The case of the murder of Orlando Pirates goalie Senzo Meyiwas is still ongoing. New CCTV footage has dismissed claims that Longwe Twala shot himself on the night of the murder.
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During proceedings at the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday, the court watched footage showing Twala walking confidently to Meyiwa’s grey BMW X6. He opened the door for his girlfriend Zandi Khumalo without any sign of injury or having been shot. The lead investigator in the case, Brigadier Bongani Gininda confirmed it was indeed Twala in the video a day after the killing. “That is Longwe Twala. I know him from the investigations,” Gininda told the court. He added that Zandi was also correctly identified, and the car belonged to Meyiwa. He said he was told by the late advocate Thulani Mngomezulu that Twala had shot himself in the foot during the incident. But the footage showed Twala walking without any problems. “He seems to be walking fine, contrary to what was put to me. That is someone who’s said to have shot himself. None of the people in the house, not even Twala, said he shot himself.”
The court also revisited a transcript in which Mngomezulu claimed three bullets were fired. One struck the floor and hit Zandi, another hit Meyiwa, and the third hit Twala in the ankle, and the story was dismissed. “It does not correlate. If Longwe shot himself in the ankle, there would be blood on the floor. But there isn’t any. And no hospital records show he was treated for a gunshot wound.” Gininda said nurses don’t ignore gunshot wounds – they would have treated it.
