Senzo Meyiwa was allegedly killed in a contractual assassination – says top detective

Fisokuhle Ntuli, a man police believe called singer Kelly Khumalo weeks before Senzo Meyiwa’s murder, was the alleged driver of the getaway car on the night of the murder.

Brig Bongani Gininda, the lead investigator in the Meyiwa murder case, told the Pretoria high court yesterday that Ntuli was the driver of the silver-grey Polo used on the night, while his co-accused Mthokoziseni Maphisa was on the lookout.

This is the first time that any state witness has placed Ntuli at the crime scene since the trial started last year under judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng.

Maphisa allegedly confessed to a private person about his involvement.

According to Gininda, this was after he asked the person for information on why Bongani Ntanzi [co-accused] had been arrested.

Ntuli, Mthobisi Mncube, Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya, Ntanzi and Maphisa are on trial for Meyiwa’s murder.

They have pleaded not guilty.

Yesterday was the resumption of the trial within a trial set to determine the admissibility of the confession made by Sibiya and Ntanzi. The accused are known hitmen.

Ntuli was in 2022 convicted on six counts of murder by the Esikhawini regional court.

He was sentenced to six life terms and 39 years. He is accused number five in the Meyiwa trial.

Ginindi also said evidence obtained under oath shows the fatal shooting of the soccer star was a “contractual assassination” and not a botched robbery.

Meyiwa was shot dead in the presence of his then girlfriend Kelly at her mother’s home in Vosloorus in October 2014.

Kelly Khumalo, who has been under scrutiny since the murder, has not been charged in connection with the case.

She has maintained her innocence throughout the investigation.

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