South African Captain Killed: Hero Goal keeper was gunned at his girlfriend's home.

Senzo Meyiwa was reportedly attacked after men entered his girlfriend's house in Vosloorus, south of Johannesburg.
His agent described him as a humble man from a tough background who had become a "hero in everyone's eyes".

The 27-year-old was the goalkeeper for Orlando Pirates and had played in South Africa's last four Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

On Saturday, he was in action for his club, when they progressed to the semi-finals of the South African League Cup, beating Ajax Cape Town 4-1.

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Local media said it was an attempted burglary but this was not confirmed by police.

"We can confirm that Bucs (Pirates) keeper Senzo Meyiwa has been shot and sadly declared dead on arrival at hospital," said the South African Police Services official Twitter feed.

"We must emphasize break of protocol... We know there are upset and hurt pple (people) at the house where (the) incident occurred and at hospital. Calm please," it later added.

"We can assure all South Africans that we will do all we can to bring Meyiwa's killers to book," the police said in a further tweet.