We’ll draw with Mexico and beat the rest — Gayton McKenzie's bold Bafana World Cup prediction

Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie is fully behind Bafana Bafana ahead of their Fifa World Cup opener against Mexico on Thursday.

Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture of South Africa, Gayton McKenzie, has predicted that Bafana Bafana will play to a 1-1 draw with hosts Mexico in the much-anticipated 2026 Fifa World Cup opener at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on Thursday.

The match is, of course, a repeat of the 2010 Fifa World Cup opener when South Africa were the hosts and played against Mexico at the FNB Stadium in Soweto.

Bafana’s Siphiwe Tshabalala opened the scoring that night with an unforgettable strike before Rafa Marquez equalised for Mexico.

Sixteen years later, McKenzie believes the rematch will end in a similar 1-1 stalemate.