Judge Thokozile Masipa did the same for the lawyers on Thursday, urging them to make good use of the upcoming fortnight break for the Easter holidays.
In that spirit, here are a few questions that have been niggling me in recent days.
Tweet your thoughts and suggestions to @BBCAndrewH. I will be taking a week off and then focusing on South Africa's general election before returning to the hard benches of Courtroom GD on 5 May.

The annual Roald Dahl Funny Prize is to be relaunched in 2016 as part of the author's centenary celebrations.
Set up by former children's laureate Michael Rosen in 2008, the prize is intended to reward authors and artists of humorous children's books.
A spokesman for the Dahl Literary Estate said they looked forward to making the prize "even more impactful".
The prize was created as a joint enterprise between book charity Booktrust, the Roald Dahl literary estate and Rosen.
'Robust future'
"We are delighted with the success that the Roald Dahl Funny Prize has achieved in a fairly short amount of time," said Luke Kelly of Dahl & Dahl.
"The Prize has paid tribute to many fantastically talented, inventive and mischievous storytellers."
Booktrust boss Viv Bird said the prize had been a "phenomenal triumph" but she wanted to ensure "a robust future for this unique celebration of funny books".
Last year's winners, Simon Rickerty (Monkey Nut) and Jim Smith (I Am Not A Loser), received Â£2,500 each.

A white BMW 420 coupe struck the woman under a railway bridge on Bradford Road, Dewsbury at about 10:10 GMT, police said.
The road was closed for four hours, with a section of the nearby Lidl car park also cordoned off.
The arrested 21-year-old man remains in police custody for questioning.
Sgt Carl Quinn, of West Yorkshire Police, said: "Anyone who saw the collision or the manner in which the BMW was being driven prior to it, is asked to contact the major collision and enquiry team."

Victory over her Czech opponent would have put Konta in with a chance of breaking into the top 20 of the world rankings for the first time.
Novak Djokovic reached the last 16 of the men's singes with a 7-5 7-5 win over German Phillipe Kohlschreiber.
Rafael Nadal beat fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-0 7-6 (11-9).
Two-time champion Serena Williams defeated Kateryna Bondarenko 6-2 6-2 to earn a quarter-final with Simona Halep.
Both defence lawyer Barry Roux and prosecutor Gerrie Nel have made a habit of setting "homework" for the witnesses they are cross-examining at the murder trail of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius.
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A children's book prize inspired by Matilda author Roald Dahl has been put on hold for two years.
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a woman was run over near a supermarket in West Yorkshire.
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British number one Johanna Konta is out of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells following a 7-6 (7-2) 3-6 6-3 defeat by world number 19 Karolina Pliskova.