KZN govt: US failed to protect Lindani Myeni

The KwaZulu-Natal government on Saturday condemned the United States for failing to protect 29-year-old Lindani Myeni.

A delegation of officials joined family and friends of the late former rugby player in a prayer service at OR Tambo International Airport.

Myeni’s body arrived in South Africa on Saturday morning from the US, where he was shot and killed by police in Hawaii.

Police officers claim he became violent when they arrived at a property where they had received a complaint about an alleged burglary.

Lindani returns home, to lie in eternal rest in the fertile soil of the African garden and next to his next of kin. #LindaniMyeni pic.twitter.com/e0szgpiORz

— KZN Provincial Gov (@kzngov) May 1, 2021

Ususekhaya kwelengabadi Singila, Nomndayi. Sizobhekisa amabombo phasi kwelika Mthaniya size sifike ekhaya. Siyaphinda sithi dudu kumndeni, lalani ngenxeba akwehlanga lungehlanga. #LindaniMyeni pic.twitter.com/ajzyW3Ilxt

— KZN Provincial Gov (@kzngov) May 1, 2021

As they embark on a long and painful journey back to eSikhawini, today, we pray that the journey will be safe and free of incidents. #LindaniMyeni #JusticeforLindaniMyeni pic.twitter.com/IBHiD0vMn3

— KZN Provincial Gov (@kzngov) May 1, 2021

MEC for Social Development, Nonhlanhla Khoza, said the Myeni family has been robbed of a strong father figure, husband and son.

“It is with great sadness and sorrow that we stand here today to welcome home the body of the son of the soil who brutally died in the hands of the people who were supposed to protect him; who’s shining light has been extinguished by the brutal hands of policemen.”

Khoza said America should hang its head in shame.

“It is a sad indictment on Americans that their country continues to be associated with the senseless murder of black people by their police. The careless murder of our son has, if anything, diminished the little hope that there will be a sudden change in police attitudes.”

-EWN

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