Kaya Malotana
| Birth name | Kayalethu Malotana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 January 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lady Frere, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kayalethu Malotana (born Lady Frere, 30 May 1976) is a South African former rugby union player and current coach, first black player of his country to play for the Springboks at the 1999 Rugby World Cup.
Career
Debuting in Currie Cup for the Border Bulldogs, Malotana played his first Super Rugby season in 1999 for the Cats, currently Lions.
He played his only match for the Springboks in the 1999 Rugby World Cup, becoming the first black player to play in South Africa in this edition of the World Cup[1].
He ended his career in the Pirates, from Johannesburg. Later, in 2007, he was appointed as Development Officer for the Lions, thanks also to his fluency in English, Afrikans, Xhosa, Zulu and Tswana[2].
Since 2009 he is also assistant coach for the Lions, and since 2010, he is head coach of the South Africa women's Under-20 national team and head of rugby at Queen's College.