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Goodbye Bafana.

That just means 'boys'. I expect that you're looking for 'Madiba', his clan name.

I know nothing of Afrikaans, I was just quoting Goodbye Bafana (2007) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438859 (worth watching if you haven't already).

You mean Xhosa, not Afrikaans.

That one.

Bafana actually refers to the South African soccer team (correctly “Bafana Bafana”), and does translate to "boys." Just an fyi.