Brendin horner
Judge in Brendin Horner trial slams state’s 'inconsistent' and 'improbable' case
One of the men’s lawyers said they had received further instructions from the accused to institute legal action against the state.
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Brendin Horner: Defence seeks legal action for wrongful arrest
The state had conceded that there was not enough evidence to prosecute the men for murder but had continued to seek a conviction for stock theft.
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Accused in Brendin Horner murder case acquitted of all charges
The men were accused of killing 21-year-old farmer Brendin Horner and tying his body to a fence just meters away from the home he shared with his girlfriend last year.
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Brendin Horner murder: State’s key witness 'intimidated' after changing his tune
Boy Khambule was the State's key witness in its effort to solve the murder case as he claimed to have seen two men shortly after they allegedly killed the 21-year-old farm manager in the Free State.
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Brendin Horner: State says it has no murder, robbery case against accused
Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetje Mahlamba will only be charged with the theft of two sheep.
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Brendin Horner murder accused's alibi comes under scrutiny in court
The State has been riding on testimony by members of the public who claim to have heard Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetje Mahlamba bragging about killing Horner at a local tavern.
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Timeliness in Brendin Horner murder case heavily scrutinised
Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetje Mahlamba are accused of killing the 21-year-old farm manager and tying him to a fence in October last year.
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Key officers set to testify in Brendin Horner murder trial
The men accused of killing 21-year-old farm manager, Brendin Horner, will return to the Bethlehem High Court on Wednesday morning when their trial resumes.
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Brendin Horner murder case postponed again due to ‘outstanding issues’
Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetje Mahlamba made a brief appearance on Friday.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
