Current No.1 Ronwen Williams of SuperSport United and AmaZulu’s Veli Mothwa, who’s in the national team for the first time, are the other keepers selected for Bafana’s last two 2022 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Ghana at FNB Stadium tomorrow and away to Sudan three days later.
Local keepers who may have been called in Khune’s slot are either struggling for game time at their clubs or they lack that experience at national team level. Arrows’ Sifiso Mlungwana has shown flashes of brilliance this season, raising hopes he could be a Bafana material in future. He’s currently earning his stripes with the Under-23 side as they're in camp in Durban, preparing for the Olympics. Mlungwana, 23, is level with Williams and Mothwa on six league clean sheets this season.
Other possible alternatives like Black Leopards’ King Ndlovu and Oscarine Masuluke of Baroka have been arguably in worse form than Khune and their inexperience on international stage made things even harder for them to be considered.
SihleNdebeleSK Please find someone Khune is no longer good. Ask Kaizer chiefs
SihleNdebeleSK I blame the bloody agents for the inexplicable selection of the off-form Khune, SA have many keepers it could have gone for, even Ricardo Goss would have been better, I know he is not playing at Downs but so is Percy Tau at Brighton, the bloody agents have ruined Bafana Bafana