WHY DO SOUTH AFRICANS MURDER THEIR CELEBRITIES?

The soccer world is still mourning the sudden murder of yet another celebrity in South Africa.



Usually, all over the world, talented celebrities are kept out of harms way even by the society’s hardened criminals, but things appear to be different in South Africa.



Meyiwa and Khumalo hours before the incident

It could be recalled that music lovers are yet to recover from the assassination of the sonorous voiced of Lucky Dube, a revered reggae icon, who was mindlessly murdered by the same so-called ‘gunmen’ in his homeland of South Africa. Africa has been unable to replace this music legend and his recorded songs continue to preach against the same evils.

Then just recently, Oscar Pistorius, an athletic star who was yet thrilling the world with his awing abilities to convert his handicap situation into inspiring those with full capacity, in a twist of fate was engaged in a homicide case which saw him convicted by a South African Court. We should also bear in mind that he had claimed that he shot dead Reeva Steenkamp, his girlfriend, spending the night in the same house with him because he thought she was a burglar who had come to rob him.

While we are yet recovering from the shock, another brutal murder of a young celebrity has been recorded.

The question on every lip is why?  Why does South Africa murder its own celebrities? Accepted that the crime rate in South Africa is just as bad as other African countries, don’t this class of people possess enough money to put adequate security measures around their selves?

 Sad as it sounds, this is the sad end of SENZO MEYIWA

The South African footballer Captain Senzo Meyiwa was shot in the chest, Police said, while he was protecting his on-off girlfriend Kelly Khumalo, a South African pop star. The 27-year-old played in a match for his side the Orlando Pirates last night.
South African Police Service said two men entered his girlfriend's house around 8pm local time, while a third man remained outside.

‘The gang arrived demanding Meyiwa's mobile phone, money and other valuables,' provincial Community Safety official Sizakele Nkosi-Malubane told reporters at the scene.
‘All three fled after shots were fired, in reported attempted burglary’

Meyiwa, who played for Orlando Pirates, the previous day captained his side as they advanced to the semi-finals of the South African League Cup, defeating Ajax Cape Town 4-1. But that night as the attackers pointed a gun at Miss Khumalo, Meyiwa caught a bullet instead of his usual tactical goalkeeping.

Police say they will bring his killers to book. But we know in essence, that never resurrects the murdered ones.

This is one murder too many and it is time South Africa did something about its crime rate. May the family, friends and fans be comforted at the loss.