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Siya Kolisi
Un chico de un township de Port Elizabeth que levantó dos veces la Copa Webb Ellis y la convirtió en símbolo de una nación que intenta sanar.
El ascenso
Nacido Siyamthanda Kolisi en el empobrecido township de Zwide, cerca de Port Elizabeth, creció en la pobreza extrema hasta que una beca de rugby en la Grey High School lo puso en el camino hacia los Stormers y la selección nacional.
Lo que hicieron
Named the Springboks' first black captain in 2018, he led South Africa to back-to-back Rugby World Cup titles in 2019 and 2023, and co-founded the Kolisi Foundation tackling gender-based violence and food insecurity.
El cuadro completo
His captaincy has been weighed down with symbolism he never asked for, used by politicians and marketers alike; he has spoken candidly about the pressure, about childhood trauma, and about a 2023-2024 marriage breakdown, refusing to be reduced to a fairy tale.
Por qué importa
In a sport long seen as a fortress of white Afrikaner identity, Kolisi's leadership made the Springboks a credible emblem of a shared South Africa, showing how sport can carry, but not by itself resolve, a country's contradictions.
“"We can achieve anything if we work together as one."”