Elton Jantjies secretly started dating his new girlfriend Zernat Simjee during his time with the team.
Although it is unclear when the relationship between Elton Jantjies and Zeenat Simjee began to blossom, the week before the Springboks’ test match against the All Blacks in Mbombela in early August, Elton reportedly courted Zeenat at two houses of different hosts in Mbombela.
According to the Sunday Afrikaans daily Report, Janties has booked different accommodation rather than staying at the same hotel as the rest of his colleagues and the Springbok management.
The rugby player left the guesthouse the next morning and is said to have spent heavily on expensive champagne, flowers, spa services and candlelit dinners. Report was told by a source that the flowers came with a love letter from Janties to Simjee.
Visitors to the guesthouse later confirmed that they were shocked to find he was hosting another woman instead of his wife. Elton Jantjies is married to longtime girlfriend Iva Ristic. The couple first connected in 2011; however, as their occupations required extensive travel, they did not meet until 2014. Ristic claimed it was love at first sight.
Elton is a brother of Tony Jantjies, the flyhalf. Their father, Thomas Jantjies, died in hospital after being stung by a bee weeks before signing with the Stormers. In interviews, the rugby player has referred to his father as a mentor and kicking coach.
