Senzo Meyiwa’s Friend Reveals Discomfort With Soccer Star’s Relationship With Kelly Khumalo

• The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has resumed in the Pretoria High Court after being adjourned for six months
• Meyiwa's friend, Mthokozisi Thwala, told the court how uncomfortable he was with the footballer dating Kelly Khumalo while he was married
• Twala also told the court how he had to shield Khumalo's son from seeing Meyiwa being attacked on the day the soccer star was killed

PRETORIA - The highly publicised Senzo Meyiwa trial is in full swing in the Pretoria High Court after a six-month hiatus.

A close friend of the fallen football star, Mthokozisi Thwala, took the stand for the first time on Tuesday, 2 May, detailing how Meyiwa's relationship with singer Kelly Khumalo troubled him.

Senzo Meyiwa's friend was uncomfortable with footballer's relationship with Kelly Khumalo

Twala told the court that he was close friends with Meyiwa's wife at the time, Mandisa Mkhize, but that didn't stop the footballer from bringing Khumalo around.

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Twala, who was also present in Khumalo's mother's house the day Senzo was gunned down, described how uncomfortable he was around Khumalo on that fateful day.

The footballer's friend revealed that before Meyiwa was killed, he, Khumalo, Zandi Khumalo, and Tumelo Madlala went to buy alcohol, EWN reported.

Twala said:

"It didn't sit well with me, my lord, that I was in the company of Senzo, Kelly and Zandi, knowing very well that Mandisa was my friend. To someone else, that would look bad."

Twala details how Kelly Khumalo's son saw some of Meyiwa's attack

Besides sharing his feeling about Meyiwa and Khumalo's relationship, Twala also shared his accounts of the 26 October 2014 botched robbery that claimed his friend's life.

Twala told the court that Kelly Khumalo's son, Christian, saw some of the attack that led to Meyiwa being fatally shot.

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Twala describes how he had to take the young boy out of the kitchen where Meyiwa was scuffling with alleged intruders to shield him from the violence, SowetanLIVE reported.

Malesela Teffo sparks anger after delaying Senzo Meyiwa trial with demand to see judge: “Problematic that one”

In a related story, Briefly News reported that the highly anticipated Senzo Meyiwa trial kicked off to a rocky start in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday, 2 May.

Before proceedings could start, disbarred advocate Malesela Teffo strutted into the courtroom, decked out in legal robes and demanded to see Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela in his chambers.

Teffo did not reveal why he was so pressed to speak to Maumela, only that he had matters of importance to discuss with the Judge that could not be televised, SowetanLIVE reported.

Source: Briefly News