A media lawyer used them to fight her application to block the broadcast of her testimony.
JOHANNESBURG - Social media posts from a “concealed” State witness in the Senzo Meyiwa trial have come back to haunt her in the Pretoria High Court.The witness, who is a performer and public figure, brought the application on Tuesday and the court heard arguments on Thursday."After work, I had a long afternoon nap and had a dream where we as a family decided ukuthi we don't want any media present in court when we testify, not even our voices should be heard.
This is one of the tweets that media lawyer Dan Rosengarten has drawn from the archives of the witness’ tweets, arguing that the witness’ application was long planned."Here indeed is a picture of her standing at the lift, which I believe are the lifts in court." Rosengarten argued that the witness’ social media posts showed no signs that she fears testifying in the presence of cameras.
#SenzoMeyiwatrial Media lawyer, Dan Rosengarten is now arguing. He argues that there is no evidence of the witness' safety being compromised, Judge Maumela says he must be realistic. @motso_modise
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