Former Bok flank murdered
14 Nov 2011
Solly Tyibilika was shot and killed in Cape Town on Saturday night.
The news broke via Twitter on Sunday that the 32-year-old Tyibilika had been murdered on Saturday. Supersport commentator Kaunda Ntunja said on his Twitter account: ‘Makhaya Jack [a former SARU player and currently a Supersport commentator] has just come from Sollys home in PE and he has confirmed…Solly Tyibilika has passed away.’
It has now been confirmed that Tyibilika was shot at a tavern in the Cape Town township of Gugulethu. Police confirmed a shooting but had not formally identified the victim on Saturday night.
A witness from the scene told the Daily Voice: ‘This was not a robbery because they left all the other patrons alive and killed him – there was no conversation, they just shot him. And Solly clearly didn’t expect it because he didn’t show any sign of fear while sitting there.’
A number of coaches and players have expressed their sadness on social networking sites, and Saru has also released a statement lamenting the loss of an important player.
‘Solly was a trailblazer among black African Springboks and if the reports are correct, to lose him so suddenly and in this brutal manner is very distressing. The casual disregard for life in our society is shocking,’ said Regan Hoskins, president of Saru.
‘His emergence was a demonstration of what can be achieved when talent is combined with opportunity in what is always a very competitive position in Springbok rugby. I remember a very talented player and an immensely likeable young man who rose far and fast to become a Springbok early in his career.’
Tyibilika played eight games for his country, the last of which was as far back as 2006. He struggled to play regularly at Super Rugby level after that, and was until recently coaching the U19A side at Cape Town club Hamiltons.
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15 Nov 2011, 10:02 am
speaking of slugs.
15 Nov 2011, 10:03 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-247: by the gun you mean…
15 Nov 2011, 10:04 am
And speaking of chimps
15 Nov 2011, 10:05 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-232:
why am i being callous?
show me where, point it out.
the problem here is someone has died, and there are several ppl who for some quite unkown reason have decided it is time to take political or rugby jibes.
that is callous. in fact, its just having absolutely no idea.
15 Nov 2011, 10:11 am
Now now
Let’s not start again
15 Nov 2011, 10:12 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-243:
you have obviously completely misinterpreted my previous post, i was not saying the announcement of his death should not be posted, my issue were some of the purposefully inflammatatory comments that preceded my own, almost as if it were some kind of joke.
I actually did not what to comment, since this is not the situation to engage in an argument over, yet that is precisely what many people above have sought to do. Its unbelievable. And the only reason I can fathom YOU have responded is because you feel sensitive that my comments were aimed at you, they were not, they were aimed at shaun, tho i did not wish to get into an argument on a thread which should transcend that rubbish.
15 Nov 2011, 10:19 am
@cab(cab)-254:
Yep he’s miss-read both comments before going on a miss-guided hissy-fit.
Man up admit your mistake and move along… or don’t.
15 Nov 2011, 10:21 am
@Dawn(Dawn)-255:
yeah its getting a little silly.
15 Nov 2011, 10:25 am
@bryce_in_oz(bryce_in_oz)-249: what ‘agenda’ are you on about?
i referred to jake using solly as a pawn to avoid picking luke in 2006, that is a FACT.
15 Nov 2011, 10:27 am
@cab(cab)-256: apologies cab.
thanks for taking the time to clarify.
15 Nov 2011, 10:27 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-260:
no problem.
15 Nov 2011, 10:30 am
@cab(cab)-256: just for clarity…i wasn’t worried that your comments were “aimed at me”
i actually thought you were saying keo putting up a thread about solly’s passing was “not rugby related”, that’s all.
i couldn’t care less what anonymous bloggers say about me personally.
15 Nov 2011, 10:34 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-262:
Apology accepted.
15 Nov 2011, 10:35 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-262:
no i dont care what subject matter keo pr anyone else for that matter posts, what prompted my post was precisely because it seemed the thread was becoming ridiculously callous, and being used as a platform for political incitement.
anyway thats it for me.
15 Nov 2011, 10:43 am
@youknowwho(youknowwho)-159:
You do have some valid points,as much as we mourn the death of Solomzi “Solly” Tyibilika,let us not lose sight of his ill treatment by SA Rugby in general.There are more white players who behaved a lot worse than Solly but they got help their coaches were patient with their boozing and their other off field shenanigans.SA Rugby at large let Solly down and I can assure you Solly is not the only one.This is a legacy of apartheid and we still have a long way to go before we can trully say we have turned things around.I have pasted an article that shows two of Solly’s friends were also gunned down,one of them also had potential to become a sports star.
Cape Town – The murder of former Springbok player Solly Tyibilika at a Cape Town tavern on Sunday came just days after two of his friends were also shot dead, The Cape Times reported on Tuesday.
Simon Dan Shumane, 25, and Sandile Magunqu, 27, were arrested together with Tyibilika on October 17 when police found a 9mm pistol in their car, the newspaper reported.
Gugulethu police had stopped the car when they saw it driving slowly at night with its headlights switched off.
Tyibilika, Shumane and Magunqu appeared in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court two days later and were released on bail of R800 each. They were expected to return to court on January 26.
However, Magunqu was shot dead along Tom Street in Gugulethu and Shumane was shot dead a week later.
Shumane was part of the Western Province’s Rugby Academy in 2004 and was a promising cricketer in his teens.
Western Cape police spokesperson Captain Frederick van Wyk told the newspaper that he could not confirm whether the murders were linked.
“Currently the cases are being investigated separately, but should a link be found, the investigators will combine the cases,” he said.
15 Nov 2011, 11:00 am
@Izwe Lethu(Koos van der merwe)-265:
Now that post I agree with.
15 Nov 2011, 16:18 pm
For all those thinking Solly was maybe involved in criminal activity or something. Tyibilika & his other mates had no criminal records.All were former sportstars to a certain level. There was ONE gun found amongst all 3 of them yes illegal but no big arsenal etc
I will tell you what most likely happened: Nothing criminal at all. If you have lived/hang out in the locations/townships and especially in taverns etc one will come into contact with people who are bad news & are resentful or who you are(sports stars/model C boys etc) and already you are vulnerable. Some of these people are the neighbourhood hoodlum,gun wielding nothing to lose types. And all it takes is a argument/misunderstanding when drunk or taking someone’s girl to lose your life in that environment. You get into a scuffle,f*ck somebody up while your boys jump for you etc then ALL of you are targets.Threats are made against your lives, get a weapon to protect yourselves-cheap in the hood(probably illegal).
You get caught on your lonesome….And its over for you. As all 3 were executed.
If you understand the dynamics that exist in township then this story will make sense.
16 Nov 2011, 07:19 am
@Izwe Lethu(Koos van der merwe)-57:
well said – what a tragedy of humanity that things like this happen every day in SA
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