Bafana Bafana will no longer play Poland on October 12 after the local football association decided to postpone the international friendly in favour of African opponents.

Bafana coach Gordon Igesund was against the idea of playing a European side, while the national team is preparing for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations to be staged on home soil.

Igesund believes Bafana will greatly benefit from playing African teams prior to the Afcon and Safa have acceded to his request to postpone the friendly in favour of a match against Angola or Mauritius.

Angola and Mauritius are set to replace the Poles for a friendly on October 13 and instead of a friendly against the United Arab Emirates on October 16, Bafana are set to travel to Nairobi to face Kenya.

According to Safa, Bafana will still play Poland sometime next year after the Afcon.

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South Africa will host the Afcon from January 19 to February 10.