Senzo meyiwa
Senzo Meyiwa murder trial postponed again pending accused's bail application
The trial is set to resume next month.
Proceedings were adjourned last month after the lawyer for four of the accused, Advocate Malesela Teffo, withdrew from the matter. But Teffo has since informed the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) of his decision to continue representing the accused.
Earlier this month Malesela Teffo dropped a bombshell, in the High Court in Pretoria, when he announced his withdrawal.
Teffo, who withdrew as the legal representative for four of the men accused of killing Senzo Meyiwa, has claimed that the president was behind his dramatic arrest in April.
Advocate Malesela Teffo dropped a bombshell in the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday where he announced that he will no longer be representing four of the accused in this matter.
He said he could not take the harassment he was receiving from the State and the court.
The trial resumed on Tuesday for a way forward after the lawyer for the first four accused wrote to the National Prosecuting Authority for the charges against his clients to be dropped.
The defence in the Senzo Meyiwa trial wants the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to give clarity on the type of witness Kelly Khumalo will be when she is called to testify.
On Tuesday, advocate Malesela Teffo told the court how Fourie has been asking for the details on which facility the accused are being kept and what their residential addresses are.
In a dramatic twist, laywer for the first four accused, Advocate Malesela Teffo, pointed out how national prosecutions boss Shamila Batohi signed the jurisdiction letter and not the minister, as stipulated by the Criminal Procedure Act.
Advocate Malesela Teffo has raised submissions that would usually be heard in pre-trial proceedings on the validity of his client's arrest as well as the jurisdiction of the court to hear this matter.
The Bafana Bafana captain was shot dead at Khumalo's home who was his girlfriend at the time.
The trial reconvened in the Pretoria High Court on Monday morning where five men accused of the 2014 murder are appearing.
Five men are standing trial for the 2014 crime.
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial will resume on Monday, to pick up from a week of startling revelations at the Pretoria High Court.
Sifiso Meyiwa has been unwavering in his stance that the men who were in the dock for his brother's murder were innocent for this crime.
The State in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has been accused of infringing on the constitutional rights of one of the accused by depriving him of the opportunity to adequately prepare his case.
The matter was postponed earlier on Wednesday after the legal representative for accused number 5, Zandile Mshololo, was only given a second docket in the morning.