Popular painter best known as Rasta The Artist – real name Lebani Sirejenje was in the massive crowd that welcomed the Springboks at the Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport on Tuesday, 31 October after the South African national rugby team became the 2023 Rugby World Cup champions.

RASTA THE ARTIST HONOURS THE SPRINGBOKS WITH HIS ART
The Springboks made Rugby World Cup history as the fourth-time winners in the tournament. They took on New Zealand’s team, the All Blacks in the Rugby World Cup final that took place on Saturday, 28 October in Paris, France, and beat them 12-11.

As they arrived in South Africa after flying the South African flag high in Europe, the Springboks received a hero’s welcome by a good number of South Africans seen at OR Tambo in Johannesburg.In the huge crowd was also Rasta The Artist who had waited with a special surprise for the Boks. Rasta welcomed the World Cup champions with paintings of them which have since had some people scratching their in confusion. This comes after the popular painter took to his colourful social media pages and posted the images online.

The Springboks have kicked off their Mzansi tour with the trophy. They rugby team started the tour in Gauteng and will be in Cape Town on Friday; they are set to be in KwaZulu Natal on Saturday, before end off the tour in East London, Eastern Cape on Sunday, Planet Rugby reported.