South Africa are not at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon and will also not grace the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar. Bafana’s golden years saw them winning the 1996 Afcon title and qualifying for the 1998 and 2002 World Cups. “There is a disappointment after our failure in the Afcon and World Cup qualifiers,” Fish told GOAL. “There is a long way to go to regain our level between 1996 and 2000. For any African, this is the pinnacle of a career, even if there is also the World Cup.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 09, 2022 12:40 UTC