Oswin Appollis and Lyle Foster gave Bafana Bafana their first AFCON opening match win in 21 years after defeating Angola on Monday evening.
Patson Daka found a cross in the second added minute at the end of the game to earn the Chipolopolo an unlikely point against Mali.
Mohamed Salah scored in added time to snatch a 2-1 victory for record seven-time champions Egypt over lowly ranked Zimbabwe in an Africa Cup of Nations Group B thriller in Agadir on Monday night.