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Meyiwa trial: ‘Longwe shot Senzo Meyiwa’
Defence advocate Thulani Mngomezulu said investigators brought cooked evidence to the court
Former intelligence officer must take the stand in Meyiwa trial, say legal experts
The National Prosecuting Authority remains silent about whether the witness will testify
Meyiwa trial: Accused says clothes with ‘torture’ blood stains were taken by the police
Bongani Ntanzi maintains that he was never represented by former police officer Dominic Mjiyako This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free…
Meyiwa trial: I didn’t ask a former police spook to represent me, accused Ntanzi says
But a source close to Dominic Mjiyako said he got a call asking him to represent Bongani Ntanzi in Rustenburg This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get…
Meyiwa trial: Accused says giving testimony about ‘torture’ broke his heart
Accused number two Bongani Ntanzi differed with what his lawyer said about the alleged assault that elicited a ‘confession’ from him This content is restricted to registered…
Pathologist says Meyiwa could have only survived for ‘seconds, minutes’ after he was shot
Dr Johannes Steenkamp said the soccer player bled heavily internally, from damage to the heart and the lungs
Meyiwa trial: Defence wants forensic witness back in the stand
Defence attorneys say there are discrepancies in the list of cases that officer Thabo Mosia attended to on the night the footballer was murdered
Senzo Meyiwa trial: Defence accuses witness of making things up
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
Senzo Meyiwa trial: ‘We found Senzo lying alone on the kitchen floor’
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
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
Senzo Meyiwa trial: Witness says she only saw accused number two in court
Zandile Khumalo, the first witness, did not attend an identification parade of the five suspects that are in court
Zandile Khumalo: ‘I could not see who shot Senzo Meyiwa’
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
Senzo Meyiwa trial: ‘I cannot identify gun-holding intruder,’ Zandi Khumalo testifies
Khumalo tells the court that the alleged intruder with the gun was deadlocked and wearing a chequered hat.
Senzo Meyiwa trial: Application to ban media ‘a publicity stunt’
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
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