0000006036 00000 n Forty-three people perished in what remains the biggest tragedy in South African sport, the Ellis Park disaster.

0000010888 00000 n 250 were injured as people poured into a stadium that was already full to over capacity. "The stadium was packed and then it became a fateful night because I remember how I even struggled to get in, you can imagine that we get in with accreditation but every gate was blocked. 0000001215 00000 n At least forty-three people were killed in a stampede at Ellis Park stadium, Johannesburg, at a football match between South Africa's two biggest teams, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates. Twenty-nine people died inside the stadium and a further fourteen died outside. 0000008152 00000 n 0000009375 00000 n In addition, about 60,000 people were still outside the stadium as the match started.

The Commission shall inquire into, make findings and report on the following matters: 1. THE SUBJECT OF INQUIRY: THE 11th APRIL 2001 DISASTER AT ELLIS PARK STADIUM 5.1 During the early evening of Wednesday 11 April 2001 a large crowd of people descended onto the Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, to watch a soccer match between Kaizer Chiefs Football Club (Kaizer Chiefs) and Orlando Pirates Football Club (Orlando Pirates). We realised the seriousness of the case when we were informed in the dressing room that a stampede happened, and people died in the process.“To date, I can still see the agony in the eyes of everyone in the dressing room, that was when the message was delivered that a regrettable situation had occurred in the stadium.“I had never seen so many people in and around the stadium – it was packed. A judicial commission will examine the events that led to the tragedy, in which about 250 others were injured, at the Ellis Park Stadium on Wednesday. This unfortunate disaster was a demonstration of how much South Africans support their football and more specifically the Soweto Derby.”Nomvete recalls the ill-fated day which saw fans outside the stadium forcing entry into an already-overcrowded Ellis Park.“I could hear the turmoil from the stands after Pirates equalised.
0000000727 00000 n 0000007879 00000 n 0000004819 00000 n 0000004580 00000 n With the fiercest rivalry in South African football, the Chiefs and Pirates already had a tragic history.

JOHANNESBURG - Today marks 15 years since the Ellis Park Stadium disaster, which claimed the lives of 43 people and injured 158. No one really realised because there were two goals quickly and before people were celebrating a goal all of a sudden people were carried onto to the field and it was absolute terrible disaster. ELLIS PARK DISASTER A. "In that moment there was just chaos. The stadium has a capacity of 60,000 but eyewitnesses said there were many thousands more inside the ground. 0000009632 00000 n The
That is when I could notice that something unusual was happening from the stands. Nine of the injured remained on the critical list. At least forty-three people were killed in a stampede at Ellis Park stadium, Johannesburg, at a football match between South Africa's two biggest teams, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates. Most of the deaths occurred when the waiting crowd rushed the gate. Twenty-nine people died inside the stadium and a further fourteen died outside. The police were also blamed for not keeping order outside the stadium. Today marks 15 years since the Ellis Park disaster...The bodies of soccer supporters lie on the pitch at Ellis Park Stadium in the worst stadium soccer disaster in South African history on 11 April 2001. Picture: PSL. Going back to training was tough. Saturday marks 19 years since the Ellis Park disaster in which 43 people were killed during a stampede at a soccer match between the two Soweto giants, Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs. 0000003358 00000 n The Ellis Park Stadium disaster claimed the lives of 43 people & injured 158.

At first nobody really knew what was going on. Several children, including eleven year old Rosswinn … No one would have expected something like that to happen,” Nomvethe told the Kaizer Chiefs official “I still can’t believe this happened in our lifetime; it is terrifying to remember that night. %PDF-1.3 %����

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