Senzo Meyiwa’s murder trial to resume

The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has been postponed to Wednesday, pending written submissions by the state. The court spent the entire day debating an application by the next witness in the trial.

The witness has raised concerns around her safety if her testimony is broadcast, calling for an order to ban all audio and visuals when she takes the stand. Advocate Zandile Mshololo for Accused No. 5 says the witness is no stranger to media publicity, posting images of herself on social media as well as appearing on a Netflix documentary on the same trial.

Mshololo says the same witness published her images on Instagram which compromised the advocate’s personal security.

“The issue of personal safety has been presented by the state. If we were to consider the issue of personal safety for this witness in isolation. What about the personal safety of other people including myself? And I cannot make this submission without presenting those pictures before this court as self-evident.”

The media also made their own submissions, arguing that the matter is in the public’s interest considering that Meyiwa was a Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates football star.

Source: SABC

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