By Thebe Mabanga
As Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos sets out to write the final chapter of his chequered but largely successful five-year tenure, he has chosen to use a mixture of pragmatism and loyalty to key players to ensure that he goes out on a high.
The departure to North America was marred by drama over visa delays for the squad as well as the bad optics of humiliating the six players who did not make the final cut, who were subjected to the humiliation of discovering with the rest of the country that they did not make the cut.
On Saturday evening, Bafana Bafana will play Jamaica behind closed doors at the Estadio Hidalgo in Pachuca, Mexico, in their final preparatory match.
Bafana Bafana then open their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign against co-hosts Mexico at the Azteca stadium, site of the 1986 World Cup Final, on the
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