ALTHOUGH they have denied any involvement in Prince Lethukuthula Zulu’s death, the four women charged with his murder wanted to apologise to the royal family.
This is according to the evidence of accused four, Portia Mmola, who was on the witness stand in the South Gauteng High Court on Monday, 7 November.
Mmola said she and co-accused Tshegofatso Moremane, Gontse Thloele and Margaret Koaile asked one of the cops in their case, Colonel Mxolisi Nama, if it was possible to pen a letter of apology to the Zulu monarchy.
“The apology is not for the alleged murder, it is for the deceased’s family to sympathise with us and not to be angry with us and hear our side of the story,” she said.
Mmola also told the court that a prison warden at Sun City prison, where they are detained, claimed to be a member of the royal family and asked them to tell the truth.
She said: “We have since reported that to the captain.”
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Mmola said the captain told them he will search for the name of the prison warden and talk to him.
During a trial within a trial, Mmola denied giving a warning statement to Nama, but conceded that the contents of the statement were true.
State prosecutor Sifiso Khumalo showed Mmola the statement with her signature on it and she confirmed it was hers.
But Mmola said she doesn’t have an explanation for how her signature ended up on the statement taken by Nama.
She said: “I don’t deny it is my signature, but I didn’t give my statement to him.”
