Bafana Bafana booked their spot in the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 following a goalless draw against Tunisia on Wednesday evening.
There were no alterations shown by Bafana from the team that lined-up in the 4-0 victory over Namibia, whilst Tunisia surprisingly named captain Youssef Msakni on the bench.
Bafana were a little slow out of the blocks but recovered and went on the fore-front through a number forced entries from Percy Tau and Thapelo Morena out wide.
Majority of the opening midway spell were tightly before Tau bombed in the box from deep to drill in a cross to the near post which Evidence Makgopa attacked only to head wide.
Bafana continued to have the better of the chances in the final minutes of the half, with Morena firing over from an advanced position before Tau snapped a combination with Themba Zwane.
In the end, the two team went to the halftime break goalless after neither side were able to get a breakthrough, although the Tunisian were desperate to get the opening goal to boost their knockout stage hopes.
Bafana coach Hugo Broos introduced a substitution before the second period in the form of Nyiko Mobbie ahead of Morena, whereas the Carthage Eagles were unchanged.
The Carthage Eagles pushed for the breakthrough and came close when Ben Slimane pushed out wide to get space before drilling in a cross but Ronwen Williams parried.
Bafana did pull up a big threat late on when Sphephelo Sithole's low rasping shot from outside the area forced Ben Said to get down to the near post and smother.
Chances continued coming for Hugo Broos' men as Tau drifted in towards the cusp of the box to carve space for a shot and curled wide.
Tunisia pinned the South Africans to their own half, with the tournament hanging by a thread but the latter team remained resilient and claimed a point to advance to the knockout stages and eliminate the North Africans.
Confirmed line-ups:
South Africa: Williams, Mudau, Kekana, Mvala, Modiba, Mokoena, Sithole, Morena, Zwane, Tau, Makgopa
Subs: Goss, Mothwa, Mobbie, Mashego, Xulu, Appollis, Adams, Maseko, Monare, Lepasa, Sibisi, Mayambela
Tunisia: Ben Said, Elabdi, Talbi, Meriah, Rafia, Ben Slimane, Laidouni, Skhiri, Kechrida, Jaziri, Elyes
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