Senzo Meyiwa’s tombstone in KZN vandalized
Images were shared across social media on Saturday and the national soccer team, Bafana Bafana confirmed the reports on their Twitter page.
Former Bafana Bafana caption Senzo Meyiwa’s tombstone vandalised. Picture: Twitter @BafanaBafana
Just two months after former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper and captain Senzo Meyiwa’s tombstone was unveiled it has been vandalised.
Images were shared across social media on Saturday and the national soccer team, Bafana Bafana confirmed the reports on their Twitter page by sharing that the tombstone in Chesterville, Durban was plundered.
VANDALIZED: Former @BafanaBafana goalkeeper and captain Senzo Meyiwa’s tombstone has been vandalized, 2 months after it was unveiled in Clermont, Durban. pic.twitter.com/JSPmXqlOGd
— Bafana Bafana (@BafanaBafana) December 26, 2020
KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker said they have checked with Cato Manor SAPS: “No case for vandalism was reported to the police,” he said.
Senzo was killed during an alleged armed robbery at his girlfriend Kelly Khumalo’s mother’s house in Spruitview on 26 October 2014.
Five suspects – Muikawukhulelwa S’Tembu Sibiya, Bongani Sandiso Ntanzi, Mthobisi Prince Mncube, Mthokoziseni Ziphozonke Maphisa and Sifokuhle Sifiso Nkani Ntuli – have been arrested in connection to his murder, they have denied any involvement. The case has been postponed to March 2021.
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