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Senzo Meyiwa murder trial stalls again
Senzo Meyiwa murder trial stalls again! The Senzo Meyiwa trial has stalled once again in the Pretoria High Court as…
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Senzo Meyiwa murder trial postponed to Tuesday
The Senzo Meyiwa trial stalled for the day in the Pretoria High Court, where ballistic evidence is being heard. The…
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Judge Mokgoatlheng displeased as Senzo Meyiwa murder trial delayed
Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng has again expressed concern over the repeated delays in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial. Lieutenant-Colonel Christian Mangena…
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Senzo Meyiwa trial: Key witness turned back with his evidence left unchallenged by defense
A key State witness in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has been turned back with his evidence left unchallenged by the…
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Senzo Meyiwa trial: Judge Mokgoatlheng calls State ballistics expert to take stand for cross-examination
The State’s ballistic expert has been called by the presiding judge in the Senzo Meyiwa trial to take the stand…
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Judge rules state can recall witness to clarify evidence on Kelly Khumalo calls in Senzo Meyiwa trial
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled in favour of the state to recall a witness back to the…
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Senzo Meyiwa trial: Judge addresses ongoing delays in case
The presiding judge in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has again addressed the ongoing delays in the case following a number…
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Justice for Senzo Meyiwa: Judge orders police protection for defense lawyer amid threat allegations
Presiding officer in the murder trial of Senzo Meyiwa, Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng, ordered police to provide advocate Thulani Mngomezulu with…
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Justice for Senzo Meyiwa: Defence lawyer feels threatened after men try to enter his yard
One of the defence attorneys in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is concerned about his safety after a trespassing incident…
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Proceedings take early pause in Senzo Meyiwa trial with claims of prejudice from defence
Proceedings in the Senzo Meyiwa trial took an early pause following claims of prejudice by the defence. The State called…
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Senzo Meyiwa trial: Court to hear from Legal Aid on consultation fees payment for ballistic expert
The Pretoria High Court will on Tuesday morning hear from Legal Aid South Africa on the payment of consultation fees…
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Senzo Meyiwa trial: Judge wants head of Legal Aid Board to testify
The presiding judge in the Senzo Meyiwa trial wants the head of the Legal Aid Board to testify on the…
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Senzo Meyiwa murder trial: Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng apologizes for black lawyers comment
The presiding judge in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has withdrawn the comments that he made about black lawyers. On Wednesday,…
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BLA to write to Gauteng judge president over comments made by judge in Senzo Meyiwa trial
The Black Lawyers Association (BLA) says it will be writing to the Gauteng judge president following comments by the presiding…
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Zandie Khumalo speaks on confessions implicating her sister, Kelly in Senzo Meyiwa trial
Popular Mzansi songstress Kelly Khumalo’s sister Zandie Khumalo has again shown her support amid the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, just…
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Suspected gunman in Senzo Meyiwa murder requests to be moved from solitary confinement
The alleged gunman behind the murder of Senzo Meyiwa has requested to be moved from solitary confinement, saying the living…
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Senzo Meyiwa murder trial: Confession statements of 2 accused to be exhibited in court
Confession statements by two of the accused in the Senzo Meyiwa trial are set to be unveiled on Friday morning…
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Trial within a trial judgment in Senzo Meyiwa murder case to be made on Thursday
Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng is expected to rule on Thursday whether the alleged confession made by two of the five accused…
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Court to hear arguments on Senzo Meyiwa trial within a trial
The Pretoria High Court will hear arguments on the Senzo Meyiwa trial within a trial resuming on Monday morning. The…
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Senzo Meyiwa trial: Defence to argue against correctness of occurrence books related to detention of accused
The defence in the Senzo Meyiwa trial will argue against the correctness of occurrence books related to the detention of…
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Senzo Meyiwa murder trial: Judge & defence lawyer square off in court
A standoff has broken out between the judge presiding over the Senzo Meyiwa trial and one of the defence lawyers.…
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Senzo Meyiwa trial: State told to source court proceedings transcripts from over 3 years ago
The State in the Senzo Meyiwa trial will need to source transcripts from court proceedings from over three years ago…
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Senzo Meyiwa murder trial: Mshololo & Judge Mokgoatlheng bump heads over who leads evidence
