South Africa - Anni Dewani, 28, shot to death, Gugulethu, 13 Nov 2010 #1

[PrimeSuspect]

EWN Reporter ‏@ewnreporter 45s46 seconds ago
#DewaniTrial judge has arrived in court. Proceedings set to begin. CS

All rise. Dewani in the dock. We begin. Mziwamadoda Qwabe is called to the witness stand. RE

Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 1m1 minute ago

#DewaniTrial @eNCAnews Proceedings underway. Dewani arrives with a blue file. Mziwamadoda Qwabe called to the stand

 

[PrimeSuspect]

Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 1m1 minute ago

#DewaniTrial @eNCAnews Qwabe dressed in green and black tracksuit

Ntuthuzelo Nene ‏@daniel_nene1 1m1 minute ago

Proceedings underway, Mziwamadoda Qwabe to take the stand next #DewaniTrial #HeartFM_News

Sisanda Nkoala ‏@SNkoala 2m2 minutes ago

State calls second witness: Mziwamadoda Qwabe. Qwabe is serving 25 yrs for his role in Anni's murder #sabcnews #DewaniTrial

Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 2m2 minutes ago

#DewaniTrial @eNCAnews Qwabe is flanked by correctional officials

 

[zwiebel]

KayaNews (@KayaNews) tweeted at 10:20am - 8 Oct 14:

#DewaniTrial Mziwamadoda Qwabe is the next witness and he will testify in both Xhosa and English. @KhayaJames. (https://twitter.com/KayaNews/status/519764209710551041)

 

[PrimeSuspect]

EWN Reporter ‏@ewnreporter 1m1 minute ago
#DewaniTrial Qwabe, 29 years old. After April 2010, he was unemployed. RE

Qwabe confessed to police about his involvement and pleaded guilty to charges related to Anni's murder. RE

Qwabe says Xolile Mngeni's nickname is "Waki". He says his own is "spra" or "nono". RE

 

[JudgeJudi]

Hope someone else can also do some tweets. It's taken me SIX attempts to copy and paste that last one, thanks to my ipad.

I'm ready to go. For some reason computer freezing intermittently.

 

[PrimeSuspect]

EWN Reporter ‏@ewnreporter 1m1 minute ago

#DewaniTrial Qwabe says Xolile Mngeni's nickname is "Waki". He says his own is "spra" or "nono". RE

Qwabe asked to explain how it came to be that he was involved in Anni's kidnapping and robbery. RE

 

[zwiebel]

Shekhar Bhatia (@shekharbhatia) tweeted at 10:22am - 8 Oct 14:

Qwabi confirms age 29 and his schooling. Confirms previous job as insurance assessor. Confirms he confessed to killing Anni. #dewanitrial (https://twitter.com/shekharbhatia/status/519764817020608512)

He was unemployed after 2010.

 

[PrimeSuspect]

EWN Reporter ‏@ewnreporter 41s42 seconds ago

#DewaniTrial Qwabe says Zola told him he has a "job" and that they arranged to meet the following day, Saturday. RE

Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 1m1 minute ago


#DewaniTrial I got a call from Zola, saying there's a job that needed to be done. @eNCAnews

 

[JudgeJudi]

Didn't Dewani mouthed to the noisy people to 'shut up'? lol So he's into crowd control too.

OP would have worded it differently.

 

[zwiebel]

KayaNews (@KayaNews) tweeted at 10:25am - 8 Oct 14:

#DewaniTrial Mngeni : On Friday I received a call from Monde, we used to be tour guides, he told me there was a job to be done @KhayaJames. (https://twitter.com/KayaNews/status/519765485743644672)

 

[JudgeJudi]

Aislinn Laing @Simmoa · 7m 7 minutes ago

Qwabe is led into the witness box by armed guards. He is wearing a black&green Nike top and glasses and keeps glancing at the public gallery

 

[PrimeSuspect]

Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 1m1 minute ago

#DewaniTrial Shrien listening and taking notes @eNCAnews

Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 2m2 minutes ago

#DewaniTrial Zola said someone wanted someone to be killed @eNCAnews

EWN Reporter ‏@ewnreporter 2m2 minutes ago

#DewaniTrial Slight correction: Monde told Qwabe that Zola had a "job" for him. RE

 

[JudgeJudi]

Aislinn Laing @Simmoa · 7m 7 minutes ago

Qwabe was gainfully employed as a tour guide and an assessor at an insurance company up until seven months before the Dewani shooting.

 

[PrimeSuspect]

KayaNews ‏@KayaNews 2m2 minutes ago

#DewaniTrial Qwabe says I was told somebody had to be killed and Judge Traverso calls on Qwabe to speak a bit slower @KhayaJames.

 

[zwiebel]

Biénne Huisman (@BienneHuisman) tweeted at 10:27am - 8 Oct 14:

#DewaniTrial Qwabe: fellow tour guide referred me to Zola Tonga (who drove Shrien and Anni's taxi) for a "job", which entailed a murder. (https://twitter.com/BienneHuisman/status/519765927261265920)

 

[JudgeJudi]

Aislinn Laing @Simmoa · 7m 7 minutes ago

Qwabe confirms he's serving a 25 year sentence, and his co-accused was Xolile Mngeni. He mutters into the microphone, v hard to hear

 

[zwiebel]

kevinjohnbrandt (@kevinjohnbrandt) tweeted at 10:28am - 8 Oct 14:

Qwabe said, Watti(Mngeni) .....adv. Francois van Zyl objects....cannot here testimony....#DewaniTrial @ANN7tv (https://twitter.com/kevinjohnbrandt/status/519766301514805248)

 

[JudgeJudi]

Aislinn Laing @Simmoa · 5m 5 minutes ago

Qwabe says he received a call on the Friday from "Monde" (Mbolombo,the middle man with whom he previously worked as a tour guide) re "a job"

 

[PrimeSuspect]

KayaNews ‏@KayaNews 3m3 minutes ago

#DewaniTrial Qwabe says I was told somebody had to be killed and Judge Traverso calls on Qwabe to speak a bit slower @KhayaJames.

Defence and Judge suggest he speak slower and keep mouth further away from microphone. RE

Judge Traverso briefly adjourns so that court staff can sort out the acoustics. RE

 

[zwiebel]

Unbelievable. Court adjourned due to microphone problems.