Limpopo pigsty double murder case: Bail applications postponed to October
The men are accused of shooting and killing Mariah Makgato and Kudzai Ndlovu and then dumping their bodies in a pigsty.
(From left right) Murder accused Zachariah Olivier, Adriaan De Wet and William Musoro appeared in the Mankweng Magistrates Court on 30 August 2024. Picture: Katlego Jiyane/EWN
MANKWENG - The three men accused in the Limpopo pigsty murder case will remain behind bars for the time being.
Their bail applications have been postponed to early October.
Zachariah Olivier, Adriaan De Wet, and William Musora were back in court on Tuesday.
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They are facing charges including murder and attempted murder, as well as defeating the ends of justice.
Musora also faces charges linked to contravening the Immigration Act.
The men are accused of shooting and killing Mariah Makgato and Kudzai Ndlovu and then dumping their bodies in a pigsty on Olivier’s farm in Sebayeng, just outside Mankweng.
The court in August granted Olivier access to a statement he made after his arrest that he wanted for purposes of bail, but the State is now trying to appeal, and so his application is on ice for now.
In the meantime, the case was on the roll on Tuesday for De Wet and Musora to make their applications. That’s now been postponed, though.
The Limpopo Director of Public Prosecutions said the applications would be conducted in terms of Schedule 6, and a direction that they be heard in the Regional Court.
The matter will resume on 2 October 2024 in the Polokwane Regional Court.
In the interim, the State has also requested further information about the court’s ruling in August for its appeal bid.
If that appeal bid has been concluded by the time the matter’s next in court, Olivier’s bail application could also go ahead then, but whether or not it will be, remains to be seen.