Senekal
Brendin Horner murder case postponed again due to ‘outstanding issues’
Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetje Mahlamba made a brief appearance on Friday.
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.
This is the second time AfriForum takes Julius Malema to court for the controversial song.
The pair are alleged to have stabbed and strangled Horner in October during what is believed to be a stock theft incident.
André Pienaar and Johannes Fourie were back in the dock on Friday for their role in enabling violent clashes between police and a group of farmers who stormed the court building in October.
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.
Julius Malema said that the EFF demanded that the authorities should not only go after certain individuals accused of corruption but must also focus on bringing criminal charges against the CEOs of banks who were found to have manipulated the rand's value among others.
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 has been denied bail in the Senekal Magistrates Court, while his co-accused, Sekola Matlaletsa, was released on R5,000 bail.
The DA has branded the EFF as 'instigators of violence and destruction', adding that the utterances were incredibly hateful.
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.