{"id":234641,"date":"2021-09-29T18:23:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T17:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=234641"},"modified":"2021-09-29T18:24:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T17:24:04","slug":"bafana-bafana-squad-of-1996-what-are-they-up-to-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/bafana-bafana-squad-of-1996-what-are-they-up-to-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Bafana Bafana Squad of 1996: What Are They Up To Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since playing their first match in 1906, the South Africa national soccer team, better known by the moniker Bafana Bafana, has come a long way, experienced many changes, and distinguished itself in many ways. The team successfully got diversified at the end of the paralytic system of apartheid that had the football world shun them and has made huge leaps since then. Their most significant feat yet happened at the 1996 AFCON, where they dominated the group stage of the competition and came out on top of their group rivals, shot two goals past Tunisia’s goalkeeper in a tight final at the FNB stadium before 80,000 spectators to lift their first-ever major piece of silverware.<\/p>\n

On what would be their AFCON debut, the Bafana Bafana squad of 1996 made history that South Africans cannot forget in a hurry.\u00a0Coupled with their subsequent successes in the football world, Bafana Bafana went on to be ranked No.16 globally by FIFA that same year. Let’s take a close look at the current lives of the masterminds behind the 1996 Bafana Bafana victory.<\/p>\n

Complete Bafana Bafana Squad of 1996\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Andre Arendse<\/strong><\/h2>\n