Meyiwa Trial: Prosecutor Presses Sibiya on 2014 Bank Card Transactions

Overview

• Sibiya faced questions about activity on his Standard Bank account, including a R1,340 withdrawal recorded at Nongoma Hardware in February 2014.
• He told the Pretoria High Court he left the card with the mother of his child for maintenance needs and said both of them used it during that period.
• Sibiya said he could not recall the specific withdrawal and suggested the records might reflect differing location labels, adding that only he and the child’s mother used the card.
• He maintained that he was not in Gauteng when Senzo Meyiwa was killed and testified that he had given the card to the child’s mother in 2013 and continued to use it when back in Gauteng.
• In earlier cross‑examination, the state highlighted overlaps between an alleged statement attributed to Sibiya and other witness accounts, which the defense disputed, while Sibiya denied any confession or pointing out of the crime scene.