Former Springboks Senior official suspended over sexual allegations

Serious allegation

After an event at the end of January, De Villiers reportedly left the complainant at home before allegedly sexually abusing her, according to Media24.

After that, the complainant reported De Villiers to the national headquarters of GOOD.

The suspension of De Villiers was confirmed last week by Brett Herron, the secretary-general of the GOOD party.

“Peter de Villiers has been summarily suspended by GOOD from all party activities following a party member’s complaint of sexual misconduct,” the statement read. “The GOD constitution is clear about gender roles and abuse against women. All members are subject to the constitution, regardless of their rank.

Herron emphasized that although De Villiers’ suspension indicated the gravity of the accusations made against the former Bok coach, it did not prove his guilt.

Herron continued, “The party will implement disciplinary procedures to ascertain whether the provisions of its constitution have been violated.” “The party will not be making any further comments on the matter at this time due to the sensitive nature of the allegations.”

In November 2021, De Villiers became a member of the GOOD party and ran for mayor of the Drakenstein Local Municipality in South Africa’s local elections.

After his wife passed away in April 2022, De Villiers withdrew from the council to spend more time with his family, despite GOOD winning four seats in the council.

He did, however, continue to be a party member, and in January 2023, he received a nomination to rejoin the council.

Five months later, GOOD declared that De Villiers would assume the party’s seat in the Western Cape Parliament, which he has occupied up to this point.

regarded with great respect

Herron called De Villiers a distinguished and honest leader “whose presence will positively impact the work of the provincial legislature” at the time.

Between 2008 and 2011, De Villiers was South Africa’s coach. The Springboks won the 2009 Tri-Nations championship and a three-Test series against the British & Irish Lions.

Following that, he served as a coach for Eastern Province in 2021 and Zimbabwe in 2018 and 2019.

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