The State has insisted that Mjiyako was Ntanzi’s lawyer on record when he made a confession before a magistrate in 2020, with two investigators also drawing direct links between the two on separate occasions.
The issue of Bongani Ntanzi s lawyer has been in question since the state led evidence that he was legally represented when he allegedly made a confession before a magistrate at the Boksburg Magistrates Court in June 2020.
The court has been hearing a series of testimonies from police officers on the escorting of Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya and Bongani Ntanzi to make confession statements.
The court is hearing evidence on a confession statement signed by Bongani Ntanzi in June 2020 at the Moroka Police Station, with Lieutenant-Colonel Mohale Raphadu set to return to the witness stand.