{"id":46028,"date":"2026-09-21T13:04:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46028"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:04:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:04:32","slug":"sas-national-netball-team-extends-winning-run-against-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-national-netball-team-extends-winning-run-against-zimbabwe\/","title":{"rendered":"SA&#8217;s national netball team extends winning run against Zimbabwe \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defending champions South Africa (SA) continued their winning streak at the Africa Netball Cup in Nairobi, Kenya, securing a 58-41 victory over regional rivals Zimbabwe at the Moi International Sports Centre.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The win marks back-to-back group stage triumphs for the SPAR Proteas following a dominant 90-22 opening match against Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite their emphatic start to the tournament, SA went into the Zimbabwe clash with strategic adjustments to their starting seven. The tactical shuffle caught their neighbours off guard from the opening whistle, allowing the Proteas to control the pace of the game from start to finish.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The match also served as a major personal milestone for wing defence Refiloe Nketsa, who earned her 50th senior international cap for SA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Running through September 26, the tournament doubles as the African qualifying event for the Netball World Cup Sydney 2027. Both SA and Uganda have already secured their places at the global showpiece due to their high world rankings, giving the coaching staff room to test new tactical combinations while other continental sides battle for the remaining two qualification slots.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SA next turns its focus to a Pool 1 encounter against Botswana on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32527,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-46028","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA netball squad dispatches Zimbabwe in group play","published_date":"2026-09-21 13:04:00","news_description":"SA netball squad dispatches Zimbabwe in group play","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46028","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\/46028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46030,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46028\/revisions\/46030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}