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Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng. (Mario van der Waal/Gallo Images)

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Judge dismisses no intruders claim

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, the sister of the late Senzo Meyiwa’s girlfriend, singer Kelly Khumalo. (Instagram/ZandileKhumalo)

Meyiwa trial: ‘Don’t raise your voice at me, I am not your wife,’ Zandile Khumalo tells defence lawyer

Zandile Khumalo was undeterred even after Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng called her to order

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

Senzo Meyiwa was shot while breaking up a fight, defence says

Zandile Khumalo dismissed the statement from an unnamed witness, denying that she had fought with Longwe Twala, her boyfriend at the time

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

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: Tumelo Madlala contradicts himself on the stand

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

One of the questions left unanswered, so far, at the Senzo Meyiwa trial is where Longwe Twala was moments after the footballer was shot

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Where was Longwe Twala after the footballer was shot?

Longwe, the son of music producer Chicco Twala, is the only adult unaccounted for shortly after Meyiwa was killed

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

Senzo Meyiwa trial: ‘Kelly Khumalo ordered cops to leave her house’, witness testifies

Tumelo Madlala, Meyiwa’s childhood friend, testified that Chicco Twala wanted to pay for an overseas trip for Khumalo

Former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa. (Photo by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Slain footballer wrestled with intruder, third witness Tumelo Madlala says

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

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: 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

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

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’

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 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

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

Defence is ready for the trial of men accused of killing Senzo Meyiwa

The trial of four men starts on 11 April in the Pretoria high court