Bafana Bafana will be without inspirational attacking midfielder Bongani Zungu for their final Afcon qualifying game against Sudan on Sunday evening at the Al-Hilal Stadium.
Zungu had been expected to join up with the rest of the Bafana squad after their match against Ghana in Johannesburg, a game which ended 1-1.
His Scottish club Rangers did not want the player to travel to his home country due to concerns about the South African variant of the coronavirus.
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However, it's now emerged that Zungu has also been denied the chance to play in Sudan as he would have to travel through what his club perceives as Covid-19 'hot-spots' to arrive at the match venue in Omdurman.