Saddam: We're not doing enough for Ellis Park victims

Kaizer Chiefs prominent supporter Freddie "Saddam" Maake says the soccer fraternity is not doing enough to remember the 43 lives that were lost during the Ellis Park disaster.

Today marks exactly 11 years since the tragic incident happened.

Maake, who was amongst the crowd on the day of the 2001 incident, says the stampede cannot be removed from his mind.

Ellis Park disaster: ‘It still scares me up to now’

"I was the chairman of the Kaizer Chiefs supporters branch, and we lost five of our members that night," Maake tells KickOff.

"I was busy the whole night, I couldn't go to bed, I was struggling to identify the dead bodies because some were swollen.

"I came to watch the match with my wife and son Cellular, he was still very young back then.

"There were more people outside the stadium compared to those who were inside, and the tickets were finished.

"Chiefs scored first through Tony Ilodigwe and the crowd went crazy with excitement, and those that were still outside the stadium became very angry because they were missing out.

"When Benedict Vilakazi equalized for [Orlando] Pirates, people started gatecrashing at Gate 4. Others were even falling from the stand's upper levels.

"We only started realizing how bad the situation was when the then Kaizer Chiefs PRO, Putco Mafani, explained on the stadium's PA what was happening.

"I took my wife and kid inside the pitch and headed straight to Gate 4, people were screaming and some had broken limbs. We had to help carry the dead bodies to the field.

"That day we went to Ellis Park stadium to count points, but to our shock, we ended up counting dead bodies. It took us and the authorities two days to ratify the dead bodies.

"The PSL provided us with free buses, and they also