The prosecution are now treating the incident as a robbery with Nel saying the case must be treated as premeditated murder.
There appears to be a conflict of opinion between Nel and the prosecution, who are now treating the incident as a robbery.
Five men accused of killing Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates soccer player Senzo Meyiwa in 2014 appeared in the Boksburg Magistrates Court on 5 March 2021. The case against the suspects was transferred to the High Court sitting in Palm Ridge for trial.
Senzo Meyiwa was shot and killed in 2014 while visiting his girlfriend and singer Kelly Khumalo in Vosloorus.
The monument was damaged just two months after it was unveiled at the Mayville Heroes Acre in Durban.
Bafana Bafana posted pictures of the damage taken at the Mayville Heroes' Acre Cemetery in Durban on its Twitter page.
This is despite the accused telling the court on Friday that they were innocent and they wanted an opportunity to address the court.
The group was present at the Boksburg Magistrates Court on Friday where the five men accused of killing Meyiwa made a brief appearance.
The organisation has been roped in by the Meyiwa family to help expedite the investigations.
Five men were charged with murder, attempted murder and aggravated robbery for the 2014 murder and made their second appearance on Friday at the Boksburg Magistrates Court.
The five men were charged with murder, attempted murder, and aggravated robbery for the 2014 murder.
The men accused of killing the footballer were in the Boksburg Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Five men alleged to be behind the Bafana Bafana goalkeeper's killing appeared in the Boksburg Magistrates Court on Tuesday morning.
The five men arrested for the 2014 murder of Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates captain Senzo Meyiwa appeared at the Boksburg Magistrates Court on 27 October 2020.
Five men appeared in the Boksburg Magistrates Court on Tuesday in connection with the footballer’s murder.
Five suspects - Khulela Themba Sibiya, Bongani Sandiso Ntanzi, Mthobisi Chris Mncube, Mthokoziseni Zifozonke Mapisa and Sifiso Ntuli - appeared at the Boksburg Magistrates Court on 27 October 2020 charged with the 2014 murder of Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates captain Senzo Meyiwa. The suspects refused to stand in the dock, saying they were innocent and would not answer for a crime they did not commit. We therefore cannot identify each suspect individually.
Senzo Meyiwa was murdered in 2014 while visiting the home of girlfriend and singer Kelly Khumalo in Vosloorus.
Police have finally made a breakthrough, six years after the soccer player was shot dead in Vosloorus.
