{"id":266334,"date":"2023-03-14T07:22:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T07:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=266334"},"modified":"2023-03-15T08:13:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T08:13:30","slug":"29-year-old-south-african-footballer-dies-suddenly-after-collapsing-in-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=266334","title":{"rendered":"29-Year-Old South African Footballer Dies Suddenly After Collapsing in Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Jim Hoft &#8212; Gateway Pundit March 13, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>South African footballer Siphamandla \u2018Spepe\u2019 Mtolo, a midfielder for Richards Bay FC in South Africa\u2019s top division, died suddenly on Tuesday after collapsing in training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with deep sadness to announce that Richards Bay Football club has untimely lost one of the midfielders, Siphamandla \u2018Spepe\u2019 Mtolo he collapsed this morning during training,\u201d the team announced on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Details regarding the cause of death have not yet been released.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club is not in a position to provide further information at this stage and as that his family\u2019s privacy is respected in this difficult time of bereavement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis presence both on and off the pitch will be solely missed. Thoughts and prayers of everyone in Richards Bay Football Club are with his family, friends and love ones.\u201d the post continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Official Statement regarding the passing of our player, \ud835\udde6\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddee &quot;\ud835\udde6\ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddf2&quot; \ud835\udde0\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddfc. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TSrY25oXyq\">pic.twitter.com\/TSrY25oXyq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richards Bay FC (@RichardsBayFC_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardsBayFC_\/status\/1633094151410425856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s professional football governing body, the Premier Soccer League, also released a statement on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PSL is deeply saddened by the untimely passing of Richards Bay Football Club midfielder, Siphamandla Mtolo. A moment of silence will be observed in his honour at this week\u2019s Nedbank Cup and DStv Diski Challenge fixtures. May his soul repose peacefully,\u201d the post reads.<\/p>\n<p>Mtolo\u2019s funeral service was held on Sunday, March 12th.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/03\/29-year-old-south-african-footballer-dies-suddenly-after-collapsing-in-training\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although no cause of death was given, Siphamandla Mtolo is the latest in a growing list of professional athletes who have collapsed and died<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":266336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[105,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coronavirus","category-Health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=266334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266335,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266334\/revisions\/266335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/266336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=266334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=266334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=266334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}