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Bafana Bafana Set for Crucial AFCON Warm-Up Against Ghana

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Ronwen Williams of South Africa during the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers - Bafana Bafana press conference at Dobsonville Stadium, in Soweto on 01 September 2025 ©Phakamisa Lensman/BackpagePix

Bafana Bafana will take on Ghana in a friendly clash as part of their final preparations for the Africa Cup of Nations.

South Africa will go head-to-head against the Black Stars when they meet in a friendly encounter on Tuesday, 16 December.

The venue for this up-and-coming encounter is yet to be determined and will be announced in the coming days.

Bafana will use this match as their final preparations before they jet off to participate in the AFCON in Morocco later this month.

“Bafana Bafana will face Ghana next week in their final match in South Africa ahead of their departure to this month’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco,” Bafana said in a statement.

“Coach Hugo Broos’ charges will host the West Africans in Gauteng on Tuesday, 16 December 2025 at a venue that will be announced in the coming days.

“The team will then depart for Morocco on the following day ahead of their participation in the AFCON tournament to be held in Morocco from 21 December 2025 – January 2026. The stage is set for 24 African teams to battle it out in nine venues in Morocco and Côte d’Ivoire are the defending champions.

“Bafana Bafana are in Group B in the AFCON, and they will face Egypt, Angola and Zimbabwe. The South Africans play their first match of the continental tournament against Angola on 22 December 2025.”