Themba Zwane wants to conquer Africa with Afcon and Champions League glory after winning AFL

Mamelodi Sundowns' captain, Themba Zwane, now wants to conquer the continent with club and country after leading the Brazilians to winning the inaugural African Football League (AFL). 

Zwane, along with Dennis Onyango, are the last remaining players of the class of 2016 that won the CAF Champions League with Sundowns in Egypt. That victory saw Sundowns join the big boys' table in African football.

The club's stature and standing has risen every year in the continent since then, but they have struggled to add a second star to their crest. Due to their dominance in Africa, they were part of the eight top teams in the continent that were invited to take part in the AFL - CAF president Patrice Motsepe and FIFA president Gianni Infantino's pet project of an African super league.

The tournament was scaled down to eight teams from the original idea of 24 clubs due to logistical challenges and finalising most of the tournament components when leagues in the continent were already in full swing. 

Sundowns went past Petro de Luanda in the quarter-finals, humbled Al-Ahly in the semi-finals, and then avenged their previous defeats at the hands of Wydad Casablanca to defy the Moroccan giants and lift the AFL trophy in front of a packed Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Sunday.

The cash injection of the $4-million prize money will do the players a world of good as Sundowns' policy is for 100% of the winnings to go to their players and technical team. But more than money, what Sundowns gained from this competition is exorcising the demons of teams that have haunted them in the Champions League, denying them the chance to add a second title to their name. 

"I want to win the Champions League again and obviously win something with the national