Zebron Kalima, the only player from Malawi’s 2022 Africa Cup of Nations squad in the current CHAN Flames team, has expressed confidence in the team’s chances of getting a positive result against South Africa.

Malawi will host Bafana Bafana at Bingu National Stadium on Saturday, May 3rd, with the return leg set for Sunday, May 11th, at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria in the 2024 CHAN qualifier.

“The preparations are going well. We know Malawi has never qualified for the CHAN finals, but now that we are in the second round, if we perform well at home, we have a good chance to qualify,”

“Morale is high in camp. CHAN is different from AFCON because, at AFCON, teams assemble their best international players, but in CHAN, it’s all about local-based talent which puts us on a more level playing field with our opponents,” said Kalima.

The winner of the tie will qualify for the CHAN finals to be held in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda in August