By Ndumiso Mlilo.
JOHANNESBURG. (News Of The South) – South African Sporting fraternity suffered another blow when a 31 year old professional boxer died from injuries she sustained on the ring.
The professional boxer, Phindile Mwelase fell into a comma after a knockout defeat by another boxer, Liz Butler in Pretoria on October 10, 2014. She was rushed to Steve Biko academic hospital in Pretoria but passed away last Saturday.
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic (SASCOC) chief executive officer, Tubby Reddy announced the death on Tuesday. Reddy said, ” These are very hard times for South African sport right now. We can Only hope that our sportsmen and women can dig deep and find the resolve to work through this loss and come back stronger in the long term.”
South Africa lost two other prominent sporting personality within four days. These are the national football team captain Senzo Meyiwa and Olympic silver medalist Mbulaeni Mulaudzi.
SASCOC president Gideon Sam also expressed sorrow saying, “Just when is this run of Sporting tragedy going to come to an end? To lose three members of different sporting codes in such a short period of time is surely unheard of. I urge the sports family to come together in these sad times and work together to bring some good news to the national sporting public.”
Mwelase would be buried on Saturday in her home in Kwazulu-Natal./end
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