We're Bafana believers again

Hugo Broos has instilled a belief that his Bafana can match Clive Barker’s Class of 1996 who secured the country’s only Afcon crown on home soil.

24 November 2024 - 00:00 By Sunday Times Editorial

When Hugo Broos was appointed as Bafana Bafana head coach in 2021, he assumed the mammoth task of reinventing a team deservedly described as “a bunch of losers” by former minister of sport Fikile Mbalula. It was a deserved dig because Bafana were synonymous with defeat, expected to lose a match long before a ball was kicked in a competition. ..

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