{"id":12714,"date":"2025-10-08T19:20:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T17:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/bafana-bafana-dealt-another-big-blow-ahead-of-zimbabwe-clash\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:25:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:25:57","slug":"bafana-bafana-dealt-another-big-blow-ahead-of-zimbabwe-clash","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/bafana-bafana-dealt-another-big-blow-ahead-of-zimbabwe-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Bafana Bafana dealt another big blow ahead of Zimbabwe clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"excerpt\">\n<p>Bafana Bafana have been dealt another major blow ahead of two crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Zimbabwe and Rwanda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Mamelodi Sundowns forward Iqraam Rayners has been withdrawn from the team due to medical reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Rayners has since been replaced by Orlando Pirates forward Evidence Makgopa.<\/p>\n<p>According a statement released by the SAFA, Rayners has been withdrawn from the senior national team due to medical reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Bafana are set to face Zimbabwe in Durban on Friday, and play Rwanda four days later in Mbombela.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, coach Hugo Broos announced the withdrawal of Orlando Pirates forward Relebohile Mofokeng due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>Mofokeng has been replaced by Mduduzi Shabalala of Kaizer Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>Bafana Bafana have been dealt another major big blow ahead of two crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Zimbabwe and Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>Mamelodi Sundowns forward Iqraam Rayners has been withdrawn from the team due to medical reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Rayners has since been replaced by Orlando Pirates forward by Evidence Makgopa.<\/p>\n<p>According a statement released by the SAFA, Rayners has been withdrawn from the senior national team due to medical reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Bafana are set to face Zimbabwe in Durban on Friday, and play Rwanda four days later in Mbombela.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, coach Hugo Broos announced the withdrawal of Orlando Pirates forward Relebohile Mofokeng due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>Mofokeng has been replaced by Mduduzi Shabalala of Kaizer Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12715,"template":"default||default","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-12714","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"According a statement released by the SAFA, Rayners has been withdrawn from the senior national team due to medical reasons.||According a statement released by the SAFA, Rayners has been withdrawn from the senior national team due to medical reasons.","published_date":null,"news_description":"According a statement released by the SAFA, Rayners has been withdrawn from the senior national team due to medical reasons.||According a statement released by the SAFA, Rayners has been withdrawn from the senior national team due to medical reasons.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18185,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12714\/revisions\/18185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=12714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}