Former Bafana Bafana defender Thulani Hlatshwayo believes the national team’s settled core and growing unity could play a key role in their preparations for the upcoming Fifa World Cup, which gets underway in June. South Africa are set to feature on the tournament’s opening day, where they will face co-hosts Mexico — 16 years after the two nations opened the 2010 World Cup on home soil. It will be Bafana’s first appearance at the global showpiece since that tournament. Since the arrival of Hugo Broos, the national side has shown steady...
