Bafana Bafana were at OR Tambo International Airport on Monday afternoon ready for their day-late flight to Mexico for the 2026 World Cup, their social media platforms showed.The South African national team was controversially delayed from its planned Sunday departure due to many of the players and technical staff not having received their US visas by this weekend.A video posted on the official Bafana Bafana X account showed players at OR Tambo, ready for departure late on Monday afternoon and then boarding their chartered flight.The video was accompanied by text stating: “ Bafana Bafana are finally heading to Mexico. All the best boys! make us proud and fly the flag high!”It was not clear if the four members of the camp who had not received their visas by Monday morning had received their paperwork and were joining the rest of the squad on its departure.Assistant coach Helman Mkhalele, who was among the four, was not shown in the video posted on X. Safa’s media department had not released any statement regarding any update on the four members and could not be reached for clarification at the time of publishing.The association on Monday apologised to South Africans for the administrative blunder that resulted in the team failing to leave as scheduled on Sunday and thanked the international relations and co-operation department (Dirco) and US consulate for their assistance resolving the matter speedily. 🔴WATCH📹: Bafana are finally departing for Mexico after visa saga was resolved. There was Banyana personnel as well at the OR Tambo International Airport on Monday as the team was also departing for Japan, where they will play a two-legged friendly on June 6 and 9. @Sowetan1981 pic.twitter.com/ug2QzpFf9r— Ndebele Sihle (@Sihle_NdebeleSK) June 1, 2026