Bafana Bafana

Kids News Network: Soccer School Day

Over the last three months, the students at Laerskool Anton van Wouw School in Pretoria, South Africa had many lessons about the World Cup. They changed the whole school into yellow and green colors of the Bafana Bafana.

By Kids News Network - 17 June 2010 - Video

Street Parties in Soweto

There has been much talk of unity as the 2010 FIFA World Cup has kicked off in South Africa. After such a long history of division, has the Rainbow Nation been truly united across colour and race boundaries during the international soccer tournament?

By Simone Scholtz - 17 June 2010 - Africa United, Photo

Kids News Network: Vuvuzelas give power to Bafana Bafana

How do you blow the vuvuzela? What are its origins? Children of the townships Soweto and Mamelodi explain everything about the secret weapon that African children use to support their team.

By Kids News Network - 16 June 2010 - Video

Kids News Network: Young Bafana Bafana supporters welcome their national team

Armed with ear breaking, noisy vuvuzelas, thousands of kids welcomed the players of the South African team in Sandton, Johannesburg. They all have no doubt that Bafana Bafana will make it.

By Kids News Network - 15 June 2010 - Video

Spoils Shared with Mexico

South Africa 1: Mexico 1, the honour was even, the spoils shared, who said the gods of football aren’t fair?

By Joseph Opio - 14 June 2010 - Text

God Bless Bafana

The members of the United Reformed Church in Sebokeng are not just faithful Christians; they are also dedicated Bafana Bafana supporters.

By Andrew Esiebo - 13 June 2010 - Passion and belief, Photo

Vuvuzela Day

On June 9, thousands of football fans filled the streets of Johannesburg in support of their national team, Bafana Bafana. The event, which was engineered by the government, offered an opportunity for people from different cultural, social, and academic backgrounds to unite in a countrywide celebration of the upcoming soccer spectacle.

By Anne Mireille Mbiacob Nzouankeu - 12 June 2010 - Fans, fun and football, Photo, Text

Shosholoza: The unofficial anthem that will inspire Bafana Bafana

It was the soundtrack to Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-nominated epic, Invictus. Nelson Mandela hailed it for helping him endure his 27-year jail nightmare. Today, it promises to be South Africa’s battle-cry when the 2010 World Cup commences. Shosholoza!

By Joseph Opio - 11 June 2010 - Text