Oumar Diakite was the hero as hosts Ivory Coast staged another remarkable salvage operation on Saturday to reach the Africa cup of Nations semi=finals, and South Africa later joined them.South Africa are back in the semi-finals for the first time since 2000, when they lost to then co-hosts Nigeria, their opponents in Bouake on Wednesday.
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Former assistant coach at Highlands Park Victor Tshabalala believes the late Luckyboy Mokoena could have featured for Bafana Bafana, if it was not for his niggling injury.