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Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, were allegedly shot while scavenging nearly-expired dairy

Farm worker Adrian de Wet says Zachariah Olivier ordered him to feed the bodies to pigs

Outrage has erupted across South Africa amid racial tension and inequality on rural farms

A 20-year-old South African farm worker has testified that he was forced to feed two women’s bodies to pigs after the farm owner allegedly shot them for stealing nearly-expired dairy left out as animal feed.

Adrian de Wet, testifying as a state witness at the Limpopo High Court, said his former boss, White farm owner Zachariah Johannes Olivier, fatally shot Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, on a farm near Polokwane on Aug. 17, 2024.

According to BBC News , the two Black women were allegedly

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