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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: Court proceedings adjourn as one of the accused is unwell

Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng granted an order to the head of the Lueewkop prison for Fisokuhle Ntuli to be examined by a doctor

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

Meyiwa trial: Judge rejects claim of second statement from police witness

Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng said he did not see why prosecutor George Baloyi would hide a statement

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

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

SAPS evidence management under the spotlight in Meyiwa murder trial

The forensics investigator at the murder scene said he did not collect all DNA evidence as the people in the house were considered victims of an intrusion, not suspects

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

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

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

Meyiwa trial: Chicco Twala must tell the truth about what happened after Senzo’s death

If Twala really wants to repair his name, soft-soaping the Meyiwa family and the media is not enough

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

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: State witnesses contradict each other during testimony

Sergeant Mlungisi Mthethwa testified that forensic officer Thabo Mosia arrived before 10pm and not after midnight

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.

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Crime scene was not handled properly, state witness says

Thabo Mosia ended his testimony by making more key concessions against the state’s allegations

Senzo Meyiwa’s coffin arrives during the funeral service of the late Senzo Meyiwa (South African and Orlando Pirates captain) at Moses Mabhida Stadium on November 01, 2014 in Durban, South Africa. Senzo Meyiwa was shot dead in Vosloorus on the East Rand last Sunday, October 26, 2014.  (Photo by Anesh Debiky/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Senzo Meyiwa trial: ‘Contradictions’ in state’s first witness’s testimony exposed

Defence uses the late Brigadier Philani Ndlovu’s July 2019 affidavit to test state witness’s credibility

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

Dan Teffo. (Twitter)

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela slams Dan Teffo’s ‘witchcraft’ allegations

Teffo, who accused the judge of trying to bewitch him, could still make a dramatic return to the trial