"My favourite story my dad used to share with me was one where he was refereeing a rugby match in the midst of Apartheid. The fans for one of the teams were not happy with his decision and as can be expected he was called vulgar names. At the end of the match a white lady approached him, to apologise for what was said to him. She then asked him where he was from and after she discovered he was from the same small town as her husband she went to fetch her husband.
"When her husband saw my father he broke down, and said that my dad’s mom, who was a domestic worker, had practically raised them. They hugged, and it was a good moment for both of them," he explains.In July last year when his dad passed away, who was one of the first black rugby referees in the country, he was advised by his friends not to cry and keep his head up."I held it together but for a while but on the day of the funeral I couldn’t help it, I cried. It was emotional.
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