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Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter

SOUTH Africa has named a 31-man squad for the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifier against Zimbabwe in Harare next month.

English Premiership side Brighton and Hove Albion forward Percy Tau leads a cast of seven overseas based Bafana Bafana internationals included in the provisional squad.

Defenders Siyanda Xulu, who is in the books of Haopel Tel Aviv FC in Israel, and Portugal-based Thibang Phete, who turns out for Os Belenenses, midfielders Kobamelo Kodisang and  Kobamelo Kodisang, who turn out for FC Braga B in Portugal as well as Luther Singh (FC Copenhagen, Denmark) and Gift Links (Aarhus GF, Denmark) are the foreign-based players in the Bafana Bafana squad.

South Africa are in the same group with Ghana, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe.

Bafana Bafana squad

Goalkeepers: Ronwen Williams (Supersport United FC), Veli Mothwa (AmaZulu FC), Bruce Bvuma (Kaizer Chiefs FC), Sifiso Mlungwana (Golden Arrows FC)

Defenders: Sydney Mobbie (Mamelodi Sundowns FC), Rushine De Reuck (Mamelodi Sundowns FC), Thapelo Morena (Mamelodi Sundowns FC), Siyanda Xulu (Haopel Tel Aviv FC, Israel), Thibang Phete (Os Belenenses, Portugal), Thabani Dube (Kaizer Chiefs FC), Njabulo Ngcobo (Kaizer Chiefs FC), Mosa Lebusa (Mamelodi Sundowns FC), Sibusiso Mabiliso (Kaizer Chiefs FC), Innocent Maela (Orlando Pirates FC)

Midfielders: Kobamelo Kodisang (FC Braga B, Portugal), Sipho Mbule (Supersport United FC), Teboho Mokoena (Supersport United FC), Mothobi Mvala (Mamelodi Sundowns FC), Sphelele Mkhulise (Mamelodi Sundowns FC), Kobamelo Kodisang (FC Braga B, Portugal), Njabulo Blom (Kaizer Chiefs FC), Ethan Brooks (TS Galaxy), Yusuf Maart (Sekhukhune United FC), Siyethemba Sithebe (AmaZulu FC)

Forwards: Thabiso Kutumela (Mamelodi Sundowns FC), Bongokuhle Hlongwane (Maritzburg United FC), Gift Links (Aarhus GF, Denmark), Evidence Makgopa (Baroka FC), Victor Letsoala (Bloemfontein Celtic FC), Percy Tau (Brighton and Hove Albion FC), Luther Singh (FC Copenhagen, Denmark)

-@ZililoR