Africa-Press – South-Africa. Former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa was found alone and unconscious on the kitchen floor of the Vosloorus home of his girlfriend Kelly Khumalo’s mother after he was shot, a witness told the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday.
The witness, the Khumalos’ neighbour Khaya Ngcatshe, was the second witness to testify in the rebooted trial of five men charged with Meyiwa’s October 2014 murder.
Bongani Ntanzi, Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya, Mthobisi Mncube, Mthokoziseni Maphisa and Fisokuhle Ntuli face charges of murder, attempted murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances, and possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
In court on Wednesday, Ngcatshe was responding to a question from Ntuli’s advocate, Zandile Mshololo.
Mshololo asked Ngcatshe if the neighbours found anyone in the house helping Meyiwa.
He responded that Meyiwa was found lying on the floor, alone and unattended to.
He also didn’t see Kelly Khumalo, the court heard.
The only person he saw in the house was Khumalo’s mother, Gladness.
Khumalo’s sister, Zandile, who already testified, told the court that she went to seek help from a neighbour, MaPhiri.
The advocate representing Ntanzi and Sibiya, Sipho Ramosepele, questioned Ngcatshe about his height because Zandile testified that a precast wall prevented neighbours from seeing into their house.
Ngcatshe said he was between 1.8 and 9 metres tall.
“I disagree. From where I would be standing, as much as the precast wall would be higher, I could still see the kitchen window of the Khumalos,” he added.
During cross-examination, Ngcatshe was also asked if he knew whether somebody had called an ambulance after Meyiwa was shot.
The trial continues.
Another neighbour, Nthabiseng Mokete, is expected to testify.
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