Mr Doorewaard was jailed for at least 18 years and Mr Schutte for at least 23. REVOLTThe judge paused as his comments were translated into Afrikaans, the language often spoken by white farmers in South Africa. CASES COMMONRacially charged incidents between white farm owners and managers and poor black farmhands are common in South Africa. In 2016 two white farmers in eastern Mpumalanga province forced into a coffin a black man they accused of trespassing. Judge Hendricks said in mitigation of Mr Doorewaard and Mr Schutte's sentences that "there was no direct intention to kill the deceased".

Source: Daily Nation March 06, 2019 13:07 UTC