Senzo Meyiwa’s best friend Tumelo Madlala told the court that Kelly Khumalo needs to be brought in to explain her statement. Madlala was cross-examined by defence lawyer, advocate Zithulele Nxumalo at the Pretoria High Court today.

SHE NEEDS TO EXPLAIN

Advocate Nxumalo asked Madlala about a statement that Kelly made to the police after the incident. "I want her to come to court and explain the statement herself. I don’t remember seeing blood gushing out like she says she saw. I saw spots of blood and not gallons. The parts of the statement you’ve read out are similar to excerpts from the book by Soweto Mandlanzi titled Decoding 6669: The inexplicable life of Senzo Meyiwa, which is worthless. So I want this statement to be set aside and for the author of the statement to come to court and explain the nonsense that’s written here."

KELLY’S STATEMENT 

Nxumalo read out Kelly’s statement to the court comparing it to Madlala’s. "Paragraph eight reads as follows and I quote: ’The one suspect with the gun was threatening us in the living room; the taller, slimmer one came from the bedroom to the lounge, where his friend was. I then remembered that my child was in the other bedroom and I opened the door to see what was happening. I then saw my mom struggling with one of the intruders and Senzo, Mthoko, and Tumelo were busy struggling with the gunman’," said Nxumalo. He continued: "I tried to help my mother by shoving the taller intruder. I couldn’t see what was happening behind me. I only heard gunshots. Senzo ran towards me, trying to grab me. I grabbed him but I could see that he was weak. He fell into my arms and I spotted blood on his back. I turned him over and I saw a lot of blood on his chest." Madlala disputed part of the statement, telling the court that the gun went off while the footballer was in a scuffle with the intruder wielding the knife. Madlala disputed part of the statement, telling the court that the gun went off while the footballer was in a scuffle with the intruder wielding the knife and insisted that Meyiwa had little blood. "I don’t know what she was talking about, she must come and explain that because even the blood she’s talking about, I didn’t see it, I only saw blood spots," he said. Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya, Bongani Sandiso Ntanzi, Mthobisi Mncube, Mthokoziseni Maphisa, and Sifisokuhle Ntuli are awaiting trial for Meyiwa’s murder. The trial continues.