STATE witness Zandie Khumalo and defence lawyer Zithulele Nxumalo got into a heated exchange during the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial cross-examination in the North Gauteng High Court on Monday, 24 July.
Zandie told the lawyer for accused number four to watch his tone when speaking to her.
"Please, watch your tone when you speak to me. I am not your wife. I am someone else's wife," warned Zandie.
Nxumalo also told Zandie that he doesn't like it when she talks to him like that.
"Me too. If you raise your voice, I will do the same. So, it's up to you," said Zandie.
Presiding judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng stepped in and asked they all keep the court decorum.
Nxumalo continued with his cross-examination, where he touched on the ID parade which led to the unlawful arrest of Zama Mbatha.
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Zandie said: "As you know my family is popular. Maybe he knows me, but I don't know him,"
Nxumalo further said the man who will be called by the defence as a witness told the police that singer Kelly Khumalo and Zandie knew he had not killed Meyiwa, but they didn't tell the police.
Nxumalo further told the court that Mbatha was known by the family as he ran a carwash, where they used to take their cars to be washed, including the deceased's vehicle.
Zandie said she didn't have a car then and she does not know the gentleman.
"I don't even know who pointed him out at the ID parade," said Zandie.
Nxumalo further read Mbatha's statement and said he won't forget that the police were saying Kelly's mother was the one who pointed him out.
"I know that family and they know me too," read Nxumalo.
Zandie responded that people may think she knows them when she doesn't.
"I put it to you that you and other witnesses, your mother, father Tumelo have this tendency of pointing out innocent people willy nilly to avoid a suggestion that the deceased was killed by one of the people inside the house," said Nxumalo.
He further put it to Zandie that, there were no intruders in the house when Meyiwa was gunned down.
"You can put it to me 50 times if that makes you sleep well at night, but there were two intruders that came into the house," said Zandie.
