Former Bafana Player Maimane Phiri Recovering Well Following Tavern Shooting, Nurses Happy with Progress

• Maimane Phiri is responding well to hospital treatment and has been able to communicate with family members
• Phiri was shot twice, once in the arm and once in the leg, when he tried to reason with a gunman who ran into his tavern
• Nurses remain happy with his current progress but Phiri may still require minor surgery to his hand

Maimane Phiri is making great progress and recovering well in hospital after he was shot twice in his tavern in Alexandra last week Thursday.

Phiri was shot in the arm and leg after he tried to reason with a gunman who had run into his establishment. The man was chasing his girlfriend with the gun and followed her into the tavern where she sought assistance.

Phiri and other patrons then tried to intervene but were shot by the gunman. Phiri was injured in the shooting while a fellow patron was killed. The gunman then killed himself, The South African reported.

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Speaking to TimesLIVE, Maimane's sister Eleanor said that the former Bafana star was responding well to treatments and has since communicated with family.

“We have been talking to him, he called his daughter and they had a video chat. The nurses are very happy with the way he is responding to the treatment.

“All in all, things are going as well as can be expected and he will make a full recovery, which is obviously a big relief to the family. We are very thankful for the medical care he is receiving,” she told TimesLIVE.

Eleanor also confirmed that Maimane may need minor surgery on his hand as well because the bullet hit the bone.

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Earlier, Sports Brief reported that former South African soccer legend Maiamane Alfred Phiri remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital after he was shot twice in his tavern in Alexandra.

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The 47-year-old Phiri was shot while trying to assist a woman who ran into his tavern after she was chased by her gun-wielding boyfriend. Maimane Alfred Phiri, a former Bafana star, was shot twice by a gunman who then turned the gun on himself.

The gunman shot Phiri and killed another patron before turning the gun on himself. Phiri's sister Eleanor told TimesLIVE that her brother tried to reason with the gunman, whom he knew personally.