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Veteran sports commentator Dumile Mateza passes away

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One of South Africa’s most prominent sport commentators, Dumile Mateza, has passed away at the age of 62.

Mateza, also known as Phesheya Phaya, reportedly passed away after a long illness.

The multilingual broadcaster worked for the SABC on both radio and television platforms.

Mateza became a popular SABC Sports commentator in the early 1980s.

He was also one of the SABC’s Afrikaans commentators during the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

In the report below, news of Mateza’s passing: 

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