{{Short description|South African soccer player (1975–2023)}} {{Use South African English|date=May 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Papi Khomane | image = | caption = | full_name = Papi Isaac Khomane<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.orlandopiratesfc.com/default.asp?cId=7745|title = Orlando Pirates Football Club &#124; Official Website &#124; Home of the Legends|date = 13 August 2017}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date|1975|1|31|df=y}} | birth_place = South Africa | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|11|25|1975|1|31|df=y}} | height = 1.80 m | position = Defender | years1 = 1994–1998 | clubs1 = Jomo Cosmos | caps1 = 91 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1998–2007 | clubs2 = Orlando Pirates | caps2 = 151 | goals2 = 0 | totalcaps = 242 | totalgoals = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1998–2000 | nationalteam1 = South Africa | nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }}

'''Papi Khomane''' (31 January 1975 – 25 November 2023) was a South African professional footballer who played as a defender. Khomane played club football for Jomo Cosmos and Orlando Pirates; he also earned nine caps for the South Africa national team between 1998 and 2000, featuring at AFCON 2000. He was killed in a car crash while travelling to Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, on 25 November 2023, at the age of 48. The crash also killed his mother and brother-in-law.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/citypress/news/former-orlando-pirates-and-jomo-cosmos-captain-papi-khomane-and-his-mother-die-in-a-car-accident-20231125|title=Former Orlando Pirates and Jomo Cosmos captain Papi Khomane and his mother die in a car accident|first=Timothy|last=Molobi|website=City Press}}</ref>

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