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A look back at the career of the late Free State Stars midfielder Sinethemba Jantjie

On Monday, April 1, 2019, South Africa woke up to the devastating news of the passing of Free State Stars midfielder Sinethemba Jantjie.

Jantjie was involved in a fatal car accident in Bethlehem in the Free State in the early hours of Monday morning.

He was born on the 15th of February 1989 in Whittlesea in the Eastern Cape, and had been on the books of Ea Lla Koto since July 2016.

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Jantjie was a late bloomer as he was handed his first professional contract as a 27-year-old by Stars.