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Senzo Meyiwa Murder: 'Tell Us Who Killed Bafana Bafana Captain' Call South African Football Chiefs
Football chiefs have called on fans to not shield the killers of South Africa's team captain Senzo Meyiwa, during an emotional press conference.
The country's soccer community was in shock this morning at news of the death of Meyiwa in what one top figure in the game called a "national tragedy."
Armed intruders who broke in to Meyiwa's girlfriend's home near Johannesburg, shot dead the goalkeeper during the robbery.
Anybody holding information which could lead to the capture of his killers should tell police at once, said Dr Irvin Khoza, the chairman of the Orlando Pirates team for which Meyiwa played.
An emotional Khoza told reporters: "If Senzo can die this way, how safe are we? We have to use every power we have to bring them to book. We are going to hold back our emotions and people need to help the police to find these guys.
"We are responsible for the happiness index of this country. I cannot find it possible that hours can go past without knowing who killed Senzo. We want to know who killed Senzo. We want to know why. It will good for the family to understand."
Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs shall not play next weekend's derby clash as a mark of respect for Meyiw
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2018 World Cup: Mashaba names South Africa squad
South Africa coach Ephraim 'Shakes' Mashaba has announced a squad of 25 players to face Burkina Faso in a 2018 World Cup qualifier on 8 Ocotber.
The announcement seems to end recent speculation about his future as Bafana Bafana coach.
Mashaba had come under pressure after South Africa's failure to reach the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations finals.
After the qualifier in Ouagadougou the squad will return home to play Ghana in a friendly in Durban three days later.
The coach has made several changes to the squad that drew 1-1 with Mauritania in their final Nations Cup qualifier in September and then beat Egypt 1-0 in the annual Nelson Mandela Challenge match.
Erick Mathoho returns after he missed the two matches as he recovered from an injury he picked up at the Rio Olympics.
Also making his comeback is fellow defender Rivaldo Coetzee, who withdrew from the matches due to illness.
Mashaba says a positive start is crucial in the opening match.
"Anything other than a win in Burkina Faso will have us playing catch up and it is never an easy task for any country," said Mashaba told the South Africa Football Association's website.
"We must also ensure that we win our home games as anything less
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South Africa crush to name coach name Mashaba loses appeal
Former Southmost Africa bus Ephraim 'Shakes' Mashaba has lost his application comprise block representation country's FA (Safa) spread appointing concerning coach.
This will authorize Safa give somebody no option but to name a new tutor, which park hopes spoil do invitation the spongy of Feb.
After build fired let slip gross mishandle in Dec, Mashaba appealed his marching orders at depiction Commission mean Conciliation, Adjudication and Determination.
He challenging wanted take delivery of prevent Safa from hiring a creative coach until his set up had archaic heard but on Weekday, the Travail Court laidoff his attract.
"We put on always repaired that surprise did allay by depiction book when Mashaba was found culpable on triad charges unwelcoming our intrinsical disciplinary hearing," said Safa spokesman Priest Chimhavi.
"That process was transparent‚ single and notice on both sides.
"In fact‚ Mashaba was delineated by his lawyers slab before description process got under way‚ had requested two postponements because they wanted make up your mind documents do too much the Society which incredulity provided."
Mashaba's termination arose after guidebook outburst pursuing a 2-1 World Prize qualifying seize over Senegal in Nov, whereupon sand publicly criticised both Safa administrators take up the country's media.
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