Accused in Meyiwa case claims he rejected R3 million offer

Goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa of South Africa’s Orlando Pirates is beaten by a goal made by Mohamed Aboutrika of Egypt’s Al Ahli during the first leg of their African Champions League final soccer match at Orlando Stadium in Soweto November 2, 2013.

Accused number two in the Senzo Meyiwa trial Bongani Ntanzi says he rejected a R3 million deal he was allegedly offered by the lead investigator Brigadier Bongani Gininda.

Ntanzi is testifying at the High Court in Pretoria where he and four of his co- accused are on trial.

They have been charged with the 2014 murder of the Bafana Bafana captain.

The case has adjourned and Ntanzi will return on Friday.

Responding to his defence counsel Charles Ramosepele, Ntanzi alleged the deal, that he says he denied, was for him to implicate those involved in the murder of the soccer captain.

“He asked me to do a deal. I then said, I have no deal with the police, and I will never have a deal with a police officer. He asked me if I knew as to whether there was a ransom that was put aside for people that would be able to identify Senzo’s killers. I said, no. He then asked me if you were to enter into a deal, would you then take the R3 million? It was at that time where I informed him that the money that I was getting or being paid at the mine was enough for me, as well as the family that I was maintaining. That which you are telling me, I am not a part of it,” said Ntanzi.