Security guard Bethuel Mzamo Cele, the state's first witness, testifies in the trial of Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala and his co-accused in the Johannesburg High Court
The state's first witness was put through his paces in the trial of Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala and his four co-accused on Tuesday, with the defence questioning whether the scene of the Joe "Ferrari" Sibanyoni shooting was ever properly secured.
Advocate Riaan Gissing, for alleged gunman Musa Kekana, spent the afternoon picking apart security guard Bethuel Mzamo Cele's account of the night of August 10 2022, when gunmen with AK-47s opened fire at the Centurion Golf Estate.
The state alleged the shooting was an attempted hit on Sibanyoni, ordered by Matlala.
It is one of 25 charges the five accused pleaded not guilty to on Monday. Eleven carry a possible life sentence.
