Key midfielder Teboho Mokoena is suspended for Thursday's must-win World Cup decider against South Korea. Photo: IANS
There is a growing sense that Bafana Bafana’s Fifa World Cup 2026 fate will be shaped not only by tactics or form, but by availability and mentality in key positions. And in the build-up to their decisive Group A clash against South Korea, Hugo Broos has been dealt one of his biggest blows of the tournament so far.
Teboho Mokoena is suspended.
The midfielder, who has become central to Bafana’s structure and control, picked up his second yellow card of the competition against Czech Republic and will now miss the must-win encounter.
It is a significant absence.
