Home Affairs Minister Praises Child Refugee Vincent Tshituka

Home Affairs minister praises child refugee Vincent Tshituka

Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber has praised Springbok Vincent Tshituka and his brother Emmanuel, who recently received their South African identity documents. The siblings came to the country with their parents as refugees after fleeing the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS PRAISES NEW SPRINGBOK VINCENT TSHITUKA  On his X account, Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber praised Emmanuel and Vincent Tshituka for…

From refugee to rugby glory: Tshituka's Springbok dream comes true

The remarkable rise of flanker Vincent Tshituka from a child refugee to the Springboks Test team will be completed on Saturday when he faces Italy in Pretoria. He fled to South Africa from the Democratic Republic of Congo with his family in 2002 to avoid politically induced violence. Later, while studying at the University of Johannesburg, he fell in love with rugby. It was an unusual choice given that he came from a country where football is th…