South Africa/Nigeria: South Africans Urged to Rally Behind Bafana

9 September 2014

Pretoria — Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has urged all South Africans to rally behind the national football team when they play against Nigeria on Wednesday.

"We want our players to beat their opponents, so we want people to go to the stadium in their numbers to wave the South African flag with great sense of patriotism cheering the boys to clinch another great victory," Minister Muthambi said ahead of the game.

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