It is amazing how the whole nation has been devastated by the tragic death of a young man like Senzo Meyiwa.
It may be because he was not an ordinary young man but was a young African man from the dusty streets of Umlazi who rose to prominence in the sporting world.
It may be because his death was not expected.
Does Cliff believe a black person should be buried like a dog and forgotten? If so, wake up Mr Cliff, your coffee is getting cold. This is a new South Africa wherein the number of African black chartered accountants is on the increase, where young black engineers are on the increase, young black South Africans who take up actuary science studies are surpassing that of their white counterparts, there are more town planners and regional planners, where sporting heroes for black and white people are indeed black and white.
Speaking about attitudes, some have castigated, chastised, demeaned and insulted Kelly Khumalo in particular. Instead of majoring on condemning the criminals, we have majored on condemning Meyiwa or Khumalo and I wondered why?
Maybe their views are correct but they could have used better language in the public domain.
The most interesting thing has been the hypocrisy displayed by some of these individuals. Indeed it has come as a surprise to me that we have so many supposedly morally astute citizens.
Some of the loudest voices of condemnation have no better record in their social standing upon which to stand proudly.
But if there truly are so many, surely we would not have all these social ills, broken families, divorces and so on?
With regard to an understanding of the beautiful game, I read a few pieces wherein some people were accusing Kaizer Chiefs of being behind the murder of Meyiwa.
Clearly, these are not very wise individuals or they were just brewing up unnecessary animosity between the supporters of Orlando Pirates and Chiefs.
This attitude lacks appreciation of the beautiful game.
Some were impatient as Kaizer Motaung of Kaizer Chiefs spoke on behalf of the PSL at the funeral. This was despite Motaung being clearly traumatised. Yet some still felt he had no place to speak.
The rivalry on the pitch has nothing to do with life off the pitch. The players and managers and even sponsors of these clubs are extremely cordial to one another. There is no point for this exaggerated rivalry, not at the expense of a national hero, and especially not on his passing.
In conclusion, I hope we all are going to wait for the law to run its proper course as we seek to know why Meyiwa was killed.
And we all must call on government to do more to curb the scourge of crime in our land. It may be correct that we must live in gated leafy suburbs in order to run away from criminals.
Whereas the truth is that we want to feel safe in our land – at any time of day and anywhere we are.
Simphiwe Thobela is from Flagstaff
In looking at Meyiwa's killing sight of ball is lost
It may be because he was not an ordinary young man but was a young African man from the dusty streets of Umlazi who rose to prominence in the sporting world.
It may be because his death was not expected.
Does Cliff believe a black person should be buried like a dog and forgotten? If so, wake up Mr Cliff, your coffee is getting cold. This is a new South Africa wherein the number of African black chartered accountants is on the increase, where young black engineers are on the increase, young black South Africans who take up actuary science studies are surpassing that of their white counterparts, there are more town planners and regional planners, where sporting heroes for black and white people are indeed black and white.
Speaking about attitudes, some have castigated, chastised, demeaned and insulted Kelly Khumalo in particular. Instead of majoring on condemning the criminals, we have majored on condemning Meyiwa or Khumalo and I wondered why?
Maybe their views are correct but they could have used better language in the public domain.
The most interesting thing has been the hypocrisy displayed by some of these individuals. Indeed it has come as a surprise to me that we have so many supposedly morally astute citizens.
Some of the loudest voices of condemnation have no better record in their social standing upon which to stand proudly.
But if there truly are so many, surely we would not have all these social ills, broken families, divorces and so on?
With regard to an understanding of the beautiful game, I read a few pieces wherein some people were accusing Kaizer Chiefs of being behind the murder of Meyiwa.
Clearly, these are not very wise individuals or they were just brewing up unnecessary animosity between the supporters of Orlando Pirates and Chiefs.
This attitude lacks appreciation of the beautiful game.
Some were impatient as Kaizer Motaung of Kaizer Chiefs spoke on behalf of the PSL at the funeral. This was despite Motaung being clearly traumatised. Yet some still felt he had no place to speak.
The rivalry on the pitch has nothing to do with life off the pitch. The players and managers and even sponsors of these clubs are extremely cordial to one another. There is no point for this exaggerated rivalry, not at the expense of a national hero, and especially not on his passing.
In conclusion, I hope we all are going to wait for the law to run its proper course as we seek to know why Meyiwa was killed.
And we all must call on government to do more to curb the scourge of crime in our land. It may be correct that we must live in gated leafy suburbs in order to run away from criminals.
Whereas the truth is that we want to feel safe in our land – at any time of day and anywhere we are.
Simphiwe Thobela is from Flagstaff
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