SABC News says the defense called Thabiso Buthelezi on Monday for Mthobisi Mncube in the Senzo Meyiwa trial in Pretoria.

A witness describing what a dead man reportedly claimed is not that man's testimony. SABC's morning story said the High Court sitting was expected. The afternoon story says a new witness is on the stand. Expected, and on the stand, are not the same status. Five men standing trial is not a verdict.

SABC News, in a story time-stamped 9 November 2026 at 13:57 SAST and credited to Lerato Makola, reported that defense counsel in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial called a new witness on behalf of accused number three, Mthobisi Mncube, at the High Court in Pretoria. It reported Thabiso Buthelezi is testifying about a statement allegedly made by the late Simphiwe Buthelezi, who reportedly claimed to have been involved in the illegal firearms trade with the accused. It reported the testimony seeks to shed light on the alleged relationship between Mncube and Simphiwe Buthelezi, and on information shared by the investigating team. It reported five men are standing trial for the murder of Meyiwa, and that Advocate Charles Mnisi is leading Buthelezi. It quoted Mnisi: "This court was told by the investigating team through the mouth of Brigadier Bongani Gininda that there was an interaction between them and Mr Simphiwe Buthelezi." The witness line, as the page printed it, begins "Yes, that's correct. Thank you." and does not close the quotation. The next Mnisi line, about the word interaction, is where the story fetched here ends. An exchange that stops on the page is not a completed cross-examination, and it is not a ruling. SABC did not print the word hearsay. It did not print an objection. It did not print a judge's name in that story.

The same station's story time-stamped 9 November 2026 at 07:43 SAST, also credited to Lerato Makola, reported the trial was expected to resume at the High Court in Pretoria on Monday morning, after the second witness for accused number three, Mthobisi Mncube, concluded his testimony on Thursday. Expected to resume, at 7:43 a.m., and a new witness called, at 1:57 p.m., are not the same status. The morning story named that Thursday witness as Thalente Ntombela, said he is related to accused number one, Muzi Sibiya, and said he disputed key state witness Constable Sizwe Zungu and alleged he was in KwaZulu-Natal on the day in question in 2014. It quoted state prosecutor Adv Ronnie Sibanda asking whether Sinakho (Sibiya) stayed in the same village, and it quoted Ntombela saying Sinakho came to Johannesburg in 2017 and had never set foot in Gauteng before that. The afternoon story does not print Ntombela, Sibiya, Zungu, or Sibanda. The morning story does not print Thabiso Buthelezi or Simphiwe Buthelezi. Accused number three, in both stories, is Mncube. The morning story's second witness for him, and the afternoon story's new witness for him, are not the same person. Five men standing trial, in the afternoon story, is the charge in court. It is not a finding. News24's Nov. 8 story on a complaint against the trial judge is not this witness. No IOL story of Monday's witness was read here. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.