Ten-man Bafana Bafana succumbed to a late goal as Zambia came from two behind to draw the first-leg of their CHAN qualifier 2-2 at the Buffalo City Stadium on Saturday.
Gift Motupa netted in the first half and Mario Booysen added a second after the break before Martin Phiri cut the lead in half.
Tercious Malepe was sent off late on and Zambia capitalised by scoring through Justin Shonga.
Elsewhere,Desert Foxes of Algeria threw away an early lead to lose by 1-2 against Libya.
Oussama Darfalou opens the scoring for Algeria after just 31 seconds of play before Rahmani level matters five minutes later but the 2014 CHAN Champions stunned the home crowd with the winner three minutes after the restart through Ali Elafi.
Algeria must now beat Libya by two clear goals in the second leg to be played in Tunisia to stand a chance of qualifying for Kenya 2018.
Midfielder Muzamiru Mutyaba scored twice as Uganda trash Rwanda 3-0 victory in Kampala.
African Nations Championship {CHAN} Results
• Burkina Faso 2-2 Ghana
• South Africa 2-2 Zambia
• Uganda 3-0 Rwanda
• Sao Tome And Principe 0-0 Cameroon
• Algeria 1-2 Libya
• Mauritania 2-2 Mali
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