Written by: Abigail Visagie
SuperSport has confirmed the passing of boxing and football commentator Phumlani Msibi, who died on Friday night after a short illness.
The sports channel said that the 57-year-old Msibi started at SuperSport as a ring announcer with the late boxing promoter, Mzi Mnguni, and gradually became a seasoned boxing commentator in the 1990s, as well as the first to commentate in isiZulu and English on the sports.
“Msibi soon embedded himself in the football sphere, becoming one of the faces and voices of football on SuperSport following the acquisition of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) broadcast rights in 2007,” said the Sports Channel.
Minister of Recreation, Sports, Arts, and Culture Gayton McKenzie has joined mourners and passed his condolences to the Msibi family.
He said, “My deepest and most sincere condolences to the Msibi family. Mooi loop, grootman.”
