Author: Gomolemo Mothomogolo
Jack Buthelezi, a close friend of accused number 2 Bongani Ntanzi made a u-turn shortly after telling the court that Ntanzi confessed to him that he killed Bafana Bafana captain, Senzo Meyiwa in 2014. Buthelezi initially told court during his evidence-in-chief that Ntanzi told him that he killed Meyiwa in 2014 when he was with his friends at a party in Vosloorus. Buthelezi said Ntanzi asked to meet with him after he was arrested in 2020. He said when they met Ntanzi was in chains and in a police van in Rustenburg and this is where he confessed that he…
The defence lawyers in the Senzo Meyiwa murder case have asked for a day’s postponement to prepare after they received a statement from one of the witnesses very late. Defence lawyer, Zandile Mshololo said unlike other statements the one under review was not made available to them at the beginning of the trial. “The statement of this witness was not furnished to the defense before the trial started. We were furnished with the statement last night and we have not been even given hard copies. We have not even consulted with our clients regarding such a statement,” said Mshololo. State…
The firearm used to kill Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa was stolen during a cash in transit robbery at a shopping center in Rabie Ridge in 2013, the legislation manager at SBV, Pieter Smut confirmed this when he was giving evidence in the North Gauteng High Court as the state tries to build a case against the five men on trial for the killing of Meyiwa. Smuts told the court the gun belongs to SBV and it was stolen in 2013 at a Rabie Ridge shopping centre where their security guards were disarmed during a cash-in-transit heist. “This specific firearm…
Defence lawyer Advocate Zandile Masholo sought to cast doubt on the barrel of the gun that allegedly killed Bafana Bafana captain, Senzo Meyiwa saying the barrels of 9 mm CZ 75 are interchangeable. This came out during the cross examination of state witness and ballistic analyst warrant officer Cornelius Roelofse at the North Gauteng High court on Friday. Earlier this week, Ballistics expert Christian Mangena linked the bullet projectile unearthed on the crime to the gun that was found in the possession of accused Number 3 Mthobisi Prince Mncube to Meyiwa’s murder. Mncube was arrested for a taxi violence related…
The cross examination of the ballistic expert in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Christian Mangena, has been temporarily halted until the defence lawyers have consulted with their own expert. Mangena took the stand in the North Gauteng High Court where the trial against five men accused of killing Meyiwa was postponed overnight for a new witness to be called. Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng said it was in the interest of justice for the postponement to be granted. “The reason for this hiatus in the matter not to proceed regarding the cross examination of the colonel is understandable: the accused are entitled…
Ballistic expert, Lieutenant Colonel Christian Mangena said it is possible for the bullet that pierced the chest of Orlando Pirates goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa and exited through the back to have no blood because he was shot at close range. Mangena took the stand at the North Gauteng High court to give evidence about the murder weapon and the ballistic analysis of the gun that fatally wounded Meyiwa. Meyiwa was shot with a 9mm pistol at close range on 26 October 2014 at the Vosloorus home of his girlfriend Kelly Khumalo, the court heard. Mangena linked the firearm that was found…
Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa “probably would have survived seconds or minutes definitely not hours” after sustaining the deadly gunshot wound. This is according to pathologist Johanne Steenekamp who took the stand at the North Gauteng High court on Tuesday and the state prosecutor George Baloyi asked him how long Meyiwa would have lived after sustaining the fatal shot. “The heart and lungs are important organs. An injury, especially this type of injury to those organs, can cause a fatality. Sometimes it is instantaneous. In this instance I don’t think so because of the mechanism of death which I explained…
Kagiso Tefu, who is an ex-girlfriend of accused No 3 Mthobisi Mncube confirmed that when police officers arrested Mncube in 2015 for another case and they found him in possession of a firearm. Tefu took the stand in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial at the North Gauteng High Court to give evidence regarding the time when she moved in with Mncube in Malvern, Joburg in January 2015. She told court that Mncube was arrested on 9 February 2015, a few weeks after they moved in together in a rented room in Malvern where they were staying. Tefu said three police…
After parting ways with the Congress of the People (Cope), its former national spokesperson Dennis Bloem said he will not be joining any political party because none of them are “furthering the aims and the beliefs of the people”. “Why I am not going to join any political party, in the first place, I don’t see any political party here and now that is furthering the aims and the beliefs of the people. “You know an organisation like the United Democratic Front (UDF) in the 80s was such a party that was rooted in the ground amongst the people. Today…
The firearm linked to Bafana Bafana Captain Senzo Meyiwa’s murder was given a destruction order in 2017 but due to a lengthy process it survived and was linked to his murder only in 2020. The 17th witness and police officer captain, Blessing Mtshali attached to the Visible Policing Unit took the stand to give evidence on why the firearm linked to Meyiwa’s murder was not destroyed. The firearm was found in 2015 when accused Mthobisi Prince Mncube was nabbed for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition for a case linked to taxi violence. After the taxi violence case was…