Cape Town – A Limpopo farmer, Zachariah Olivier, 60, and his two employees, Adriaan de Wet, 19, and William Musoro, 45, appeared briefly in court on murder charges after two women’s decomposed bodies were found in a pigsty on Olivier’s farm.
The suspects face charges including two counts of murder, attempted murder, possession of an unlicensed firearm, and defeating the ends of justice.
Musoro also faces charges of being in the country illegally.
“The suspects were arrested after the discovery of two decomposed women’s bodies in a pigsty on a farm in Sebayeng, outside Mankweng, on 20 August. The arrests followed a thorough investigation by the Provincial Tracking Team and Murder and Robbery Unit,” police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba said.
The case was postponed to August 30 for a formal bail application, he said.
The arrests followed a police investigation after one of the victims, Maria Makgato, went missing on the farm.
“The investigation began when a 45-year-old South African woman went missing after visiting the farm on 17 August, accompanied by a 35-year-old foreign national woman.
“Both women sustained gunshot wounds, and a 47-year-old foreign national man, who was with them, was also shot and hospitalised.”
Police investigations are ongoing.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
