Johannesburg - Senzo Meyiwa’s family is allegedly considering legal action to compel the goalkeeper’s girlfriend Kelly Khumalo to hand over his personal belongings, including clothes and two vehicles.
The Star has been reliably informed that Khumalo flatly refused to give the Meyiwas their son’s property when the family went to the townhouse they shared in Mulbarton, southern Joburg.
Sources told The Star on Thursday morning that the Meyiwas arrived at No 55 of the upmarket complex shortly after 7.30 on Wednesday night to collect the soccer star’s belongings.
The family apparently arrived with Orlando Pirates boss and PSL chairman Irvin Khoza’s wife. Among Meyiwa’s relatives was his younger brother and some extended family members.
The family called the police for an escort before they went into the house.
Three police officers arrived shortly after 8pm.
Then the Khumalos, including the songbird’s mother and sister Zandi, arrived.
“Kelly was spotted hiding in the back seat. I don’t know why she didn’t want to be seen,” said one source.
“The car drove into the yard and the family locked themselves in the house. Security guards knocked on the door, but no one opened,” the source said.
After repeated attempts to get into the house, the police made a move of their own.
“The police repeatedly knocked and it took a while before anyone opened,” said another source, adding that the police had to endure a barrage of taunts and insults from Khumalo and her family.
“They were shouting at the police, accusing them of siding with Meyiwa’s family and harassing them.
“They accused the police of not being sensitive to the fact that they were still traumatised.
“They said Meyiwa’s family had brought the police,” the source added.
He said the drama lasted until 9.30pm, when the police and Meyiwa’s family retreated empty- handed, with the exception of Meyiwa’s ID.
“They refused to give anything except the ID book back.
“In the end, the police advised the family of Meyiwa to approach the court for an order compelling Khumalo to hand over Meyiwa’s belongings,” said the source.
Meyiwa’s cousin, Siyabonga Miya, seemed surprised when asked what time they would be at court, saying he did not know anything about that.
While rumours were rife on Thursday morning that the police had apprehended two men in Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng police spokesman Brigadier Neville Malila said no arrests had been made.
He said questioning people and taking statements from them formed part of an investigation.
Shaheen Suleiman, chief executive officer of Magma Security and Investigations, the company the Meyiwa family has hired to investigate the killing, would not comment, saying he was finding it difficult to work while the media hounded him. – Additional reporting by Botho Molosankwe
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