Overview
- Under cross-examination on Friday, Muzi Sibiya rejected Constable Sizwe Zungu’s testimony placing him with all co-accused at Basotho Hostel on October 26, 2014, saying he only met Zungu in 2017.
- Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng questioned the plausibility of Sibiya’s claim that officers who allegedly mistreated him then drove him to KwaZulu-Natal without offering food or water over many hours.
- Sibiya maintains police assaulted him, suffocated him with a plastic bag, coerced a signature on a statement he denies making, and forced him to undress for photographs at Alberton Police Station.
- Questioning highlighted phone records showing regular contact between Sibiya and accused No. 4, Mthokoziseni Maphisa, from 2018 to 2020, with no recorded interaction on the day of the killing.
- Prosecutors allege five men acted in common purpose in the 2014 shooting of Senzo Meyiwa, all have pleaded not guilty, and Sibiya denies any role and says he was not told why he was arrested.