Photographs courtesy the Nelson Mandela Foundation.*

Wearing the number 4 captain’s shirt, statesman and former president Nelson Mandela met Bafana Bafana, South Africa’s national football squad, in Johannesburg on 3 June to wish the team success in the 2010 Fifa World Cup.

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Nelson Mandela and Bafana Bafana. • Download high-resolution image	Mandela with defender Matthew Booth … • Download high-resolution image
with midfielder Steven Pienaar … • Download high-resolution image	midfielder Teko Modise … • Download high-resolution image
goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune … • Download high-resolution image	and midfielder Siphiwe Tshabalala. • Download high-resolution image

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