Sedie JSS remembers its fallen heroes

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

MAUN: Friday was a hot afternoon of memories and tears as Sedie Junior Secondary School unveiled a monument for the victims of the 2007 horrific fatal road accident. On the fateful day of August 26, 2007, newly crowned BISA Coca-Cola schools champions Sedie JSS football team was returning to Maun.

Armed with a trophy, the buoyed team’s ecstatic return trip was cut short by a tragic road accident near Mmashoro.

The accident claimed the lives of teachers: Obvious Nkumba and Chikadzi Pagiwa and students: Reshando Gabriel, Nkosi Burusa, Lamodimo Kerobilwe, Kealeboga Gagoiponwe and Benjamin Kelepile.

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Sedie JSS remembers its fallen heroes

MAUN: Friday was a hot afternoon of memories and tears as Sedie Junior Secondary School unveiled a monument for the victims of the 2007 horrific fatal road accident. On the fateful day of August 26, 2007, newly crowned BISA Coca-Cola schools champions Sedie JSS football team was returning to Maun.