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The sound of vuvuzelas faded countrywide after Bafana Bafana suffered a blowing defeat by Uruguay at the Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria.
Hundreds of angry home-side supporters went silent at venues screening the match, and many fan parks were empty before the end of the game.
Some described Bafana's loss as "disappointing"and "unbelievable". "We are a joke," shouted a fan outside the stadium, while others deliberated and complained about the referee who gave Bafana goalkeeper Itumeleng Nkune a red card.
"We lost hope," one supporter said.
Some described the night as a "bad experience" coupled with the freezing Pretoria weather. "We lost. That was a humiliating defeat, honestly, I am utterly disappointed," said 29-year-old Tebogo Makota.
Some were seen singing the national anthem to lift their spirits.
Traffic officers were directing hordes of people to the highway, where traffic reportedly flowing smoothly.
In Nelspruit and St George's Park, vuvuzelas also fell quiet.
Many Bafana fans poured out of the fan parks after the penalty. "Ay man," said one young man with a vuvuzela hanging at his side in Nelspruit. "I am disappointed. I don't want to talk. It's not a beautiful game. It's a rubbish game."
Earlier in the day two Dutch women who allegedly engaged in ambush marketing at the World Cup were arrested "for wearing orange dresses" representing Dutch brewer Bavaria.
Barbara Castelein and Mirthe Nieuwpoort were each granted R10 000 bail and their case postponed to June 22 at the special court set up to hear World Cup-related matters.
