Witness’ standing as police officer questioned in Meyiwa trial
The advocate representing accused number 5 in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has questioned witness Constable Skhumbuzo Zungu’s standing as a police officer.
Advocate Zandile Mshololo’s remarks came after Zungu told the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday that he did not report any threats made to his life.
Zungu has testified that there were threats made to his life after he told a senior police officer of his suspicions about the identity of Meyiwa’s killers.
Five men are on trial for the murder of the former Bafana Bafana captain in 2014.
Zungu said he reported the details to General Vincent Leshabane five years after Meyiwa’s death.
He explained the apparent lack of urgency by saying he wanted to gather as much evidence as possible during his own investigation.
“When you felt threatened, did you go to the police station to report that there were people who were threatening you…. Did you give the identity of the people and ensure they were arrested,” asked Mshololo.
“I didn’t have the information on who they were,” responded Zungu.
But Zungu’s earlier testimony suggested that the threats came from a relative of accused number five, Fisokuhle Ntuli.
Mshololo also questioned Zungu if anything was said by those who allegedly threatened him.
“He took the gun out of the window, and then I turned around and went back,” responded Zungu.
“Is that what happened? No utterances, then you felt threatened?” probed Mshololo.
“If someone takes out a firearm, I think that means he is threatening me,” said Zungu.
Zungu told the court that he believed the reason why the suspect’s relative was threatening him was because of his involvement in the trial.
Zungu, a constable who has served in SAPS for twelve years, has linked all five suspects to Meyiwa’s murder.
According to his testimony, accused number one Muzi Sibiya, accused number two Bongani Ntanzi and accused number three Mthobisi Mncube came back to the Sotho hostel looking scared and shocked on the day Meyiwa was killed in Vosloorus.
He told court that Sibiya exchanged his firearm with his nephew Gwabini Zungu on that particular night after returning from where he believed was the Khumalo residence.
Zungu also identified Ntanzi as one of the men in the two identikits police used to sought after Meyiwa’s killers.
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