The Soweto Derby is one of the biggest rivalries not just in Africa, but the entire world. The Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, two clubs from the Soweto township located in Johannesburg, South Africa, battle each other every year before sold out raucous crowds at some of South Africa’s largest stadiums. However, sometimes that fierce passion both fanbases exhibit for their teams in the largest rivalry on the continent has turned into tragedy.
Tragedy had struck this rivalry once before, in 1991 when a stampede before a friendly match in Orkney between the two teams claimed 42 lives.