ELLIS PARK’S NIGHTMARE OF BROKEN BODIES
Apr 11, 2021
4 minutes
MATSHELANE MAMABOLO
KIM LUDBROOK
JENNIFER BRUCE
DOCTOR Zakes Motene will today begin a healing process he had put on the backburner for two decades.
"It's about time I went for therapy my brother," Motene says "We all need to."
The all Motene is referring to are his friends from varsity (MEDUNSA), the ones he was with on that fateful Wednesday night of April 11, 2001 at Ellis Park when a stampede led to the deaths of 43 people during the Soweto Derby between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates.
While he somehow managed to survive despite being caught up in the
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