Midfielder Sibusiso Vilakazi is out of the Seychelles games after rupturing his left tendon Achilles, Bafana Bafana Doctor, Thulani Ngwenya confirmed on Wednesday.
The technical team was still to discuss whether or not they would call a replacement for the Mamelodi Sundowns man.
The Bafana Bafana kingpin sustained the injury during the senior men’s national team practice game against Supersport United at Megawatt Park in Sunninghill on Wednesday morning.
The senior national team won 1-0 through a first half goal by Lebo Mothiba.
Coach Stuart Baxter used a different team in the second half as he went about assessing all the players in camp.
It was during the first half when Vilakazi went down under an innocuous challenge and from his grimacing reaction - one could tell he knew his time with the national team during this period was over.
Bafana Bafana take on Seychelles in back-to-back matches with the first match pencilled for Saturday at the FNB Stadium, and the two teams face each other again next Tuesday in the Indian Ocean Island. The Saturday match kicks off at 15h00.
South Africa are second on the log with four points, together with log leaders Libya and the two coming games will prove crucial in shaping who will qualify for 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament in Cameroon.
Bafana Bafana looked sharp for most of the period against a first team Supersport United side that didn’t sit back for the entire duration of the match.
