Nigeria/South Africa: SAFA Engages Hip-Hop Star to Woo Fans for South Africa, Nigeria Clash

15 November 2018

The South African Football Association (SAFA) has contracted hugely-popular hip-hop star, AKA, to help attract fans to fill up the 94,000-capacity FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday as Bafana Bafana clash with Nigeria's Super Eagles in an AFCON 2019 qualifying game.

The calabash-shaped FNB Stadium in South West Township (Soweto) area of Johannesburg was shunned by Bafana fans a fortnight ago when only 7,300 tickets were sold when Seychelles took on the home team at the arena.

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