(10 Sep 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Limpopo, South Africa - 10 September 2024
1. Defendants arriving in courtroom
2. Wide of defence legal representatives addressing court
3. Wide of Minister of Women, Youth and People with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga in the gallery
4. Wide of family members of victims listening during court proceedings
5. Wide of the State Advocate Calvin Chauke during court proceedings
6. SOUNDBITE (English): Calvin Chauke, State Advocate:
“Zachariah Johannes Olivier, Andrian Rudolph de Wet, William Musora are to be charged with at least the following offenses. One, two counts of murder read with section 51, subsection 1 of Act 105 of 1997. Two, attempted murder read with Section 51, subsection 1, of Act 105 of 1997.”
7. Various of defendants before going back to holding cells
8. Wide of family members of victims talking after court is adjourned
9. SOUNDBITE (English): Lesiba Mashilo, District Police Commissioner:
“It was not immediately foreseeable that there might be dead bodies in the farm. Hence I'm saying, the victim spoke about him being shot at and others being assaulted. So when they are saying people are assaulted, you will definitely be able to say these are the people that've been assaulted, they will come back and report the matter.”
10. SOUNDBITE (English): Sindisiwe Chikunga, Minister of Women, Youth and People with Disabilities:
“It is brutal. It is wrong. It cannot be done. That is why we're concerned that, again, some sections of the community are not here. Because I think this is one thing, which require all of us, even other farmers, to come and say, 'not in our name.' They are not here. What must we believe? That if it is a farm dweller, it's okay? Because if it was a farmer, they would be here."
11. Various of protesters singing and chanting outside court, while holding placards
STORYLINE:
Three men in South Africa are accused of killing two women and feeding their bodies to pigs on their farm in a case that has outraged the public.
The men appeared in court Tuesday in the northern province of Limpopo. The state wants them to remain behind bars until their trial ends.
Farm owner Zachariah Johannes Olivier, supervisor Andrian Rudolph de Wet and employee William Musora face two counts of premeditated murder, one count of attempted murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm. Musora, a Zimbabwean national, also faces charges of being in the country illegally.
It is alleged that in August, a truck belonging to a dairy company dumped potentially expired goods at Olivier's farm, prompting the women, Locadia Ndlovu and Maria Makgatho, to trespass and try to collect the products.
Both were shot and killed. A man with them was injured and crawled to a nearby road to scream for help. He told police, who found the women's decomposed bodies in a pigsty.
Several political parties protested outside Mankweng Magistrates Court, calling for the men to be denied bail and face the harshest possible sentence. The South African Human Rights Commission called on the public not to take the law into their own hands in retaliation.
Violent crimes on South Africa's farms have been a concern for years, including the killing of farmers by criminals and farmers' abuse of workers.
The case will continue next month.
AP Video shot by: Sebabatso Mosamo
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