Digawana's finest gift to the nation falls silent

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Motlhabankwe during the 2012 AFCON finals group stage match against Ghana PIC: Monirul Bhuiyan/Press Photo

As the autumn sun went down on Sunday, April 5, one of Digawana's most significant sons ceased to breath, plunging the tight-knit village community into early darkness. Tshepo 'Talk Talk' Motlhabankwe was much talked about on the pitch as much as he was off it. Even in his passing, he has remained the topical 'talk of the town,' writes MQONDISI DUBE

At 5am on Sunday, 'Talk Talk' was full of life, returning home from a late night out, the nation and those close to him unaware that by late evening, he would be referred to in the past.

A man who embodied undoubted commitment on the field succumbed to his death away from the public eyes and the loud cheers that greeted him from the Lobatse Council Stadium dug-out to far-flung venues on the extreme ends of the continent.

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