Defence attorneys say there are discrepancies in the list of cases that officer Thabo Mosia attended to on the night the footballer was murdered
If Twala really wants to repair his name, soft-soaping the Meyiwa family and the media is not enough
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Defence advocate Zandile Mshololo applied for the state to be censured for allegedly not making full disclosures
Teffo, who accused the judge of trying to bewitch him, could still make a dramatic return to the trial
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
The National Prosecuting Authority has also been ordered to clarify where it stands on the second Meyiwa docket
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
State witness in Senzo Meyiwa murder case says the crime scene may have been contaminated
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Advocate Zandile Mshololo calls two case dockets for Meyiwa’s murder a ‘gross irregularity’
Police forensic officer Sergeant Thabo Mosia changed his testimony, again, on why he kept ‘crucial evidence’ in his office safe
Sergeant Thabo Mosia says there was no blood on the kitchen floor, where Meyiwa was allegedly shot
During cross-examination the Pretoria high court heard that a neighbour had allegedly cleaned the crime scene
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Defence lawyer Dan Teffo applied to challenge the murder confessions of two of the accused
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.
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.
Sergeant Thabo Mosia, a police forensic officer, admitted that he did not collect crucial evidence from the crime scene
Dan Teffo said he would call an eyewitness to testify that Khumalo shot her boyfriend with a revolver
Defence advocate argued that his clients were ‘scapegoats’ and the people in the football star’s house covered up his murder
Forensic officer Sergeant Thabo Mosia conceded that in the five-hour delay of him reaching the scene, it was compromised
The defence introduced an affidavit written by the state’s first witness, allegedly forming part of a second murder docket opened in 2019
Never was the saying ‘Who will guard the guardians?’ more appropriate than at the present
The events last Thursday suggest top management of the police service will stop at nothing to smother Dan Teffo.
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The police captain’s evidence in the Paralympian’s case resulted in a murder conviction
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Advocate Dan Teffo, who represents four of the accused in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, is the perfect Hollywood lead
A dramatic court day during the Senzo Meyiwa trial ended with the arrest of defence advocate Dan Teffo, who had earlier spoken about a conspiracy involving senior officers and politicians in allegedly contaminating evidence of Meyiwa’s death. As soon as Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela adjourned the day’s proceedings, postponing the trial to 30 May, a gauntlet […]
Advocate Dan Teffo claims a conspiracy, involving music producer Chicco Thwala, was pursued to cover up Meyiwa’s murder
Lawyers trade insults as tensions rise in court at the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial
Sergeant Thabo Mosia also conceded that he didn’t take a key piece of evidence for DNA testing
Kelly Khumalo’s lawyer was removed from court, because her client is expected to be an important witness
The gun that killed the former footballer was allegedly found on accused three, Mthobisi Ncube.