SA crime thrust into the spotlight at Luke Fleur's memorial service

JOHANNESBURG - Slain footballer Luke Fleurs has been remembered as a talented player who had plans to achieve great things with Kaizer Chiefs.

The club held a memorial service for him at the FNB Stadium on Thursday afternoon.

His family, friends and teammates paid tribute to Fleurs, who was murdered during a hijacking in Florida, Johannesburg last week.

READ: Kaizer Chiefs grieves the loss of Luke Fleurs: 'We were looking at great things for him'

Fleurs fulfilled a life-long goal when he signed for Amakhosi earlier this season, but that was cut short at the age of 24.

Chiefs marketing director Jessica Motaung called on leaders to take the much-needed steps to combat crime in the country.

“We all need to do something collectively to change our country. What happened to Luke wasn’t fair, crime isn’t right. We need to deal with the crime that is affecting our country. Luke’s situation and incident really puts a spotlight on the issues that we as a nation are dealing with. And I trust that our leaders and politicians will heed our call to keep us safe.”