Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos. Picture Credit: Timeless News
By Moyahabo Mabeba
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup draws closer, Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos will jet off to Washington DC, in the United States of America (USA), to attend the draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Broos will join several international coaches and officials from the 48 countries that have qualified for the global showpiece to be held in the United States, Canada, and Mexico from 11 June – 19 July 2026.
But first, the Bafana Bafana coach, who is back home in his native Belgium, announced his final squad for this month’s Africa Cup of Nations to be held in Morocco from 21 December – 18 January 2026.
Among the team members, Mduduzi Shabalala, Iqraam Rayners, and Thabo Moloisane are on standby, and the team will assemble in Tshwane in the coming days to begin preparations for the continental tournament.
“It is very important that we have players who know that if something happens with injuries or whatever, we can count on them. We will ask them to stay in shape and train, and keep in good condition because should something happen, we are prepared. So that’s why I have selected these players and will keep them on standby,” he said.
Bafana Bafana will face a sterner test in Group B in the AFCON tourney when they will he competing against Egypt, Angola, and Zimbabwe.
Broos’ charges will open their campaign when they play their first match of the continental tournament against Angola on December 22.
