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R.I.P Gift Leremi

Written by MADENZA from the blog madenza sport on 04 Sep 2007
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"Gift Leremi(23) passed away last night after theBMw 3-series he was driving overturned and crashed."

Those are the sad news which we the soccer loving people of SA woke up to this morning, I could not believe what i was hearing on the radio, the player was transfered to Downs from Pirates during the end of the season transfer window .
He was just trying to get his act together after his much publisized stay at Pirates. he had already scored two goals for Downs and was regularly in their starting line up.

My deepest condolences to his friends and family and the rest of SA
MAY HIS SOUL RETS IN PEACE.

60 Comments

Toodecent
04 Sep 2007 05:42

Holy Isht...kanti do we always have to cry each time...? I couldnt believe when I first heard ... guys life is short lets live it to the fullest while we still alive.

smatsatsa
04 Sep 2007 05:48

indeed life is short, i am a 100% Sundowns Supporter, may his soul rest in peace.

Suzilicious
04 Sep 2007 05:50

@Gift - May your soul rest in peace

@ His Family - Be strong, we are with you in this saddest time.

@ Madenza - nice one!!

Xhosa Chick
04 Sep 2007 05:51

May his soul rest in peace.

amon
04 Sep 2007 05:52

Why do the talented have to leave us so soon? Aw I am still in shock and very much in pain. Usizumile Gift, lala ngoxolo mfwethu sohlale sikukhumbula nesiphiwe sakho owasiphiwa wuNkulunkulu. Engathi uMdali angawugcina kahle umphefumulo wakho, uhlale kuye ukhohlwe okwasemhlabeni.

babyjoe
04 Sep 2007 05:53

I heard about his passing this morning, may his soul rest in peace.

KeleFabulous
04 Sep 2007 05:58

I'm sure he's in a better place...like they say...

guys not that i'm being insensitive or anything but was the guy really 23??? i just saw a clearer picture of his and nyaa...ke a gana...and we all know these soccer stars always lie about their age. brother man looks 30 something at least!

MADENZA
04 Sep 2007 05:58

All i can say to his family is:
-We were like you( we all passed this situation)
-You will be like us( Yuo will heal as time goes on)

Direre
04 Sep 2007 05:58

Hamba Kahle Gift.....it was a shock to hear his passing. Modimo a be le wena!!!

DEARTH
04 Sep 2007 05:58

hey guys i also wanted to send my condolences to his family, may his soul rest in peace...................!!!!!!

Quick
04 Sep 2007 06:01

Rest in peace Gift, your name says it all. we were gifted to have you.......

Lezoty
04 Sep 2007 06:03

@Kele-haeee! I also thoght he was much older! Anyway we have to believe them cause clearly he is! He does look 30 sumthing!

Unik
04 Sep 2007 06:03

heard about his passing this morning from Metro , may his soul rest in peace.

NTWANA
04 Sep 2007 06:04

The world may hav lost a ROSE bt Heaven hav gained an ANGEL. May his soul rest in peace.

MamaOmpha
04 Sep 2007 06:11

Eish guys mina Im so heart broken about this. May his soul reast in peace.

I don't believe in witchcraft but when things like this happen my belief is slightly shaken. I mean the boy was in the prime of his life and now this happen. It reminds me of that pirates player who died on his way to visit his family in Musina. Sorry I forgot his name but he was also so young

Tinyiko
04 Sep 2007 06:12

I can't believe that when i saw Gift playing last week, i was seeing him for the last time. I would like to pass my condolences to his family ,friends and fans.

Etlela hi ku rhula.We will miss you Gift.

Dimago
04 Sep 2007 06:16

Eish, yeah its a loss to SA as a whole
Rest in peace GIFT!

belz
04 Sep 2007 06:17

Lala ngoxolo Gift, you will be greatly missed, geez 23 is a very young age.

Dimago
04 Sep 2007 06:19

@ MamaOmpha, you are referring to Leslie Manyathela...damn the good die young!

maddie
04 Sep 2007 06:26

He was one of the sexiest soccer guys I know, seriously, he had this sex appeal.

He had this thing that really made me go mad.

I will surely miss him. I loved him so much. I'm his biggest fan.

Gucci
04 Sep 2007 06:29

Rest in Peace Magiftana.

