The Jamaican soccer team, who play Bafana at Athlone Stadium on April 30, were one of the most popular sides at the 1998 World Cup in France.
The Reggae Boyz, as they are known, will feature in a match that is part of South African football's bid for the 2010 World Cup.
The match is an official FIFA fixture, according to the president of the Jamaica Football Federation, Horace Burrell, so both countries' top foreign-based players will be available.
It will be South Africa's second match against Jamaica. In 1999 they drew 1-1 in Kingston. During that tour of the Caribbean, Bafana beat Trinidad and Tobago 2-0.
Before the match against South Africa, Jamaica had been unbeaten in 30 matches at home.
Both teams will also use the match to prepare for the qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup. Jamaica failed to qualify for last year's World Cup. Burrell said it was difficult for the island nation to reach the World Cup finals because it did not have a professional league from which to draw players.
Jamaica, however, have a number of players playing for foreign clubs. Some of them are Micah Hyde (Watford), Ricardo Garner and Jermaine Johnson (Bolton Wanders), Damien Francis (Wimbledon), Kevin Lisbie (Charlton), Onandi Lowe (Third Division Rushden & Diamonds), Deon Burton (Portsmouth), Trevor Benjamin (Leicester City), Darryl Powell (Derby County), Barry Hayles (Fulham), Theodore Whitmore and Ian Goodison (Hull City). In America, A Williams (NE Revs) and C Davies (Colorado Rapids). In France, K Kelly (Paris St Germain).
Danny Jordaan, head of South Africa's 2010 bid, was on an inspection of the Athlone Stadium on Tuesday along with SAFA president Molefi Oliphant and SAFA-Western Province president Vernon Seymour.
"While the stadium is beautiful, we will not be able to stage any World Cup games as it is now," Jordaan said. "One of the FIFA requirements is that a stadium has minimum seating for 40 000. At present the seating here is about 20 000."