Kelly Khumalo cancelled from another gig amid Meyiwa murder trial

Singer Kelly Khumalo has been dropped from the Maseru Jazz Festival amid the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial.

Khumalo who was the former Bafana Bafana captain when he was killed at her home on 26 October 2014, was removed from the all-star line-up of the ‘A Tribute To Women’ festival. .

KELLY KHUMALO DROPPED FROM ANOTHER GIG

The Maseru Jazz Festival will take place on 24 September 2023 at the Maseru Park in Mafikeng, North West.

In a statement, the Maseru Jazz Festival management said they have noted comments on social media about Khumalo.

“The management of Maseru Park in the interest of our Jazz Festival we have taken the decision to relieve Kelly Khumalo of the obligation to perform at our festival, and we acknowledge that she is not guilty until proven so,” the management said.

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SINGER LINKED TO HITMAN ?

Recently, a cellphone data analyst and State witness Colonel Lambertus Steyn recently told the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria that one of the five men accused of killing Meyiwa, Fisokuhle Ntuli called the Bazokhuluma hitmaker on two occasions on 2 August 2014 and 15 October 2014. The first call was for close to two minutes and the other was one and a half minute.

Ntuli is a well-known hitman linked to six murders in KwaZulu-Natal and was sentenced to six life terms and 39 years in January 2022.

During cross-examination Steyn told the court that the number he said belonged to Ntuli was not registered under his name in terms of RICA.

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