I hope No Women will come crawling and claiming u're their Baby's father. Ur Family doesnt need that at this point in time.

Lahvee
04 Sep 2007 06:29

Our prayers and condolenses go out to the the Leremi family. Your loss is SA's loss. He was definately talented and his skills will be missed especially ka 2010!

May you rest in peace Gift.

presha
04 Sep 2007 06:39

Alehlanga lungehlile, sithi dudu kwabakwaLeremi. Ulale ngo xolo mfanakhithi.

mayo
04 Sep 2007 06:54

aluhlanga lungehlanga, sithi tutwini kumzi wakwa Leremi;;;;;
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE!!!
SIZOKUHLALA SIKUKHUMBULA GIFT !!!

Annonymous
04 Sep 2007 07:01

My condolonses to the Leremi family. This loss is great to SA as a nation, but surely the comparison differs in terms of his family, so may they realise that if God brings u to it, he will certainly pull u through it.

TEBZA_R
04 Sep 2007 07:01

Modimo o be a re file, Modimo o buile o tsere seo a bego a re kadimile....

Seo o nkadimileng sona, Ga o re ke se busetse,,,,,Ntate ke tla leka hore Holokile,Holokile

May his soul rest in peace

Tshd21
04 Sep 2007 07:06

Eish you guys have no idea how saddened I am. Leremi had talent and I feel for his family and his team Sundowns as well as Pirates. I feel that Pirates are the ones who are more saddened than Ma Sandawana because Gift spent his soccer years ko teng, he has only been ko Sundowns for a month or so.
Anyway, may his party animalising soul rest in peace!!!!!!! For those of you who did not know, the brother could get down, on and off the ground!!
Kwelefab: O opile tlhogo lenaka, Gift was not born in 1984 and that is all I am saying, out of respect for the dead.
Nice one Madenza, nice one!
Gift bra yaka, robala ka kagiso. Ba ba marapo a tiileng bare "se sa feleng se a tlhola"!

bhekin
04 Sep 2007 07:12

He was a great friend, a great collegue and a super soccer player. Im writting this with tears in my eyes because i knew that Gift's was in a process of turning a new lift kodwa ke uNkulunkulu uthathile okungokwakhe. His BMW was one of his favourate things he had and its a shame that it was used to take his life. SA mourns a legend today and as hard as it might be we have to let him go. To his family, God is the pillar of everything, hold on to him and you will be fine. To his friends, he died young majitha kodwa asibonge isikhathi esisichithe naye. To soccer fans, another legend is lost but the sun will shine again. Rest in peace Mpho, i love you and you were a great friend.

Tshd21
04 Sep 2007 07:13

Sorry Kelefab for spelling ur name wrong, a en e modiga!

smatsatsa
04 Sep 2007 07:14

@ keleFab he wa 23 years old (ke phuza face nje) damn he was talented. ke sad day for us mo Pitori. Mams yona ga ke sa bua.

presha
04 Sep 2007 07:19

@bhekin. "he was a great collegue" where & when did u work with him?

bhekin
04 Sep 2007 07:24

Im a soccer journalist...i think that explains it

Nice1
04 Sep 2007 07:33

23 years old (ke phuza face nje" was it necessary???smatsatsa

Tshd21
04 Sep 2007 07:34

Kindly state where Bhekin because le nna I am a Soccer journalist at some daily *begging*

presha
04 Sep 2007 07:36

@bhekin that xplains it, agha shem u knew the man personaly, askies 2 u 2 shem. Where u tight? coz sumtyms these celebs & journos r the best of friends.

myname
04 Sep 2007 07:45

Abanye 23 others 29 bt it doesnt matter now bt bhuti we wil miss u & everything u've done 4 SA. Lala ngoxolo & siyavelana nosapho lakwaLeremi

Titanic
04 Sep 2007 08:01

Bathi ' Isitya esihle asidleli'. Lala ngoxolo Mpho. Ukuba bendikwazi ukuba ungumni ngendikutibela.
Guys with the whole 2010 thing coming can you imagine the kind of dreams he had? Maybe he dreamt about scoring against France, beating Brazillian a$$es at home, now all of those will go with him to the grave. To the family and friends, and the woman (hopefully one) in his life let him go. Ugqatso lwakhe ulufezile.
Death always get the better of me, it'll take days before this disappears in my head.

