How to pronounce “springbok” in English

The rugby team, The Springboks, had just won the world championship.

So Mandela leaps out of the stand, dons a Springbok jersey, and hugs the captain.

is more common in that environment, they'll say, well, maybe it's A, a dyker, but it's more likely to be a springbok, because they

hosted the Rugby World Cup, there was President Mandela telling a very different story, sitting in the stand wearing a Springbok shirt.

And when Nelson Mandela came on to do just that, wearing the rugby jersey of our national side, the Springboks,

And again, if you're familiar with the politics of South Africa, the Springboks had been associated with white supremacy.