In rural parts of the province which are starved of success stories, sports provides an escape to many young people and adults.
Before the accident, the youngster had kept updating her family via WhatsApp that the players were safe.“We believed it when we went to see her at the forensic pathology [unit] that she was no more,” Madwantsi said.
“It is better when someone is sick and you nurse them and pray to God to take them than a person who leaves home laughing and the next morning you hear they are no more,” Madwantsi said. Tragically, the Eastern Cape has recorded numerous bus accidents, including a devastating crash last year that claimed the lives of 25 people. Earlier this year, 31 people died in a bus crash in the Kei Cuttings.
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