South Africa’s Bafana Bafana returns to the African Nations Championship for the first time since 2014, aiming to improve on their 2011 quarter-final exit.

• Qualified with a dominant 2-1 aggregate win over Malawi in the final qualification round.
• Coach: Molefi Ntseki, who previously led the senior national team from 2019 to 2021.
• Opening match against Algeria on 8th August at the Nelson Mandela Stadium, Namboole.