Khama Billiat of Kaizer Chiefs during the 2019 Telkom Knockout quarter final match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates at Moses Mabhida Stadium, Pietermaritzburg, on 2 November 2019 ©Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix
Khama Billiat rubbishes fake news report of daughter’s fatal shooting in SA
Kaizer Chiefs’ Zimbabwean star Khama Billiat has rubbished reports suggesting his daughter Kimberly had been killed in a shooting.
Khama Billiat of Kaizer Chiefs during the 2019 Telkom Knockout quarter final match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates at Moses Mabhida Stadium, Pietermaritzburg, on 2 November 2019 ©Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix
Kaizer Chiefs’ Zimbabwean star Khama Billiat has rubbished reports suggesting his daughter Kimberly had been killed in a shooting in South Africa.
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Social media went into overdrive on Sunday morning after Ghanaian journalist Nuhu Adams tweeted saying 10-year-old Kimberly had been shot and killed at a mall in South Africa.
In a statement released by Billiat through his agent Godfrey ‘Vokal’ Bakasa, the Kaizer Chiefs winger fumed at a lack of responsibility in the post.
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“Bad journalism got people writing unverified and fake news! All in the name on click-baiting! Utterly disappointed with people who write and circulate fake stories especially about a kid’s life. As grown ups, we can do better. Kimberly Billiat is alive, the only harm that can come her way is the rubbish some adults post for hype,” read the statement.
Adams has since made a public apology to Billiat over the report.
“Very sorry to everyone here for the news I tweeted about Khama Billiat and his daughter. I got the news from a very reliable source but there is no iota of truth. My apologies to Khama Billiat and his family and everybody who was affected and all South Africans. Lessons learned,” he tweeted.
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