Gqeberha<\/strong> on Tuesday.<\/p>\nWith five minutes left to play in the Eastern Cape city, Isabella Ludwig teed up Motlogelwa, who made no mistake with the shot, and put the ball in the back of the Namibian net.<\/p>\n
With Banyana set to embark on a European tour where they will play friendlies against Denmark and England, the team for the COSAFA Women\u2019s Championship has been made up with younger players.<\/p>\n
And, their inexperience showed throughout the encounter as they were unable to put their much-lower ranked rivals away.<\/p>\n
Banyana goalkeeper Jessica Williams had to be alert in the early stages as Namibia looked dangerous, while Kesha Hendricks spurned a chance to put South Africa ahead in the 11th minute.<\/p>\n
Eventual match-winner Motlogelwa herself missed a glorious opportunity early on.<\/p>\n
After the break, the South Africans were clearly the much better side in the encounter, but like in the first 45 minutes, they just could not find the back of the net.<\/p>\n
The deadlock was eventually broken in the 85th minute when Ludwig found Motlogelwa, who scored to hand the hosts a 1-0 win.<\/p>\n
South Africa\u2019s next match in the competition will be against Eswatini on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
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