Iqembu lesizwe lebhola likanobhutshuzwayo laseNingizimu Afrika limele iNingizimu Afrika ebholeni labesilisa lamazwe omhlaba futhi liphethwe yiSouth African Football Association, okuyisigungu esilawula iSoccer eNingizimu Afrika .Igama lesiteketiso laleli qembu iBafana Bafana, kanti inkundla yakuleli yiFNB Stadium, etholakala eGoli .Umphumela omkhulu weqembu kwaba ukunqoba i- Africa Cup of Nations ekhaya ngo- 1996 . Leli qembu liyilungu leFIFA neConfederation of African Football (CAF). Sebedlale umdlalo wabo wokuqala ngo-1906, babuyela esigabeni somhlaba ngo-1992, ngemuva kweminyaka engu-16 bevinjelwe kwiFIFA, kanye neminyaka engama-40 yokumiswa ngempumelelo ngenxa yohlelo lobandlululo.INingizimu Afrika yaba yisizwe sokuqala sase-Afrika ukusingatha iNdebe Yomhlaba yeFIFA ngesikhathi inikezwa isikhundla sokusingathwa ngowezi- 2010 . USiphiwe Tshabalala weqembu uphinde waba ngumdlali wokuqala ukushaya amagoli kule Ndebe Yomhlaba ngesikhathi somdlalo wokuvula bedlala neMexico, owalandelwa umgubho wamagoli wesitayela seMacarena ovela kubadlali abahlanu baseNingizimu Afrika. Yize behlule iFrance ngo-1-2 emdlalweni wabo wokugcina we-Group Stage, bahlulekile ukudlulela phambili kusukela emzuliswaneni wokuqala walo mqhudelwano, baba yisizwe sokuqala esingathile emlandweni weNdebe Yomhlaba yeFIFA ukuphuma esigabeni samaqoqo.