Senzo Meyiwa

Five suspects, accused of the 2014 murder of former Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa have pleaded not guilty to all charges. The last sitting ended ...

It is still not confirmed whether Khumalo and others who were present the night of Senzo Meyiwa’s killing will be called in to testify. Five suspects, accused of the 2014 murder of former Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa have pleaded not guilty to all charges. The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is expected to resume on Monday.

Legal representatives of accused 1 to 4 in the Senzo Meyiwa trial have asked that Ten10 Films to be kicked out of court proceedings.

It has never happened in the history of our country that a documentary is filmed even before the court proceedings have started.”Malesela Teffo My client submitted an application to the Registrar and it was approved. “Documentary makers are media houses.

The murder trial of former Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa, resumes in the high court in Pretoria on Monday morning after a.

Legal representative for accused number one to four, Advocate Malesela Teffo, told the Pretoria High Court how Ten10 Films, which produced the popular ...

Legal representative for accused number one to four, Advocate Malesela Teffo, told the Pretoria High Court how Ten10 Films, which produced the popular five-part series, had been disingenuous in its desire to cover this trial. Legal representative for accused number one to four, Advocate Malesela Teffo, told the Pretoria High Court how Ten10 Films, which produced the popular five-part series, had been disingenuous in its desire to cover this trial. JOHANNESBURG - The Pretoria High Court has heard how some witnesses in the Senzo Meyiwa trial have allegedly been exposed to harassment and intimidation following the airing of a popular Netflix series.

JOHANNESBURG - Streaming service Netflix has been given the green light to film the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial. The High Court in Pretoria made the ruling on ...

The judge said his registrar, when she received applications for live coverage of the court proceedings by the media, “presumed that Ten10 Films was a media ...

“I am saying, we are amenable to fight or to engage them in a court of law. Baloyi added: “In the documentary the witnesses had to give a version of what happened and viewers were also invited to express an opinion on the merits of the case. In episodes one to five, they had role players were some of our witnesses-to-be were interviewed in that documentary,” said Teffo. They might be a media house, but they are not a news channel. “A submission has been made that they are not a news channel. If one looks at the whole purpose of media coverage, it is basically for news channels to inform the public,” lead prosecutor Advocate George Baloyi told Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela.

The resumption of the highly anticipated Senzo Meyiwa trial began with drama as the lawyer for the first four accused, Adv Malesela Teffo, requested for the ...

They have pleaded not guilty to all the charges. Defence lawyer Adv Malesela Teffo accepts the ruling made by the judge.— MPHO KOKA (@MPHOKOKA1) “I was asked to watch the documentary by the witnesses for accused one to four. There is no risk that has been posed by the documentary makers. My client has not in any way interfered with the proceedings of this trial. The much-anticipated Senzo Meyiwa trial resumes in the Pretoria High Court today.

Judge Maumela rejects request to remove producers, but cautions that ground rules should be followed in the trial.

But, for now, they must get out of court,” Teffo said. There is an old sub judice rule that, once proceedings are before the courts, no comment should be aired if that comment will influence [the] witnesses,” Baloyi said. His contentions were supported by Teffo, who said people he intended to call to testify on his clients’ behalf were interviewed by 10/10 Films and their views were aired, resulting in the “intimidation of my witnesses”.

Advocate Malesela Teffo, who represents four of the men accused of murdering Bafana Bafana goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa, on Monday asked the Gauteng High Court ...

He added that the production house were not in court to inform the public. Teffo first claimed that Netflix was not a media house and was purely at court to turn a profit. Winks said that if Teffo wanted the production house removed from the court, evidence should be provided as to why their rights should be limited. Winks told the court that his client was a production house and should be regarded as a media house. Winks also informed the court that Teffo did not alert them to his application and argued that Teffo's request should have been in the form of a substantive application. Advocate Ben Winks told the court that Netflix was not in attendance, but that Ten10 Films, a production house, is shooting a documentary for the streaming platform.

Mosia is a police forensic officer, and testified a month ago that he had collected the evidence on the night of the crime, as well as taken pictures of the ...

At that point Teffo asked Mosia to read his 10-page affidavit in full, adding: “Then I will take you on after you [have] read that statement.” Mosia said the crime scene had not been contaminated. On Monday, Mosia reiterated: “That’s true, my lord, I did not see any contamination.

The defence said witnesses identified in the Netflix documentary, released days before the trial started, had received threats.

All of the accused have pleaded not guilty. Permission was granted on the basis that Ten10 films is a media house. In episodes one to five ... some of our witnesses-to-be were interviewed ...” said Teffo. Mosia insisted that the statement was written by him and he was not under pressure. Teffo insisted that Ten10 Films was covering the court proceedings based on the permission granted to news companies – not for the production of films or documentaries but for public interest. "I put it to you that this affidavit was deposed in relation to another case that is in relation to the Meyiwa murder,’’ Teffo told Mosia.

Advocate Malesela Teffo consults his clients during court proceedings in the Senzo Meyiwa trial. Image: ANTONIO MUCHAVE / SOWETAN.

“My witnesses have been exposed to all kinds of threats. I cannot order Ten10 films to vacate. Maumela said: “I cannot order the people representing Netflix to vacate the courtroom.

The much-publicised murder trial of former Bafana Bafana star and Orlando Pirates skipper Senzo Meyiwa resumed at the Pretoria High Court.

Ndlovu was mentioned during the testimony of Mosia. Meyiwa was gunned down at his then-girlfriend and singer Kelly Khumalo’s residence in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg on October 26 2014. During his testimony, Mosia told the court that Ndlovu was part of the first forensic team to collect evidence from the scene, adding that he was briefed by him when he arrived at the crime scene hours after what the state believes to have been a robbery gone wrong.