A vehicle tracking expert is back on the witness stand in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial on Thursday to give…
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Senzo Meyiwa murder trial: Lawyers admonished for allegedly revealing confidential evidence
The presiding judge in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has admonished the lawyers in the trial for the apparent reveal of…
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Senzo Meyiwa trial: Ntanzi’s lawyer welcomes inadmissibility of alleged confession
Lawyers for one of Senzo Meyiwa’s alleged killers welcomed a Pretoria High Court ruling in their favour. The court declared…
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Senzo Meyiwa murder trial: Court to determine admissibility of alleged confession recording
The Pretoria High Court will determine the admissibility of a recording in which one of Senzo Meyiwa’s alleged killers can…
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Judge in Senzo Meyiwa trial orders amended statements be given to defence
Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng has ordered the state to furnish defence counsels in the Senzo Meyiwa trial with all copies of…
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Senzo Meyiwa murder trial: Court adjourns as accused takes ill
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has been adjourned because accused number five is not feeling well. His lawyer Zandile Mshololo…
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Ballistics expert debunks chances of a different type of gun used to kill Senzo Meyiwa
A ballistics expert disqualified the prospects of a different type of gun being used to murder Senzo Meyiwa. The court…
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Senzo Meyiwa trial: Judge reprimands Tumelo Madlala after he tells accused, ‘dogs should be arrested’ during break
The five men accused of killing former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa, were aggrieved when his friend, Tumelo Madlala referred…
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Senzo Meyiwa murder trial: Defence lawyers to cross-exam cellphone analyst
Defence lawyers in the Senzo Meyiwa trial will have a go at cross-examining cellphone analyst Lambertus Steyn as proceedings resume…
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Getting to know Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng, the former soccer star presiding over Senzo Meyiwa trial
The new presiding judge in the high-profile murder trial of slain soccer star Senzo Meyiwa has captured the imagination of…
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Judge Mokgoatlheng dismisses defence’s claims Senzo Meyiwa was left to die
Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng has disputed claims by the defence in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial that the Bafana Bafana captain…
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Judge calls for respect after heated exchange between Zandile Khumalo & lawyer during Senzo Meyiwa trial
The presiding judge in the trial of the five men accused of killing Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa has called…
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Senzo Meyiwa murder trial: State not planning to have Kelly Khumalo testify
The State has confirmed that it does not plan to call singer Kelly Khumalo to testify in her former lover’s…
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New Senzo Meyiwa Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng schools defence about cross-examining witness
The new presiding officer in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, retired Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng, has proven once again that he…
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Senzo Meyiwa murder trial: Judge Mokgoatlheng says he won’t tolerate frivolous delays
Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng said he won’t tolerate frivolous delays in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial where five men stand accused…
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Senzo Meyiwa trial: Kelly Khumalo’s attorney Magdalene Moonsamy pulls out of murder case
Magdalene Moonsamy, the attorney representing singer and socialite Kelly Khumalo, has withdrawn from the high-profile murder trial of Bafana Bafana…
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Zandile Khumalo breaks down in court while narrating Senzo Meyiwa’s death
Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng on Wednesday briefly adjourned the court as the State’s first witness in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial,…
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Senzo Meyiwa murder accused plead not guilty again
All five of the accused in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial have pleaded not guilty to a litany of charges…
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Senzo Meyiwa murder trial resumes with new judge
Will the Meyiwa family finally get justice? The trial of his alleged killers returns to court once again, this time…
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New judge in Senzo Meyiwa murder trial
A new judge has been appointed to preside over the Senzo Meyiwa Murder trial. Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng will take over…
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Former Bank of Athens treasurer sentenced to life
Former Bank of Athens treasurer Vincenzo Pietropaolo has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2017 murders of his…
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Ex-crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli spends first night in jail
Former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli and his co-accused and former colleague, Mthembeni Mthunzi, spent their first night in jail…
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