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.
The pair are alleged to have stabbed and strangled Horner in October during what is believed to be a stock theft incident.
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
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.
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.
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.
Sekwetje Mahlamba was denied bail in the Senekal Magistrates Court on Thursday while his co-accused Sekola Matlaletsa was granted R5,000 bail.
Sekwetje Mahlamba has been denied bail in the Senekal Magistrates Court, while his co-accused, Sekola Matlaletsa, was released on R5,000 bail.
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.
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.
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.
Sekwetje Mahlamba and Sekola Matlaletsa were applying for bail in the Senekal Magistrates Court.
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
Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetja Mahlamba are applying for bail in the Senekal Magistrates Court.
The court is hearing a bail application from Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetja Mahlamba, who are accused of killing the 21-year-old farm manager.
The investigating officer in the case on Tuesday morning gave evidence in Sekwetje Mahlamba and Sekola Matlaletsa’s bail application.
Sekwetje Mahlamba and Sekola Matlaletsa were charged with the 21-year-old’s murder.
The murder of 21-year-old farm manager Brendin Horner has rocked Senekal and its neighbouring farms, heightening fear and racial tensions. But farmers say the problem is not one of race, but rather stock theft and murder. Eyewitness News spoke to two black farmers who explained that they were also affected by farm crime. #Senekal #BrendinHorner
