Nigeria, Feb. 5 -- Nigeria and South Africa will slug it out for a place in the final of the 2023 AFCON following successes in their quarter-final games against Angola and Cape Verde, respectively.

While Ademola Lookman's solitary goal did the magic for the Super Eagles, Ronwen Williams' astonishing four saves in the penalty shoot-out earned Bafana Bafana progress into the last four.

As the continent anticipates what some playfully refer to as the 'Amapiano Derby,' PREMIUM TIMES reminisces about the time these two countries clashed at this very stage of the AFCON tournament, hosted by Ghana and Nigeria in 2000.

After stripping Zimbabwe of its initial hosting rights for the 2000 AFCON, CAF made a novel choice for joint-hosting, picking ...