In anticipation of one of the defendants’ request for bail, the trial for the men accused of killing Senzo Meyiwa has been delayed.
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During a postponement aimed at sorting out legal representation after the advocate, Malesela Teffo, who represents four of the accused, withdrew as the defence counsel.
Shortly after withdrawing, Teffo penned a letter to the State in which he alleged that Maumela had obtained the services of a sangoma to bewitch him.
“I started to have the nightmares after Judge Maumela brought his sangoma to court, and his ill-treatment against me increased more than ever before,” Teffo said.
“I was reliably informed that the involvement of the sangoma in this matter was to cause me to collapse inside the court. This is the witchcraft aimed at destabilising the defence for accused one to four, and myself being the main target in this regard.”
Teffo then claimed that Maumela drank a concoction in court to achieve the goal of making him collapse.
“This is the main reason I decided to withdrew (sic) from the matter, after I informed my clients and the attorney.
After dealing with the issue of legal representation and accepting that Teffo’s instructing attorney, Timothy Tshepo Thobane, would continue with the trial, Maumela said he had received communications from time to time and had observed media house’s posters about the trial while driving around.
“…some of them are very interesting. They are even about one’s faith,” he said.
The judge then appeared to rubbish Teffo’s allegations when he said that although it was no one’s business, he had a physician.
“I have a physician called Jesus, and he needs no augmentation.”
The matter has been postponed to 5 September for the continuation of the trial.
