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
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
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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
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