This was a contentious submission by Advocate Zandile Mshololo during her cross-examination of Madlala which brought matters to a standstill in court, when the state fiercely objected to the defense’s on the line of question on documents that have yet to be decided on by the NPA.
Advocate Mshololo relied on a letter by the National Prosecuting Authority seeking to clarify whether the people who were in the house when Meyiwa was shot and killed will be charged. In the letter, the NPA, as read by Mshololo in court, states that the decision on whether the people who were in Kelly Khumalo’s mother’s house will be charged, will among other issues depend on the credibility of the findings of the current trial.
“The decision will be based on the credibility findings of this case and that includes the manner in which you, Mr. Madlala, testify before this court. So, this means that as you testify here you will want to try, by all means, to protect yourself,” charged Mshololo. Mshololo: The decision will be based on the credibility findings of this case and that includes the manner in which you Mr Madlala testifies before this court.