The problem was solved when a journalist first used the term Bafana Bafana in an article about the team. The journalist, Sibusiso Mseleku, was working for a newspaper called Sowetan . He still remembers those days vividly. It was important that our team had a nickname. It is part of our tradition that we give terms of endearment to things that are close to us.
Soccer teams are no exception.
The name has stuck, nevertheless and since then, South Africa can proudly take their place amongst all other African animals, warriors or politicians who give their name to the continent s soccer teams.