Kelly Khumalo, his child’s mother and ex-girlfriend, has been named by two of the men accused of killing football player Senzo Meyiwa as the mastermind behind the crime.
On Wednesday, Khumalo’s name was struck from the records in the Pretoria High Court as lead investigator Brig. Bongani Gininda read the second deposition he had taken while looking into the murder case.
In the statement, which was ordered on November 20, 2020, and which details each accused person’s involvement in Meyiwa’s death, two of the accused—Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya and Bongani Sandiso Ntanzi—state that Khumalo gave them orders to shoot Meyiwa.
For the murder of Meyiwa, Sibiya, Ntanzi, Mthobisi Mncube, Mthokoziseni Maphisa, and Sifisokuhle Nkani Ntuli are on trial. Each of them entered a not guilty plea.
In October 2014, Meyiwa was shot and killed in her mother’s Vosloorus house while Khumalo was there. Kelly’s mother Ntombi Khumalo, her boyfriend Longwe Twala, her sister Zandile, and two of Meyiwa’s friends who were visiting from KwaZulu-Natal were all there when the woman was murdered.
Gininda’s statement states that Khumalo withheld four mobile numbers from the police following the murder; these numbers were subsequently uncovered by mobile analysts working on the case.
According to investigations, she had a phone connection with Mncube and Ntuli.