{"id":35271,"date":"2025-12-02T16:31:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/?p=35271"},"modified":"2025-12-02T16:31:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:31:57","slug":"senzo-meyiwa-trial-suspected-conspirators-removed-from-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2025\/12\/02\/senzo-meyiwa-trial-suspected-conspirators-removed-from-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Senzo Meyiwa Trial | Suspected conspirators removed from court"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_32113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32113\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meyiwa-Pirates-1.png-770x551.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meyiwa-Pirates-1.png-770x551.webp 770w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meyiwa-Pirates-1.png-1170x837.webp 1170w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meyiwa-Pirates-1.png-768x549.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meyiwa-Pirates-1.png.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: @OfficialPSL \/ Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More drama has unfolded in the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2025\/11\/24\/senzo-meyiwa-trial-witness-claims-police-set-him-up-in-murder-case\/\">Senzo Meyiwa<\/a> murder trial after police removed several individuals from the public gallery and took them in for questioning and profiling.<\/p>\n<p>It is alleged that the group attended proceedings with the intention to target and possibly harm key state role players.<\/p>\n<p>It has also emerged that the group of men who were questioned had been accompanying defence witness Sifiso Gwabini Zungu to court.<\/p>\n<p>Police have confirmed that a case of conspiracy to commit murder has been registered, and security and intelligence measures have been heightened.<\/p>\n<p>This incident adds yet another layer of turbulence to the already protracted case, which has seen courtroom chaos before.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, police officers stormed into the courtroom and arrested defence lawyer Advocate Malesela Teffo mid-proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Teffo later accused former Police Minister Bheki Cele of orchestrating the arrest for politically motivated reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Ratha Mokgoatleng was expected to deliver judgment on the possible trial-within-a-trial today, but proceedings had to be adjourned.<\/p>\n<p>This latest drama comes hot on the heels of explosive testimony from Zungu, who denied making a statement attributed to him by the state.<\/p>\n<p>According to the state, Zungu had previously claimed he was hosting the accused at a Vosloorus hostel on the day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2025\/10\/14\/senzo-meyiwa-trial-accused-one-claims-police-coerced-him-into-confessing\/\">Meyiwa<\/a> was killed.<\/p>\n<p>The defence is now challenging the state to prove the authenticity of the disputed statement.<\/p>\n<p>Public frustration continues to mount, with many South Africans taking to social media to criticise repeated delays and the apparent lack of transparency that has plagued the Meyiwa case for years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After 11 full years , Senzo Meyiwa cant find justice, people who killed him are Not even in prison, they are walking around releasing songs , our justice sytem is a joke \ud83d\udc94\ud83d\ude2d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SenzoMeyiwatrial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SenzoMeyiwatrial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2lQeK8kmQ4\">pic.twitter.com\/2lQeK8kmQ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 k2 (@TalkLessers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkLessers\/status\/1995826994819281382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is sad. It&#8217;s emotional. It&#8217;s upsetting. \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d Brutal. Desensitised. Evil. Heartless. Insensitive.<\/p>\n<p>Lives destroyed. Livelihoods destroyed. Family relations destroyed. For a murder committed by a scion of a music mogul from the apartheid and bubblegum era? \ud83d\ude2d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SenzoMeyiwaTrial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SenzoMeyiwaTrial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G4kzXUd3Ku\">pic.twitter.com\/G4kzXUd3Ku<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark K Twain (@SocietyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SocietyNews\/status\/1995768575240405258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Senzo Meyiwa trial is no longer just a case. Every delay, every twist is exposing something deeper about our justice system. South Africa deserves answers. Senzo deserves justice. \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6\u2696\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SenzoMeyiwaTrial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SenzoMeyiwaTrial<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Machizo (@NedondweT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NedondweT\/status\/1995796420406767700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is nonsense, which is why I lost interest in this case. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SenzoMeyiwa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SenzoMeyiwa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SenzoMayiwaTrial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SenzoMayiwaTrial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MadlangaCommission?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MadlangaCommission<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YVLa7uTJtH\">pic.twitter.com\/YVLa7uTJtH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Menzie (@Menzie_bacaneer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Menzie_bacaneer\/status\/1995826597383823856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"it\">Senzo Meyiwa court case is a crime scene. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SenzoMeyiwa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SenzoMeyiwa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sakhile Moleshe (@SakhileMoleshe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SakhileMoleshe\/status\/1995780995144946155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Don\u2019t be surprised if the state suddenly charges Gwabeni in the Senzo Meyiwa matter , with his trial conveniently \u201cseparated\u201d because this one is nearing the end. This would be a strategic move to punish him for turning against the state. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SenzoMeyiwaTrial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SenzoMeyiwaTrial<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Answering Bigots Decisively, tread carefully! (@GeniusPhilos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeniusPhilos\/status\/1995794018416935098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Don\u2019t be surprised if the state suddenly charges Gwabeni in the Senzo Meyiwa matter , with his trial conveniently \u201cseparated\u201d because this one is nearing the end. This would be a strategic move to punish him for turning against the state. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SenzoMeyiwaTrial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SenzoMeyiwaTrial<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Answering Bigots Decisively, tread carefully! (@GeniusPhilos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeniusPhilos\/status\/1995794018416935098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More drama has unfolded in the ongoing Senzo Meyiwa murder trial after police removed several individuals from the public gallery and took them in for questioning and profiling. It is alleged that the group attended proceedings with the intention to target and possibly harm key state role players. 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