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Meyiwa trial: Defence says accused’s location during murder cannot be disputed
Thulani Mngomezulu said evidence from the electronic national administration traffic information system was irrelevant to the murder trial This content is restricted to…
Meyiwa trial: Judge Mokgoathleng rebukes ‘black lawyers’ for wasting his time
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…
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
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
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
Meyiwa trial: No fingerprints on door
Defence advocate Zandile Mshololo reiterated the assertion that the bullet found in the kitchen was planted
‘Senzo Meyiwa pinned the guy to the wall,’ murder trial hears
Judge Ratha Ratha Mokgoatlheng rebukes state witness Tumelo Madlala after he calls the accused ‘dogs’
Mthokozisi Thwala tells court Kelly Khumalo refused to hand over Meyiwa’s ID
Police data analyst Colonel Lambertus told the court that the only person who could have done a SIM swap on Meyiwa’s cell phone was the person who had his ID
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
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 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: New judge restarts murder trial, nullifies all previous court proceedings
The defence says it needs to confirm its financial instructions from legal aid before commencing with the trial
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
Meyiwa murder trial: Police allegedly involved in torture, assault of witness
State witness Mthokozisi Thwala claims a police officer ordered him to change his statement about events surrounding the 2014 killing of the footballer
Senzo Meyiwa: Disbarred lawyer Dan Teffo makes dramatic court entrance
Teffo demanded that Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela meet him in chambers before the trial proceeded, saying he wanted to discuss “other issues” that could not be mentioned in public