Prosecutor says Ntanzi was AWOL before Meyiwa died

The alibi took a nasty hit when work records shoved Bongani Ntanzi into a five day hole right before Senzo Meyiwa got killed.

Work records fight

• Bongani Ntanzi flatly denied ditching work.
• Baloyi waved records showing five missing shifts.
• Pretoria testimony got heated over leave rules.

Why prosecutors care

• Bongani Ntanzi faced alibi damage from dates.
• Prosecutors said the gap freed his schedule.
• Vosloorus kept popping up in questions.

Ntanzi’s version

• Bongani Ntanzi said his boss knew.
• He blamed sloppy paperwork, not his conduct.
• Month-end scheduling, he said, stayed loose.

Defense pushes back

• Bongani Ntanzi’s lawyers trashed the records.
• They said missing affidavits wrecked reliability.
• Hearsay claims, they argued, proved nothing.

Trial backdrop

• Bongani Ntanzi stands with four co-accused.
• Charges cover murder, robbery, guns, and attempted murder.
• Baloyi also grilled phones, money, and ties.

What could shift next?

• Bongani Ntanzi still needs his alibi standing.
• Judges have not weighed those job files.
• Acceptance could rattle his elsewhere story.