The Pretoria High Court will once again unpack allegations of contamination of the scene of Senzo Meyiwa's murder on Tuesday.

I don't have this as a fact," the judge said. JOHANNESBURG - The Pretoria High Court will once again unpack allegations of contamination of the scene of Senzo Meyiwa’s murder on Tuesday. The Pretoria High Court will once again unpack allegations of contamination of the scene of Senzo Meyiwa’s murder on Tuesday.

Adv Malesela Teffo with five accused of 2014 murder of former Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa during the trial at North Gauteng High Court in ...

Shortly after Maumela’s ruling, the cross-examination of the state’s first witness Sgt Thabo Mosia continued. Meyiwa was killed at his then girlfriend Kelly Khumalo’s home in Vosloorus, on the East Rand, on October 26 2014. My client has not in any way interfered with the proceedings of this trial. There is no risk that has been posed by the documentary makers. “I was asked to watch the documentary by the witnesses for accused one to four. The much-anticipated Senzo Meyiwa trial resumes in the Pretoria High Court today.

Five men are accused of killing Meyiwa, a former Bafana Bafana captain and goalkeeper. He was shot dead at the home of his girlfriend, Kelly Khumalo, almost ...

Forensic officer Thabo Mosia, who collected evidence from the crime scene, is on the witness stand.

Forensic police officer Thabo Mosia was back on the witness stand, testifying in the trial into the 2014 murder of the Bafana Bafana captain.

All the delays before reporting the matter to the relevant roleplayers might have compromised the crime scene," he said. Forensic police officer Thabo Mosia was back on the witness stand, testifying in the trial into the 2014 murder of the former Bafana Bafana captain. Forensic police officer Thabo Mosia was back on the witness stand, testifying in the trial into the 2014 murder of the Bafana Bafana captain.

The contention between Malesela and Mosia centred around how the SAPS forensic expert found the Vosloorus-based Khumalo homestead where Meyiwa had been shot ...

“Why today are you saying the late Major-General Ndlovu mentioned that you should go to the police station? “I ended up entering the police station and they [officers on duty] contacted the vehicles working outside to lead me to the crime scene. Ndlovu just didn’t provide you with the address.” Mosia responded: “I said he was not in a position [to give me] the crime scene address. “You said you used your own discretion to go to the local police station to find the address. You have raised your hand and took the oath.

Forensic officer Sergeant Thabo Mosia conceded that in the five-hour delay of him reaching the scene, it was compromised.

I, therefore, put it to you that you are a witness that cannot be trusted,” Teffo asserted. “No, I don’t have any change of mind regarding the crime scene, my lord. “What you’re saying, that they [the five surviving adults who were with Meyiwa when he was shot] took him to the hospital to save him — in fact they took him to the hospital to dump him there,” charged Teffo.

A defence lawyer in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, alleging contamination of the crime scene, said on Tuesday he intends to bring a witness who will testify ...

Mosia said the trip to hospital was an attempt to save Meyiwa's life by the people around him and that was why the body wasn’t at the crime scene. This is after Mosia told the court that when he went to Botshelong hospital, Meyiwa was already there, inside the hospital, where he was declared dead. “The witness will further testify that when the deceased was taken to the hospital, he was taken by his car, driven by Kelly Khumalo,” said advocate Malesela Teffo.

Former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa wasn't taken to hospital so that his life could be saved, but rather so that his body could go to the mortuary, ...

Mosia responded that his job was to collect evidence from the scene. Mosia further testified that after he went to the police station, he went to the hospital because the police officers who were going to direct him to the crime scene were there. Mosia previously testified that he was told that Meyiwa was rushed to hospital by people who were in the house at the time he was shot. Mosia was the first forensic investigator to arrive on the scene and in the statement, he said the crime scene could have been compromised. - He said Meyiwa was not rushed to hospital so that his life could be saved but rather so that his body could be taken to the mortuary. Former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa was not rushed to hospital so his life could be saved after he was shot, but he was already dead and the intention was to "dump" his body at the mortuary.

The police officer seemed to contradict his earlier evidence that the scene where Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa was shot and killed had not been ...

They took me to the crime scene,” he said. “It’s not as if I would have gotten into a car and left. When I got to the hospital, I approached the men in uniform and a marked vehicle and explained who I was.

Defence advocate argued that his clients were 'scapegoats' and the people in the football star's house covered up his murder.

Mosia responded: “It might happen that the firearm used was a revolver. “That conduct by these people in this house, in particular the driver of Meyiwa’s car … This conduct amounts to defeating the ends of justice, and concealing the death,” Teffo said. The defence advocate added that his witness will testify that, once the crime scene was staged, they put Meyiwa’s body in his BMW X6 and Kelly Khumalo drove the car to nearby Botshelong Private Hospital on the pretence of trying to save Meyiwa’s life.

The trial of five men accused of murdering former Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa took a dramatic turn on Tuesday.

Teffo also lamented at the prospect of the defence bringing a witness to give evidence that Meyiwa was shot with a revolver and not a 9mm Parabellum. Teffo referred to a docket that was opened at the Vosloorus Police Station in 2019, where investigators uncovered that Meyiwa was allegedly shot in the company of those who were in the house, as opposed to the claim that armed robbers gained access to the premises and shot and killed him while robbing others. The trial of five men accused of murdering former Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa took a dramatic turn on Tuesday when defence lawyer Advocate Malesela Teffo revealed the contents of a second police docket, which suggested that the goalkeeper died instantly on the crime scene, contrary to evidence heard from state witness and evidence collector Thabo Mosia.