Ex-Springbok captain and politician Dawie de Villiers dies of cancer

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Former Springbok rugby captain Dawie de Villiers died at his Stellenbosch home on Saturday night after a long battle with cancer. He was 81.

e Villiers for his role in rugby and in wider society as a politician later in his life.

“Dawie de Villiers captained the Springboks as the winds of change were beginning to blow through the political climate of sport and his final tour was the 1969-70 'demo tour' of the UK,” said Alexander. “That respect later saw him become part of those winds of change in political life as our country moved to democracy. He was a great servant of the country.”

He was later a minister in the old National Party regime, but also in the first democratically elected government under the late former president, Nelson Mandela.had been a lecturer in philosophy and a reverend in the Dutch Reformed Church.

 

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