Father of Murdered South African Soccer Star Meyiwa Dies

Messages of support are pouring in from across South Africa after the late Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa's father, Samuel Meyiwa, died at his Durban home. It had been reported that his health began to deteriorate after his son was shot and killed during a robbery in Vosloorus, Johannesburg, in 2014.

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