THE senior national women’s side Mehalalitoe will open this year's edition of the Council of Southern African Football Association (COSAFA) tournament against regional powerhouses Zambia in group B on November 4, at the Wolfson playground in Port Elizabeth.
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Oct. 23, 2020
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Mehalalitoe open COSAFA campaign against Zambia
The national women senior squad Mehalalitoe
This follows a draw that was conducted in PE on Thursday in which Mehalalitoe have been pitted against Zambia and Malawi in the three-member group.
Mehalalitoe will take on Malawi three days later in a match that will determine whether or not they advance to the next stage of the regional event.
In the same group B, Zambia will meet Malawi on November 9 to determine which parties will advance to the COSAFA Championship semi-final.
Group A consists of Angola, Comoros, Eswatini and the host nation South Africa while group C is made up of Botswana, Zimbabwe and the invited guests Tanzania.
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Mehalalitoe have already started their preparations and Lehloenya Nkhasi has been appointed as the team’s new head coach on a short-term contract that ends in December.
He replaced Lire Phiri and is being assisted by Moroesi Lazaro.
Nkhasi is a successful LDF ladies team coach and has already announced his provisional squad consisting of both local and foreign-based players.
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