{"id":46656,"date":"2026-01-04T12:58:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T12:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=46656"},"modified":"2026-01-04T12:58:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T12:58:06","slug":"2026-01-04-mahlatses-daily-afcon-talking-point-will-coach-hugo-broos-unleash-relebohile-mofokeng-against-cameroon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/04\/2026-01-04-mahlatses-daily-afcon-talking-point-will-coach-hugo-broos-unleash-relebohile-mofokeng-against-cameroon\/","title":{"rendered":"Will coach Hugo Broos unleash Relebohile Mofokeng against Cameroon?"},"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=\"\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The time for talking is almost over for South Africa and Cameroon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Bafana Bafana take on the Indomitable Lions in their much-anticipated 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) at the El Barid Stadium in Rabat on Sunday night and there is little separating the two teams. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In a football match of contrasting philosophies, South Africa bring their ball-playing style to the table while Cameroon rely more on their physicality and hard running. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The question on the minds of South Africans is whether Bafana coach Hugo Broos will finally unleash talented Relebohile Mofokeng in this match to provide the surprise element.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sipho Mbule has blown hot and cold in this tournament as a playmaker and the feeling is that Mofokeng, though not physically imposing, could be effective in the number ten role. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Broos coached Cameroon to Afcon glory in 2017 in Gabon, but made it clear at his pre-match press conference there will not be room for emotions because his focus is on helping Bafana progress to the quarterfinal stage.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"c-divider\"\/><\/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#coach #Hugo #Broos #unleash #Relebohile #Mofokeng #Cameroon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The time for talking is almost over for South Africa and Cameroon. Bafana Bafana take on the Indomitable Lions in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46656","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=46656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46658,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46656\/revisions\/46658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}