KAGISO SKOSANA was a natural footballer, as fast as lightning and a magician with the ball.
Everybody agreed the boy’s dream of playing for Bafana could one day come true
BUT YESTERDAY A SPEEDING VRRRPHA TOOK AWAY HIS LEGS.
Fourteen-year-old Kagiso is in hospital. Both his legs have been amputated.
According to his gogo, Lebogang Moloi (53), the boy from KwaThema, east of Joburg was on his way from school when a car hit him while he was walking on the pavement.
Vrrrpha is the name for a VW Golf 7 model, to describe the sound the engine makes.
Lebogang was taken to the Pholosong Hospital but the doctors decided the same day that his legs could not be saved and Kagiso’s legs were amputated at the knees.
“I was at home when I received a call telling me my grandson was involved in an accident.
“I rushed to the scene and found my grandson lying on the ground in pain, surrounded by people who were trying to help him.
“A car left the road and hit my Kagiso on the pavement. I don’t know what the driver was thinking.”
Kagiso is a grade 8 pupil at Kenneth Masikela Secondary School in Springs.
Gogo Lebogang said they want justice, even though nothing can restore her grandson’s dreams.
“It is so painful to see him like that. We want whoever did this to face the full force of the law.
“We don’t sleep at night thinking about him and the fact that he will never live his dream.
“All he wanted was to play soccer and he was very good at it.”
The community of KwaThema have been visiting gogo Lebogang door to offer support.
Captain Thabo Sibue, police spokesman at the KwaThema cop shop, said so far only a case of reckless driving has been reported but the case could change after investigations were complete.
“Police are looking for the suspect, who apparently left the KwaThema area after the incident.
“There is no warrant of arrest yet but police would like the driver to come forward for questioning.”
