Chippa United striker Rodney Ramagalela says he is still haunted by his home in Limpopo burning down, and is struggling to find closure.
RamaG’s home was burnt to the cinders in November last year, but months later he is still waiting to get a report from police to hear about what happened.
Speaking to iDiski Times journalist Lethabo Kganyago the former Black Leopards and Mamelodi Sundowns striker, who shared the home with his blind father Frans and four siblings, says it has been a tough time for him personally.
“You should understand, it’s a process, you need to pass that process of what happened in the house,” Ramagalela told iDiski Times.
“So that you will know whether it was something that happens naturally in the house or in something that you need to deal with.
“Because even when when I was at home, I couldn’t even stay in my father’s house. Because I can’t fall asleep. Even where I am now I don’t sleep at all, it’s like I’m stuck, because there’s no closure on this thing.
“As a human being you need closure to be able to move on.
“There’s nothing that I can say I can do right now, it’s just to be thinking day and night. And it’s very tough for me to cope with these things because I think the government was supposed to be helping at least in terms of giving me the update.
“And ja, it’s very disturbing because I don’t think when you are doing an inspection it takes so long, like three months, five months just to give a report, so it’s something that is very, very disturbing. My life is tough.”
RamaG has also said that while at the time many people promised to help him rebuild, he has come to the realisation that he may have to do it all by himself.
“I’ll be honest, Lethabo,” he continued.
“So many people have spoken to me already, ‘this is what is gonna happen,’ ‘this is what we’re gonna do’ and everything.
“Remember you can’t be making follow ups and calling people, and say, ‘hey, you said you’ll do 123!’ It has to be a choice from that person to say ‘you know what, I want to help this person.’
“But from all those people that were talking all over the social media and everything, giving me calls, I think it was one of those talks that people wanted to make, and do.
“But I need to make peace with it. As in, I’m still earning the salary, I think I need to find a way to fix my life again, not depending on anyone.”
