Sam Meyiwa, who is the father of the late Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa, says he is aware of the march planned for this week as the supporters attempt to seek justice for the murdered football star.
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Pirates' supporters are scheduled to participate in a peaceful march to Vosloorus Police Station on Wednesday morning to seek justice for Meyiwa.
Meyiwa was shot and killed on 26 October 2014, and to this day no one has been arrested and sentenced for his death.
"I know about the march, they have told me about it. One of the big branches from Gauteng informed me about the march that is planned for tomorrow. They (supporters) are tired about the whole thing. They want to know about what really happened. There has been slow progress in the investigation and nothing has really happened to uncover the truth. They have decided to stand up on their own to try and find answers.
"Senzo's killer or killers aren't being arrested even though there were people in the house when he was killed. Someone from the people who were in the house should know what happened. We would have found peace and accepted what happened if we knew that someone was arrested for the murder. As Senzo was popular, I thought that someone would have been arrested for his death by now. I wish it was still during Bheki Cele's time (as the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service), that person or those people would have been arrested long time ago.
"It's painful what this whole thing is doing to me. There is freedom of speech and people say whatever they want and don't care who they hurt in the process. Some people even have the audacity to tell me not to speak to the newspapers. They say I talk too much in the media. How can I not speak about my child? I lost a child who had been very helpful to me and my family, do those people understand that?
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"Senzo can't speak for himself anymore. He's no more. I'm the one who can speak because I'm alive. There is a lady who wrote an article in one of the local newspapers that, 'The Meyiwas keep talking, especially Senzo's father.' That disturbed me a lot. I was very upset with her. I'm the one who knows what Senzo meant to me and my family. He fed us and did a whole lot of things for us. I don't want to be told what to do or say by people who don't feel or understand the pain I feel. I am heartbroken. As we approach Christmas time, I don't know where the kids will get clothes and food from. When Senzo was around, we didn't worry about any of those things because we knew that he would provide for us," said Meyiwa.
