Overview:
The Sundowns trio of Teboho Mokoena, Aubrey Modiba and Khuliso Mudau who had a very good tournament in Ivory Coast are also back for the Morocco edition.
South Africa head coach Hugo Broos has become the first tactician to name his final squad for the 2025 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
The Bafana Bafana are in Group B of the forthcoming edition alongside record winners Egypt, Angola and Zambia.
In the 25-man squad, the Belgian tactician who led the team to a 3rd place finish at the last edition in the Ivory Coast has ten players from the 2023 edition.
Goalkeepers Ronwen Williams and Ricardo Gross are back and are joined by Sipho Chaine in the department.
The Sundowns trio of Teboho Mokoena, Aubrey Modiba and Khuliso Mudau, who had a very good tournament in the Ivory Coast, are also back for the Morocco edition.
Others are Oswin Apollis, Evidence Makgopa, Siphephelo Sithole, Nkosinathi Sibisi and Elias Mokwana.
The 1996 champions have only Tylon Smith (QPR, England), Lyle Foster (Burnley, England), Siyabonga Ngezana (FSCB, Romania), Samukele Kabini (Molde FK, Norway), Siphephelo Sithole (CD Tondela, Portugal), Elias Mokwana (Al Hazem, Saudi Arabia), Mohau Nkota (Al Ettifaq, Saudi Arabia) and Shandre Campbell (Club Brugge, Belgium) as the foreign based players on the team.
Veterans Themba Zwane and Percy Tau, as well as Thembikosi Lorch, are the high-profile omissions from the squad, with striker Iqraam Rayners on the waiting list.