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The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. Here are this week's key highlights.

The trial got under way in May 2023 in the North Gauteng High Court and as always, it was not without drama.

Witness in the Senzo Meyiwa trial Constable Sizwe Zungu has wrapped up his testimony saying that he has no reason to fabricate his testimony.

Identikits came under scrutiny in court as the cross-examination of Constable Sizwe Zungu in the Senzo Meyiwa trial was concluded on Monday.

Evidence presented to the High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday suggested that accused number five was not in Vosloorus on the night Senzo Meyiwa was killed.

Husband and wife Sibusiso and Lerato Mahlangu are expected appear before the Soshanguve Magistrates Court on Wednesday, 13 September.

A new witness in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has told the High Court in Pretoria how the five accused allegedly celebrated the former Bafana Bafana captain’s death by buying a bottle of whiskey.

A state witness testified that after Senzo Meyiwa was murdered on October 26 2014, one of the five men accused of killing him announced his death at a get-together at a hostel that same night, before word got out.

Witness said he saw the accused enter the hostel with guns and change their clothing on the night Meyiwa was killed.

A new witness in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has told the High Court in Pretoria High how the five accused allegedly celebrated the former Bafana Bafana captain’s death by buying a bottle of whiskey.