Bafana off to a winning start

The first five minutes saw Bafana Bafana on the Mozambican half, but failed to get an early goal as the solid defence of the visiting team kept them at bay.

A promising moment came in the 9th minute but Bernard Parker's shot out of the box was very weak and never troubled the Mozambican goalkeeper, Soarito.

The visitors threatened to upset Gordon Igesund boys with an early goal from Diogo whose grass cutter shot deflected off Mokeke into the back of the net, leaving Khune frustrated.

The goal sparked Bafana to life as they continued to put their opponents under pressure just outside the box, but they kept on disappointing their home fans with their poor finishing.

However, as Bafana kept on putting pressure at the Mozambican box, Lobo brought down Parker in the box and the referee did not hesitate to award Bafana a penalty.

As always, Parker did not disappoint. He converted the penalty easily bringing the silent Cape Town stadium to life once again.

Gordon Igesund replaced Chabangu with Lindokuhle Mbatha, a wise move which saw Bafana getting a second goal.

Hlompho Kekana put South Africa in the lead in the 58th minute when he took a shot from far which gave Soarito no chance.

With Mbatha doing great business for Bafana on the right flank, Parker scored his second goal on the 81 minute after receiving a pass from Tshabalala. Vilakazi made way for his Wits teammate, Mathew Pattison on the 85th minute.

South Africa is on Group A along with Mali, Nigeria and Mozambique. Bafana have met Mozambique four times, but Bafana have won all the games. South Africa finished fourth in the 2011 edition of the ChAN tournament held in Sudan.