Pitso Mosimane‚ Khama Billiat and Denis Onyango are currently in Nigeria for the Confederation of African Football awards that take place in Abuja this evening.
The bunch of stars from Mamelodi Sundowns are expected to feature among the winners after a brilliant 2016.
Mosimane is one of the five nominees for the coach of the year award while Onyango and Billiat are battling each other for the award for the best home-based African player.
Sundowns are also nominated in the club of the year category for which they are hot favourites.
Mosimane goes up against Uganda coach Mulitin "Micho" Sredojevic (the former Orlando Pirates boss)‚ Democratic Republic of Congo coach Florent Ibenge‚ Algeria club Mouloudia Bejaia's Nacer Sandjak and Florence Omagbemi‚ who took Nigeria's women team to the African title recently.
Billiat, who will feature at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon, left Zimbabwe's training for the Nations Cup to make the quick trip to Nigeria.
The last South African to win an award at the annual CAF was Noko Matlou in 2008 when she was named the continent's best women player.
