While the courts must disregard the evidence already given, the first week of the trial has shown that many South Africans will not be doing that, writes Kgomotso Modise.
Judgment regarding an application by a well-known personality for a media blackout during her testimony in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has been postponed to today.
A public figure and artist who was present when slain footballer Senzo Meyiwa was fatally shot at Kelly Khumalo’s home nine years ago, did not produce sufficient reasons in her application, the judge at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled.
The concealed witness, a public figure, delayed the main trial when she objected to her testimony being broadcasted live by the media, citing that it could put her life in danger.