Wydad Casablanca's head coach Rulani Mokwena has shared how the tragic passing of former Mamelodi Sundowns player Motjeka Madisha profoundly impacted his life.
Madisha tragically lost his life at the young age of 25 in a car accident in Johannesburg in December 2020.
At that time, Mokwena was serving as a co-head coach for the Sundowns alongside Manqoba Mngqithi, who currently holds the position of sole head coach.
Mokwena noted that he was instrumental in bringing Madisha to Bafana Ba Style during the defender's early career.
He expressed that witnessing Madisha's condition after he had managed to escape from a burning vehicle instilled a sense of fearlessness in him.
Mokwena now perceives himself as someone unafraid to embrace risks.
RULANI MOKWENA ON HOW MADISHA’S DEATH AFFECTED HIM
“My grandmother was the one that raised me and I owe so much of who I am to her,” he said.
“Then a couple of months after that, I lost Motjeka, who I had brought to Sundowns and we had this father-son relationship.
“Seeing him in that vehicle was horrific… But seeing that also made me a little bit more fearless and I was already a person not afraid to take risks.
“From a psychological and spiritual base, I don’t thi k I’ve overcome that period. I have not given myself the time to sit back and reflect on it, because so many tragic things happened in that space of seven months that I’ve never spoken about. I’ve not yet dealt with all the trauma.”
