Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has named his preliminary squad for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Zimbabwe and Rwanda. South Africa’s senior men’s national team will face Zimbabwe on Friday, 10 October 2025 at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Bafana preliminary squad for Rwanda, ZimbabweBroos named his 45-man preliminary squad on Tuesday (23 September). This means that neither Zimbabwe nor Bafana would have been able to train at the venue before their match. Bafana Bafana preliminary squad announcementvs Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 and Rwanda 🇷🇼#BafanaPride@SABC_Sport pic.twitter.com/uYsSa8byv5 — Bafana Bafana (@BafanaBafana) September 23, 2025Earlier this month, Nigeria held South Africa to a 1-1 draw, with the latter still topping Group C with 17 points from their eight matches.