Josiah Twum-Boafo (born 23 July 1997) is a South African

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player for the in the

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. His regular position is centre or wing. Twum-Boafo was born in Butterworth to a

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father and a mother from

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. He matriculated at

Grey High School Grey High School is a State school, semi-private English-medium high school (grades 8 to 12) for boys situated in the suburb of Mill Park in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is one of the top sporting schools in the coun ...

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and represented the local provincial side the at various age-groups. In 2019, Twum-Boafo was contracted by the

franchise and he made his first class debut in October 2019, coming on as a replacement in their match against and making his first start the following week against .

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