Zandie Khumalo: She had more to lose

MUSICIAN Zandie Khumalo says Senzo Meyiwa's widow Mandisa Mkhize should also be investigated in the Senzo murder case.

Senzo was gunned down at his girlfriend Kelly Khumalo's home in Vosloorus, Ekurhuleni, on 26 October 2014.

Speaking to eNCA, Zandie, who is also Kelly Khumalo's sister, said it's been discovered that the hitmen are from Nongoma, where Mandisa originally comes from.

"I've tried mentioning it to Brigadier Gininda, so I don't know what he's made out of it," Zandie said.

Brigadier Bongani Gininda is the leading investigating officer in the Senzo murder trial.

Zandie said another pointer she wants to raise on Mandisa's side is that there are private lawyers representing the Meyiwa murder accused.

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"Who's paying them? We all know that these people (the accused) are doing lousy jobs, some of them were dancers at some point and other miners. They don't have that much capital to have these people (lawyers) representing them. Lawyers are ‘bad', but they get paid at the end of the day. Who's paying them?" she said.

Zandie said the other day she bumped into Senzo's murder accused's legal representative, Advocate Zandile Mshololo, on a flight.

"Mshololo stays in Durban, and flies to Joburg every time she has to represent accused number five. Who's paying for the hotel (accommodation)? Who's paying for her? Plus, she has a partner. If the police must follow the money trail, maybe something will come out, I don't know."

Zandie said her sister Kelly didn't order the hit, and didn't have money to do something like that.

"She's not capable of ordering the hit and at that time. Also, we need to take into account that she was on the verge of going back to the (music) industry because she was off for some time. So, she didn't have capital and taking into account that she loved him. She had more to lose. She had nothing to gain, so for me there was no motive there," she said.

Daily Sun contacted Zandie for further comment, but she refused to comment.

The SunTeam contacted Senzo's widow Mandisa. She answered her phone, and when she heard that she was speaking to a journalist, she hung up the phone.

"No comment Jabulani, bye," she said.