Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa\u2019s death might not be the result of a botched robbery.<\/p>\n
The police have not ruled out the possibility that it may not have been a robbery.<\/p>\n
This emerged after an Instagram message, as well as an independent person who called the Crimestop line, suggested there was more to the shooting than meets the eye.<\/p>\n
The post on Instagram claimed that his girlfiend Kelly Khumalo\u2019s sister Zandile had been fighting with her boyfriend when Meyiwa tried to intervene, but the boyfriend allegedly shot him.<\/p>\n
Late on Monday, as shock over the murder of Meyiwa continued, a massive police investigation was under way.<\/p>\n
Meyiwa\u2019s killers are now the most wanted men in the country.<\/p>\n
A multi-disciplinary police task team is hunting them, and the SAPS\u2019s reward for information was raised to R250 000.<\/p>\n
The black star\u00a0had earlier been at a birthday party for Pirates teammate Rooi Mahamutsa, but left with a friend to go to\u00a0his girlfriend’s house.<\/p>\n
There was\u00a0immediate speculation on social networks of a hit connected to Meyiwa\u2019s messy private life \u2013 the spats between his wife and girlfriend\u00a0have often made headlines.<\/p>\n
Gauteng head of detectives Major-General Tebello Mosikili confirmed that police IT experts were looking into that message and were trying to get hold of the person who posted it.<\/p>\n
Mosikili, who heads the team investigating the shooting, said they were taking this allegation seriously because there had also been a call to the Crimestop line in which someone alleged that Meyiwa did not die during a robbery.<\/p>\n
Mosikili said she did not yet know whether the person who posted the Instagram message was the one who had called.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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