Banyana Banyana were named CAF's Women's Team of Year for 2017 at the awards gala on Thursday evening.
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The South Africans beat out competition from Nigeria's U20s and Ghana's U20s for the award.
The accolade capped off a fine 2017 for Banyana, who won the COSAFA Cup in September.
South Africa is Women’s National Team of the Year #aiteoCAFawards2017 pic.twitter.com/tGP6fjbGKy
— CAF (@CAF_Online) January 4, 2018
Unfortunately, Thembi Kgatlana was not victorious in her category as she lost out on the CAF Women's Player of the Year award to Nigeria international Asisat Oshoala.
