South African stadia are again in demand for World Cup qualification fixtures this week as neighbouring countries are again forced to find suitable venues for the home matches because they do not have suitable venues themselves. Catch all the action live on SuperSport.
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It means Eswatini, Namibia and Zimbabwe will again host matches in neighouring South Africa while they continue the renovation of their own venues, which the Confederation of African Football have declared not up to international standard.
Eswatini host Cameroon on Wednesday at the Mbombela Stadium where only a small crowd is expected to watch Africa’s most successful World Cup competitor, who have been to eight previous finals.
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Eswatini will also host Mauritius at Mbombela on Sunday as they look for their first points of the campaign.
Zimbabwe play their home game in Group C against Benin at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Thursday.
They had been hoping to use Polokwane again, which was the venue they used last November to successfully secure Africa Cup of Nations qualification when they drew with Kenya, but Bafana Bafana are in action at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on Friday against Lesotho.
Namiba’s home game against Equatorial Guinea on Monday was set for the Orlando Stadium but has now been moved to Polokwane.
