{"id":8270,"date":"2021-10-19T00:26:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T00:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables"},"modified":"2021-10-20T00:44:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T00:44:23","slug":"former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables","title":{"rendered":"Former South African beaten to death for allegedly stealing electricity cables"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Zambia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former South African football player, Lucky Maselesele has been beaten to death, with two arrested for the crime.<\/p>\n

The 41-year-old former Kaizer Chiefs, Maritzburg United and Black Leopards midfielder was allegedly beaten to death by community members after being accused of stealing electricity cables.<\/p>\n

Police spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel Mavela Masondo, who confirmed the incident on Saturday, October 16, said police received a complaint of community members assaulting an unknown man on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the police approached, the group ran away, and the police managed to apprehend two suspects,\u201d Masondo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is alleged that the deceased was accused by the community of stealing electrical cables in the area. He was certified dead on the scene by the paramedics.\u201d<\/p>\n

The deceased had since been identified as Maselesele.<\/p>\n

Masondo said both suspects were charged with murder, and one had since appeared in the Alexandra Magistrate\u2019s Court. The matter was postponed for a formal bail application.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolice are still continuing with the investigation,\u201d Masondo added.<\/p>\n

Maseleselewho played for Kaizer Chiefs between 1998 and 2004 having come through its youth ranks, was known for his dribbling skills and high work rate. He was capped once at international level.<\/p>\n

After moving to Maritzburg United, the soccer player\u2019s career spiralled downwards after being banned for testing positive for cocaine.<\/p>\n

In 2009, newspaper The Witness reported that the midfielder received a two-year ban from the SA Football Association\u2019s disciplinary committee.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, his former clubKaizer Chiefs has conveyed condolences to his family in a statement issued on Sunday, October 17.<\/p>\n

\u201cKaizer Chiefs is saddened by the news of the passing of one of South Africa\u2019s talented footballers, Lucky Maselesele,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

Born in Alexandra township on 8 March 1980, Lucky was a product of the School of Excellence before being spotted and joining Amakhosi in 1999.<\/p>\n

He made his debut for Chiefs in a 2-1 home win over African Wanderers, appearing as a substitute one day after Chiefs\u2019 30th anniversary on 8 January 2000. He was 19 years old at the time.<\/p>\n

He featured in 12 games in his first season with Chiefs in the 1999-00 season. His first goal came on the final day of the season in a 2-1 loss to SuperSport United on 17 June 2000.<\/p>\n

He won the BOB Save Super Bowl trophy with Chiefs in 1999-00 and featured in the Last 32 and Last 16 wins over Cape Town City and Hellenic.<\/p>\n

He also took part in Chiefs\u2019 triumph of the 2001-02 BP Top 8 and Coca-Cola Cup campaigns. His last appearance for the Glamour Boys was a league game away to Santos on the 20 January 2003, which was a 0-0 away draw.<\/p>\n

In total, he played 44 times for Chiefs and contributed with 11 goals between 1999 and 2003.<\/p>\n

He also had loan spells at Manning Rangers during his time with Chiefs. After leaving Chiefs, he went to play for several other teams in the PS<\/p>\n

\u201cWe convey our heartfelt condolences to the Maselesele family during this difficult period. We would also like to thank them for the support they gave him by letting Lucky showcase his talent to Amakhosi and South African football in general.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. Former South African football player, Lucky Maselesele has been beaten to death, with two arrested for the crime. The 41-year-old former Kaizer Chiefs, Maritzburg United and Black Leopards midfielder was allegedly beaten to death by community members after being accused of stealing electricity cables. Police spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel Mavela Masondo, who confirmed the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":8269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17,16],"tags":[234,235,3646,3647,233],"class_list":["post-8270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-kaizer-chiefs","tag-maritzburg-united","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nFormer South African beaten to death for allegedly stealing electricity cables - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former South African football player, Lucky Maselesele has been beaten to death, with two arrested for the crime. The 4 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former South African beaten to death for allegedly stealing electricity cables\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former South African football player, Lucky Maselesele has been beaten to death, with two arrested for the crime. The 4 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-19T00:26:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-20T00:44:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/10\/img-616f664a51d48.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"888\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"637\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Former South African beaten to death for allegedly stealing electricity cables\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-19T00:26:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-20T00:44:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables\"},\"wordCount\":521,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/10\/img-616f664a51d48.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Kaizer Chiefs\",\"Maritzburg United\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables\",\"name\":\"Former South African beaten to death for allegedly stealing electricity cables - Zambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/10\/img-616f664a51d48.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-19T00:26:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-20T00:44:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Former South African football player, Lucky Maselesele has been beaten to death, with two arrested for the crime. The 4 ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/10\/img-616f664a51d48.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/10\/img-616f664a51d48.jpg\",\"width\":888,\"height\":637,\"caption\":\"Former South African beaten to death for allegedly stealing electricity cables\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Former South African beaten to death for allegedly stealing electricity cables\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/\",\"name\":\"Zambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Former South African beaten to death for allegedly stealing electricity cables - Zambia","description":"Former South African football player, Lucky Maselesele has been beaten to death, with two arrested for the crime. The 4 ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Former South African beaten to death for allegedly stealing electricity cables","og_description":"Former South African football player, Lucky Maselesele has been beaten to death, with two arrested for the crime. The 4 ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables","og_site_name":"Zambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2021-10-19T00:26:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-10-20T00:44:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":888,"height":637,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/10\/img-616f664a51d48.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Former South African beaten to death for allegedly stealing electricity cables","datePublished":"2021-10-19T00:26:23+00:00","dateModified":"2021-10-20T00:44:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables"},"wordCount":521,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/10\/img-616f664a51d48.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Zambia","Kaizer Chiefs","Maritzburg United","Zambia"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","sport","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables","name":"Former South African beaten to death for allegedly stealing electricity cables - Zambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/10\/img-616f664a51d48.jpg","datePublished":"2021-10-19T00:26:23+00:00","dateModified":"2021-10-20T00:44:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Former South African football player, Lucky Maselesele has been beaten to death, with two arrested for the crime. The 4 ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/10\/img-616f664a51d48.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/10\/img-616f664a51d48.jpg","width":888,"height":637,"caption":"Former South African beaten to death for allegedly stealing electricity cables"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/former-south-african-beaten-to-death-for-allegedly-stealing-electricity-cables#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Former South African beaten to death for allegedly stealing electricity cables"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/","name":"Zambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}