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A South African farm worker has shockingly revealed to a court how his boss forced him to feed the bodies of two black women to pigs as a way to hide evidence. Adrian De Wet, 21, confessed to participating in the shooting of the women, later helping his employer, Zachariah Johannes Olivier, dispose of their bodies by throwing them into a pig enclosure. The incident took place near Polokwane in Limpopo province last year, bringing racial tensions to the forefront.

 

According to De Wet's testimony at Polokwane High Court, the victims, Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, were allegedly searching for food on the farm when they were shot. De Wet claimed he was under duress when he assisted in disposing of the bodies and had his murder charges dropped after becoming a state witness. The disturbing act of feeding the bodies to pigs emerged as a grim attempt by Mr Olivier and his associate, William Musora, to erase evidence of their crime.

 

Mr De Wet recounted the chilling details of the night, explaining how he and Mr Olivier armed themselves with hunting rifles and waited for intruders. Upon hearing voices, they fired, resulting in the deaths of the two women. He described returning to the crime scene the next day to find and dispose of the bodies, which were later devoured by pigs, leaving gruesome injuries as documented by court exhibits.

The trial has sparked outrage throughout the country, bringing longstanding racial tensions to light.

 

Despite apartheid ending 30 years ago, racial issues remain, particularly in rural areas where most farms are owned by white individuals, and where black workers often face poor pay and harsh conditions. The racial dynamics and lingering resentment have been exacerbated by this case, highlighting deep societal divides.

 

As the case continues, defence lawyers for Olivier and Musora are set to cross-examine De Wet next Wednesday. This trial serves as a stark reminder of the racial tensions persisting in South Africa, even decades after apartheid.

 

 

 

Key Takeaways:

 

• Adrian De Wet testified about disposing of bodies in a pigsty.
• The case has heightened racial tensions in South Africa.
• Cross-examination of the defendants will resume next Wednesday.
   

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from BBC 2025-10-10

 

 

 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

He described returning to the crime scene the next day to find and dispose of the bodies, which were later devoured by pigs, leaving gruesome injuries as documented by court exhibits.

 

Terrible. 

 

I'm surprised there was anything left at all.

 

Normally the pigs need to be starved for a couple of days to ensure they "complete the job".  

 

Obvious case of manslaughter. They were protecting their farm amid many cases of white farmers families being slaughtered by black robbers. They didn't target the women they shot in their direction.

Media & lawyers will always go for the racism angle to create news & fury...

I once worked on a farm in the early Spring in northern USA.  One of my jobs was to use a tractor to turn the manure pile over to get it composting.  It was a big pile of 💩 at the start, and it had reduced in size by about 70% within a couple of weeks.  Impressive.  But more impressive was how the composting process/heat disintegrated still born calves and lambs into nothing in the space of 2 or 3 days as I moved the pile across the yard.  I always thought the mafia might have found this process useful.

If only they had just offered the woman a meal and possibly an opportunity to work on the farm.  

On 10/10/2025 at 10:07 AM, webfact said:

Upon hearing voices, they fired, resulting in the deaths of the two women. He described returning to the crime scene the next day to find and dispose of the bodies, which were later devoured by pigs

OK, this gets the most gruesome story of the week award 🤢

On 10/10/2025 at 10:07 AM, webfact said:

explaining how he and Mr Olivier armed themselves with hunting rifles and waited for intruders.

 

I don't get this. 

 

Was it a case of a couple of trigger happy guys, having a beer outside in the dark, waiting and hoping to kill some people?

I have read fiction where pigs were used to get rid of evidence, but usually the bodies are reduced to small chunks first. 

Who knows why these white Africans thought killing blacks is so easy.

1 hour ago, Purdey said:

 

Who knows why these white Africans thought killing blacks is so easy.

 

We called this species colored

 

...Probably Happens More Often than We Want To Imagine ...(?)

 

On 10/10/2025 at 10:07 AM, webfact said:

According to De Wet's testimony at Polokwane High Court, the victims, Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, were allegedly searching for food on the farm when they were shot.

 

Sounds like they were stealing food under the cover of darkness.

 

I get it on my farm. Dogs start barking at 2am, bit of a commotion, look out the window and in the distance see the head mounted torches of the people stealing fruit etc. They are normally carrying knives/machetes "to cut the fruit", although the dogs have returned with some pretty nasty wounds at times, ears hanging off etc. They don't steal much and the weird thing is, if they asked for it we'd give it to them as we have plenty and often hand it out to locals anyway as we can't be bothered selling it. It would certainly cost us less than the vets bill for stitching the dogs back up. 

 

Given some of the horrific racially motivated tortures/murders of white farmers in South Africa under the "Kill the Boer" slogan I'd imagine they are pretty nervous about people coming onto their land uninvited.

 

I believe in the motto, "If it's not yours, don't take it". 

 

On 10/11/2025 at 12:13 PM, Tailwagsdog said:

They didn't target the women they shot in their direction.

Perhaps one day someone will shoot in your direction!

15 hours ago, JonnyF said:

I believe in the motto, "If it's not yours, don't take it". 

Don't think that motto applies to either food or poverty.

 

Canada has nutjobs, too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pickton