Colonel Gideon Gouws, a cellular data analyst, presented additional evidence under the direction of state prosecutor advocate George Baloyi.
Gouws was testifying in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial at the Pretoria High Court on Monday.
This follows the state’s application last week for Gouws to be permitted to read the entire statement in the interest of justice following an intense cross-examination by the defence.
Gouws began his testimony by discussing Section 205 applications that the defense had requested.
The accused maintained contact
He indicated that the accused had maintained contact with each other even after the murder of Meyiwa in October 2014.
Gouws testified that accused number one, Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya, called accused number four, Mthokoziseni Maphisa, 19 times.
He said this while reading a summary of the suspects’ cellphone interactions.
He told the court: “Ten of those phone calls went through; nine were forwarded, and this happened between June 18, 2018 and February 18, 2020.
“Accused one contacted accused number two, Bongani Ntanzi, 18 times. Ten times, the other eight times, the phone was not answered and went to voicemail.
“Sibiya also contacted accused number five 44 times. Those were direct calls. Communication was between June 16, 2018 and April 7, 2020.”
According to Gouws’ testimony, Ntanzi called only two of his co-accused, accused numbers one and five.
“He contacted accused number one 16 times; 11 of those were direct calls and five diverted between November 13, 2018 and April 5, 2020.
“He then contacted accused five, Ntuli, twice between April 6 and December 9, 2020. Ntanzi further contacted the accused using a different number on December 10, 2019.”
Call summary according to Gouws
Gouws continued: “Accused number three, Mthobisi Mncube, contacted accused number four, Mthokoziseni Maphisa, 41 times. Eleven direct calls, 19 call forwards, and 11 SMS’s. That’s between June 22, 2018 and December 4, 2020.
“Maphisa contacted the accused 14 times. Twelve were direct calls and two were call forwards, and this was between July 22, 2018 and February 19, 2020. He contacted accused five Fisokuhle Ntuli 127 times.
“One-hundred and twenty-five direct calls and two SMS’s were made between September 29, 2018 and October 28, 2020. He contacted Ntuli two times on another number. All were direct calls on July 19, 2020.
“He then contacted the accused three 48 times; 20 direct calls, 25 call forwards, and three SMS’s between July 16, 2018 and March 2, 2021.
“Accused five Fisokuhle Ntuli contacted accused number one, Sibiya, 35 times. Twenty-eight direct calls and seven diverted calls. This was between June 10, 2018 and April 22, 2020.
“Ntuli contacted accused number two, Bongani Ntanzi. Three direct calls between April 6, 2020 and December 9, 2020.
“He then contacted the accused four Mthoziseni Maphisa 118 times, 55 times [were] direct calls, 50 diverted, and 13 SMS’s between November 9, 2018 and 2020.
“Between July 1, 2020 and August 18, 2020, Ntuli contacted the accused 28 times: 14 direct calls, 10 diverted calls, and four SMS’s.
Trial continues.
