MASERU – Scores of people wait in great trepidation at the Maseru Border Gate to receive the bodies of the five young female rugby players who perished in a car accident on Saturday in South Africa. The crowd comprises parents, teachers, schoolmates, different sports people, government officials and the public in general.
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June 25, 2019
KABELO MASOABI
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Bodies of dead rugby players expected at border
Rugby
The dead players were members of the Movers rugby club from Ha Mabote, Maseru. They were killed in a pile-up along the N8 Road between Bots’abelo and Bloemfontein in South Africa. The team was on its way to play against another club in Bloemfontein.
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Another player who was admitted in hospital later succumbed to injuries on Sunday while three others are still in hospital.