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FILE: Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetja Mahlamba, two suspects accused of murdering Brendin Horner at the Senekal Magistrates court on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

Brendin horner

Brendin Horner murder case postponed again due to ‘outstanding issues’

By Kgomotso Modise

Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetje Mahlamba made a brief appearance on Friday.

  • FILE: Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetja Mahlamba, two suspects accused of murdering Brendin Horner at the Senekal Magistrates court on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Suspects in Brendin Horner murder case expected back in court today

    Sekwetja Mahlamba and Sekola Matlaletsa are accused of killing the 21-year-old farm manager in Paul Roux last year.

    91 days ago
  • FILE: Farmers outside the Senekal Magistrates Court on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Brendin Horner murder, Brackenfell saga dredge up SA's ugly apartheid past

    Government has admitted that the state of race relations in the country remains fragile, with President Cyril Ramaphosa saying that while South Africa may have come a long way from the days of institutionalised racism, for many, reconciliation is something they are yet to experience.

    112 days ago
  • FILE: Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetja Mahlamba, two suspects accused of murdering Brendin Horner at the Senekal Magistrates court on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Brendin Horner murder thrusts farm attacks, stock theft into spotlight in 2020

    The Free State town of Senekal was rocked by racial tensions and protests in October, when farm manager Brendin Horner was killed in a planned stock theft crime.

    112 days ago
  • FILE: Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetja Mahlamba, two suspects accused of murdering Brendin Horner at the Senekal Magistrates court on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Duo accused of murdering Senekal farm manager Horner back in dock today

    The pair are alleged to have stabbed and strangled Horner in October during what is believed to be a stock theft incident.

    143 days ago
  • 'Why do the lives of black farmers not matter?' - Free State rural safety imbizo

    Police Minister Bheki Cele was in Bethlehem, Free State, for a ministerial rural safety imbizo with the farming community of Senekal, Bethlehem and other nearby areas on 12 November. #Senekal #BhekiCele #RuralSafety

    161 days ago
  • FILE: Police Minister Bheki Cele. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Cele set to return to Bethlehem for rural safety imbizo

    The minister’s visit follows a number of farm attacks over the past few months, including the killing of farm manager Brendin Horner outside Paul Roux.

    162 days ago
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    JUDITH FEBRUARY: Where might we find the redemption our country so needs?

    Ours is a country ill at ease with itself, with its social contract (such as it ever was) straining at the seams, writes Judith February.

    178 days ago
  • The DA's Federal Council Chairperson, Helen Zille atteneding the protests in Senekal on Friday 16 October 2020. Image: DA MP Dean Macpherson

    Zille: People cannot pigeonhole me into a racial category

    She's defended her presence in Senekal amid racial tensions two weeks ago ahead of the bail hearing for two suspects accused of killing farm manager Brendin Horner.

    179 days ago
  • FILE: Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetja Mahlamba, two suspects accused of murdering Brendin Horner at the Senekal Magistrates court on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Brendin Horner murder: Lawyers for one of accused wait for DNA results

    Sekwetje Mahlamba was denied bail in the Senekal Magistrates Court on Thursday while his co-accused Sekola Matlaletsa was granted R5,000 bail.

    182 days ago
  • FILE: Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetja Mahlamba, two suspects accused of murdering Brendin Horner at the Senekal Magistrates court on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Brendin Horner murder: Lawyers for Sekwetje Mahlamba to appeal bail decision

    Sekwetje Mahlamba has been denied bail in the Senekal Magistrates Court, while his co-accused, Sekola Matlaletsa, was released on R5,000 bail.

    182 days ago
  • Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetje Mahlamba, the two suspects accused of murdering Brendin Horner, appear at the Senekal Magistrates Court on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    No direct link to connect Sekola Matlaletsa to Brendin Horner's murder - court

    The court has granted Sekola Matlaletsa R5,000 bail while his co-accused Skwetje Mahlamba will stay behind bars as his bid has been denied.

    182 days ago
  • FILE: Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetja Mahlamba, two suspects accused of murdering Brendin Horner at the Senekal Magistrates court on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Brendin Horner murder: Bail denied for one suspect, granted to the other

    Sekwetja Mahlamba and Sekola Matlaletsa were charged in connection with 21-year-old Brendin Horner’s murder. His body was discovered tied to a pole earlier this month in Paul Roux.

    182 days ago
  • FILE: Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetje Mahlamba, the two suspects accused of murdering Brendin Horner, appear at the Senekal Magistrates Court on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Accused in Brendin Horner murder due in court for bail verdict

    The pair were charged in connection with 21-year-old Horner’s murder, whose body was discovered tied to a pole earlier this month in Paul Roux.

    183 days ago
  • FILE: Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetje Mahlamba, the two suspects accused of murdering Brendin Horner, appear at the Senekal Magistrates Court on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    State witnesses' credibility called into question in Brendin Horner murder case

    Sekwetje Mahlamba and Sekola Matlaletsa were applying for bail in the Senekal Magistrates Court.

    184 days ago
  • DNA disparity as Senekal murder suspects back in court for bail hearing

    Sekwetje Mahlamba and Sekola Matlaletsa, the men accused of murdering 21-year-old farm manager Brendin Horner, returned to court on Tuesday for their bail hearing. #Senekal #BrendinHorner

    184 days ago
  • FILE: Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetja Mahlamba, two suspects accused of murdering Brendin Horner at the Senekal Magistrates court on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    DNA results, other evidence can't link Mahlamba to Horner murder, says defence

    Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetja Mahlamba are applying for bail in the Senekal Magistrates Court.

    184 days ago
  • Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetje Mahlamba, the two suspects accused of murdering Brendin Horner, appear at the Senekal Magistrates Court on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    DNA sample from Brendin Horner vehicle not a match for one suspect, court told

    The court is hearing a bail application from Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetja Mahlamba, who are accused of killing the 21-year-old farm manager.

    184 days ago
  • FILE: Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetja Mahlamba, two suspects accused of murdering Brendin Horner at the Senekal Magistrates court on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Brendin Horner murder: Court hears State witness received death threats

    The investigating officer in the case on Tuesday morning gave evidence in Sekwetje Mahlamba and Sekola Matlaletsa’s bail application.

    185 days ago
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