{"id":39802,"date":"2026-07-16T19:22:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39802"},"modified":"2026-07-16T19:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:22:37","slug":"banyana-aim-to-win-over-south-african-hearts-once-again","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/banyana-aim-to-win-over-south-african-hearts-once-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Banyana aim to win over South African hearts once again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Banyana Banyana are gearing up to win over the nation once again as they prepare to kick off their latest tournament campaign against Tanzania on Monday, July 27.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following their opening fixture, the South African (SA) senior women&#8217;s national football team will face tough group-stage clashes against C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire and Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of the tournament, Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies star and national team mainstay, Bambanani Mbane, shared that the squad&#8217;s ultimate goal is to bring joy back home while executing a clear roadmap they have set for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Success is making all South Africans happy, making ourselves happy, making the technical team happy, and achieving everything that we have written down as a team for ourselves,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Beyond winning matches, she highighed that long-term goals and player growth are top priorities for the squad.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Success is making sure we qualify for the World Cup, and success is making sure that all of the individuals here come back with something that they learnt from the tournament by gaining experience, and also their names written in the stars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13579,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-39802","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Banyana Banyana eye World Cup qualification and tournament glory ahead of opener","published_date":"2026-07-16 19:22:03","news_description":"Banyana Banyana eye World Cup qualification and tournament glory ahead of opener","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39802","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\/39802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39803,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39802\/revisions\/39803"}],"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=39802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=39802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}