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The incident occurred just a couple of months after a breakthrough was reportedly made in the janitor’s murder case.
The tombstone of the late former Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa has been badly damaged, it was revealed Saturday.
The news was confirmed by officer Bafana Bafana Twitter account, which said:
“VANDALIZED: The tombstone of former goalkeeper and captain Bafana Bafana Senzo Meyiwa has been vandalized, 2 months after it was unveiled in Clermont, Durban.”
VANDALIZED: Old @BafanaBafana The tombstone of goalkeeper and captain Senzo Meyiwa has been vandalized, 2 months after it was unveiled in Clermont, Durban. pic.twitter.com/JSPmXqlOGd
– Bafana Bafana (@BafanaBafana) December 26, 2020
It is unclear at this stage who is behind the vandalism and whether it was a random act or especially aimed at the memory of the former Orlando Pirates goalkeeper.
On October 26, 2014, Meyiwa was shot at the home of his singing girlfriend, Kelly Khumalo, in Vosloorus.
The case dragged on for six years before Police Minister Bheki Cele announced a breakthrough in October this year.
This was after police reportedly discovered the firearm that was allegedly used to kill Meyiwa, leading to five men being charged with murdering Meyiwa.
The first court appearance of the five suspects took a dramatic turn for the Boksburg Magistrate after they denied any involvement in the murder. None of the five were represented by a lawyer and they have claimed that they have become scapegoats.
The latest on the case is that it has been postponed until March 5, 2021.
It was only on November 10 of this year that Meyiwa’s tombstone was sleepless at a ceremony in KwaZulu-Natal attended by, among others, the head of the South African Football Association, Danny Jordaan, the head coach of the Bafana Bafana, Molefi Ntseki, the captain of the national team Thulani Hlatshwayo, and Itumeleng Khune, who was a teammate of the Bafana and close personal friends of the late goalkeeper.
Meyiwa was just 27 at the time of his death and was in the process of becoming a regular player for the national team – he had 13 caps to his credit.
He played 137 games for the Pirates and won two league titles, two Nedbank Cups, two MTN8s and a Telkom Knockout trophy with the Buccaneers.
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