East London police are on the hunt for a suspect involved in the murder of a 34-year-old farmer at the weekend. Darryl Richter, from the farm Waterfall just outside East London, succumbed to multiple stab wounds on the scene where he…
A 46-year-old farmer was found dead, bound in his wheelchair and with strangulation marks on his neck, at a Winterton farm in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday. The gruesome discovery of Neil McKay’s body is understood to have been made by his…
A farmer was shot dead and his son stabbed during a farm attack in Hennenman in the Free State, police said. The 56-year-old man and his 26-year-old son were attacked at their Swartpan farm in the early hours of Friday morning. Police…
One of the two men who were arrested in connection with the murder of a farm manager in the Free State has been granted bail. Sekola Matlaletsa was granted bail of R5,000, while his co-accused Sekwetja Mahlamba’s application was denied in…
Horner’s alleged killers’ blood samples ‘don’t match’ those found in his car The blood samples lifted from Brendin Horner’s bakkie do not match those of the two men accused of his murder. This revelation emerged during the bail…
“Why? Why didn’t they come and fetch me? I’m an old man.” These are the words of Robert Horner, father of slain Senekal farm manager Brendin Horner. Robert spoke to eNCA on Sunday and expressed his disgust at the murder of his son. He…
Five people have been take in for questioning regarding the brutal murder of a KwaZulu-Natal farm owner and his wife, the police said on Friday. Spokesperson Brig Jay Naicker said detectives from the provincial organised crime unit…
Road blocks and tight security encompassed Senekal, in the Free State, on Friday before the appearance of two men alleged to have killed farm manager Brendin Horner. On the outskirts of the small farming town, police officers stopped and…
The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has called for calm as members of the EFF, civil rights group AfriForum and local farmers are expected to descend upon the Senekal magistrate’s court in the Free State on Friday. This is ahead of the…
Pastors and Christians from various denominations gathered to pray for an easing of brewing racial tension and farm attacks in Senekal, Free State. There have been talks of protests on October 16 2020 when the men accused of killing local…
Police minister Bheki Cele visited the family of murdered farmer Brendin Horner in Paul Roux, Free State, to pay his respects on October 13 2020. He spent the afternoon at Meets Agricultural Union hall talking to farm workers on their…
Police minister Bheki Cele says he understands the arrest of suspects for the murder of farm manager Brendin Horner is cold comfort for his mourning family – and that more work on crime prevention is needed. Cele, accompanied by state…
Brendin Horner was found dead on the DeRots farm on October 2 2020. Free State police spokesperson Brig Motantsi Makhele said Horner had injuries to his head and face and was tied to a pole with a rope on his neck. A knife was seized at…
The murder of 21-year-old Free State farm manager Brendin Horner has outraged the agricultural community, who demanded justice on Tuesday when two suspects appeared in court. Horner was found dead on the DeRots farm on Friday. His body…
A 29-year-old man has been arrested for the murder of a KwaZulu-Natal couple at a farm in Normandien, near Newcastle. Glen Rafferty and his wife Vida were shot dead on the front porch of their farmhouse at the end of last month. Their dog…
