Defence advocate Sipho Ramosepele says Kelly Khumalo, Mthokozisi Thwala and Tumelo Madlala failed to get emergency help when the footballer was shot
Judge Ratha Ratha Mokgoatlheng rebukes state witness Tumelo Madlala after he calls the accused ‘dogs’
Police data analyst Colonel Lambertus told the court that the only person who could have done a SIM swap on Meyiwa’s cell phone was the person who had his ID
The sixth state witness, a childhood friend of the football star, told the Pretoria high court that he was beaten and ‘tubed’ into the early hours of the morning
Court told of images found on the cellphone of accused number three Mthokozisi Ncube
The witness could not prove that it was accused number five who made calls to Meyiwa’s girlfriend, Kelly Khumalo
Accused number two, Bongani Ntanzi, denies being in contact with other suspects
Police data analyst told the court there had also been cellphone communication between the five men on trial
Nthabiseng Petunia Mokete told the court the third shot fired on the night the Bafana Bafana captain was murdered went off after three men ran past the house
Third state witness Nthabiseng Pertunia Mokete said she saw three men run from near the Khumalo house towards the park
The second state witness told the court he and other neighbours had searched the area for intruders after they heard a commotion at the Khumalo family home
State witness Zandile Khumalo says the defence must provide evidence for its claim that the people in the house killed the Bafana Bafana captain
Zandile Khumalo was undeterred even after Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng called her to order
Zandile Khumalo dismissed the statement from an unnamed witness, denying that she had fought with Longwe Twala, her boyfriend at the time
Zandile Khumalo, the first witness, did not attend an identification parade of the five suspects that are in court
Khumalo, the first witness in the new trial for the footballer’s October 2014 murder, said two intruders entered through the kitchen door and demanded money and phones
Khumalo tells the court that the alleged intruder with the gun was deadlocked and wearing a chequered hat.
Media lawyer says the state’s next witness, who objected to the live broadcast of her testimony, commented on the trial at the Pretoria high court on social media
State witness Mthokozisi Thwala claims a police officer ordered him to change his statement about events surrounding the 2014 killing of the footballer
Teffo demanded that Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela meet him in chambers before the trial proceeded, saying he wanted to discuss “other issues” that could not be mentioned in public
The witness first testified that he called Meyiwa’s brother from the hospital but then said he made the call from Kelly Khumalo’s house
Longwe, the son of music producer Chicco Twala, is the only adult unaccounted for shortly after Meyiwa was killed
Tumelo Madlala, Meyiwa’s childhood friend, testified that Chicco Twala wanted to pay for an overseas trip for Khumalo
Journalists were removed from the court on the first day of testimony from a witness who was inside the house at the time of the shooting
There was no four-hour delay in reporting the Meyiwa murder, says Sergeant Mlungisi Mthethwa
A cluster of concessions from the forensic officer has cast doubts on the collection of evidence
Sergeant Mlungisi Mthethwa testified that forensic officer Thabo Mosia arrived before 10pm and not after midnight
Thabo Mosia ended his testimony by making more key concessions against the state’s allegations
Defence uses the late Brigadier Philani Ndlovu’s July 2019 affidavit to test state witness’s credibility
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