Picture: Bafana Bafana players celebrating duirng a match
By AGISANANG SCUFF
8 July 2025 – Yesterday marked 33 years since the first-ever Bafana Bafana match against Cameroon in Durban and the South African Football Association (SAFA) is launching a supporter travel package to the Africa Cup of Nations 2025 in Morocco at the end of the year. SAFA said the package will afford fans an opportunity to follow the South African senior men’s national team during the African football showpiece in Morocco in December 2025.
SAFA CEO Lydia Monyepao said these customised packages will include official and exclusive Bafana Bafana merchandise, match tickets, as well as for some fans to meet the players that will be travelling with us to Morocco. Monyepao said for years, fans have been asking for packages to travel and follow the team at international tournaments, their pleas are about to be heard.
“The first phase packages will be available in the group stages in Marrakech and Agadir, with the second phase to be determined by how and where the team progresses. SAFA has roped in the services on Tourvest’s Pure-Travel to manage this curated travel experience based on their extensive knowledge and experience in managing many sporting codes.
“The packages are available on http://www.pure-travel.co.za or at the following link: https://bit.ly/4mUniGd for fans looking to be with Bafana Bafana over the festive season,” she said.
Monyepao further said during the AFCON 2023 in Ivory Coast, their office was inundated by calls from fans and businesses looking to travel and support or entertain their clients with Bafana Bafana at the tournament. She added that they saw it fit to take their time and create these packages and also expand on what they trialled locally with their partners SAA and Southern Sun in 2024 when Bafana Bafana played in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape.
“South Africans have a thirst to travel locally and internationally, with a compelling proposition of them following Bafana Bafana. We believe we are beginning a journey of visibility at away matches and tournaments to give our teams a feeling of home with the travelling fans. We hope fans and business take up this opportunity and travel with us to enjoy a unique Bafana Bafana experience in Morocco,” said Monyepao.
Meanwhile, the sentiment was shared by the captain Ronwen Williams. Williams said it was great to see the fans in Ivory Coast last year and they are looking forward to welcoming more of the fans in the stands when they go for gold at the next AFCON 2025 in Morocco.
“We hope to make our nation proud. As we today commemorate our very first match and the first Bafana Bafana generation that eventually won the AFCON in 1996, we hope to do it again for South Africa and make our people proud,” he said.
For more information about the package details contact: sports@pure-travel.co.za
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