South Africa can now go into their last two matches — against Uganda at Mandela National Stadium in Kampala on Friday (3pm SA time) and on Tuesday against South Sudan at Cape Town Stadium (6pm) — already qualified.
It is the second time Bafana have back-to-back appearances at the Afcon after they last did so in 2013 and 2015.
The South Africans won a surprise bronze medal under Broos in the 2023 Afcon in Ivory Coast in January and February. That tournament was delayed from its original mid-2023 schedule over heat concerns in the West African summer to early this year.
Uganda are on top of Group K with 10 points, and their place in next year’s tournament in Morocco was also confirmed by Congo’s shock result.
The top two teams progress to the finals.
Bafana arrived in Kampala on Thursday where the continue their preparations for what are now dead rubbers against Uganda and South Sudan.
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