South Africa - Anni Dewani, 28, shot to death, Gugulethu, 13 Nov 2010 #3

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kevinjohnbrandt ‏@kevinjohnbrandt 1m1 minute ago

VZ, once again highlights Monde Mbolombo played a bigger role than just a link/middleman


EWN Reporter ‏@ewnreporter 2m2 minutes ago

VZ:tell the court how he assisted you?

Tongo: he put me in touch with the young men, assisted me by contacting those young men.

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 59s60 seconds ago

VZ: Did Monde also know Mr. Mngeni?

Tongo: What I know is Monde knew Qwabe. I don't know if he knew Mngeni.


Leila Samodien ‏@Leila_Luck 42s42 seconds ago

Van Zyl now grilling Tongo on an aspect he also cross-examined Qwabe on: that Monde played a "much bigger role".

(Monde has not been charged for being involved in kidnapping)

 

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EWN Reporter ‏@ewnreporter 1m1 minute ago

VZ: Monde,you say was assisting you, what was he going to get paid?

Tongo: he wanted R5000.


kevinjohnbrandt ‏@kevinjohnbrandt 2m2 minutes ago

Traverso, I just want to understand....money obviously played a big part in this, am I correct...

Tongo, correct

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 54s54 seconds ago

Tongo says he doesn't know where Monde was going to get the R5000 he wanted & that was btw him & the hitmen.

Shrien shakes his head in disagreement.



vanessa poonah ‏@vanessapoonah01 3m3 minutes ago

judge: money was very important.

Tongo: that's right.

Judge: so you said there would be 15k Was that only for Qwabe? Or both..

Tongo: for both. Monde wanted R5K from the 15-thousand. That's why I said to him its between him and the men.

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 59s60 seconds ago

VZ: Did Monde also know Mr. Mngeni?

Tongo: What I know is Monde knew Qwabe. I don't know if he knew Mngeni.


Leila Samodien ‏@Leila_Luck 42s42 seconds ago

Van Zyl now grilling Tongo on an aspect he also cross-examined Qwabe on: that Monde played a "much bigger role".

(Monde has not been charged for being involved in kidnapping)

I thought Monde was the one who had ''immunity''

 

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News24 ‏@News24 45s46 seconds ago

Judge: Only person who was going to pay was Mr Dewani, and amount R15k?

Tongo: that's correct.

 

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News24 ‏@News24 1m1 minute ago

Tongo suddenly speaking rather loudly, as he repeats himself about how money would be divided up.

 

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RAHIMA ESSOP ‏@rahimaessop 27s27 seconds ago

VZ: what was the agreement with Monde? How much was he going to get?

Tongo: there was no agreement between us, but he wanted R5000

(VZ really likes to dwell on things, where will it lead? As newone said, Mondo got immunity, so VZ showing it was a mistake as he played a bigger role? )

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 2m2 minutes ago

Van Zyl questioning Tongo about the R5000, demanded by Monde, for his role in the conspiracy.


News24 ‏@News24 3m3 minutes ago

VZ: Qwabe said they were meant to get R15k but only got R10k. Spoke to Mbolombo, asked him to contact you re R5k that was short.

Qwabe made no mention of money that had to pay Mbolombo.

Tongo: Can't comment on that.

 

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kevinjohnbrandt ‏@kevinjohnbrandt 1m1 minute ago

A more engaging Shrien Dewani in court....shakes his head in disagreement

 

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EWN Reporter ‏@ewnreporter 2m2 minutes ago

Judge Traverso: who took the money left in the car?

Tongo: don't know because I was not there at the time. Can't remember coming to an agreement about who would take the money from a certain place.

 

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RAHIMA ESSOP ‏@rahimaessop 54s54 seconds ago

VZ: when they were not at agreed place you contacted Qwabe. Why did you need Monde's assistance that evening?

Tongo: its because Monde knew these young men.

VZ: but you knew them too, you met them, you discussed with them.

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 39s39 seconds ago

Van Zyl repeats: Monde Mbolombo played a much bigger role that night.

Tongo: I don't know anything about that

 

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Ayesha ‏@CloraVannieKaap 45s45 seconds ago

Tongo sticks to his story that Monde was just assisting him.


Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 41s41 seconds ago

VZ: You intentionally underplayed the role that MM played that Saturday on 13 November 2010.

Tongo: That you measure it out like that, I don't know. That's how you measure it to be.

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 1m1 minute ago

VZ: What did Mr. Dewani know about the event that didn't happen earlier?

Tongo: The accused knew I would get in contact with the young men and revert back to him. There were many things the accused & myself were contacting each other about. What the men were telling me, I would convey to the accused.

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 1m1 minute ago

VZ: You said while the accused was in the restaurant with the lady, he phoned you. What did you discuss?

Tongo: The accused wanted to make sure that this really would take place. To be able to tell the court line by line, I can't do that but in summarising, he wanted to know if this would take place.

VZ: What did you tell him?

Tongo: I told him I have spoken to the men. He must be free. This is going to happen. They will wait for us.

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 49s49 seconds ago

VZ: Mr. Dewani will tell the court that he went to the toilet, they'd just ordered sushi, there was a missed call, there was loud music in the restaurant & couldn't hear, he walked out of the restaurant and he called you. You wanted to know how long they would be. The conversation continues but I'll deal with this later.

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 51s51 seconds ago

Tongo: I told you, to tell you line for line, I won't be able to. But I'll summarise. He wanted to make sure that this is really going to happen.

VZ: I put it to you that you called him. He saw the missed call & returned the call. You asked him how long he was going to be. The conversation proceeds to things that are not for now.

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 1m1 minute ago

VZ: Did you call him to find out how long he would be?

Tongo: The things we were talking about, were a lot of things. What I cannot do, is ask a client how long a client will be. If the client decides to stay for 2 hours, mine is to wait.

VZ: On pg 972 of the record you say, you filled your car with petrol & buy airtime.

 

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Leigh-Anne Jansen ‏@LA_JANSEN 31s31 seconds ago

VZ: That means you left the restaurant. If Mr. & Mrs. Dewani returned, you wouldn't be there. Isn't that why you called?

Tongo: No, sir.

VZ: Mr. Dewani will deny he asked you anything about a hijacking or if it would happen.

Tongo: If Mr. Dewani denies that, it's between him and his God. I'm telling what he requested. The truth will come out one day.



EWN Reporter ‏@ewnreporter 37s37 seconds ago

VZ: Mr Dewani will deny he ever discussed a hijacking with you.

Tongo: that's between him and his God. Truth will come out.