Bafana Bafana defender Mbekezeli Mbokazi says they need to forget what happened against Egypt and focus on their next match against Zimbabwe.

South Africa suffered a 1-0 defeat to Egypt in their second Africa Cup of Nations Group B clash, with Burundian referee Pacifique Ndabihawenimana at the centre of controversy.

The defeat sees Bafana remain in second place in the Group B standings with three points, while Egypt are top of the group with six points.

Bafana will now shift their focus to their clash against Zimbabwe, where a win at the Stade de Marrakech will secure their place in the knockout stages.

“We had a hope that the referee was going to give us a penalty, but we can’t complain, we don’t know how the referee made the decision,” Mbokazi said.

“We can’t argue anything. What we need to do as a team is to work together in our next match to make sure that we win because what happened [against Egypt] won’t come back, we just have to continue to fight in our next game.”