09-07-2025
‘We must show the same mentality,' Mbane says as Banyana focus on Tanzania
Banyana have played Tanzania in the past 18 months, beating them 2-0 away and 1-0 at home in an Olympic qualifier in February last year. Mbane said those results will have no affect on what will happen on Friday.
'This is new game and it's a tournament, anything is possible, and we're not talking about what happened before, we're talking about now and we don't how much they've prepared.'
Since arriving in Morocco, where they won the Wafcon for the first time in 2022, Banyana have had to get used to the midsummer heat, different to the chilly winter they left in South Africa. The 5pm local time kickoff game against Ghana was played in 34 °C.
'But I liked our mentality — it's a mentality of winners and that will take us far in the tournament,' Mbane said. 'Even when we might have obstacles — if we can overcome the heat, we can get a lot of things.'
