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AFCON 2015: South Africa drag Eagles to Cape Town

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The South African Football Association (SAFA) has announced that the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Nigeria will be played in Cape Town.

 

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will open their qualifying campaign with a home game against Rwanda, before travelling to Cape Town for Bafana Bafana of South Africa five days later.

 

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Meanwhile, SAFA president, Danny Jordaan said new coach, Shakes Mashaba does not have a mandate to qualify for the Nations Cup in Morocco.

 

He said: “We will not say to Shakes that he must qualify for Morocco 2015. That is not his mandate.

 

“The mandate is to build a sustainable Bafana Bafana team for the next few years,”Jordaan said.

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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has ordered that Stephen Keshi resume duty as soon as possible, with next week given as deadline.

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