Bafana Chan coach Ntseki welcomes Maema and several reinforcements for Malawi clash
Coach Molefi Ntseki also welcomed Ndumulelo Maphangule and Simon Ramabu (Polokwane City), Victor Letsoalo and Kamogelo Sebelebele (TS Galaxy) and Siyanda Msani (University of Pretoria).
Ntseki missed the services of the players during last week's first leg in a game that Malawi won 1-0 at home in Lilongwe.
In preparation for the clash, SA played a training match against Motsepe Foundation Championship side Casric Stars at Loftus on Thursday and Ntseki is happy with preparations.
'I think the first one was us playing the game we played in Malawi and the plan was to get a goal and not to concede. Unfortunately, we struggled with the game management,' he said.
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