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Officials across world hail World Cup hero Phil ‘Chippa’ Masinga
SA football mourned the death of Bafana Bafana legend Phil "Chippa" Masinga on Sunday due to illness. The 49-year-old Masinga lost his battle with cancer at a Johannesburg hospital. SA Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan joined the football world in remembering and mourning Masinga. "We have lost a giant of South African football. This is a sad day for our football‚" said Jordaan.
Masinga was admitted to Tshepong Hospital in Klerksdorp in December before he was transferred to a Johannesburg hospital where he was diagnosed with cancer. Jordaan visited him with members of his executive committee last week. Masinga did not look too well but he did not expect him to "leave us so soon", Jordaan said. "I am really gutted. I saw him last Sunday and although he was not feeling well‚ he was in good spirits and I promised to visit him again sometime this week and now our hero is gone‚" Jordaan said. "Phil was a loyal servant of the game‚ on and off the field. "His goal a...
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