Evidence of tavern shooting witness called into question

The testimony of a witness to a tavern shooting in which two people were killed has been called into question after he was unable to recall giving a second statement to police a year after the incident.

Testifying on behalf of the state in the trial against Melumzi Morrison, Yandisa Godongwana, 37, said he had seen Morrison holding a firearm in his hand moments after shots were fired in Kwa-Noluthando’s Tavern, Walmer township,  on November 17 2018...

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