Why was Kelly Khumalo not called?’ Senzo Meyiwa’s mother is still demanding justice

Marcus Moloko

On the 11th anniversary of Senzo Meyiwa’s death, Orlando Pirates supporters gathered at his mother’s home in Umlazi over the weekend to honour the late Bafana Bafana captain.

Meyiwa was shot and killed in October 2014 at the Vosloorus home of his then-girlfriend, singer Kelly Khumalo. Eleven years later, five men are on trial, with none of the individuals who were present in the house on the night of the fatal shooting having been charged.

“I want to know why those who were in the house with my son have never been brought to book,” Ntombifuthi Meyiwa asked, while expressing the anguish of a mother still waiting for justice.

In a video circulating on social media, she asks why those in the house on the night Meyiwa was murdered, including Kelly Khumalo, were never probed for answers.  

The Meyiwa trial has seen delays, conflicting testimonies, and allegations