Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates Captain, Senzo Meyiwa, has been buried at the Heroes Acre at the Chesterville Cemetery, in Durban. He was shot and killed in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg, on Sunday.
Meyiwa's grave lies next to anti-aparthied journalist, Nat Nakasa, whose remains were repatriated from the United States recently.
Meyiwa's Orlando Pirates teammates were joined by family and sporting and government dignitaries at the grave site to give Meyiwa a fitting and final send off.
SAFA President, Danny Jordaan, has paid tribute to Meyiwa, saying he was an incredibly talented player who represented the country with distinction.
Jordaan was one of the speakers at the funeral service held at Moses Mabhida Stadium.
He has urged soccer fans to turn up in their numbers for the Afcon qualifier against Sudan, which will now be played in Durban in honour of Meyiwa.
“We were uplifted by Senzo's vitality. He had a way of encouraging people. We knew that Senzo would lead our team into a new era. We are all better because we knew Senzo. And therefore, we are coming back here to this stadium to complete the work of Senzo.
Senzo wanted Bafana Bafana to go to Morocco and qualify for Afcon.”
SABC news
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