SYD - JNB latitude

[aussiepax]

Hi team,

Can any pilots or experts tell me if the SYD- JNB route is still a great circle route as it was when the 744 did the route ?
Now it is a 787-9, do the ETOPS rules mean that it doesn't go to such southern latitudes ?
I am just noticing on Flight radar that the plot looks a bit further north than in those days.

Thanks for any answers.