"Open Docket 636": Meyiwa Family Claims Cover-Up in Senzo Murder Case

 

            

                                    Meyiwa family pickets for Senzo's justice

By Sibongakonke Conco

Members of the Meyiwa family, supporters, and activists gathered outside the Union Buildings on Tuesday, demanding justice in the murder case of late Senzo Meyiwa and demanding that the wrong people are currently on trial.

The picket, organised by friends and followers of the Meyiwa family, saw protestors carrying placards reading "#Open Docket 375 Senzo Meyiwa" while calling for the release of additional case dockets they believe contain critical information linked to the murder investigation.

Within the loudest voices at the protest was Senzo's younger brother, Sfiso Meyiwa, who claimed the accused currently standing trial are not the killers. "Those people who are arrested are wrong people and they must be released, and they should arrest the real killers," said Sfiso Meyiwa.

Protesters numerously named Longwe Thwala, alleging that he arrived with the firearm suspected to have killed the former Bafana Bafana captain. Demonstrators went on to claim that the case narrative presented publicly differs from what the family believes happened on the night of the murder.

The coordinator of the picket, Hubert Maphumulo from friends of the Meyiwa Family, strongly criticised the direction of the investigation and media reporting around the case. "Senzo was not killed with a 9mm pistol, but it was a 38 which was carried by Longwe Thwala," said Maphumulo.

Marchers also accused parts of the media of misrepresenting their concerns, saying they were never complaining that the trial was moving slowly, but rather that the "real killers" had not yet been arrested.

Protesters demanded the release and public scrutiny of both the “375 docket” and the “636 docket,” which they believe contain key evidence related to the murder case.

A memorandum was later handed over to Sibusiso Mabuza at the Union Buildings. However, Mabuza declined to comment on his role or occupation within the Presidency.

The picket adds fresh public pressure to one of South Africa’s most followed murder trials, as questions surrounding the investigation, evidence, and those accused continue to divide public opinion more than a decade after Senzo Meyiwa’s death.