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The South African soccer team will still be known as Bafana Bafana - for a price.
The country's soccer federation says it has struck a $700,000 deal to keep the nickname. Friday's announcement comes after some uncertainty. At one point, South African fans were asked to come up with a new name.
Bafana Bafana is an affectionate phrase roughly translated as ''our boys.'' It was patented by a local businessman in 1994.
In 2002, South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed a claim by the soccer federation that it had any rights over Bafana Bafana. The federation says the name ''resonates with fans both locally and internationally.''
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The fee will be paid over a year.
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