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Seasoned broadcaster, Dumile Mateza, has been described by friends and colleagues as a man who was the consumate professional.
Mateza was born in the Eastern Cape, before he became a broadcaster, he was a school teacher....
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 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 , 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