US EditionBodies Fed to Pigs: Accused Walks Free to Testify in Limpopo Double Murder Trial
POLOKWANE, LIMPOPO, SOUTH AFRICA, AUG 7 – Adrian de Wet, 20, will testify against farm owner Zachariah Olivier in a trial linked to racial tensions after charges against him were dropped, prosecutors said.
- A trial opened on Monday near Polokwane in Limpopo province over the fatal shooting of two Black women whose bodies were fed to pigs last year.
- The trial follows charges against a white farm owner and two employees, with one worker, Adrian de Wet, released after agreeing to testify under duress claims.
- Family members of the victims voiced their anger over the charges against de Wet being dropped, viewing it as a failure to achieve justice amid the ongoing racial tensions in South Africa.
- De Wet, aged 20, will testify that farm owner Zachariah Olivier forced him to dispose of bodies in the pig enclosure, asserting he acted under duress.
- The case has fueled widespread public uproar and race-related resentment, while the trial is set to resume on October 6 to continue proceedings.
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'Put Him in Jail Forever': White South African Farm Worker Who Wept In Court Says Boss Forced Him to Feed Black Women's Bodies to Pigs
A white South African farm owner and his two employees are now on trial after being accused of fatally shooting two Black women last year, then feeding their bodies to pigs. Maria Makgatho, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, were shot to death last August while they were looking for food on a pig farm belonging to 60-year-old Zachariah Johannes Olivier in the northern province of Limpopo. According to the BBC, Makgatho and Ndlovu sneaked onto the farm af…
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One of the defence lawyers in the killing of two women whose bodies were fed to pigs at a farm at Onverwacht, outside Polokwane in Limpopo, has welcomed the withdrawal of charges against his client. Former accused number two, Rudolf de Wet, had charges against him dropped after turning into a state witness. Pig farmer Zacharia Olivier and employee William Musora allegedly shot and killed Maria Makgato and Kudzai Ndlovu on a farm in August last y…
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