The State has moved to discredit the testimony of defence witness, Sifiso Gwabeni Zungu, accusing him of changing his version of events during cross-examination in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial. Zungu told the Pretoria High Court that he was forced to sign a document containing statements allegedly made about him by accused number one, Muzi Sibiya, without knowing its contents. Five men are on trial for the 2014 murder of […]
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. It has also emerged that the group of men who were questioned had been accompanying defence witness Sifiso Gwabini Zungu to court. […]
The defence witness in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Sifiso 'Gwabini' Zungu, has accused police of planting ammunition under his mattress during his arrest in June 2020. Gwabini testified at the Pretoria High Court on Monday, saying he was taken into custody in connection with the 2014 killing of the Bafana Bafana goalkeeper, who was fatally shot in Vosloorus while visiting his girlfriend, Kelly Khumalo. He claims the state’s […]
Controversial North West businessman, Brown Mogotsi, has dismissed claims that he staged an attempted assassination to escape accountability for his alleged role in high-level criminal networks. Mogotsi — accused of acting as a middleman between suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and alleged underworld figure Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala — says he was targeted by gunmen travelling in a white bakkie on the N3 highway near Vosloorus on the East Rand last […]
Questions remain over the whereabouts of controversial businessman Brown Mogotsi, after he allegedly survived an attempt on his life. Police say Mogotsi has not been cooperating with authorities, following the incident. It is reported that his vehicle came under a hail of bullets in Vosloorus last night. National police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says Mogotsi told officers he was being followed by a white bakkie while driving alone. He was expected […]
