Kwanda Mngonyama struck the post in sudden death for hosts Bafana Bafana to lose a marathon penalty shootout 7-6, and suffer the embarrassment of crashing out of the Cosafa Cup at the first hurdle. Like Zambia against Namibia earlier in the day, South Africa lost on penalties in their quarterfinal after being unable to score in the goalless 90 minutes of normal time. There was no extra time.Botswana will meet the winners of today's quarterfinal between Mozambique and Madagascar in Thursday night's semifinal at Royal Bafokeng Stadium.South Africa go into the plate section, with their next match on Wednesday.Bafana coach Shakes Mashaba handed a debut at playmaker to Gift Motupa, the 20-year-old forward who scored eight goals for Baroka FC in the National First Division this season.Other debutants were centre-backs Mngonyama and Clayton Daniels, and strikers Phumelele Bhengu and Carl Lark.For Botswana, Platinum Stars forward Mogakolodi Ngele, who has had issues with his national team, was not on coach Peter Butler's squad sheet.The number of new faces - some, like Ajax Cape Town reject and Santos striker Lark, strangely selected - could not gel. This was disappointing given the team had four warm-up practice matches.And there certainly seemed enough firepower for an SA "development" side to overpower even a near full-strength Botswana.The Zebras took advantage of SA's disjointedness to create some decent chances in the first half. As Bafana improved markedly in the second half, Botswana maintained a solid shape and stood firm in the face of pressure.As the urgency to avoid penalties grew, the pace and creativity of Lebogang Manyama frustratingly remained on South Africa's bench.After some early threats by SA left wing Tlou Segolela, it was Botswana who had the most chances...