Bafana Bafana, the South African nickname for its national football team means?
South Africa national football team "the boys, the boys". Its actual meaning in Zulu is, "Go boys! Go boys!", though others take the double use of "Bafana" to mean "all of the boys"---the team and management, as well as the spectators; togetherness, as in the African concept of ubuntu. In July 1992, at Kings Park stadium in Durban, fans shouted "Bafana bafana" [GO BOYS GO BOYS] when South Africa was on the verge of beating Cameroon and after the game. A group of three journalists, from South Africa newspaper "The Sowetan", then began to use the name in print when referring to the team. The
Bafana schooling in Learn to Live School in downtown Cape Town: teaching respect, manners and basic life skills. At each location, the children talk of their time on the streets, their reasons for running away from home and the way they see their lives turning out. "Bafana" was screened at the Nantes British Film Festival 2008 and Mosaiques International Film Festival 2010. Debbie Myburg of "The South African" said about "Bafana", "The film shows how children living on streets are visible evidence that something is wrong with SA's marginalised society, and that steps need to be taken to protect and care