Siya Kolisi: the South African rugby star's story offers valuable lessons in resilience

By Tinashe Timothy Harry, Senior Lecturer in Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Nelson Mandela University

In the world of sports, some stories transcend the boundaries of the game and become symbolic of something greater. Siya Kolisi’s journey from an adverse upbringing to becoming captain of a World Cup-winning South African rugby team, the Springboks, is one such story.

Kolisi made history as the first black captain of the Springboks in a country where, because of apartheid and separate development,…

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