Today marks exactly 21 years since a stampede claimed 43 lives during a league match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. The disaster at the Doornfontein ...

Ellis Park roared in appreciative adulation when Nigerian Tony Illodigwe scored the opening goal of the match for Chiefs in the 15th minute‚ and the stadium replicated the acoustics moments ...

The Ellis Park Disaster was the worst sporting accident in South African ... We send our deepest sympathy to those who lost loved ones. — FNB Stadium (@FNBStadium) April 11, 2015 Today we commemorate ...

Today, Saturday, 11 April 2015, marks 14 years since the Ellis Park Stadium disaster, which is remembered for claiming the lives of 43 people in a Soweto Derby between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando ...

The Ellis Park disaster forced a critical examination of stadium safety and catalysed important changes in infrastructure and crowd management across the nation. However, the shadow of that day ...

when 43 fans perished at a game between Kaizer Chiefs and their rivals Orlando Pirates at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. “The day began like every match day. We were filled with ...

On 11 April 2001, a soccer game between Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs at Ellis Park Stadium became the site of South Africa’s worst sporting tragedy. 43 soccer fans died during a stampede at ...