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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

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

Five accused men in the Senzo Mayiwa murder trial stand in the dock at Pretoria High Court on July 17, 2023 in Pretoria. (Photo by Phill Magakoe/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

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…

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: 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…

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

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…

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. 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

Defence advocate Zandile Mshololo

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.  (Getty Images)

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. 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

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: 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

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

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.

Judge Maumela during the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial at Gauteng High Court. (Photo by Gallo Images/OJ Koloti)

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

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

A second witness has claimed that forensic officer Thabo Mosia was not truthful in testimony

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Forensic officer Thabo Mosia was not truthful in testimony, second witness claims

There was no four-hour delay in reporting the Meyiwa murder, says Sergeant Mlungisi Mthethwa

Delays: Sergeant Thabo Mosia during the murder trial of Senzo Meyiwa at the Pretoria high court. Photo: Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Could Thabo Mosia have ended the state’s case?

A cluster of concessions from the forensic officer has cast doubts on the collection of evidence