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Sipho Masondo | Senzo Meyiwa's case: A test of justice in South Africa

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Former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa.
Former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa.
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The strong possibility the businessperson who allegedly ordered the hit on Senzo Meyiwa will probably never spend a night in jail for his crime, and the NPA and ID's five-star treatment of Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula should help dispense with any illusions South Africans may have there is justice in this country, writes Sipho Masondo.

It is a great travesty of justice that 10 years after Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa was murdered, South Africans are nowhere close to knowing the identity of the person who ordered the footballer's killing and the real reason behind the hit. 

The lead investigator on the case, Brigadier Bongani Gininda, and his team have executed a first-rate job by investigating, arresting, and charging five men in connection with Meyiwa's death.

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