Three men in South Africa have been accused of killing two women and feeding their bodies to pigs on their farm.
The men, identified as Zachariah Johannes Olivier, Andrian Rudolph de Wet, and William Musora, appeared in court on Tuesday in the northern province of Limpopo. They face charges of premeditated murder, attempted murder, and possession of an unlicensed firearm. Musora, a Zimbabwean national, also faces charges of being in the country illegally.
According to the prosecution, the women, Locadia Ndlovu and Maria Makgatho, were shot and killed in August after they trespassed on the farm to collect potentially expired goods that had been dumped there. A man who was with them was injured and managed to escape and call for help. The women's decomposed bodies were later found in a pigsty.
The case has sparked outrage in South Africa, with several political parties protesting outside the court and calling for the men to be denied bail and face the harshest possible sentence. The South African Human Rights Commission has also urged 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.
