‘I’ve not been to a stadium since’
Apr 17, 2021
3 minutes
MATSHELANE MAMABOLO
Photograph
courtesy of Simron Tigerls
Photograph courtesy of Simron Tigerls
IHSAAN HAFFEJEE
NEW FRAME
“THE pain doesn’t go away, my brother,” Simron Tigerls says. “Even now, 20 years after it happened, I am still hurting. We are all still hurting.”
Tigerls and his family are among those who lost loved ones on that Wednesday night on April 11, 2001, during what has since come to be known as the Ellis Park disaster. Forty-three lifes were lost in a stampede that ensued when spectators forced their way
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