The struggle of Lindsay Myeni, the widow of the KwaZulu-Natal rugby player murdered in America, to get South African citizenship has caught the attention of AmaZulu king MisuZulu kaZwelithini.
This comes after the monarch penned a letter inquiring from the government how Lindani
Myeni’s widow could be assisted with citizenship for a permanent stay in the country.
“I’ve had an encounter with Lisa Lindsay Myeni, whose husband was murdered by police in Hawaii, America, the late rugby player from KwaZulu-Natal, Lindani Myeni,” reads the letter from the Zulu monarch in part.
“Upon the murder of one of our own, Lindsay was left with two children. She wants to raise them in her husband’s country, where she is safe. They must know their father’s language and culture,” the letter states.
The murder of Myeni of eSikhaleni, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, in April 14 last year sent shock waves in the US and South Africa as it was classified as racially motivated.
Myeni had walked into an immediate neighbour’s house when he was accused of being an intruder. The police at the scene defended the murder, saying it was self-defence.
They were also exonerated of the cold-blooded killing.
Lindsay said in an interview with Sunday World she applied several times for a relative visa to be facilitated for her to become a South African citizen, enabling her to raise her two children in the country but it was was declined by home affairs.
In the latest letter from home affairs to Lindsay, seen by this paper, among the reasons Lindsay’s relative visa was not granted was that she appears on the visa entry stop list and that she failed to submit a letter of good cause when she applied.
Lindsay is, however, adamant that she was unduly rejected.