Zimbabwe will be fighting for the pride of the Southern African Region when they take on Mali in the African Nations Championship quarter-finals in Cape Town this weekend. The Zimbabweans are the only Council of Southern African Football Associations member left in the competition after hosts South Africa and Mozambique bombed out in the group stages. Head coach Ian Gorowa says representing the region also adds some pressure on his young team…

The last time a COSAFA country won a continental competition was when Zambia clinched the 2012 African Cup of Nations. Zimbabwe missed out on the 2013 AFCON semi-finals and also will not be going to the Brazilian World Cup in June. Gorowa a former interim-coach at Mamelodi Sundowns and head coach at Moroka Swallows, has more on the gap between COSAFA teams and the rest of the continent…

The CHAN tournament has provided the players with an opportunity to display their talent and already the skillful Zim number 10 Kudakwashe Mahachi is reportedly joining Sundowns after this tournament. Gorowa admits that it has not been easy trying to get players to concentrate in this tournament with offers flying around from PSL teams and agents…

Meanwhile Ajax Cape Town have confirmed that they are closely monitoring Uganda’s hot striker Yunus Sentamu who finished the tournament with three goals. Ajax Director Ari Efstathiou is aware that Sentanmu has also been linked with Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates and did not want to divulge more information…

Sentamu, who is a matric student back home, was playing in his first major tournament for his country but is eager to play here in South Africa. He says having players like Ivan Bukenya at Chiefs and Geoffrey Massa at AmaTuks makes things easy for him…Journalist: Velile Mbuli