“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.'
Forty three supporters died and more than 150 were were injured in crushes at Ellis Park on Wednesday‚ April 11‚ 2001 during a Soweto derby between Pirates and arch rivals Kaizer Chiefs‚ as people poured into a stadium that was already past full to capacity.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. Sports Minister Tokozile Xasa has called off a ministerial commission of inquiry into the incident at the 2017 Carling Black Label Cup that also saw 21 people injured‚ but may reinstate it.
“It is not only my decision but of my [PSL] executive committee member and Kaizer Chiefs owner-chairman Mr Kaizer Motaung as he was part of that press conference at Ellis Park. “When they got to the game‚ the wife went to the left and husband went to the right because one was supporting Pirates and one Chiefs. The interesting part is that at point they said‚ ‘Until we meet again’.
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