**South Africa Announces Squad for FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Against Costa Rica and Honduras**
South Africa’s national team, Bafana Bafana, has revealed its squad ahead of the upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Costa Rica and Honduras next month. Coach Shakes Mashaba aims to use these fixtures as crucial preparation for the second round of the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign.
The squad largely mirrors the one that recently faced Mauritania in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and played a friendly against Senegal earlier this month. Notably, Kaizer Chiefs striker Bernard Parker is absent from the lineup.
Bafana Bafana will embark on a South American tour in October, facing Costa Rica on October 8th, followed by a clash with Honduras on October 13th.
**Goalkeepers:**
* Jackson Mabokgwane (Mpumalanga Aces)
* Itumeleng Khune (Kaizer Chiefs)
* Ronwen Williams (SuperSport United)
**Defenders:**
* Ntando Ngcongca (Troyes, France)
* Matlaba (Orlando Pirates)
* Mashaba (Mamelodi Sundowns)
* Siyabonga Mathoho (Kaizer Chiefs)
* Dean Furman Daniels (SuperSport United)
* Rudi Coetzee (Ajax Cape Town)
* Thulani Hlatshwayo (Bidvest Wits)
* Tshepo Nhlapo (Bidvest Wits)
**Midfielders:**
* Andile Jali (Oostende, Belgium)
* Dean Furman (SuperSport United)
* Bandile Shongwe (Bidvest Wits)
* Lebohang Lebese (Kaizer Chiefs)
* Thulani Zungu (Mamelodi Sundowns)
* Oupa Manyisa (Orlando Pirates)
* Tendai Makola (Orlando Pirates)
* Ayanda Patosi (Lokeren, Belgium)
* May Mahlangu Masango (Randers, Denmark)
**Forwards:**
* Knowledge Vilakazi (Bidvest Wits)
* Thulani Serero (Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands)
* Judas Nxumalo (Ajax Cape Town)
* Tokelo Rantie (Bournemouth, England)
* Jeremy Gabuza (Orlando Pirates)
These matches will provide important opportunities for Mashaba to fine-tune his squad and strategies ahead of the critical qualifiers later in the year.
