{"id":39343,"date":"2025-10-21T04:20:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T04:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=39343"},"modified":"2025-10-21T04:20:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T04:20:38","slug":"accused-1-in-meyiwa-trial-admits-knowing-state-witnesss-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/21\/accused-1-in-meyiwa-trial-admits-knowing-state-witnesss-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Accused 1 in Meyiwa trial admits knowing state witness&#8217;s father &#8211; SABC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Accused number one in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has admitted to knowing the father of Constable Sizwe Zungu, however, maintains he did not know the key state witness in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Muzi Sibiya has been under cross examination at the High Court in Pretoria where he is appearing alongside four co-accused.<\/p>\n<p>Meyiwa was shot and killed at Kelly Khumalo\u2019s parental home in Vosloorus on Gauteng\u2019s East Rand.<\/p>\n<p>Constable Zungu is the state witness that placed all five accused at a hostel in Vosloorus 26 October 2014 when the alleged hit was carried out.<\/p>\n<p>State Prosecutor Charles Baloyi asked Sibiya how he knew Absolom, who is Zungu\u2019s father.<\/p>\n<p>Sibiya: Yes, I\u2019ve known him for some time. He\u2019s the person that very built a creche around the place where we were staying.<\/p>\n<p>Baloyi: So, you lived in the same neighbourhood as Mr. Infashesi Absalom Zungu. 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