Stellenbosch head coach Gavin Hunt is hoping to honour the memory of Jeandre Gaffoor by giving a good performance against Kaizer Chiefs in the Nedbank Cup round of 32 at the Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Maroons confirmed the passing of Gaffoor at the age of 20 on Monday with the tragedy of Oshwin Andries still fresh on the minds after the 19-year-old defender was murdered three years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gaffoor was a member of their DStv Diski Challenge team and featured prominently as Stellies finished runners-up in the reserve league last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The club gave no details other than to describe the former Cape Town Spurs youngster’s death as “untimely” and Hunt praised their handling of yet another “tragic” event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hunt’s side come up against an in-form Amakhosi, who are the defending champions after beating arch-rivals Orlando Pirates 2-1 in the 2025 final to lift their first piece of silverware in a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hunt, who is a two-time winner of the competition with Moroka Swallows (2004) and SuperSport United (2012), wants to mark the “sad occasion” by lifting everyone’s spirits with a memorable result against Chiefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It’s really a sad occasion what’s happened, it’s tragic. A young boy like that who’s only starting his football career and we can only support the family which the club is doing,” Hunt said in his pre-match press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“[We] Just try to keep them in our thoughts and prayers… and if anything can we do it for the youngster tomorrow (Wednesday) and give a good performance and if it brings any little bit of extra motivation or feeling about the place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We certainly will try and remember him and win a game of football, which doesn’t take away the sadness but it can help the atmosphere around the place a little bit more for that moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Saying that, there’s more important things than football sometimes, which is life and what has happened. So very sad occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Internally the club has handled it exceptionally well, the best we can do and we can only give support to the family and friends and team-mates who feel it also, guys who were really close to the boy.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Stellenbosch coach wants to honour the late Jeandre Gaffoor by beating Chiefs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[140,57,115,71],"class_list":["post-1288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-jeandre-gaffoor","tag-kaizer-chiefs","tag-nedbank-cup","tag-stellenbosch-fc"],"yoast_head":"\n