The South African Police Service said on Tuesday that the father of murdered Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates captain‚ Senzo Meyiwa‚ had approached them regarding a life insurance payout.
Police spokesman Solomon Makgale said he could confirm that Senzo’s father had approached investigators indicating that he was upset with the police because the insurance company would not pay out until the investigation had been completed.
"We informed him that the payout can still take place although the investigation is not complete. The only time the payout could be delayed due to a pending investigation is if the police believed that there was foul play involving life insurance money.
"This is not the case in this murder investigation. Senzo’s father therefore appears to have been misled."
Makgale said management of the police was "extremely concerned about negative media reports insinuating that the case is not being treated as a priority and that the police have reached a dead-end in their investigations. This is not the case at all."
He said the investigators had appealed to Senzo’s father on several occasions not to release details of the investigation to the public. "This is not helping at all‚ because we are now faced with a situation where one of the possible suspects has gone underground after hearing through Senzo’s father that the police were looking for him."
Police had assembled a high-level and well-resourced team under the guidance of Lieutenant General Vinesh Moonoo‚ Divisional Commissioner for Detective Services‚ and Major General Vincent Leshabane‚ Gauteng Deputy Provincial Commissioner for Detectives‚ with Brigadier Johan Ndlovu and Colonel Moabi Modise coordinating at an operational level.
So far‚ the investigators had collected close to 110 documents‚ inclusive of the statements of 86 possible witnesses.
"We are also following up on leads provided by other witness who were outside the house at the time of the incident."
The team had been to various parts of Limpopo‚ Mpumalanga‚ Western Cape‚ Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal‚ following up on close to a 100 leads received through Crime Stop‚ police stations‚ government and soccer officials.
Senzo Meyiwa’s father 'upset' over delay in life insurance payout
Police spokesman Solomon Makgale said he could confirm that Senzo’s father had approached investigators indicating that he was upset with the police because the insurance company would not pay out until the investigation had been completed.
"We informed him that the payout can still take place although the investigation is not complete. The only time the payout could be delayed due to a pending investigation is if the police believed that there was foul play involving life insurance money.
"This is not the case in this murder investigation. Senzo’s father therefore appears to have been misled."
Makgale said management of the police was "extremely concerned about negative media reports insinuating that the case is not being treated as a priority and that the police have reached a dead-end in their investigations. This is not the case at all."
He said the investigators had appealed to Senzo’s father on several occasions not to release details of the investigation to the public. "This is not helping at all‚ because we are now faced with a situation where one of the possible suspects has gone underground after hearing through Senzo’s father that the police were looking for him."
Police had assembled a high-level and well-resourced team under the guidance of Lieutenant General Vinesh Moonoo‚ Divisional Commissioner for Detective Services‚ and Major General Vincent Leshabane‚ Gauteng Deputy Provincial Commissioner for Detectives‚ with Brigadier Johan Ndlovu and Colonel Moabi Modise coordinating at an operational level.
So far‚ the investigators had collected close to 110 documents‚ inclusive of the statements of 86 possible witnesses.
"We are also following up on leads provided by other witness who were outside the house at the time of the incident."
The team had been to various parts of Limpopo‚ Mpumalanga‚ Western Cape‚ Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal‚ following up on close to a 100 leads received through Crime Stop‚ police stations‚ government and soccer officials.
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