Springbok captain Siya Kolisi spent the week with his two children while his wife Rachel returned to South Africa for the week.
Siya Kolisi spends the week with her children
Young father Siya Kolisi and wife Rachel Kolisi appear ready to return to Paris. Rachel revealed on Monday, April 15th that she landed in Cape Town, South Africa. Siya had spent the week in Paris caring for her two children, Nicholas, 9, and Keziah, 6.
The Springbok captain shared a dump of photos from the week with his children. It looks like a lot of fun. In the first slide, the Kolisi couple posed alongside Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas. Siya told his wife in the caption of the post that she could come home “any time now.” please look…
“A week with these two ❤️. @rachelkolisi you can come back anytime 😩,” he captioned the post.
Rachel revealed on her Instagram Story on Thursday, April 18th that she was on her way back to Paris. She revealed that she will be flying from Cape Town to Frankfurt, Germany, and then to Paris.
“It's been a whirlwind few days. But so productive and I love it here,” she wrote on her Instagram Story.
Why Rachel Kolisi returned to South Africa
So why was Rachel in South Africa after her family moved to Paris? The Springboks' first lady attended the Finding The -I was in town to participate in a Wright Foundation event. She was reunited with Siya's two brothers, Liema and Rifero, at the event.
Siya and Rachel founded the Kolisi Foundation in March 2020. The Foundation's vision is to change the narrative of inequality in South Africa and enable communities to thrive.
The Kolisi family moved to Paris, France in 2023. Rachel and her children moved to the scenic city in August 2023. Meanwhile, Siya emigrated on October 28, 2023 after leading the Springboks to victory in the Rugby World Cup. Siya then joined the Paris-based rugby team He Racing 92. The family of four currently lives in Paris, but occasionally travels to their native South Africa.
Before leaving for Paris, the Kolisi family lived in Durban, South Africa. Until then, Rachel and her children lived in Cape Town with Siya's two brothers, Liema and Liphelo. Siya is from the Zwide area of Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape.