Families left to mark Ellis Park disaster on their own

In memoriam: A floral tribute on the Ellis Park pitch the day after 43 people lost their lives in a stampede. Picture: REUTERS

In the Orkney disaster of 1991‚ 42 supporters died as a result of an overfull Oppenheimer Stadium‚ where a crowd of 30‚000 was present but the ground had a capacity of 23‚000 at a preseason friendly between Chiefs and Pirates. “There is nothing stopping the two clubs from doing something but we have a challenge of the Klerksdorp [Orkney] disaster because we don’t want to prioritise one over the other.

No visual media coverage at all. I myself forgot abou this until I saw this article.

Who was suppose to be there,I buried my father with family members and the community but now when we remember him we go there as a family and there’s nothing wrong with that

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