{"id":51111,"date":"2026-02-28T00:15:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T00:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=51111"},"modified":"2026-02-28T00:15:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T00:15:32","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignpreview-cosafa-womens-championship-zimbabwe-vs-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/28\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignpreview-cosafa-womens-championship-zimbabwe-vs-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: COSAFA Women\u2019s Championship \u2013 Zimbabwe vs South Africa"},"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-140059\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- .entry-header -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"280\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Preview-COSAFA-Womens-Championship-%E2%80%93-Zimbabwe-vs-South-Africa.jpg?resize=280%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\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-celebrating.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-celebrating.jpg?resize=300%2C283&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-celebrating.jpg?resize=1024%2C967&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-celebrating.jpg?resize=768%2C725&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-celebrating.jpg?resize=1536%2C1451&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-celebrating.jpg?resize=280%2C264&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-celebrating.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mighty-Warriors-celebrating.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>Mighty Warriors face Banyana Banyana this afternoon in the COSAFA Cup semi-finals match scheduled to be played at the New Peter Mokaba Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Kick off is at 3 pm CAT.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Zimbabwe finished as the best-placed runner-up after remaining ubeaten in Group B. They were equal on points, seven, with group winners Zambia but were only separated by goal difference.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa, on the other hand, won Group A with after picking seven points.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of the match, Mighty Warriors coach Sithethelewe Sibanda said: \u201cAs I have always said, we are taking each game as it comes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFootball is played on the pitch and we are not reading much into history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know South Africa is a strong side, but everyone is here to compete and win. We just want to give our best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe will play in the COSAFA Cup semi-final for the first time in three years; their last appearance was during the 2023 edition.<\/p>\n<p>The winner between Zimbabwe and South Africa will face the winner between Zambia and Namibia in the final, which is scheduled for Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe has only won the COSAFA Cup once, while South Africa boasts of lifting the trophy seven times.<\/p>\n<p>The match will be streamed live on FIFA+ and COSAFA\u2019s YouTube channel, allowing fans across the region to follow the action.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged 2025 Cosafa Cup<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;\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#Preview #COSAFA #Womens #Championship #Zimbabwe #South #Africa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Mighty Warriors face Banyana Banyana this afternoon in the COSAFA Cup semi-finals match scheduled to be&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[151,117,1675,199,150,4289,113],"class_list":["post-51111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-africa","tag-championship","tag-cosafa","tag-preview","tag-south","tag-womens","tag-zimbabwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51111","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=51111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51112,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51111\/revisions\/51112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}