AFCON qualification so the composition of this short-preparation squad will shape his early record and how supporters judge his balance of experience and youth.