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Shakes Mashaba (Gallo Images)
Shakes Mashaba (Gallo Images)

Cape Town - The friendly international between Swaziland and Bafana Bafana will not be televised in South Africa contrary to earlier reports.

Wednesday evening's match will mark the return of Itumeleng Khune to the national team, and into the starting line-up, while coach Shakes Mashaba has opted to give several new faces in the squad a run out against their opponents, who are ranked 163rd in the world.

Earlier on Wednesday, there were contradicting reports in South African media. KickOff.com reported that the match would not be televised, before a later report, by Soccer-Laduma, indicated that the match from the Somhlolo National Stadium would be broadcast by the SABC.

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