Sporting Witness
Sporting Witness
Victory for South Africa: The Africa Cup of Nations
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February 10, 2024
9 minutes
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In 1996, South Africa won the Africa Cup of Nations, bringing sporting joy to a country still recovering from Apartheid.
It was the Bafana Bafana team's first victory at an international football tournament.
In 2015, two members of the multi-racial side, Phil Masinga and Mark Fish, spoke to Will Yates.
A Whistledown production for BBC World Service.
(Photo: South Africa captain Neil Tovey lifts the Africa Cup of Nations. Credit: Gallo Images/Getty Images)