The South African Football Association have confirmed that Mamelodi Sundowns reserve team coach David Notoane will take charge of the squad which will take on Lesotho in the CHAN qualifiers.
South Africa are due to play the neighbours in the second round of qualifiers for the competition which will be played in Ethiopia next year. The first leg against Lesotho will be at Setsotso Stadium on July 28 while the return leg will be played six days later in South Africa. The venue will be confirmed.
SAFA CEO Russel Paul said: "With the upcoming AFCON u23 qualifier against Zimbabwe in September, we are endeavouring to provide our Olympic squad with as much preparation time as we can, and therefore, we have asked coach David Notoane to assemble a squad for CHAN to assist him with his preparations.
"These (CHAN) matches will provide the team and the coach with an ideal opportunity to get quality time under their belt."