{"id":21651,"date":"2025-12-25T12:25:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T10:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/former-women-springboks-captain-lusanda-dumke-to-be-laid-to-rest-on-sunday\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:32:39","slug":"former-women-springboks-captain-lusanda-dumke-to-be-laid-to-rest-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/former-women-springboks-captain-lusanda-dumke-to-be-laid-to-rest-on-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Women Springboks captain Lusanda Dumke to be laid to rest on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Former Women\u2019s Rugby Springboks Captain Lusanda Dumke will be laid to rest on Sunday at her home in Chebe Village in the Eastern Cape.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The provincial government says she will be given a Special Provincial Official Funeral, Category Two.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is to honour Dumke\u2019s outstanding contribution to women\u2019s rugby and her role in elevating women\u2019s sport nationally.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Provincial government Spokesperson Khuselwa Rantjie notes her work advanced in both sport transformation and gender equality.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThis honour is bestowed in recognition of Dumke\u2019s outstanding contribution to sport, particularly women\u2019s rugby, where she proudly represented South Africa as a Women\u2019s Springboks captain. Her achievements elevated women\u2019s sport and brought immense pride to both the Eastern Cape and the nation. The Eastern Cape Provincial Government conveys its deepest condolences to the Dumke family, friends, teammates, and the broader sporting fraternity. The provincial government joins the people of South Africa in celebrating the life of a dedicated athlete and role model,\u201d adds Rantjie.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21269,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-21651","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The provincial government says she will be given a Special Provincial Official Funeral, Category Two.","published_date":null,"news_description":"The provincial government says she will be given a Special Provincial Official Funeral, Category Two.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25238,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21651\/revisions\/25238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=21651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}