This was the first major event to be held in the Rainbow Nation, and with Mandela and Desmond Tutu adopting the Springbok symbols the nation got behind the 'one team, one country' slogan.

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McCartney's efforts have received the backing of one of Team GB's leading lights, the nation's first Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins -- sort of.

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At the University of Kansas, Taylor blossomed into one of the nation's best point guards and helped the team reach the national championship game in 2012.

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Of course it does not mean that South Africa's problems are over, but it does prove, in the words of one commentator speaking before the game, that if the nation pulls together as a team, it is capable of being the best in the world.

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Flashes coach Scott Stricklin attributed the slow start to playing one of the nation's most challenging early schedules, wintry weather that has kept the team indoors for all but seven practices and players who struggled while getting every opponent's best shot.

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First and foremost, the President and his team need to conceptualize and articulate a coherent security policy, one that is compatible with the Nation's need to be able to engage decisively in world affairs.

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