South Africa v Angola live: Africa Cup of Nations 2025 latest score and updates as Bafana Bafana begin tournament

Angola reached the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon two years ago but have landed in a tough group alongside South Africa and Egypt in Group B.

But they topped their group last time out, ahead of Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Algeria.

South Africa defeated Morocco and Cape Verde on their way to reaching the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations two years ago, before losing on penalties in Nigeria. They did, though, beat DR Congo on penalties in the third-place play-off to record their best result at the tournament since 2000.

Since then, South Africa qualified for the World Cup for the first time since they hosted the tournament in 2010 – beating Nigeria to top spot in their qualifying group. They will play Mexico in the opening match of the tournament next summer.

Hello and welcome to build-up to South Africa’s opening match against Angola at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Both teams will be looking to make a fast start to Group B – which also includes Mohamed Salah’s Egypt and Zimbabwe – as South Africa aim to build on a promising run at the last Africa Cup of Nations tournament where they reached the semi-finals and won the third-place play-off against DR Congo.