How Malepa Lost His Leg

He could have dreamt of playing soccer just for entertaining after his retirement. But former Zebras and ECCO City Greens striker, Malepa 'Chippa' Bolelang saw his dream cruelly cut short recently when a car hit him resulting in his right being amputated.

Bolelang is recovering at Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital (NRH).

On that fateful Sunday the once celebrated football star, was out with his friends to celebrate his birthday in Somerset location at a popular bar dubbed Spaghetti bar named after the only intersection road constructed at the country’s second city.

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