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It's now party time in SA
SOWETO. South Africa. Feb 4: Noisy Jubilation l^BV I erupted in the 1*^4 streets of South LBSd Africa. biggest black township on Saturday mintiu^kfter Bafna Bafana the national soccer, team, beat Tunisia 2 0 to become champions of Africa, reports Reuter.
1 don't know what to say. I'm lust so proud to be a South African." said a woman dancing in one of Soweto's unpaved roads within sight of the soccer' city stadium where the match was played.
The victory, coming on top of last year's rugby World Cup win which unified the nation behind a largely white team, could fuel the country s hopes of hosting the soccer World Cup in the year 2008.
The centres cf Johannesburg. Cape Town and Durban erupted into a roar of hooting and shouting as crowds poured into the summer streets and cars festooned with post-apartheid South African flags zig-zagged slowly through the masses.
Pubs and township taverns filled rapidly and people, many stripped to their underwear. danced in the streets or jogged singing and
cheering from house to bouse.
More important than the soccer World Cup, however will be the effect on national reconciliation as South Africa approaches the second an niversary of its young democ-
it s bigger than anything I ve ever been a part ci It s magic for the nation.’ said Mark Fish, one of the most popular players of the boys.
A crowd of 80.000 includ ing President Nelson Mandela. Zulu King Goodwill Zelithinl. deputy President F W de Klerk and Brazilian soccer legend Pele packed the stadium three hours before the kickoff in blazing Transvaal heat. 1
Mandela wore the number 9 shirt of captain Neil Tovev and in the crowd several spectators had variations of tlx* "mu kg* Mandel a
Magicpaimed on their bare chests.
Though soccer has tradi-ttonaily been an ace sport in South Africa, hundreds of whites /were amongst the crowd. Some of Site blacks had painted their heads white and wane H the whites had painted themselves
brown. ?
Two South African Airways passenger lets and a forma- ; lion of air force fighters trail- ' ing smoke tn the colours Of ' the South African flag fuelled the pre-match tension as 1 they flew tow over the stadium.
The cacophonies of horns. ’ whistles, singing and shout- 1 ing wilted slightly as the sec-ond haff Opened without a J score, but the stadium J erupted when South Africa k ored two goals In as many ' minutes by substitute Mark Williams 15 minutes before the final whistle arid mo- ‘ ments after he had come ‘ onto the field. (
The crowd was unbeHcv- , 1 able — they're worth the two ' goals we scored." coach Clive ’• Barker said afterwards. I'll be ' afraid to play away from South Africa after this, we've ’ been spotted." • .
The crowd waited for ' Mandela to present the Cup before heading out to what 1 promised to be an all-night * celebration.
Before the start of the . African championship series , on January 13. soccer's con-trolling, body. FIFA, ranked ,. s< ulbAfrica 10th on the epn ■ inert and 40th in the world. ,