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    Bafana keen to return to former glories

    By Andrew Hush

    Tuesday, January 15, 2008

    When South Africa won the African Cup of Nations in 1996, the Rainbow Nation was in the midst of riding the crest of a wave. Politically, the post-apartheid era was one of hope and ambition, symbolised by the remarkable ascension to the country's presidency of Nelson Mandela, four years after his release from his incarceration on Robben Island. On the sports field, the feel-good factor translated into the resurgence of the country's cricket and rugby teams, the latter of which won the Rugby Wo ...

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