Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetje Mahlamba will only be charged with the theft of two sheep.
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.
Sekwetja Mahlamba and Sekola Matlaletsa are accused of killing the 21-year-old farm manager in Paul Roux last year.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
He's implicated in the rampage where the disgruntled group toppled and set a police van alight expressing outrage at the suspects who were arrested for killing farmer Brendin Horner.
Andre Pienaar escalated his bid last week after the Senekal Magistrates Court denied him bail.
