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Bafana Bafana during a training session.
Bafana Bafana’s FIFA World Cup 2026 journey has hit a bump in the road.
SABC News has reliably learnt that the team had to postpone its departure for Mexico due to visa issues.
The team was supposed to leave from OR Tambo International Airport on a chartered flight early on Sunday morning.
A reliable source says the travel arrangements had to be postponed because several players have not been issued with visas yet.
The cause is apparently an administrative bungle.
Bafana Bafana are scheduled to play a warm-up against Jamaica in Mexico before they take on the World Cup co-hosts in the opening match of the tournament on the 11th of June.
SABC News has reliably learnt that Bafana Bafana has had to postpone it’s departure for Mexico due to Visa issues. Several players have reportedly not been issued with Visa’s yet. Bafana are scheduled to play a warm up match against Jamaica before the start of the WC#SabcNews
— Lopang (@LopangAlamu) May 30, 2026
