Tshabalala opened the scoring against Mexico 12 years ago with a goal that sent the nation into wild celebrations.
"I still get goosebumps," Tshabalala tells the SAFA website.
"When you have done something and it makes people happy, and it has a positive impact, and 12 years later when you talk about it still gives you goosebumps, it shows the magnitude of that moment.
"What makes me happy and is more humbling is that it is well-received globally.
"I get messages almost every day, from people I do not know, people who appreciate the goal and what I did, and who say how it changed their lives, how it brought them joy and how it made them fall in love with football, from across the world, I mean China, England, Germany, Africa, everywhere."