Three suspects, who are charged with killing two women and threw their bodies in a pig’s enclosure, have appeared at the Mankweng Magistrate’s Court.
The three were arrested after police discovered the decomposed remains of two women at a farm in Sebayeng, near Polokwane, on Tuesday.
Maria Makgato and Locadia Ndlhovhu’s remains were found inside the pigsty after a man who was also shot and injured alerted the police.
The case of murder against the three has been postponed for profiling and further bail application.
The three suspects, Zacharia Olivier aged 60, William Musora aged 40 and 19-year-old Rudolf De Wit appeared briefly in court.
Police initially arrested Olivier, who owns the farm and De Wit who is the farm employee, on Tuesday.
Musora, who is a foreign national, was then apprehended on Wednesday.
Preliminary reports indicate that the remains of the two women were dumped inside the pig stalls.
The victim’s families are reeling in shock.
“We kept on asking about her whereabouts, on Tuesday she was found dead with gunshot wounds inside a pig enclosure. Her remains were kept with the pigs, so this is so painful to us, she left four children, it hurts, we have never seen something like this,” says relative Memory Mushayabasa.
“On Monday, the relatives of the deceased were called to come to the farm to check the situation which had just unfolded, they found the remains of their loved one in a pig’s enclosure, the pigs had already started consuming them, which points to the suspects wanted to dispose of the evidence,” says family member Charles Mogale.
The media has been instructed not to show the images of the suspects.
Investigations are still ongoing.
The defence is still consulting with the accused.
“Well, at this stage regarding the specialization in pigs, there is pig farming apparently but this like I also said I have not been able to confirm. The only people I have spoken to are some of his family members,” says lawyer Andries Rheeder.
The matter has been postponed to next week Friday.
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