NIGERIA, South Africa, and Morocco’s last 16 historic feats for Africa should serve as a lesson and an inspiration for Zambia. While African champions South Africa may have bowed out yesterday, their last 16 appearance at only the second time of asking serves as a testament of what long-term investment can bring and why they are African champions and a dominant force in the COSAFA zone. We await to see how another seasoned African big gun, Nigeria, whom the Copper Queens defeated for the WAFCON bronze a year ago, will fare today. The same can be said for Morocco, the 2022 WAFCON runners-up whose success is attributed partly to some fortunate occurrences on the football field. In addition to Morocco,...

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