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Article: Bafana Bafana deepen gloom.(WORLD CUP 2010 WATCH)
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- African Business
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- March 1, 2008
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South African national soccer team, Bafana Bafana's very poor performance in the recently concluded African Nations Cup has depressed the spirit of South African fans ahead of the World Cup. And to add to the gloom, the lights might not work! A worried Tom Nevin reports from Johannesburg.
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The talk in South Africa's football taverns these days is divided between the national Bafana Bafana squad's dismal performance in the African Cup of Nations tournament in Ghana and, in often candlelit pubs around the country, whether 2010 World Cup fixtures will all have to be scheduled for daylight hours because there might be no telling if electricity ...