Orlando Pirates' historic Betway Premiership victory combined with Mamelodi Sundowns' CAF Champions League triumph will present Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos with a squad of happy players ahead of the World Cup.
It could not have been scripted better that the core of the World Cup-bound Bafana Bafana squad is made up of champions — namely Orlando Pirates, who clinched the Betway Premiership title on the final day of the 2025/2026 season, and Mamelodi Sundowns, who won the CAF Champions League on Sunday night in Rabat.
Sundowns brought home their second star after beating AS FAR 2-1 on aggregate (they drew 1-1 in Rabat after the South Africans secured a 1-0 home win in the first leg in Tshwane).
Pirates beat and relegated Orbit College 2-0 in Mbombela on Saturday afternoon to not only halt a 14-year league trophy drought, but also to register a domestic treble.
These two trophies will mean a lot to the respective club coaches, Miguel Cardoso of Sundowns and Abdeslam Ouaddou of Pirates, as they transform their CVs and place them on the right side of the history books of South African football.
