Where there is smoke there is fire. I didn’t comment on this more than my first article [here] cos I was sure after a proper sleep I’d wake up to some proper reporting.

I read over at News24 that Joost is now unable to speak, and doesnt remember the collapsing incident.

Johannesburg – Joost van der Westhuizen, former Springbok captain and – until recently – rugby commentator for M-Net, is in a “very serious but stable condition” in Sunninghill hospital in Johannesburg, after suffering “either a heart attack or a stroke or both”.

Van der Westhuizen’s spokesperson, Bridget van Oerle, said the possibility that he has sustained brain damage “can’t be excluded”.

Van der Westhuizen, 38, had been walking some friends to their car at his home in the exclusive Dainfern suburb late on Saturday night, when he “simply collapsed”, said Mike Bolhuis.

Bolhuis is Van der Westhuizen’s special investigator regarding the infamous sex tape, which apparently shows Van der Westhuizen in the company of a stripper.

Regained consciousness

On Sunday Van der Westhuizen was under “special observation”, and though he has regained consciousness, he apparently can’t talk or remember anything, said Bolhuis.

Doctors will only be able to determine precisely what happened to him, as well as what the damage to his body was, during the course of this week. Whether or not he has brain damage will also only become clear then, said Van Oerle.

His wife, singer Amor Vittone, is in severe shock and has received “medical help”. According to Van Oerle, Vittone is now in a relatively good condition, considering the circumstances. She did not answer her cellphone on Sunday.

Bolhuis says Van der Westhuizen had been spending time with his guests on Saturday night, even though he had complained of not feeling well several times.

“At times he held his chest. When the guests were ready to leave at about 23:00, Joost walked them to their car. Along the way, he suddenly collapsed. Luckily the people who were there with him know a lot about first aid.

‘In laymen’s terms, he was dead’

“They did mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while they waited for the paramedics. At that stage, Joost was not breathing. In laymen’s terms, he was dead.

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What can I say, stress can be a killer. Make me wanna retire to a farm in the Karoo like my boet. Interestingly, talking about a simpler life and all that, I read this pretty informative post about just that last night. Aaah the times when life was simpler. read more about that here.

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