Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund is feeling well and "raring to go" after having his appendix removed at a Johannesburg hospital on Wednesday night.
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The former Moroka Swallows boss admitted himself to hospital earlier this week with "severe abdominal pain", but has since been treated and is recovering well.
Igesund, who recently led South Africa to the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals, said: "Bafana Bafana's doctor has advised me to take it easy for a couple of days and not rush matters."
Igesund had first noticed the pain back in October following an AFCON warm-up match against Kenya, but the national team coach added that that discomfort was "nothing like the severe pains I experienced on Monday and Tuesday".
He continued: "I dismissed it as no more than a routine stomach ailment. Then suddenly it returned with a vengeance and I realised it was something more serious."
However, Igesund refused to let his condition prevent him from preparing for Bafana Bafana's next match, a 2014 World Cup qualifier against the Central African Republic next month.
"It is obviously a must-win match for us after the two drawn games against Ethiopia and Botswana before I took over," he said.
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