Meyiwa trial: Investigating officer testifies about Longwe Twala
Brigadier Bongani Gininda is connecting the dots of the State's case against five men accused of the Bafana Bafana captain’s murder a decade ago.
Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng presides over the re-start of the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial on 17 July 2023. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News
JOHANNESBURG - The Investigating officer in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has given testimony dispelling claims that Longwe Twala shot himself by mistake on the same night he fatally shot the football star.
Brigadier Bongani Gininda's testimony continues in the Pretoria High Court on Monday.
He is connecting the dots of the State's case against five men accused of the Bafana Bafana captain’s murder a decade ago.
In August - the lawyer for the first accused told the court that he would prove that Twala who was in the house when Meyiwa was shot, fired three shots – injuring himself, his girlfriend Zandi Khumalo and killing Meyiwa.
He claimed that Twala drove to two doctors for his ankle to be treated as the wound had become septic.
Investigators have gone to find the doctors to verify Mngomezulu's claims.
While testifying on Twala's GPS data, Gininda has testified that there is no indication of Twala driving to the mentioned doctors.
When asked by Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng whether Twala had mentioned in his statements if he had been shot, Gininda said that in the several statements made by Twala, he did not mention being shot, nor did any of the people in the house mention it.