Football analyst Junior Khanye has not backed down from his views about Bafana Bafana and coach Hugo Broos, having made a daring prediction ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
South Africa have been drawn into Group A and will kick off the tournament against World Cup co-hosts Mexico on 11 June.
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The group also includes South Korea, while the fourth team will be determined from the intercontinental playoffs between Denmark, North Macedonia, the Czech Republic, and the Republic of Ireland.
While some Mzansi fans are optimistic about Bafana’s chances, Khanye remains unconvinced that Broos and his team have what it takes to perform well in North America.
This comes in the wake of the team’s failure to reach the quarterfinals of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, following a Round of 16 defeat to Cameroon on Sunday.
“We are preparing for the World Cup, we just have to make peace because the coach said he will step down after the tournament,” Khanye said on the Smash Sports podcast.
“We are going to America, but let me tell you, I will be honest, we are not going to come out of the group stage, you can write this down, we must be realistic.
“World Cup is very dangerous, those guys are skilful, they are not Africans, they are dangerous,” added the ex-Kaizer Chiefs skilful winger.
“We failed at AFCON, what do you think we can do at the World Cup if we failed to reach the last eight at the AFCON. We are talking about teams that are well structured there.”
Khanye, who correctly predicted Bafana’s loss to Cameroon at the AFCON, has also maintained that the Belgian coach should have been replaced ahead of the World Cup.
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“But I will be honest, Hugo Broos is lucky. We failed, he has failed at the AFCON. He was supposed to be sacked after this,” he added.
“I know he qualified us for the World Cup and the AFCONS, but football is not an event, it is a project, you invest. After the World Cup, we need to clean all this.”
