{"id":44695,"date":"2025-12-11T08:36:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=44695"},"modified":"2025-12-11T08:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:36:18","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignbafana-bafana-rope-in-zimbabwean-official-to-boost-their-technical-team-ahead-of-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/11\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignbafana-bafana-rope-in-zimbabwean-official-to-boost-their-technical-team-ahead-of-afcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Bafana Bafana rope in Zimbabwean official to boost their technical team ahead of AFCON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-139002\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"319\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bafana-Bafana-rope-in-Zimbabwean-official-to-boost-their-technical.jpg?resize=319%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-AFCON-official-match-ball.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-AFCON-official-match-ball.jpg?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-AFCON-official-match-ball.jpg?resize=319%2C264&amp;ssl=1 319w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>The South Africa national team has strengthened its technical department ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with the appointment of Zimbabwean match analyst Tinashe-Shingai Mukandatsama, who is attached to Mamelodi Sundowns.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The appointment was confirmed by the South African Football Association (SAFA) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The association said on their website: \u201cSenior Performance Analyst Sinesipho Mali will also not be alone in Morocco as Under-20 World Cup analyst Tinashe-Shingai Mukandatsama has joined his department.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Bafana Bafana are in Group B at AFCON, where they will face Egypt, Angola and Zimbabwe. They will play their first match of the continental tournament against Angola on 22 December 2025.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">South Africa will face the Warriors in their final Group B game on 30 December.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged mamelodi sundowns, Tinashe-Shingai Mukandatsama<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Bafana #Bafana #rope #Zimbabwean #official #boost #technical #team #ahead #AFCON<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Africa national team has strengthened its technical department ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[942,1003,1432,565,854,9393,201,856,494],"class_list":["post-44695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-afcon","tag-ahead","tag-bafana","tag-boost","tag-official","tag-rope","tag-team","tag-technical","tag-zimbabwean"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44696,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44695\/revisions\/44696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}