“He is an employee of the company and being absent without leave for three weeks does have consequences,” said Blue Bulls CEO Edgar Rathbone.
After a long heart-to-heart with Nkosi on Monday, Rathbone said he got the impression the 2019 World Cup-winner is determined to return to the field. Rathbone said Nkosi’s situation must serve as a wake-up call for sporting codes to take mental health seriously. “This was an unfortunate episode of accumulative circumstances. We need to understand that Sbu came on to the scene at a very young age, about 20.
Imagine his stress if he had a real job where his decisions mattered.