By: Sthabile Ntsele
The family of the late South African football captain Senzo Meyiwa has stage a picket and submitted the memorandum at the Union Buildings on Tuesday, 19 May 2026, calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in the ongoing murder case.
Senzo Meyiwa, the former Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana goalkeeper, was shot and killed in Vosloorus in October 2014 at his then-girlfriend house, singer Kelly Khumalo. Despite several arrests, the high-profile trial has faced repeated delays, and no final conviction has been secured. More than a decade later, the family continues to press for justice.
Attendees on their March to Union building to hand over the memorandum
Photo By: Sthabile Ntsele
The purpose of Tuesday’s demonstration is clear, the Meyiwa family wants direct intervention from the country’s highest office. They believe the President has the authority to unblock investigative and prosecutorial hurdles that have stalled the case.
“I will clarify that, there’s cases that their have been opened, so today we will like President to give this case the same attention that was given to Marikana when people were killed, we want him to love this country and take us seriously,” said Hurbet Maphumulo, coordinator and the friend of Senzo Meyiwa’s family.
Speaking on behalf of the family, Sifiso Meyiwa brother of the late Bafana Bafana captain expressed deep frustration with the direction of the investigation. He called on the President to remove the currently arrested individuals from the case and arrest the real perpetrators.
“We want the President to take out the people that are arrested and arrest the right ones, the people who killed my brother are still outside,” he said.
After handing over the memorandum to Presidency representative Sibusiso Mabuza. Menzi Cebekhulu, one of the March attendees reiterated the family’s belief that those truly responsible have never been brought to justice.
“They are still walking free, and this March is not about us wanting the case on Court to be fast but we want the president to intervene so that they will arrest right people,”he said.
Sibusiso Mabuza collecting the memorandum on behalf of the presidency.
Photo credit: Sithabile Nsele
The Union Buildings, as the seat of South Africa’s government, have long served as a symbolic location for protests and petitions. While pickets are constitutionally protected, police have urged all participants to remain peaceful and to comply with directions from law enforcement.
This demonstration marks the latest chapter in a long struggle by the Meyiwa family to see justice served. For many South Africans, the case has become emblematic of broader frustrations with the pace of the criminal justice system.
