Minister of Sports and honorary Bafana Bafana coach Gigi Kodwa has offered advice to the South African national team ahead of Tuesday's African Cup of Nations (Afcon) match.
The minister, known for the viral video “I just arrived,” shared the comments on his X account.
SA will face Morocco in the Afcon Round of 16 at Ivory Coast's San Pedro Stadium at 22:00 SA time. If they win, they will advance to the quarterfinals and face Cape Verde this weekend.
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ZIZI KODWA shares advice for winning AFCON
Gigi Kodwa was asked for advice following President Cyril Ramaphosa's video message of support for Bafana Bafana.
The outspoken minister tweeted: “Discipline, teamwork, avoid long and high balls, play short passes and great crosses from the wings to Zwane and Mokoena.”
Needless to say, many tweets were amused by the minister's new “strategy”. Some called for focus on other important issues, such as ending load-shedding during televised matches.
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That pep talk video
Meanwhile, the South Africans will be hoping Bafana Bafana will follow Gigi Kodwa's advice ahead of the match.
After all, it was his dressing pep talk to the team after their loss to Mali earlier this month that inspired them to an impressive 4-0 win against opponents Namibia shortly after. .
Gigi promised them a “nice and cold Castle Lite” and captioned the clip: “Rise up and try again. Let's learn from this loss and come back even stronger.”
