Josephs has played at international level for
South Africa national team and was South Africa's number one goalkeeper at the
2008 African Cup of Nations replacing the injured
Rowen Fernandez. He did not make the final squad for the
2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, but earned selection to the squad for the
2010 FIFA World Cup at Fernandez's expense. He was not expected to see much playing time as back-up to
Itumeleng Khune, but on 16 June 2010 he was called on as a 79th-minute substitute for
Steven Pienaar following Khune's sending-off against
Uruguay. Josephs was powerless to stop the resultant penalty from
Diego Forlán as Bafana Bafana lost the match 3–0 with two goals from Forlan and a stoppage-time strike from
Álvaro Pereira. Khune's suspension meant that Josephs played in South Africa's final group game against
France, where they won 2–1 but were eliminated from the World Cup. On 24 May 2012, he announced his retirement from international football. He was called back after two years by
Gordon Igesund for
CHAN 2014 hosted in South Africa and he played a full match in final group stage against
Nigeria in 3–1 defeat in a place of injured Itumeleng Khune. That was his final game for Bafana and he was personally criticized together with
Lerato Chabangu for a loss against Nigeria by
Minister of Sport and Recreation Fikile Mbalula, when he said "Bafana Bafana are weak, useless and they are the bunch of losers individual"." ==Personal life==