Cape Town – South African songstress Kelly Khumalo is alleged to have shot her late boyfriend and Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa by mistake.
According to News24, advocate Malesela Teffo, the defence lawyer for four of the accused men, dropped the bombshell in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday, saying that an eyewitness was set to testify that Khumalo shot Meyiwa by mistake.
“I put it to you Mr Mosia that a witness, not just a witness but an eyewitness will testify that Senzo Robert Meyiwa was allegedly shot by Nonhlanhla Kelly Khumalo by mistake, as it is alleged.
“The same eyewitness will further testify that the firearm used to shoot Senzo Robert Meyiwa by Kelly Khumalo came with Longwe Twala and the firearm is a revolver,” said Advocate Teffo.
“I put it to you Mr Mosia that a witness, not just a witness, an eyewitness will testify that Senzo Robert Meyiwa was allegedly shot by Nonhlanhla Kelly Khumalo by mistake, as it’s alleged,” says Adv. Malesela Teffo.#Newzroom405 #SenzoMeyiwatrial #SenzoMeyiwa pic.twitter.com/o4d6qYyJsb
— Newzroom Afrika (@Newzroom405) June 1, 2022
Longwe Twala, according to News24 was the son of musician Chicco Twala. He was also dating Khumalo’s sister, Zandile, at the time.
Teffo was cross-examining veteran police forensic expert Sergeant Thabo Mosia, who was the first crime scene expert to arrive at the Khumalo home after Meyiwa was murdered, IOL reported.
Teffo said that after Meyiwa had been shot, a meeting was held amongst the people in the house and high-ranking police officers to cover up the murder.
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Meyiwa was gunned down at Kelly’s home in Vosloorus, Gauteng on the evening of October 26, 2014.
The murder stunned the nation.
Six years later, in 2020, Muzikawukhulelwa S’Tembu Sibiya, Bongani Sandiso Ntanzi, Mthobisi Prince Mncube, Mthokoziseni Ziphozonke Maphisa, and Fisokuhle Ntuli were arrested.
The men were charged with murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
All of them pleaded not guilty to the murder of Meyiwa.
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Meanwhile, Channel24 reported that Khumalo broke her silence on the matter, saying that the world will hear her voice when the time is right
“When the time is right, and when God allows, then they will hear my voice. So, whatever noise that they are making has absolutely nothing to do with me. Whatever personal feelings they have towards me, I feel like it’s a projection because this is not the only case that has been a failure when it comes to the South African justice system,” the report quoted Khumalo as saying.
The trial continues.
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Compiled by Sinothando Siyolo
Additional reporting by AFP