Mmakwena
04 Sep 2007 08:05

I read the news headlines on new24 this morning "Sundowns player passed away in a car accident" i didn't know it was him, i was so ancious wanting to know who that person was. Eish Joe - Kgomotsegang - go tla loka.

Mmakwena
04 Sep 2007 08:05

smatsatsa
04 Sep 2007 08:15

it came out wrong @ nice maitshwarelo,was just trying to explain to KF gore he was indeed 23.
Homotsegang ba ga Leremi

tight
04 Sep 2007 08:19

May his soul rest in peace.Condolences to his family and friends.He will b missed by the whole SA

Nice1
04 Sep 2007 08:19

Glad u apologised..

Kakapana
04 Sep 2007 08:21

I still have not absorved the news, it was like i knew the dude. He was my vum vum- can you guys remember that Brown dash video, sho he was so hot in dat video.

I agree with u maddie, there was just something about him, he oozed sexapial. Can we not focus on his age 4 da tym being.

Natt.
04 Sep 2007 08:22

Im still can`t

Natt.
04 Sep 2007 08:22

Im still can`t belive

Mmakwena
04 Sep 2007 08:27

Mara u guyz, how can u come up with the age issue in such an akwad tym. Let him rest in peace and wish him farewell.

embryo
04 Sep 2007 11:07

I am flabbergasted, shell-shocked, baffled, how could such a thing transpire?
This is such a tragedy, a real blow to SA football, he was at the peak of his career, and i am sure he wasn't done by a long shot , this was just a tip of the iceberg.
My deepest condolences to his family, he is in God's hands now.
Life goes on....

Lady D
04 Sep 2007 11:40

I am listening to Robert Mararwa now,its really sad.Gift bathong!!!!Robal ka kagiso
mogale

Cande
04 Sep 2007 11:46

My condolences to the Leremi family! This is shocking news. I have a friend who works for Laduma whom i told i will like her to make me meet Gift as we share a birhdate, eish Life is too short!!

Brown Shuga
04 Sep 2007 12:12

:(

<<He was my vum vum- can you guys remember that Brown dash video, sho he was so hot in dat video.>> I remember :)

God, I wish I understood why you do things the way you do them :( :( :(

Lady.RO.
04 Sep 2007 15:22

Rest In Peace le-sundawana

pullie
05 Sep 2007 03:22

rest in peace gift, re tla go hopala ka mehla!!!!!

jenesaisquo
05 Sep 2007 03:33

Bhekin, you are liar negro, the BMW did not belong to Gift, it was Gerald Modabi's.

jenesaisquo
05 Sep 2007 03:56

Bhekin must be a journalist from that Daily news paper worth R1.30, that always focuses on witchcraft, scandals, shebeen brawls, kangaroo courts and a cheap ass cross word puzzle that would ask you who is the South African president. Guys, to all you I would really like to say this; we people are like crabs or scorpions put in a fruit jar. One crustacean or scorpion would want to to climb up and escape the jar, the others would pull it down by it's tail or legs. Talking about P.H.D: Player Hating Degree or Pull Him Down syndrome. When Gift Leremi missed training, he was always on our lips. When him, Cheeseboy and JJP misbehaved we loved that. Gift then started climbing the football corporate ladder to Mamelodi( soccer's golden city off course) you all started saying that he was finished. Now Gift dies a horrible death, he is a legend, he is a Maradonna , a Pele. For me as a Downs fan, I liked a few players in their lifetime; Midnight Express, Legs of Thunder, Continental and the Drinking Master himself JJP. Let us love people when they r around coz when they r dead and gone they ain't gonna Hear us singing artificial praises.

pullie
05 Sep 2007 03:58

@ jenesaisquo....thanx that aint Gift's BMW! he borrowed it ppl!!!!!

floe3
05 Sep 2007 09:55

Brenda

Oh my !, Let me say Goodbye Gift May your soul rest in peace, God has taken his
soul back!!! you've played your role and you came to an end may your family be strong and understand that your time was up. very sad we will miss you.

Na Mina ndziri etlela hikurhula u lohi rhangela ndlela

Zazacious
06 Sep 2007 02:58

he will always be missed. i loved him so much coz he was my favourie soccer player. what a talent.

snoopy
06 Sep 2007 06:53