South Africa pig farm murders: Limpopo farmer and co-accused in court for bail hearing

A Limpopo farmer and his co-accused have appeared in the Mankweng Magistrate’s Court to apply for bail. They allegedly killed two women and fed their bodies to the pigs. Newzroom Afrika reports that Zachariah Olivier, 60, and his two employees, Adriaan De Wet, 19, and William Musoro, 45, are accused of murdering two women and feeding their remains to pigs. They face multiple charges, including two counts of premeditated murder and attempted murder.

According to Sowetan Live, Olivier, who owns Onverwacht farm near Kotishing village in Limpopo’s Sebayeng policing area, along with De Wet and Musoro, were apprehended following the discovery of the decomposing bodies of Maria Makgato, 47, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, in a pigsty. The victims were found with bullet wounds.