WATCH: Siya Kolisi urges Americans to experience South Africa

by Staff Bona

A video of South African rugby captain, Siya Kolisi, has been trending on social media, with many claiming he did a better job at promoting South Africa than Trevor Noah did.

Siya and the rest of the Kolisi family have been busy bodies lately, travelling all over the world and enjoying a holiday in the USA.

While in the US, Siya made a video encouraging Americans to visit South Africa and experience all the great things the country has to offer.

“I’m in America with my family. It’s winter here and it’s only going to get colder so I just want to encourage people that it’s summer in South Africa. It’s warm and it’s hot. We have amazing people in our country and I’d like to encourage you to come visit South Africa,” he said.

“Then obviously we have the beach, the safaris, we have so much stories and a rich history where you can learn about South African people, and then also we have a shisanyama (braai) and magwinya (vetkoek). They have snow, but we have ubuntu,” Siya concluded.

Siya has been praised for the candid way he promoted South Africa and compared it to Trevor Noah’s tourism advert that Trevor Noah did a few weeks back.

Trevor’s advert was a great way to boost tourism in South Africa ahead of the busy festive season, however it has come under criticism over the alleged R33m fee, something which Trevor has denied.

Many took to the comments to compliment Siya on a job well done.

Compiled by Matthew Petersen

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