There are glaring similarities in the cases faced by Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya and Bongani Ntanzi, like how police happened to find live rounds of ammunition at both their places of residence while they were searching for other items, resulting in them being immediately charged.
On Monday, sergeant Batho Mogola testified that Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya implicated Bongani Ntanzi during investigations into a drug deal charge he was arrested for.
Sergeant Batho Mogola has been testifying on the arrest and escort of two of the accused between May and June 2020 when they allegedly made confessions.
The court is hearing testimony from Sergeant Batho Mogola, one of the arresting officers and an investigator in the Senzo Meyiwa murder case.
Sergeant Batho Mogola led the arrest of the first accused - Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya - and was also pivotal in the investigation process.
Mogane has been cross-examined on vehicle tracking data from the day he was escorting one of the accused, Bongani Ntanzi. The investigator led Ntanzi's arrest in June 2020 and escorted him to allegedly sign two confession statements.
Evidence has been led on the tracking data of the car that was used to transport two of the accused to make confession statements.
The court has been hearing testimony on the movements made by police while escorting one of Meyiwa’s alleged killers.
Sergeant Vusumuzi Mogane was giving testimony on vehicle tracking records of the car he drove while escorting the accused after he claimed police forced him to confess by assaulting him at different times while the vehicle was moving.
Sergeant Vusumuzi Mogane has faced tough questions in the Pretoria High Court on the vehicle tracking data from the car he was driving.
Sergeant Vusumuzi Mogane was back on the witness stand on Wednesday for cross-examination.
The court has been hearing testimony from one of the investigators, Sergeant Vusumuzi Mogane, on the movements made as he escorted Bongani Ntanzi.
The court is hearing testimony on car-tracking evidence from Sergeant Vusumuzi Mogane in a trial within a trial.
The court ruled that the State should be allowed to lead vehicle tracking evidence from the car that escorted one of the accused, Bongani Ntanzi, after he claimed he was assaulted by police at multiple stops before being forced to sign a confession at the Moroka Police Station.
The State wants the data to be used to determine the movements of the vehicles that escorted Bongani Ntanzi to make his confession statements in June 2020.
Proceedings in the trial within a trial were postponed on Friday morning after the defence lawyer for one of the accused, Bongani Ntanzi, called in sick.
The matter stalled in the High Court Today due to one of the lawyers for the first two accused being unwell.
The defence was set to give a way forward on how car tracking evidence would be led regarding the escorting of one of the accused.
