Vumile Dladla Tribute

The 25-year-old passed away at St Anne’s Hospital in Maritzburg on the same night after suffering from internal injuries.

The former AmaGlug-Glug midfielder has been without a club since his departure from Abafana Bes’thende, but was reportedly due to sign for SuperSport United at the end of the current season after impressing coach Gavin Hunt towards the end of last year.

Funeral arrangements are yet to be announced.

Dladla is the third Premier Soccer League player to pass away in this manner this season after the deaths of Mamelodi Sundowns’ Gift Leremi and former Black Leopards captain Fernando Matola during the second half of 2007.