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SANEF Mourns the Passing of Veteran Broadcaster, Dumile Mateza
The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) mourns the passing of legendary sport commentator and veteran broadcaster, Dumile Mateza.
Mateza has been in broadcasting for over thirty years when he passed on. Mateza (62) succumbed to cancer, according to his family. Soccer, rugby, and boxing followers would remember Mateza’s distinct commentary across various SABC radio and television channels. He also hosted various news actuality and magazine shows.
Besides sport commentary, Mateza was passionate about writing and the entire journalism fraternity. Those who worked closely with him knew how he was never shy to express his views on the state of journalism.
Mateza was born in the Eastern Cape, before he became a broadcaster, he was a school teacher. He is famed, among others, for his Afrikaans commentary of the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa, which the Springboks won.
He had incisive views on various challenges in our sporting codes, whether it was cricket, soccer, rugby, horseracing, or boxing. In one of his various roles, he was once a board member of Boxing South Africa.
Timothy Molobi, City Press’ sport and news editor, said: “Mr Mateza was a real doyen of sports commentary as he would take y
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OBITUARY | He forgot an Olympian’s name, but SA will never forget Dumile Mateza
Dumile Mateza, who died on Tuesday at the age of 62 after battling cancer, possessed a unique voice and pronunciation that made him instantly recognisable as a commentator.
He became famous countrywide at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics — SA’s first Games back after three decades of isolation — for a gaffe he dished up on SABC TV during the opening ceremony.
As the team of one nation walked onto the track during the march-by, the camera focused on a few athletes and Mateza asked in his poetic manner: “Who can ever forget the name of this well-known athlete?” and proceeded to forget his name.
That earned him a spot as a sports question in a South African version of Trivial Pursuit.
But he was able to laugh at himself. In 2002, when he was the acting CEO of the national boxing commission, I was interviewing him in his office in Pretoria.
I forget the context now, but he asked: “What was I doing 10 years ago?”
“You were at the Barcelona Olympics,” I replied, and started smiling as I thought of his gaffe. I didn’t tell him what I was thinking, but he clearly knew and we burst out laughing simultaneously.
He dropped a few other clangers in Barcelona, like referring to Costa Rica as an Afri
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