“I think the players who are here are eager to give their best and also show the fans what they are capable of.”
Khumalo said Namibia are a mostly a closed book to the South Africans as by the weekend they were yet to submit their final squad list.
“We have seen some clips of Namibia [and also] we [the SA under-20s] played against them last year to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers at Sturrock Park. The challenge is they have not finalised their squad yet and they just sent a preliminary squad.”
Khumalo said she expects a tough game.
Hosts South Africa were pitted against Namibia, Eswatini and Seychelles in Group A, while defending champions Malawi will fight it out with Botswana, Madagascar and Mauritius in Group B.
Zambia, Angola and Comoros are in Group C. Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Lesotho complete the line-up in Group D.