Farm murders
KZN cops investigate after suspect killed trying to attack farmer
Police are searching for the second suspect.
Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetje Mahlamba made a brief appearance on Friday.
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.
Stefan Smit's widow handed herself over to police on Monday.
According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Karel Sait and Steven Damon are charged with house robbery, the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, assault and murder.
Detectives have made a breakthrough after tracking down the suspects at houses in Bellville south, Wynberg and Milnerton early on Thursday morning.
This emerged at a rural safety imbizo in Bethlehem on Thursday organised by Police Minister Bheki Cele.
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
Police Minister Bheki Cele held a rural safety imbizo in the Bethlehem community hall to address the issue of farm attacks and murders in the area.
Police Minister Bheki Cele returns to Bethlehem in the Free State for a rural safety imbizo dealing with farm attacks in the area.
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.
AfriForum's Ernst Roets said that farm murders still did not receive the necessary attention despite the president and Police Minister trying to reassure the country that the issue of rural crime was being taken seriously by authorities.
Pieter Hills was shot dead at his Swartpan farm just outside Hennenman in the Free State early on Friday.
Four suspects were arrested just hours after Pieter Hills and his son, Eddie, were attacked. Hills was shot in the head and his son stabbed in the back.
Many of the claims those who support the Put South Africans First movement make on social media and repeated at recent marches in Pretoria are inaccurate and often entirely false.
Newly elected Democratic Alliance (DA) federal council chairperson Helen Zille said that the country only had 40,000 farmers left to feed 57 million citizens, meaning that food security was under threat.
Rural communities will be able to contact the department directly if they feel they're under threat.
South Africa has been rocked by brutal killings at farms and protestors are now saying enough is enough, and that government must do more.
There has been a raging debate over the fate of South African farmers following invasions and killings across the country.