Coligny protests
'Even if they die in jail, it’s fine, they killed my child'
On Wednesday, the high court in the North West found Pieter Doorewaad and Philip Schutte intentionally pushed Matlhomola Moshoeu off a moving van, accusing him...
Pieter Doorewaard and Philip Schutte allegedly caught 16-year-old Matlhomola Moshoeu stealing sunflowers from a farm in April.
The case against Pieter Doorewaard and Phillip Schutte, who are accused of killing Matlhomola Moshoeu in April, was today postponed to August.
Hundreds of EFF supporters from the small North West town marched to the police station on Friday.
Hundreds of EFF members have started their march on the police station chanting struggle songs.
Matlhomola Moshoeu’s father Saki Dingake says he and the boy’s mother now live in fear and ensure they don’t roam around at night.
EFF's Papiki Babuile says they want the NPA to fast-track the appeal and for the government to put a hold on the programme.
The two farmers implicated in the teen’s murder Pieter Doorewaad and Phillip Schutte were granted bail, which resulted in public violence in Coligny.
Calm has seemingly been restored in Coligny following the protests that saw shops looted and houses set alight.
Community members torched three houses after two farm workers accused of killing a 16-year-old boy were granted bail.
The committee says it will expedite the process to provide visible improvements in the housing sector following protests in southern Johannesburg.
Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo says President Jacob Zuma will return to the Vuwani area to hold talks with the community.
Angry community members set three houses alight protests, with some children taking part.
Community leaders have managed to calm the protest action in Coligny following lengthy negotiations but tensions are still running high.
Matlhomola Moshoeu's father broke down after the magistrate granted his son's alleged murders bail, calling it unfair.
North West Public Safety MEC says a Reconciliation, Healing and Renewal Forum will try to ensure everyone's rights are protected.
NW public safety MEC Mpho Motlhabane has told the community that they feel the decision to grant the men bail is unjust.
The meeting was held at the local police station in an effort to contain the violent protests which flared up on Monday.
Protests broke out in the area on Monday after two farmworkers accused of the death of a 16-year-old boy were granted bail.