Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos says facing Panama will provide his team with a valuable learning opportunity.

South Africa are set to take on Panama in two international friendly matches set to be played at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban and the DHL Stadium in Cape Town.

Bafana will play their first friendly at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Friday, 27 March.

They will then travel to Cape Town to face the same opponents at the DHL Stadium for their second match on Tuesday, 31 March 2026.

Broos admitted results are not his main priority but stressed he does not want heavy defeats, adding that recent selection changes are aimed at helping the team rediscover the qualities they lost during the latest Africa Cup of Nations campaign.

“It was the right decision to choose Panama to play two international games here in South Africa.

“We will learn a lot about the middle American style of playing football.

“The result is not that important, but I do not want to have two defeats or big defeats.

“We have to learn about those kinds of countries.

“But on the hand I also want to see the Bafana Bafana I saw in the last three years.

“This was something we lost during the recent Africa Cup of Nations and we have to restore it, and that is why there are a few changes in our selections.”