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Facing the music: Longwe, son of Chicco Twala (above), has questions to answer. Photo: Masi Losi/Sowetan/Gallo Images

Meyiwa trial: ‘Longwe shot Senzo Meyiwa’

Defence advocate Thulani Mngomezulu said investigators brought cooked evidence to the court

The five men accused of the murder of Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa appear in the Pretoria High Court. Photo: Phill Magakoe/Gallo Images

Meyiwa trial: More delays, chaos as the defence discredits state expert’s evidence

Defence advocate refutes his testimony to back the accused’s claims they did not know each other prior to being arrested in 2020

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)

Meyiwa trial: Another expert links the accused through phone records

Cellphone data analyst Gideon Gouws tells the court calls and deleted messages were downloaded from the phones confiscated from the accused This content is restricted to…

The five men accused of killing Senzo Meyiwa.  (Photo by Phill Magakoe/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Meyiwa trial: Legal aid says defence applied late for ballistics expert funding

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 This content is…

Defence advocate Sipho Ramosepele

Meyiwa trial: Defence dismisses claims that its clients had cell phones while in custody

Eight months later the defence has not brought in its ballistics experts because of a lack of funds This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free…

In court: Two accused in the Senzo Meyiwa trial, Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya and Bongani Ntanzi. Photo: Phill Magakoe/Gallo Images

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

Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates football player Senzo Meyiwa.

Meyiwa trial: ‘I was not among those who assaulted the accused’

The defence questions Constable Nkosingphile Maphumulo’s professionalism after he admits to not taking notes

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

Senzo Meyiwa trial: ‘Accused was led on in confessing’

Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng rules that the accused’s rights were violated when his alleged confession was recorded without his knowledge

Senzo Meyiwa.  (Getty Images)

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Judge to rule on admissibility and authenticity of confessions

Defence advocate Thulani Mngomezulu said the rights of his clients were violated

Defence advocate Zandile Mshololo

Meyiwa trial: Defence accuses state of holding back information

Advocate Zandile Mshololo tells the court that the defence must be furnished with evidence before the state calls a new witness

A state witness in the murder trial of Senzo Meyiwa told the Pretoria high court on Wednesday that he had been brutally assaulted for hours, and that two police officers were involved.

Meyiwa trial: State witness ‘failed in his duty as an officer’

Defence lawyers accuse the police constable of fabricating his version of events at a Vosloorus hostel, hours before the football star was murdered

Investigating officer Brigadier Bongani Gininda has denied that he offered R3 million to accused two, Bongani Ntanzi, to implicate the “right people” in the murder of football star Senzo Meyiwa. (Anesh Debiky/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Defence says state witness’s evidence is ‘hogwash’

Defence advocate Zithulele Nxumalo told the Pretoria high court that his client, Mthokoziseni Maphisa, did not know state witness Constable Sizwe Zungu outside of court

Mncube’s phone was confiscated when he was arrested in 2015 in a separate case relating to taxi violence in Alexandra in Johannesburg.  (Photo by Gallo Images/OJ Koloti)

Meyiwa trial: Defence wants all photos downloaded from accused’s phone

Defence lawyers say they cannot proceed without the photographs, while state prosecutor George Baloyi is against the trial not continuing

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: Relatives wanted to kill me, says witness

State witness Constable Sizwe Zungu tells court that men accused of the footballer’s murder were carrying firearms

A police van patrols in front of the house where Senzo Meyiwa was murdered. (MUJAHID SAFODIEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Defence argues that photos were missing from the Senzo Meyiwa crime scene exhibits

State witness, forensic officer Thabo Mosia, who was recalled to the stand, said he only took eight pictures as he had problems with his camera

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son, was arrested for attempted murder on Thursday after a shooting at his Hyde Park residence

Gun that may have killed Senzo Meyiwa was stolen during a cash-in-transit heist

State witness and sangoma Lionel Robert Zwane told the Pretoria high court that three men came to ask for herbs before going on ‘a job’

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)

Meyiwa trial: Ballistics expert says gun found at accused’s home matches bullet at crime scene

Lieutenant Colonel Christian Mangena’s reconstruction of the scene showed that two shots were fired in the house where the football player was killed

Investigating officer Brigadier Bongani Gininda has denied that he offered R3 million to accused two, Bongani Ntanzi, to implicate the “right people” in the murder of football star Senzo Meyiwa. (Anesh Debiky/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

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

Senzo Meyiwa.  (Getty Images)

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Gun could have been swopped, defence argues

State witness Captain Bongani Mtshali says the only time the gun would have been in an unsealed bag was at the ballistics centre

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

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