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Senzo Meyiwa. File photo by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images/Getty Images

Meyiwa trial: Defence wants forensic witness back in the stand

Defence attorneys say there are discrepancies in the list of cases that officer Thabo Mosia attended to on the night the footballer was murdered

Facing the music: Longwe, son of Chicco Twala (above), has questions to answer. Photo: Masi Losi/Sowetan/Gallo Images

Meyiwa trial: Chicco Twala must tell the truth about what happened after Senzo’s death

If Twala really wants to repair his name, soft-soaping the Meyiwa family and the media is not enough

Defence advocate Zandile Mshololo

Senzo Meyiwa trial: NPA ‘violated constitutional rights’ by withholding second docket

Defence advocate Zandile Mshololo applied for the state to be censured for allegedly not making full disclosures

Dan Teffo. (Twitter)

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela slams Dan Teffo’s ‘witchcraft’ allegations

Teffo, who accused the judge of trying to bewitch him, could still make a dramatic return to the trial

Dan Teffo. (Twitter)

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Advocate Dan Teffo quits, cites ‘harassment’ by judge

The defence advocate had earlier failed to obey a court order to file papers for his challenge to the Pretoria high court’s jurisdiction to adjudicate the murder trial

Senzo Meyiwa and Kelly Khumalo were lovers when he was shot.
 (Photo by Gallo Images / Daily Sun / Lucky Morajane)

Senzo Meyiwa trial: NPA ordered to make decision on Kelly Khumalo prosecution

The National Prosecuting Authority has also been ordered to clarify where it stands on the second Meyiwa docket

Dan Teffo. (Twitter)

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Police minister and generals intimidating us, argues defence advocate

The judge said he found it worrying that a police officer was present in his court

Defence lawyer says accused’s constitutional rights were violated by non-disclosure of its existence.  (Photo by Anesh Debiky/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Second murder docket delays Senzo Meyiwa trial

Defence lawyer says accused’s constitutional rights were violated by non-disclosure of its existence

Defence advocate Zandile Mshololo

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Smiling lawyer extracts admissions

State witness in Senzo Meyiwa murder case says the crime scene may have been contaminated

Senzo Meyiwa and Kelly Khumalo were lovers when he was shot.
 (Photo by Gallo Images / Daily Sun / Lucky Morajane)

Senzo Meyiwa trial: More murder claims against Kelly Khumalo emerge

Advocate Zandile Mshololo calls two case dockets for Meyiwa’s murder a ‘gross irregularity’

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Defence doubles downs on accusations of crime scene tampering

Police forensic officer Sergeant Thabo Mosia changed his testimony, again, on why he kept ‘crucial evidence’ in his office safe

A police van patrols in front of the house where Senzo Meyiwa was murdered. (MUJAHID SAFODIEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Lack of blood at Senzo Meyiwa crime scene was ‘surprising’, state witness admits

Sergeant Thabo Mosia says there was no blood on the kitchen floor, where Meyiwa was allegedly shot

The five people on trial — Ncube, Bongani Ntanzi, Mthokozisi Maphisa, Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya and Fisokuhle Ntuli — have pleaded not guilty to charges of premeditated murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, illegal possession of a firearm and the illegal possession of ammunition. (Gallo Images/OJ Koloti)

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Advocate Zandile Mshololo argues the crime scene was tampered with

During cross-examination the Pretoria high court heard that a neighbour had allegedly cleaned the crime scene

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Teffo loses challenge to dismiss murder confessions

Defence lawyer Dan Teffo applied to challenge the murder confessions of two of the accused

Senzo Meyiwa trial: More police blunders exposed.

Forensic officer Sergeant Thabo Mosia said ‘it was not necessary’ to take gunshot residue from the adults in Kelly Khumalo’s home on the night of the shooting.

Investigating officer Brigadier Bongani Gininda has denied that he offered R3 million to accused two, Bongani Ntanzi, to implicate the “right people” in the murder of football star Senzo Meyiwa. (Anesh Debiky/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Alleged ‘planting’ of evidence at Senzo Meyiwa scene laid bare

Forensic officer Thabo Mosia admits the police have no proof of how they collected evidence

Sgt Thabo Mosia concedes that he was directed as to what evidence to collect. (Photo by OJ Koloti/Gallo Images via Getty Images).

‘I did not investigate Senzo Meyiwa crime scene,’ state witness admits

Sgt Thabo Mosia concedes that he was directed as to what evidence to collect.

Sergeant Thabo Mosia, a police forensic officer, admitted that he did not collect crucial evidence from the crime scene. (Photo: RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Senzo Meyiwa trial: ‘Crime scene could have been contaminated’

Sergeant Thabo Mosia, a police forensic officer, admitted that he did not collect crucial evidence from the crime scene

Senzo Meyiwa and Kelly Khumalo were lovers when he was shot.
 (Photo by Gallo Images / Daily Sun / Lucky Morajane)

Dan Teffo: ‘Kelly Khumalo killed Senzo Meyiwa’

Dan Teffo said he would call an eyewitness to testify that Khumalo shot her boyfriend with a revolver

Dan Teffo: NPA wanted to charge Kelly Khumalo for Meyiwa’s murder

Defence advocate argued that his clients were ‘scapegoats’ and the people in the football star’s house covered up his murder