The State in the Senzo Meyiwa trial will need to source transcripts from court proceedings from over three years ago to be presented in court.
This is part of a bid by the defence to prove that Bongani Ntanzi, one of the accused, was not legally represented when he first appeared in the Boksburg Magistrates Court.
On Friday, the court heard a recording from one of his appearances in the magistrates court in 2021, where Ntanzi could be heard saying the man believed to be his lawyer, Dominic Mjiyako, wanted him to plead guilty to murder.
Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng asked the State to source the official written transcripts and present them in court when the case resumes next week.
-EWN
In other news – Natasha Thahane under fire as Thembinkosi Lorch leaves Orlando Pirates
Fans of Orlando Pirates are not happy with their star player Thembinkosi Lorch’s departure and they are blaming his girlfriend, Natasha Thahane, for it.
In a statement on Friday, 26 January, (just hours before the transfer window closed) Pirates confirmed that Lorch is leaving. Nyoso, as he is affectionately known, has joined Mamelodi Sundowns. “Thembinkosi Lorch is to leave Orlando Pirates … after a discussion between the chairman Dr Irvin Khoza and the Mamelodi Sundowns hierarchy,” read the statement on the Pirates website. Read More
