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English: Siphiwe Tshabalala during the game between South Africa and Uruguay at FIFA World Cup 2010, 16 June 2010, Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/p>\n

Goals from Siphiwe Tshabalala and Luyolo Nomandela handed Bafana Bafana a 2-0 victory over Burkina Faso at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The hard-fought, international friendly formed part of the inaugural Nelson Mandela Sport and Culture Day.<\/p>\n

Tshabalala\u2019s first-half strike looked like settling the result, before Lerato Chabangu and Nomandela partnered for the second, wrapping-up a show of dominance from Bafana.<\/p>\n

Following their defeat against Nigeria just three days earlier, the hosts returned to winning ways on Saturday, and could have done so more emphatically, were it not for a number of missed opportunities in front of goal.<\/p>\n

The visitors were without several of their star players, owing to club commitments overseas, yet South Africa struggled to wrap-up the result, following a positive start.<\/p>\n

Igesund handed three players debut starts, with Marc van Heerden, Bongani Zungu and David Mathebula all included in the starting XI. \u2013 IOL<\/a><\/p>\n

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