Defence advocate Thulani Mngomezulu said investigators brought cooked evidence to the court
Defence advocate refutes his testimony to back the accused’s claims they did not know each other prior to being arrested in 2020
Cellphone data analyst Gideon Gouws tells the court calls and deleted messages were downloaded from the phones confiscated from the accused
An irate Judge Ratha Mokgoathleng asked state prosecutor George Baloyi to read into the court record what the law says about court delays and the consequences
Eight months later the defence has not brought in its ballistics experts because of a lack of funds
Thulani Mngomezulu said evidence from the electronic national administration traffic information system was irrelevant to the murder trial
Judge President Dustan Mlambo this week told the Judicial Service Commission that Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela, Mokgoathleng’s predecessor who was removed from the case, had not been assigned to preside over the trial to start with
Accused number two, Bongani Ntanzi, told the court on Monday that he was threatened by accused number five, Fisokuhle Ntuli, to not say anything or he would be killed
Legal experts said Judge Ratha Mokgoathleng’s ruling would not affect the main trial as it is not final and can be revisited when new evidence comes to light
The defence concluded its arguments on Monday, emphasising that its clients were tortured into confessing
In its closing arguments the state said the accused were not assaulted to force them to confess to killing the football player
State prosecutor George Baloyi objected to reopening the trial within a trial, saying Meyiwa’s family was entitled to finality in the matter
First accused Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya also wants Hawks detective Warrant Officer Meshack Makhubo and Colonel Vincent Leshabane in court
The National Prosecuting Authority remains silent about whether the witness will testify
Bongani Ntanzi maintains that he was never represented by former police officer Dominic Mjiyako
But a source close to Dominic Mjiyako said he got a call asking him to represent Bongani Ntanzi in Rustenburg
Accused number two Bongani Ntanzi differed with what his lawyer said about the alleged assault that elicited a ‘confession’ from him
Legal expert says that the state should have called him to the stand in the Senzo Meyiwa trial
Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya is on the stand in the trial-within-a-trial to determine whether confessions made by him and Bongani Ntanzi are admissible
Defence witness says he was beaten and ‘tubed’ until he urinated
Defence advocate Thulani Mngomezulu pressed the dentist on whether his client had given consent to be examined
Advocate Zandile Mshololo grilled state witness Brigadier Bongani Gininda on why he did not report the assault of the accused to IPID
Advocate Zandile Mshololo continued to grill state witness Brigadier Bongani Gininda
According to a legal expert, the singer should have been charged alongside the five accused
The court heard testimony that Meyiwa’s murder was a contract killing and not a robbery gone wrong
State Prosecutor objected to the lead investigation, reading some parts of the statement as it contains names of others who had not yet responded
Despite protestations from a defence advocate, Judge Ratha Mokgoathleng orders the affidavit to be admitted as evidence
Brigadier Bongani Gininda challenges the state’s botched robbery claim, saying there was a hit on the footballer
A case of assault has been opened against the accused after a fight broke out with a prison warder on Monday
The defence advocate previously told the court his clients were tortured into signing confessions
The prison guard told the court he had objected to how the men were seated and they had replied that they would hit him
Two of the five accused claim they were assaulted in order to force them to make confessions regarding the murder