{"id":91514,"date":"2025-10-14T15:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T15:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/legal-aid-south-africa-concerned-over-senzo-meyiwa-trial"},"modified":"2025-10-14T16:12:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:12:54","slug":"legal-aid-south-africa-concerned-over-senzo-meyiwa-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/legal-aid-south-africa-concerned-over-senzo-meyiwa-trial","title":{"rendered":"Legal Aid South Africa Concerned Over Senzo Meyiwa Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Legal Aid South Africa says it&#8217;s extremely concerned with the delays and setbacks in the Senzo Meyiwa trial.<\/p>\n<p>The trial resumed on Monday after another lengthy postponement.<\/p>\n<p>The defence has finally opened its case, calling its first witness.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Legal Aid\u2019s high court unit manager, Joshua Mojuto, attended court to see whether the defence would bring an application as agreed in a prior meeting.<\/p>\n<p>He said as the funder of the accused\u2019s case, Legal Aid was watching proceedings closely.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Legal Aid is very concerned with the delay that we have been experiencing and we have been managing the matter. We have been having meetings with the practitioners, giving instructions as to how, as the instructing attorney, we would like the matter to proceed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Legal Aid South Africa says it&#8217;s extremely concerned with the delays and setbacks in the Senzo Meyiwa trial. The trial resumed on Monday after another lengthy postponement. The defence has finally opened its case, calling its first witness. 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