Kelly Khumalo’s Lawyer Exits As Cop Starts Testifying

The trial of five men accused of murdering Senzo Meyiwa resumed on Monday – and the proceedings are filled with drama galore.

Judge Tshifhiwa has ordered a lawyer representing Kelly Khumalo to leave the dock after she appeared in the Pretoria High Court as part of her client’s watching brief.

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Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela stated that this was done for the sake of the trial’s integrity because Khumalo is a potential witness.

Last week, the defence expressed concern about Moonsamy’s presence in court. “She can only sit in should the state call Khumalo as a witness,” said the state prosecutor, advocate George Baloyi.

The judge didn’t want to leave anything to chance. Tshifhiwa told Moonsamy that her presence could ‘compromise the quality of evidence’ that Kelly Khumalo may be asked to provide in the future.

“You will excuse us, as to what you do when you are outside is not in our terrain. People who feature as witnesses or potential witnesses are requested to exit the courtroom.”

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“They are not supposed to sit in and listen to evidence if they will be called later, because we don’t want anybody to tailor their evidence after what they have heard. They should testify from what they know. Even if you are called as defence witness if you sit in you compromise the quality of the evidence you are going to give.”

In October 2014, the former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper was gunned down in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg, in the presence of Khumalo, his girlfriend, and her mother Ntombi, sister Zandi, Zandi’s boyfriend Longwe Twala, and his friends Mthokozisi Twala and Tumelo Madlala.

The case has now sparked a frenzy of interest. The former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper was the subject of a Netflix docu series that aired just before the official trial began.