{"id":48164,"date":"2026-01-23T05:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=48164"},"modified":"2026-01-23T05:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:59:18","slug":"rachel-kolisi-birthday-how-old-36-siya-divorce-springboks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/23\/rachel-kolisi-birthday-how-old-36-siya-divorce-springboks\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Kolisi reflects on turning 36"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rachel Kolisi, the estranged wife of Springboks captain Siya Kolisi, reflected on life as she celebrated her 36th birthday on Wednesday 21 January.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-rachel-kolisi-celebrates-36th-birthday\"><strong>RACHEL KOLISI CELEBRATES 36TH BIRTHDAY<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Director, speaker and now author, Rachel Kolisi turned 36 on Wednesday 21 January. Taking to Instagram, she shared two bible verses that she had on her birthday on her birthday. She also thanked her fans and followers for their beautiful messages and expressed that she is excited to turn 36.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis morning I woke up with these two verses on my heart. \u2018weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.\u2019 Psalm 30:5\u2032,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd,\u2019And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.\u2019 Philippians 4:7. I\u2019ve found both to be true in ways I couldn\u2019t have imagined a year ago,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for all the beautiful messages. I\u2019m feeling so ready and excited for year 36! \u2665\ufe0f,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTxpD-BjQ77\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fans-send-encouragement-amid-divorce\"><strong>FANS SEND ENCOURAGEMENT AMID DIVORCE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This comes amid Rachel\u2019s divorce from Springboks captain Siya Kolisi. The former couple were married for eight years and have two beautiful children together \u2013 Nicholas (11) and Keziah (9). Rachel and Siya announced their split via a joint statement in October 2024, shocking fans across the world.<\/p>\n<p>Siya has since moved on with 25-year-old influencer Rachel John. Fans took to the comments section of Rachel\u2019s post to send her messages of encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeep going Rachel. God shapes and molds us most profoundly in our valleys of suffering (certainly true for my life past couple years)\u2026 and if we choose to heal right with Him\u2026 we emerge more generous, more empathetic, more effective in carrying Gods love to a hurting world than ever before. Onward, upward,\u201d wrote Bradsenekal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh\u00a0@rachelkolisi\u00a0the joy of the Lord is your strength. May your you never forget you are chosen, loved and more than capable through Christ. May you experience pure happiness, joy, peace and love like never before. Happy happy blessed birthday \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f,\u201d wrote @jay_c_wenn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou encouraged me in moments I needed it so deeply, I\u2019ll never forget it. Cheers and happy birthday \u2764\ufe0f,\u201d wrote esterlittle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Rachel #Kolisi #reflects #turning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel Kolisi, the estranged wife of Springboks captain Siya Kolisi, reflected on life as she celebrated her 36th birthday on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48166,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48164\/revisions\/48166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}