City were drawn to face Usuthu in the Telkom Knockout last-16 at King Zwelithini Stadium in Durban on Tuesday, with the sides set to meet again four days later in an Absa Premiership encounter in the Cape.
Rantie was signed as a free agent in September following a lengthy spell of inactivity, having walked out on Turkish outfit Genclerbirligi towards the end of 2017.
However, his comeback appears imminent.
“We’re hoping he could get game-time in this cup game and more in the league game by the 27th,” Comitis told snl24.com/kickoff.
City, under the tutelage of coach Benni McCarthy, recently won the MTN8 but are worryingly languishing in 14th place on the league table with seven points from eight games.