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Meyiwa case investigator accused of offering cash for cooperation

Singer Kelly Khumalo at the center of deceased boyfriend , soccer star Senzo Meyiwa murder trial again
Singer Kelly Khumalo at the center of deceased boyfriend , soccer star Senzo Meyiwa murder trial again

Defence attorney Thulani Mngomezulu has alleged that the lead investigator in the Senzo Meyiwa murder case, Bongani Gininda, offered one of the accused R3 million in exchange for cooperating.

Gininda is back in the High Court in Pretoria where a trial-within-a-trial in the case is underway. Five men are on trial for gunning down the Bafana Bafana captain at singer Kelly Khumalo’s parental home in Vosloorus on the east of Johannesburg in October 2014.

The defence is challenging the admissibility of the confession statements that some of the accused allegedly made.

Editor's Comment
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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