{"id":49527,"date":"2026-02-09T17:45:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=49527"},"modified":"2026-02-09T17:45:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:45:43","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsiya-kolisi-shares-struggle-with-afrikaans-and-sons-disappointing-school-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/09\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsiya-kolisi-shares-struggle-with-afrikaans-and-sons-disappointing-school-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Siya Kolisi shares struggle with Afrikaans and son\u2019s disappointing school mark"},"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 id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189138\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189138\" class=\"wp-image-189138 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Siya-Kolisi-shares-struggle-with-Afrikaans-and-sons-disappointing-school.jpg?resize=600%2C435&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Siya-Kolisi-shares-struggle-with-Afrikaans-and-sons-disappointing-school.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Siya-Kolisi-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siya Kolisi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Springboks captain Siya Kolisi opened up about his challenges with Afrikaans in school and reflected on his son Nicholas\u2019 recent disappointment over the same subject.<\/p>\n<p>In an Instagram video posted on Thursday, 5 February, Kolisi spoke candidly about how he, like many South Africans, struggled with the language.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m waiting for my son. I\u2019m doing school pick up. And I was just thinking, I had a conversation with him the other day. He was \u2026 disappointed about his school mark, his Afrikaans mark, he told me the mark that he got\u2026 and it is Afrikaans, and he was so disappointed,\u201d Kolisi said.<\/p>\n<p>The rugby star, who shares his 11-year-old son with estranged wife Rachel, admitted he would have done anything to get the mark his son received.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have done so much to get the mark that he got. And he\u2019s disappointed. I don\u2019t know how to feel. Because I am happy that he wants to achieve more. But at the same time, Afrikaans and you\u2019re complaining about that mark. I would have given anything, they chased me out of Afrikaans, that\u2019s how bad Afrikaans was,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the mixed emotions, Kolisi expressed pride in his son\u2019s efforts and determination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m happy\u2026 (he is) much more clever now. It hurt me to hear,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fans and celebrities quickly responded to the post.<\/p>\n<p>Lunga Shabalala joked, \u201c\ud83d\ude02 The dog bark button \u2014&gt;,\u201d while Springbok player Jesse Kriel commented, \u201cVasbyt bhuda\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another fan, Lesley Ann Brant, shared her own experience: \u201c\ud83d\ude02 Same. My son is speaking French and I\u2019m still discovering Afrikaans words.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" 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: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DUYIhZEjTh7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/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#Siya #Kolisi #shares #struggle #Afrikaans #sons #disappointing #school #mark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Siya Kolisi Springboks captain Siya Kolisi opened up about his challenges with Afrikaans in school and reflected on his&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49527","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\/49527","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=49527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49529,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49527\/revisions\/49529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}