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Where’s the good in goodbye?

Fallen hero: Tshosane became the first coach to take the Zebras to the AFCON finals. PIC:MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Fallen hero: Tshosane became the first coach to take the Zebras to the AFCON finals. PIC:MORERI SEJAKGOMO

In 2014, Irish rock band, The Script, released an album, ‘No Sound Without Silence’ which contained the song ‘No Good In Goodbye’. In the song, they pose rhetoric questions, ‘Where is the good in goodbye? / Where is the soul in soldier on?’ Tomorrow, the nation will grapple with this contradiction as it bids farewell to one of its eminent sons, writes MQONDISI DUBE

On Friday, April 25, 2025, one of life’s most heartless robbers, death, carried out its usual callous act, this time robbing the nation of a prominent, history-making son.

Stanley ‘Hunter’ Tshosane breathed his last in the early hours of Friday, leaving a nation engulfed in grief. However, amidst the dark cloud, the treasure trove of lasting memories that Tshosane created on the pitch, provide the silver lining.

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