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By Sihle Mlambo 
13h ago
Johannesburg – A document wrongly sent to the media by the National Tax Authority (NPA) puts singer Kelly Khumalo front and center in the Senzo Meyiwa murder case.
The document was delivered to the media along with the charge sheet for the case of the five suspects who were arrested, linked to the murder of the former Orlando Pirates player and Bafana Bafana.
The five suspects, Muzikawulahlela Sibiya, Bongani Ntanzi, Mthobisi Mncube, Mthokosenzi Maphisa and SifikuhlenhleNkani Ntuli, have been charged with murder, attempted murder, robbery with aggravated circumstances, illegal possession of firearm and illegal possession of ammunition.
They were arrested on the sixth anniversary of Meyiwa’s death.
The document that was wrongly distributed by the NPA is part of the indictment in the case.
It shows Colonel Bongani Gininda of the SAPS Unsolved Cases unit instructing the investigating officer to describe at least 10 tasks related to the investigation of the Meyiwa murder, of which two of the items in the document concern the musician.
Gininda requests statements or affidavits about how the police obtained confessions from two people. It also requests cell phone communication between the defendants before, during and after the commission of the crime, the location of cell phone towers and the automatic vehicle locations of a VW Polo believed to have been used as a vehicle of escape during Meyiwa’s murder on Vosloorus.
Belonging to Khumalo, the document requests the singer’s cell phone records.
“Ms Khumalo’s cell phone records must be obtained indicating her communication with the accused, as stated above,” he says.
The document also asks for more information about a particular loan that may have been taken to finance the janitor’s murder.
“It was mentioned earlier that there was a lender who advanced money to Ms. Khumalo, apparently to pay hitmen, and that this lender was pestering her to pay the loan.
“The statement must be obtained from said lender,” the document says.
The document appears to add credibility to comments from attorney Gerrie Nel and the Meyiwa family on Monday, where they said there was a hit in his life.
Nel and the Meyiwa family called for the arrest of the “ mastermind ” behind Meyiwa’s murder, while Police Minister Bheki Cele, National Police Commissioner General Khehla Sitole, and Sipho Ngwema of the NPA promised further arrests and murder prosecutions.
Ngwema said Tuesday that the document was given to the media by mistake.
“Everything will unfold in court, it is still premature to go to the next stage.
“When the director of the prosecution made a decision, there were a series of instructions that the investigation team had to follow and we will await the result of those follow-ups,” he said.
Ngwema confirmed the document was authentic and said it was part of internal communication between the police investigation team and the prosecution said it was not intended to be in the public domain.
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