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South Africa

• The country's football team is known as Bafana Bafana - "the boys, the boys" in isiZulu - a name that comes from the fans' cry that went up during the squad's triumph at the 1996 African Cup of Nations, hosted in South Africa.

• South Africa have twice qualified for the world cup - in 1998 and 2002.

• Without a great history of participation at the World Cup, South Africa has been chosen to host the next event in 2010.

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