The chairman of the Premier Soccer League, Dr. Irvin Khoza, has confirmed that R4 million has been received from Senzo Meyiwa's insurance pay-out.
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Orlando Pirates are set to receive 50% of the amount, with the rest of it set to be received by the family of the late football star.
The chairman has also stated that the club (Pirates) will not deduct money spent on the late football star's funeral. In November last year, the PSL confirmed that Meyiwa's insurance pay-out had been received by the league. PSL players and officials are covered for injuries and untimely death in the insurance for the league.
Meyiwa, who was a goalkeeper for Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana at the time of his passing, was gunned down at his girlfriend Kelly Khumalo's mother's house in Vosloorus, during a reported robbery on 26 October 2014.
On Thursday last week, during a press conference for Pirates where it was announced that Siyabonga Sangweni has retired from professional football, the club's chairman stated that the league would be communicating with Meyiwa's family with the hope to close the chapter about the insurance pay-out.
The announcement about the insurance pay-out to the Meyiwa family was made during a press conference at the PSL's headquarters in Parktown this morning.
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Senzo's father Samuel Meyiwa, who has been vocal about matters pertaining to the football's star's passing, is one of the people that were present at the PSL during the announcement today, and so was the late footballer's wife Mandisa Mkhize.
