Zandie denies Senzo was killed separating a fight between her and Longwe

Singer and State witness Zandie Khumalo has denied that former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa was shot and wounded while trying to separate a fight between her and then boyfriend Longwe Twala.

Khumalo is under cross-examination at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.

ZANDIE KHUMALO DENIES FIGHT BETWEEN HER AND LONGWE TWALA

Meyiwa was shot dead on 26 October 2014 at the home of his girlfriend and singer Kelly Khumalo in Vosloorus, Gauteng in an alleged botched robbery.

Meyiwa’s close friends Mthokozisi Thwala, Tumelo Madlala as well as Longwe Twala, singer Kelly Khumalo, her mother Ntombi Gladness Khumalo, her sister Zandie Khumalo and her two children Christian and Thingo were present when the goal keeper was shot.

On Friday, 21 July, legal representative for accused 3, Advocate Charles Mnisi read a statement deposed by an unnamed witness who called Kelly on the day of the incident but there was a communication breakdown and ended up calling Madlala.

The unnamed witness said that Madlala informed him that Meyiwa was shot and wounded trying to separate a fight between Zandie and Longwe.

Asked for a comment on the statement, Zandie said this was news to her, it never happened. The statement was then withdrawn.

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DID THE FORMER LOVERS REALLY FIGHT ON THE DAY?

This was not the first time a fight between the two has been mentioned in court. In 2022, defence counsel for accused 5 Advocate Zandile Mshololo referred to a statement written by Senzo’s brother-in-law Mlungisi Hlophe who said State witness Tumelo Madlala told him of a fight inside the Vosloorus house the same day Meyiwa was shot dead.

In his statement which was deposed in 2019, Hlophe said he called Madlala after the incident who told him that there was a fight inside Kelly’s home in Vosloorus between her sister Zandie and her then boyfriend Longwe Twala. Meyiwa reportedly tried to separate the two.

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Hlophe further said that at the time he had no idea who Zandie was and Madlala explained to him that she was Kelly’s sister.

Madlala said Hlophe’s statement is not true and said that he never spoke to Hlophe after the incident and that his cellphone records can be investigated to prove that.

ALSO READ: Kelly Khumalo’s lawyer pulls out of the Meyiwa murder case

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