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Senzo Meyiwa was assassinated on October 26, 2014.
PHOTO: Anesh Debiky, Gallo Images
- The five people arrested in connection with the murder of Senzo Meyiwa will appear before the Boksburg Magistrates Court.
- Police Minister Bheki Cele announced the arrests on Monday.
- One of the people arrested is believed to be the person who pulled the trigger.
The latest developments in the murder case of renowned former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa are just the beginning and there are many more to come, Police Minister Bheki Cele said on Monday.
This followed his announcement that five people have been arrested in connection with Meyiwa’s murder.
The minister briefed the media on the events in Pretoria, along with National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole.
Monday, October 26, marked six years since Meyiwa was shot and killed in the Vosloorus home of his girlfriend, actress and musician Kelly Khumalo.
The suspects are expected to appear in Boksburg Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
The charges they face will be disclosed during their appearance.
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In announcing the arrests, Cele said speculation had rife. It attracted the attention of the media and led to leaks that touched some aspects of the probe.
Cele said the leaks had potentially compromised and compromised the investigations “seriously and sadly.”
The minister added that there were some cases where the case could have been at a particular stage but, due to leaks, it was stopped, according to investigators.
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“Unfortunately, when those leaks happened, there is not even a courtesy to confirm them, but even when you want to confirm with us, how would you expect the minister to confirm the leaks, but people keep writing?
“I want to tell your clan (the media) that you compromise the investigations in the future. Let me stop there and say that we will investigate, including the people you say are of ourselves (SAPS). Because those, I think, are worse than people they get the information, “Cele said.
He said:
But we really want to take this matter very seriously because it has a great impact on the resolution and resolution of cases, when the court is created in the media and people are allowed to speculate and talk about things that do not exist.
The minister said: “This is the beginning of this, we believe that there is still a lot to come. It is a great story.”
Speaking at the briefing, Sitole said police had to use different tactics to blame the suspected suspects for the murder.
“In the last moments of the investigation, we had to use different investigative tactics and among them was the application of cold case principles.
“When you apply the cold case principles, you conduct a cold case analysis against all individual suspects. Apart from criminal activities related to the murder of Senzo Meyiwa, through the cold case analysis you also uncover other cases and then begin to tie the suspect with all the prominent cases from the cold case analysis, “Sitole said.
EXCLUSIVE | Police find Senzo Meyiwa’s murder weapon
The national police commissioner said there is now new and different evidence compared to previous instances, adding that ballistic evidence was important.
Complexities
He said the case had complexities that required authorities to apply many investigative tactics.
“At the present time, what is key is the ballistic tests related to the firearm and, so far, it is only now that we find the weapon. We have been searching for the weapon throughout the investigation.
“But with final tactics applied, we found the weapon and fortunately the weapon is ballistically connected to the crime scene,” he said.
Sitole said authorities want to avoid conducting the investigation in the public domain and will not release any confessions at this time. He said it would be part of the court proceedings.
He said that during the judicial process more details will also be revealed on whether the murder was a coup or not.
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