Kaizer Chiefs' CAF Champions League semi-final second leg tie against Wydad Casablanca on Saturday will be handled by yet another referee from Francophone Africa.
Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo is from the Democratic Republic of the Congo – the country with the largest French speaking population on the continent.
Aged 34, he has been blowing the whistle on the international stage since 2013, and was one of three referees from Africa at the 2019 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Poland.
On the continent, he has officiated at AFCON, CHAN, U-20 AFCON and has run the rule in numerous CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup matches.
CAF have already included his name in the six referees pre-selected for next year's FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Meanwhile, Ethiopian referee Bamlak Tessema Weyesa will be the Video Aassistant Referee (VAR) on Saturday, taking over from Bakary Papa Gassama from English-speaking Gambia, who oversaw the VAR in Casablanca.
It was Gassama's VAR that overturned the match officials' decision to initially rule out Samir Nurkovic's goal which ultimately made the difference.
Weyesa, who holds a degree in sociology from Addis Ababa University, is a popular figure on the continent for the way he has always handled games since becoming a FIFA accredited official in 2009.
Chiefs' game away at Wydad last Saturday was also handled by a cast of officials from Francophone Africa – Senegalese referee Maguette Ndiaye was assisted by countrymen El Hadji Malick Samba and Nouha Bangoura, with Issa Sy as the fourth official.
Through the years, officiating on the continent has been a subject of much controversy.