'I'm not exactly sure how many shots went off but I heard one and it's the one that deafened me. I then ran into the bedroom, so I cannot say how many shots actually went off' - Tumelo Madlala SenzoMeyiwaTrial
Five men accused of murdering Bafana Bafana star Senzo Meyiwa in 2014 at the Pretoria high court.As the murder trial in which five men are accused of murdering football star, Senzo Meyiwa continues in the Pretoria high court on Monday, a new witness is expected to take the stand following the end of the testimony of Meyiwa's childhood friend, Mthokozisi Thwala last week.
"You said the police who put you in witness protection made a lot of promises. What were the purpose of those?" Baloyi asked. Madlala says Buthelezi coercing her into going into the witness protection programme should tell that she had an agenda. "This whole thing confuses me because in that house there's no other person who was my friend there. So, I don't understand why there is a impression that I would be protecting someone in that house. Why woud I do that?" Madlala asked.12: 15 - Madlala's phone was taken by police
"A while after Senzo was taken in with a stretcher, I saw Kelly's mother and din't know when or how she got there. After a while a health worker came carrying an x-ray. She requested for an elderly person and I knew this would be bad news. Thereafter I saw Kelly's mother crying and I went to see Senzo," an emotional Madlala testified.
"When I got out, I saw that people were startled and Senzo was lying between the couch and TV stand with his left hand on the side of his body as if he was trying to get inside that space," an emotional Madlala says.Madlala says that before the gun went off he had hit the second intruder in the face.
"Zandi was hitting the person with my crutch. I'm not sure if her mother used it too. My crutches were next to the heater,' he said."At the time Senzo had pinned him against the wall. He grabbed that upper arm and pinned him against the wall. I don't want to say second person. It is this person [as he points at accused number 2, Bongani Ntanzi] then a gun went off," he said.
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