WATCH: The time to be scared and silent is over, says Springbok captain Siya Kolisi

JOHANNESBURG – The Springboks’ World Cup winning captain, Siya Kolisi, has spoken out and expressed his support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

He mentions his friend, Nicholas Holton, who helped him learn how to speak English and how Holton was the only boy who ventured into Kolisi’s world in the township. “I had to conform to the culture there to feel accepted,” says Kolisi. “And, only one or two people wanted to learn about my culture … one of them was my friend, Nicholas.”

“ once I got into the rugby thing I again had to conform to a whole new culture, learn a whole new language. When I first got into the Springbok team everything was done in Afrikaans, and I couldn’t speak Afrikaans at all. The calls were in Afrikaans; I had to translate from Afrikaans to English to Xhosa; it was really hard. I reacted late and I felt stupid and embarrassed. It was flippin’ difficult.

“That conversation changed everything about the team. Then we felt valued, we could sing, kids in the township could see things were happening, we could focus on a common goal together.

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