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| South Africa celebrates rugby world cup win over England | South Africa celebrates rugby world cup win over England |
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| South Africans have been celebrating after their rugby team beat England in the world cup final in Japan. | South Africans have been celebrating after their rugby team beat England in the world cup final in Japan. |
| The victory under Siya Kolisi, the team's first black captain, was another symbolic moment for the Springboks. | The victory under Siya Kolisi, the team's first black captain, was another symbolic moment for the Springboks. |
| In 1995, former President Nelson Mandela's famously celebrated on the podium with captain Francois Pienaar after their world cup win. | In 1995, former President Nelson Mandela's famously celebrated on the podium with captain Francois Pienaar after their world cup win. |
| This is the third time that the Springboks have won the trophy equalling New Zealand's record. | This is the third time that the Springboks have won the trophy equalling New Zealand's record. |
| At the final whistle, fans at a public viewing centre in South Africa's main city Johannesburg were chanting Kolisi's name, the BBC's Milton Nkosi reports. | |
| 'We are the champions' | |
| "People are screaming chanting and singing - bringing back the spirit of 1995," he said, adding that there will be celebrations into the night. | |
| South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was in Japan for the final, tweeted: "We are the champions." | |
| The victory is not just about rugby, but it is also about the social cohesion that South Africa is still trying to achieve, a quarter of a century after the end of apartheid, our correspondent says. | |
| "We are so grateful to the people of South Africa," Kolisi said after the match. | |
| "We have so many problems in our country. [The team] come from different backgrounds and different races and we came together with one goal and we wanted to achieve it. | |
| "I really hope we've done that for South Africa, to show that we can pull together if want to achieve something." | |
| South Africans have been tweeting their reaction. One fan, in Johannesburg, can be heard screaming with joy above the sound of vuvuzelas, or horns, being played in the neighbourhood. | |
| Fans have also been celebrating in Cape Town, according to the video in this tweet filmed at a viewing centre when the final whistle blew: |