Bafana Bafana were slotted in group K against Uganda, Congo and South Sudan in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifications draw conducted in Randburg, Johannesburg, on Thursday.
The two top finishers will qualify for the tournament hosted by Morocco in December and January next year. The first two rounds of the qualifiers are expected to kick off in September.
Hugo Broos's team, bronze winners in 2023 Afcon in Ivory Coast earlier this year, avoided the big guns as they're now ranked among the top 10 nations on the continent.
The 2025 Afcon will be played between December and January because Fifa will have an expanded Fifa Club World Cup of 32 for the first time between June and July next year.
Defending champions Ivory Coast will face Zambia, Sierra Leone and Chad in group G, while hosts Morocco, who will play in the qualifiers as part of their preparation for the tournament, will be up against Gabon, Central African Republic and Lesotho in group B.
