Matoteng, Pride Of Tumasera/Seleka Laid To Rest

Morupule Wanderers players paying their last respects to fallen teammate, Lesego Matoteng PIC: KOKETSO KGOBOGE
Morupule Wanderers players paying their last respects to fallen teammate, Lesego Matoteng PIC: KOKETSO KGOBOGE

TUMASERA/SELEKA: Hundreds of mourners turned up to pay their last respects at the funeral of Morupule Wanderers defender, Lesego ‘Riquelmer’ Matoteng who was laid to rest here at the village cemetery on Saturday morning.

The Wanderers defender met his untimely death on Monday morning aged 29, after a motor vehicle accident in Radisele.

Matoteng was not a household name in the country but noticeably by the numbers of the grievers that turned up at the somber ceremony of his burial, he was prominent.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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