{"id":13578,"date":"2025-10-23T08:57:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T06:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-banyana-banyana-earn-1-1-draw-against-drc-in-wafcon-qualifier\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:29","slug":"sas-banyana-banyana-earn-1-1-draw-against-drc-in-wafcon-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-banyana-banyana-earn-1-1-draw-against-drc-in-wafcon-qualifier\/","title":{"rendered":"SA\u2019s Banyana Banyana Earn 1-1 draw against DRC in WAFCON qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">South Africa\u2019s (SA) Banyana Banyana secured a hard-fought 1-1 draw against the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Kinshasa on Wednesday in the first leg of their second-round Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualifying tie.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">The encounter at the Pentecost Martyrs Stadium was tightly contested, with Coach Desiree Ellis\u2019 side taking the lead late in the first half through Kgalebane Mohlakoana. However, their advantage was short-lived as Ruth Monique equalised for the hosts just before halftime.<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">Banyana Banyana will now look to capitalise on home advantage when they host the second leg at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg <span dir=\"ltr\">next Tuesday<\/span>. The winners of these second-round fixtures will qualify for the expanded 16-team Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations, set to be held in Morocco in March and April 2026.<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13579,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-13578","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Banyana Banyana will now look to capitalise on home advantage when they host the second leg at the FNB Stadium.","published_date":null,"news_description":"Banyana Banyana will now look to capitalise on home advantage when they host the second leg at the FNB Stadium","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13578","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\/13578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18638,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13578\/revisions\/18638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=13578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}