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South Africa weeps for 'keeper Meyiwa who was shot dead
South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma led a shocked nation in voicing outrage at the murder of national football captain Senzo Meyiwa after the talismanic goalkeeper was shot dead during a home robbery.
Police said the 27-year-old was killed late Sunday after burglars broke into the house of pop-star girlfriend Kelly Khumalo, making off with a mobile phone.
More than 17,000 people were killed in South Africa last year, but the slaying of a popular sporting hero has stunned even this crime-weary nation.
“Words cannot express the nation’s shock at this loss,” said President Zuma, amid a national outpouring of grief and anger.
Zuma said police must “leave no stone unturned in finding his killers” and bringing them to justice.
Fighting back a flood of tears, national football coach Shakes Mashaba described Meyiwa as a “very kind person” who was the first name on his teamsheet.
Team-mates at his local club Orlando Pirates were sobbing and crying uncontrollably during a team meeting yesterday, according to club officials.
Police have offered an increased reward of 250,000 rand (Dh84,500) for any information leading to his killer’s arrest.
Tributes to Meyiwa flooded in from across the football world.
Spain’s World Cup winning goalkeeper and captain Iker Casillas posted on his Instagram account a picture of Meyiwa after the pair had swapped jerseys, saying “Very sad for the dramatic loss of friend RIP Senzo.” FIFA president Sepp Blatter described Meyiwa’s killing as a “senseless, tragic loss”.
Meyiwa’s South African team-mate Dean Furman, said he was “beyond devastated at the loss of our captain and friend”.
Dennis Mumble, the chief executive officer of the South African Football Association, said “the country is crying.”
South Africa is still reeling from the death of former world 800m champion Mbulaeni Mulaudzi who died in a car crash on Friday and the jailing of fallen Paralympic hero Oscar Pistorius for the killing of his girlfriend last year.
Meyiwa was gunned down at a house in Vosloorus, a township about 30km south of Johannesburg at around 20:00 (22:00, UAE time) on Sunday. After an altercation “a shot was fired, the goalkeeper was hit in the upper body and was taken to hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.”
