Ntanzi claims state lacks proof in Meyiwa trial

A disputed bail statement just became the biggest flashpoint in the long-running Senzo Meyiwa murder trial.

Ntanzi denies writing that statement

• Bongani Ntanzi says he never authored the bail document.
• Sergeant Vusimuzi Mogane allegedly forced him to sign it.
• Ntanzi claims cops dragged him to an industrial area first.
• His version has stayed the same throughout the proceedings.

Assault allegations keep resurfacing

• Ntanzi described getting roughed up during his 2020 arrest.
• Officers reportedly skipped procedures meant to protect suspects.
• A trial-within-a-trial tackles whether confessions were voluntary.
• He denied ever meeting lawyer Ntokozo Mjiyako entirely.

Prosecution hammers Ntanzi's credibility

• George Baloyi leaned on phone records and bank transactions.
• Photos from Ntanzi's device got weaponized against his timeline.
• Repetitive testimony after breaks raised red flags for the state.
• Ntanzi fired back that nothing places him in Vosloorus.

The case has been a drawn-out saga

• Meyiwa, the ex-Bafana Bafana keeper, died on 26 October 2014.
• Ntanzi got denied bail in both 2022 and 2023.
• Forensic gaps and crime-scene contamination plague the evidence.
• Five co-accused stand trial at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.