well said – what a tragedy of humanity that things like this happen every day in SA

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.

Now that post I agree with.

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.

anyway thats it for me.

Apology accepted.

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.

thanks for taking the time to clarify.

i referred to jake using solly as a pawn to avoid picking luke in 2006, that is a FACT.

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.

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.

Let’s not start again

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.

You still cannot fathom it can you… it’s ‘comments’ being dismissed not the tragedy… it’s his rugby career being used on this thread by many to further their own (including your own) keo agenda’s/spats/trolls… his death has nothing to do with them… and most of you should be ashamed of what you’ve posted…

In a few years time his daughter will more than likely be trawling the web info for info and memories of he father… I only hope she never comes across some of the comments in this thread.