Kickoff | South Sudanese player speaks: What awaits Bafana in Juba

Bafana rescued a point at home on Friday against Uganda, while South Sudan fell by a solitary goal to Congo in Brazzaville. Hugo Broos will now be expected to get past his latest opponents to get a better place in Group K with two back-to-back games against Congo scheduled for next month. "The South Sudanese will cherish this occasion to play Bafana and so will put up a challenge," Abraham Majok tells KickOff from Sydney, Australia, where he lives.

Majok had a brief stint with AmaZulu in 2022 becoming the first South Sudanese to play in South Africa. The lanky winger has an intriguing background having been born at a refugee in Kenya to South Sudanese parents during the civil war but then relocated to Australia aged seven. However, he is familiar with South Sudan having played for the national and been to Juba, where Bafana will play.



"The conditions in Juba mean it will be hot and that will be a factor with the game being played in the afternoon (15:00). "This means the South Sudan players will know what tempo to play the game, but I’m not sure how Bafana will cope. "I think it will be an interesting game between two countries that never played each other and with two different approaches to the game.

"The South Sudanese are taller and play direct football, so I wonder if Bafana will be comfortable with that all afternoon. "The country’s football might be still young, but I can assure you that we will make it hard for Bafana, especially when we are playing at home. "We have been improving and these are the games that we need to test ourselves as the Bright Stars.

| "Players to watch for us are Valentino Yuel, Tito Okello and Jackson Morgan," says Majok. Tuesday’s game will be played at the renovated Juba National Stadium..