Bafana Bafana World Cup opponents winning friendly matches while South Africa struggles

While Bafana Bafana's preparations remain chaotic, their Group A World Cup opponents are winning their friendly matches.

Mexico who face Bafana in the opening match won their last two friendly matches ahead of the global spectacle on home soil with the latest win coming against Australia.

Javier Aguirre's men beat Ghana 2-0 and registered a 1-0 win over the Socceroos yesterday.

Another nation in group A is South Korea who thumped d Trinidad and Tobago 5-0 in their friendly on Sunday having already beaten Ivory Coast 4-0 and Austria 1-0 recently.

The Koeans will face El Salvador on Thursday in another friendly international.

This is in stark contract of their group A opponents, Bafana Bafana, who had visa issues on last day of travel, and a goalless draw against lowly Nicaragua on Friday night.

Bafana are not showing a strong presence in this group and are relatively seen as a weakest side of their group.

They face Jamaica on Friday in their last friendly match ahead of next Thursday's opening showdown against Mexico.