{"id":26957,"date":"2024-12-11T15:24:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T13:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/?p=26957"},"modified":"2024-12-11T16:05:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T14:05:34","slug":"kellys-sister-receives-flak-over-covert-celebration-of-mngomezulus-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2024\/12\/11\/kellys-sister-receives-flak-over-covert-celebration-of-mngomezulus-passing\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly&#8217;s sister receives flak for &#8216;covertly&#8217; celebrating Mngomezulu&#8217;s passing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-11-at-14.38.02-670x770.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-11-at-14.38.02-670x770.jpeg 670w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-11-at-14.38.02-1018x1170.jpeg 1018w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-11-at-14.38.02-768x882.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-11-at-14.38.02.jpeg 1114w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kelly Khumalo&#8217;s sister, Zandile, is receiving flak from some South Africans, who believe she covertly celebrated advocate Thulani Mngomezulu&#8217;s death last night &#8211; just hours after his demise.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In an Instagram post that has the South Africans fuming, the singer who was seemingly talking about her upcoming song wrote: &#8220;Ithi lengoma &#8220;Bathinta thina bazofa baphele imikhonto yethu ingcolile, sizinsizwa webafana!!!!!!!&#8221; Ubosiphathisa okwezikhali zamaNtungwa.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The message is loosely translated as &#8216;this song says: those who touch us will all die. Our spears are dirty, we are warriors.&#8217;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It left many, who believe the post was not a coincidence, riled up.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DDZqP2Ru9cG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DDZqP2Ru9cG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Zandie Khumalo (@zandie_khumalo_gumede)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">And this is what Zandile Khumalo is saying! \u201cPeople of interest\u201d SA we are on our own! Our justice system is a mess <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SenzoMeyiwaTrial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SenzoMeyiwaTrial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W2msLLKneX\">pic.twitter.com\/W2msLLKneX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JUSTICE FOR SENZO MEYIWA! (@SiboneloNdlovu_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiboneloNdlovu_\/status\/1866709664592957578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2024\/12\/10\/defense-lawyer-in-meyiwa-trial-passes-away\/\">Mngomezulu passed away yesterday<\/a> in hospital after being ill for some time.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Zandile has not yet responded to the claims levelled against her, but one Instagram user has come to her defence, saying she has been posting about the song for more than a year now.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The singer is not the only one who is receiving public wrath following Mngomezulu&#8217;s untimely passing.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9C6B02F5-6742-4026-86AC-EB0391875ED1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"430\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Judge Ratha Mokgoatleng, who is presiding over the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, has also come under fire from South Africans who say he has been insensitive toward Mngomezulu &#8211; sometimes even mocking him.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Some of them are now calling for a formal complaint to be lodged against him for the conduct, they deem, unprofessional and unacceptable.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The social media users accuse the judge of having constantly disrespected and belittled the defense lawyer for his health struggles, just yesterday even claiming to have heard someone say they had seen him within the court precinct.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">RIP Ntate Mngomezulu.<\/p>\n<p>That judge Ratha, who harassed you to the very end, where he was employing gossip against you and your illness, in a court of law, with the nation watching, must be happy now.<\/p>\n<p>O mo tsamaye, o mo pokele goed that bloody grumpy satane! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dOkG0JiFfj\">pic.twitter.com\/dOkG0JiFfj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mr. Tshweu (@TshweuMoleme) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TshweuMoleme\/status\/1866515300159562208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dear <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OCJ_RSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OCJ_RSA<\/a> we are not personal about Judge Ratha! This judge makes it clear that there&#8217;s something sinister happening regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SenzoMeyiwaTrial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SenzoMeyiwaTrial<\/a>. He Mocked Adv. Mngomezulu about his health until his last day. How do you expect us to have faith in this Judiciary??<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sir. Gilbert Sibeko (@Khupha_S) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Khupha_S\/status\/1866724718792822997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">And someone lied and said Adv Mngomezulu was in court! The judge said he has sources! The judge asked Gininda about his sources and they even laughed about it! Judge Ratha should recuse himself from this case! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SenzoMeyiwaTrial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SenzoMeyiwaTrial<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chant\u00e9 \ud83d\udc51 (@_Chanteh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_Chanteh\/status\/1866489229531873606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I feel sad to hear of the passing away of Adv . Mngomezulu who really fought hard for the truth to come out of the real murderers of the late Orlando Pirates \u2620 goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa. It is disheartening that Judge Ratha disrespected him to the extent of insinuating that he\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nWjuBqJ31l\">pic.twitter.com\/nWjuBqJ31l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83d\udc9cMao\ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 (@Remiazania1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Remiazania1\/status\/1866560773515788422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What a blow to the Meyiwa family. Another person who was assisting in solving the mystery of their son&#8217;s death has now died. I hope and pray that Mngomezulu&#8217;s death reminds Judge Ratha that it wouldn&#8217;t have hurt had he been a little compassionate towards him.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Keatlaretse (@Keatlar58781065) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Keatlar58781065\/status\/1866545997926572264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I no longer trust Judge Ratha. He is biased and insensitive. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIPMngomezulu?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIPMngomezulu<\/a> \ud83d\udc94 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SenzoMeyiwaTrial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SenzoMeyiwaTrial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zIsc9Ny5rU\">https:\/\/t.co\/zIsc9Ny5rU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rufaz&#8211;Jerera\u2764King\u2764 (@Mavhure) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mavhure\/status\/1866781075504005583?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>However, legal expert, Zola Majavu, believes the judge is being unfairly judged.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He says it would be unfair to say he was unsympathetic, or he did something short of what was expected from him as a judicial officer.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;It&#8217;s (being a judge) delicate balancing and we do so differently. I cannot necessarily fault the judge, his choice of diction may have been different to what others would have said but I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s that serious that it would have vitiated the proceedings,&#8221; says the veteran lawyer.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Majavu\u00a0says a judge is not a neutral umpire, but\u00a0their job is to make sure that\u00a0a trial moves\u00a0with\u00a0the necessary speed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At the time of his death Mngomezulu was expected to begin his cross-examination of the lead investigator in the case, Brigadier Bongani Gininda, who has been named as the state&#8217;s last witness in the Meyiwa matter.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Majavu says a replacement could be found during the December recess to avoid further delays to the already protracted murder trial.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mngomezulu was accused number 1&#8217;s second representative after he fired advocate Sipho Ramosepele during the trial within a trial.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Majavu says without pre-empting what will happen, Sibiya could likely call Ramosepele back to represent him.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The case, which started with a moment of silence today, has been adjourned to 8 January for a special sitting to allow for Sibiya to confirm his lawyer.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0The main trial will resume on 20 January.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly Khumalo&#8217;s sister, Zandile, is receiving flak from some South Africans, who believe she covertly celebrated advocate Thulani Mngomezulu&#8217;s death last night &#8211; just hours after his demise. 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