Bafana Bafana nip up the FIFA world rankings
Belgium continue to hold off Argentina and Spain at the top of FIFA's latest world rankings while Bafana Bafana move up three places released on Thursday.
World champions Germany sit fourth while Italy move up one rung to 14th above the Netherlands in the only movement in the top 20.
Bafana's next assignment is away against Cameroon on March 26 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
The return leg is in Durban on March 29.
Top 10 in the latest FIFA world rankings:
1. Belgium
2. Argentina
3. Spain
4. Germany
5. Chile
6. Brazil
7. Portugal
8. Colombia
9. England
10. Austria.
70. South Africa
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Top 10 in the latest CAF rankings:
1. Cape Verde Islands
2. Cote d'Ivoire
3. Algeria
4. Ghana
5. Tunisia
6. Senegal
7. Egypt
8.Congo DR
9.Congo
10. Cameroon
14. South Africa