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Bafana Bafana
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English
Etymology
From bafana (boys), plural of the Zulu umfana. Apparently first used by journalists in Soweto in the early 1990s.
Proper noun
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The men's national association football (soccer) representative team of South Africa.
Category:South African English
en reduplicated coordinated pairs
en Football (soccer)