THE North Gauteng High Court heard how the late Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa, was left unattended after he was shot.
This was alleged by the fifth accused's lawyer, Advocate Zandile Mshololo, during cross-examination of state witness Khaya Ngcatshe on Wednesday, 26 July.
Khaya was the Khumalos' neighbour and was among the people who helped load Meyiwa into the vehicle after he was shot.
During cross-examination, Mshololo asked Khaya when he arrived inside the house where was Meyiwa lying if there were people helping him.
"Were there any people trying to help Senzo when you go there or was he left for dead?" Mshololo asked.
Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng interjected that Mshololo could not say Meyiwa was left to die when the evidence presented in court showed otherwise.
"We had evidence from Zandile Khumalo saying she ran out to seek help and that she tried to call 10111 but froze due to shock," Mokgoatlheng said.
Mshololo rephrased her question and asked Khaya who was helping Meyiwa when he got inside the house.
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Khaya responded and said: "When we arrived there was no one helping him."
He said that when they arrived at the house, they tried to help Meyiwa up, but he did not respond and had difficulty breathing.
"He was somebody that looked unconscious," Khaya said.
He further told the court that when he and the community were chasing the people who allegedly shot Meyiwa, which took about "200 minutes", and it took them 12 minutes, still no ambulance was there to help Meyiwa.
Khaya said when he was chasing the alleged intruders he did not know Meyiwa was injured, he only realised when they came back and then called the police.
Khaya finished his testimony and the state called Nthabiseng Pertunia Mokete as its next witness.
Singer Zandie Khumalo testified that she was passing Nthabiseng by car on the road when she asked MaPhiri for help after Meyiwa was shot.
