'We cannot forget': Families forever marked by Ellis Park tragedy

Ellen Arnolds can’t forget her husband’s death in stampede

11 April 2021 - 00:00 By Sazi Hadebe and Shonisani Tshikange

Ellen Arnolds is grateful that she and her four children are alive and “doing quite well” 20 years after her husband died in the Ellis Park disaster..

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