Bathathe Bafana: South Africa's World Cup Journey

Bathathe Bafana: Ep 8 - Onward march into the final 8 for The Boys after defeating Morocco

31 Jan 202432:07

About this episode

Bafana Bafana followed the exciting 2023 Afcon script by rubbishing the favourites tag after dumping 2022 World Cup bronze medalists Morocco out of the tournament with a clinical…

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