{"id":206961,"date":"2019-06-13T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/206961\/germiston-stadium-tragedy-rips-delville-family-of-their-flamboyant-three-year-old\/"},"modified":"2019-06-13T15:40:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T13:40:18","slug":"germiston-stadium-tragedy-rips-delville-family-of-their-flamboyant-three-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/06\/13\/germiston-stadium-tragedy-rips-delville-family-of-their-flamboyant-three-year-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Germiston Stadium tragedy robs Delville family of their flamboyant three-year-old"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cMommy and daddy don\u2019t cry, Yurna is just sleeping at the stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n

These were the words of three-year-old Francisco Mahumane, who lost his identical twin brother Yurna, last Saturday, at Germiston Stadium, following an incident involving a scrum machine.<\/p>

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Yurna and Francisco, from Delville, had just returned from sporting activities in Edenvale, with their father David Ba\u00faqe, an ice-cream vendor who frequents sporting events in and around Germiston.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no intention of staying too long at the stadium,\u201d said David.<\/p>

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\u201cI was there to collect our house keys from my eldest son Dihno, who was selling ice cream at the stadium, then head home to feed the twins.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpon our arrival at the stadium, I thought he might be on the other side of the stadium by the athletics tracks, and we were on the rugby fields.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a friend went in search of Dinho, Yurna, the outgoing one of the twins, asked his father if he could go play with the other children who were kicking balls around, while others pushed the scrum machine back and forth.<\/p>\n

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David Ba\u00faqe and his wife Fatima Mahumane mourn the death of their son, Yurna Mahumane (3), who died at Germiston Stadium last Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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David saw no issue with Yurna\u2019s request, as his son had always been friendly and wanted to be among other children whenever he took him to events, Francisco joined his brother.<\/p>\n

However, this time, when David saw his sons running towards the group of children, he had not anticipated that only one would return.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was sitting on the grandstands when I felt Francisco tugging at my pants, panting, calling me to turn and come to the aid of his brother,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

When David turned, he saw a paramedic holding his son up, and he ran towards them.<\/p>\n

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Mbali Hlophe (MEC for Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation, second from right) visited the Ba\u00faqe and Mahumane residence in Delville on Wednesday to pay her respects to the family following the tragic death of three-year-old Yurna Mahumane at Germiston Stadium last Saturday. From left are Antonio and David Ba\u00faqe, Francisco (3) and Fatima Mahumane, Emma Dodine and Dihno Ba\u00faqe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhen I reached the emergency services personnel and Yurna, I took him into my arms and all I could see was blood oozing from his head, shooting from his nose and foaming at his mouth,\u201d David recalled.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe paramedic ordered me to step aside and let him do his job, but, unfortunately, my son was unresponsive, there was no pulse and he was bleeding profusely.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to remain hopeful, but part of me knew Yurna\u2019s spirit had left the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

As his son lay lifeless on the field, David felt numb and unable to speak, as he had to make a heartbreaking phone call to his wife Fatima Mahumane.<\/p>\n

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