Sorry, but you are incorrect. OP
is not testifying because he wants to, as he claimed, waiting a year to give his version out of respect for Reeva. Indeed, OP has
NO option but to testify and Roux or Oldwadge said as much when they told the press "
It's not IF OP testifies, it's when" (u/c mine)
The appeal judgement for the De Olivier case shows why OP had to testify if he wanted to try to save his own skin (link:
http://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZASCA/1993/62.html):
I would suggest you may like to also read up on the case "S v Mdunge", in which Mdunge shot his very pregnant wife through the bathroom door as it was opening thinking she was a burglar. He collaborated fully with the police and made a plea bargain for CH. He got an 8 years suspended sentence. OP wants no less than an acquittal after his reckless deed and has refused to talk until now and imo if he could have avoided taking the stand he would have done so. On the other had he co-operated fully with the police and told his full story and plea bargained CH instead of lawyering up, then we probably wouldn't be here today and Reeva's family would have been able to move on and find the peace they deserve after the brutal and avoidable killing of their only daughter by OP.