Legal Practice Council witness to take the stand in Meyiwa trial

JOHANNESBURG - A witness from the Legal Practice Council is expected to take the stand on Monday morning in the Senzo Meyiwa trial.

Five men are being tried for the Bafana Bafana captain’s 2014 murder.

Meyiwa was shot at the home of his then-girlfriend, Kelly Khumalo, in what the State believes was a hit.

Last week, the testimony by the lead investigator Brigadier Bongani Gininda was paused after requests were made by the lawyer for the first accused, Muzi Sibiya.

Last week, Advocate Charles Mnisi asked for more data from the tracking devices installed in some of the police cars that were used to transport Sibiya.

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Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng then expanded the request, asking that the AVL data of all the cars involved in transporting the accused be made available.

While it was clear that the State would need time to secure this data, the testimony of Gininda was postponed until it is available.

Prosecutor George Baloyi then told the court that another witness, an attorney from the Legal Practice Council, would be called to testify from Monday.

At the same time, Mnisi told the court that he would want two State witnesses to be called back to the witness stand - an application that Judge Mokgoatlheng also asked all the parties to address him on Monday morning.