Bafana Bafana

proper noun

The men's national association football (soccer) representative team of South Africa.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The men's national association football (soccer) representative team of South Africa.

Origin

From bafana (boys), plural of the Zulu umfana. Apparently first used by journalists in Soweto in the early 1990s.

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APA

Bafana Bafana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bafana%20Bafana

MLA

“Bafana Bafana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bafana%20Bafana. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bafana Bafana,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bafana%20Bafana.

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