[ 2014-11-02 ]

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Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa’s coffin was
lowered into a grave at the Heroes Acre cemetery
in Chesterville, KwaZulu-Natal, on Saturday
afternoon.

As the coffin descended, a police bugler performed
a rendition of The Last Post.

Meyiwa’s wife wept, and appeared to be speaking
to the slain Orlando Pirates goalkeeper as she
threw a flower into the grave.

Meyiwa’s father Samuel looked lost and forlorn,
and seemed to be confused after being handed the
South African flag that was draped over Meyiwa’s
coffin.

A heavy rain then began to fall.

As relatives approached the grave, they too began
to weep.

Kaizer Chiefs players, led by goalkeeper Itumeleng
Khune, placed flowers in the grave.

Mining magnate Patrice Motsepe, SA Football
Association president Danny Jordaan and Deputy
Agriculture Minister Bheki Cele also paid their
respects.

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula stood at the grave
with a bowed head.

Meyiwa’s grave was next to anti-apartheid
journalist Nat Nakasa, who was buried at the
cemetery in September, 49 years after he was
buried in New York.

Meyiwa’s former team-mate Andile Jali greeted
Orlando Pirates chairman Irvin Khoza and Jordaan
before going to speak to Meyiwa’s parents.

A funeral service, attended by thousands of fans
was held earlier at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in
Durban.

Meyiwa was shot and killed on Sunday evening in
Vosloorus, Ekurhuleni, while visiting his
girlfriend, actress and singer Kelly Khumalo. Two
men entered the house, demanding cellphones, and
shot him before fleeing.

On Friday, a man appeared in court in connection
with Meyiwa’s murder.

Gauteng police spokesman Brigadier Neville Malila
said: “ (On Thursday), after receiving very
positive information about a number of suspects,
we conducted an identity parade during which some
of the witnesses positively identified one
person.”

The 25-year-old Vosloorus resident, Zenokuhle
Mbatha, was arrested and charged on the basis of
the positive identification.

The National Prosecuting Authority said Mbatha
would appear in the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court
again on November 11.

Source - Ghanasoccer

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