🇿🇦 Race Tensions Reignited in South Africa as White Farm Worker Claims Women Were Fed to Pigs Under Duress

 

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Court hears chilling testimony as murder trial begins in Limpopo, with accusations of racial violence and forced corpse disposal fueling national outrage.

Zig Diaries World News
Date: Monday, 4th August 2025
Time: 14:50 WAT
Location: 📍 Polokwane, South Africa

Trial begins in racially charged farm murder case that has sparked public fury and revived debate over land, inequality and justice in South Africa.

A white South African farm worker, Adrian de Wet, has claimed he was forced to dispose of two murdered black women by feeding their bodies to pigs — a statement that has shocked the nation and rekindled racial tensions in the rural heartlands of Limpopo.

De Wet, 20, turned state witness as the trial commenced on Monday at the Limpopo High Court. He is one of three men charged with the murder of Maria Makgato (45) and Lucia Ndlovu (34), who were reportedly searching for discarded food when they were shot dead in 2024 near Polokwane.

The women were allegedly collecting expired dairy products left for pigs when the farm owner, Zachariah Johannes Olivier, 60, allegedly shot them. De Wet, who was a farm supervisor at the time, told the court he was acting under duress when Olivier ordered him to throw the women’s bodies into the pig pen to destroy the evidence.

Both the prosecution and his lawyer say De Wet’s cooperation may lead to all charges against him being dropped if the court accepts his account.

A third suspect, William Musora, 50, a Zimbabwean national and fellow farm worker, is also facing charges alongside Olivier. In addition to murder, the men are accused of attempted murder — after reportedly opening fire on Ndlovu’s husband — as well as possession of an unlicensed firearm and defeating the ends of justice.

Musora is also facing immigration-related charges under South Africa's Immigration Act, due to his alleged undocumented status.

The case has drawn intense public scrutiny, with the Limpopo courtroom filled with relatives of the deceased, supporters, and members of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), who have previously called for the farm to be shut down.

The brutal killings and alleged cover-up have reignited long-standing tensions over land ownership, racial inequality, and justice in South Africa — where the majority of farmland remains under white ownership, while the workforce is largely black and underpaid.

Despite the official end of apartheid more than three decades ago, the legacy of systemic racism continues to permeate rural life, often surfacing in violent and disturbing ways.

The trial has been postponed to next week.

🏷️Tags: South Africa, Limpopo murder case, racial violence, farm killings, EFF, justice
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