Proteas fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has admitted the past week has been “a bit of a whirlwind”, but he is taking it all in his stride.
The young bowler is currently suspended for the next two Test matches against Australia for brushing the shoulder of the visiting captain Steve Smith during the second Test at St George’s Park.
Cricket South Africa are appealing the decision, but the 22-year-old is just trying to put it all behind him.
“It is nice to have some quiet time, chill with family and friends, and get up to things that I normally would.
“It has been a bit of a whirlwind, there has been a lot of talk, a lot of hype.
National Police Commissioner General Khehla Sitole has called for calm and tolerance in Umlalazi, Eshowe, in KwaZulu-Natal following violent protests.
Hundreds of residents went on the rampage after a man was shot dead on the Gqobhokani farm.
According to police, on Wednesday two young men, one of them being 30-year-old Spamandla Xulu, were fishing at a dam on the Gqobhokani farm.
The men were confronted by a security guard who requested that they leave. An altercation ensued which led to the guard allegedly fatally shooting Xulu. The second man escaped uninjured.