User:The C of E/1996 CAF

Background
Kenya were scheduled to host the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations but CAF removed their hosting rights due to a poor standard of facilities and lack of Kenyan governmental support. South Africa were instead invited to host. It would be South Africa's first participation in African continental competition as they had previously been banned from international football due to their apartheid policies. The ban on South Africa playing was lifted in 1992.

The win came a year after the South Africa national rugby union team had won the 1995 Rugby World Cup at home and was cited as an example of how the Rainbow nation concept worked.