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THE Hwange football community is mourning following reports of the death of 22-year-old Vergas FC goalkeeper Andile “Popiro” Dingani.
Dingani, described as a rising talent in local football, is being remembered as a member of the football family whose reported passing has brought sadness to the province’s football fraternity.
Hwange Province football chairman Hardly Ndazi said he was yet to establish the full details surrounding the development but expressed sadness at the news.
“I am yet to get on the ground to get further details, but it is a sad loss for our football community,” said Ndazi.
Details surrounding the circumstances of the reported death, including the cause, were not immediately available.
A message from the football community described Dingani as a rising star in Hwange and expressed grief over the loss.
“It is with a heavy heart to announce the passing on of the rising star in Hwange, Andile ‘Popiro’ Dingani, the Vergas FC goalkeeper. Football has lost and as a family we have lost,” read the message.
