Delay upsets Coligny family
Mosweu’s dad now hates whites since his child’s death
The family of a 16-year-old Coligny, North West, boy allegedly killed by two farmers was left disappointment by the latest delay in the case.
Yesterday the Coligny Magistrate’s Court postponed the murder case against Pieter Doorewaard and Phillip Schutte to allow the director of public prosecutions to make a decision on whether the case should be transferred to the high court. The delay was also meant to give police a chance to conclude their investigation in the matter that sparked violence in the small town after the duo’s arrest.
Yesterday Doorewaard and Schutte walked out of the court smiling without the heavy security they had in their previous appearances.
They are out on R5 000 bail each, a decision that sparked racial violence in the small farming town.
Saki Dingake, the father of the duo’s alleged victim Matlhomola Mosweu, said all he wanted was to see the two behind bars. He said he was disappointed that the state is taking a long time to wrap up the investigation.
“I don’t know what is the problem because all evidence leads straight to the two farmers. Seeing the people who killed my son walking freely is hurtful,” he said.
Dingake said he had started hating white people since his son’s killing.
“They did not apologise for what happened. It means that to them we are nothing.”
Last week the North West High Court in Mahikeng dismissed an urgent application for an appeal against a decision to grant bail to Doorewaard and Schutte. Acting Judge Daniel Matlapeng said the correct procedure was not followed in bringing the matter before him.
The appeal was brought by the National Prosecuting Authority who claimed that the bail granted to the duo by a lower court was set too low.
Meanwhile, Cosatu in North West said failure to complete the investigation against the two accused was disturbing.
The labour federation’s provincial spokesman, Job Dliso, said Mosweu’s case was one of many cases he described as racist in North West.
Magistrate Wikus van Loggerenberg postponed the case to August 7.