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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

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

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.  (Getty Images)

Meyiwa trial: No fingerprints on door

Defence advocate Zandile Mshololo reiterated the assertion that the bullet found in the kitchen was planted

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)

Why would I lie about intruders? asks angry Meyiwa trial witness

Defence advocate Sipho Ramosepele says Kelly Khumalo, Mthokozisi Thwala and Tumelo Madlala failed to get emergency help when the footballer was shot

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

‘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’

Senzo Meyiwa.  (Getty Images)

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

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 was not alone on the kitchen floor after he was shot, says witness

Defence advocate Charles Mnisi said state witness Mthokozisi Thwala was tailoring his evidence

Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng. (Mario van der Waal/Gallo Images)

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

Zandile Khumalo, the sister of the late Senzo Meyiwa’s girlfriend, singer Kelly Khumalo. (Instagram/ZandileKhumalo)

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. 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

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 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

Dan 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  (Gallo)

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

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

Defence advocate Zandile Mshololo

Senzo Meyiwa trial: NPA ‘violated constitutional rights’ by withholding second docket

Defence advocate Zandile Mshololo applied for the state to be censured for allegedly not making full disclosures