STAFF REPORTER
The much-loved Africa Cup of Nations-winning coach Clive Barker’s family announced that he passed away on Saturday, 10 June after a brave battle with Lewy Body Dementia (LBD).
The 78-year-old Barker will be remembered as the coach who led the South African men’s senior national team to the Africa Cup of Nations title in 1996, and also spearheaded the country’s first appearance at the FIFA World Cup in France in 1998.
“We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the medical professionals who cared for Clive over the past six months,” the Barker family said in a statement. “He fought a brave battle and we are relieved he is now at peace.
“Clive will be remembered by South Africans for his role in helping to bring a nation together around the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations, but for us he was a loving husband, father and grandfather,
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