Ventersdorp - The trial of two men accused of killing right-wing leader Eugene Terre’Blanche is expected to get under way on Monday in Ventersdorp.
Rumours of an application for a postponement by the defence could not be officially confirmed. The trial was set down for a week.
On Friday, the National Prosecuting Authority made it clear that there would be no separation of trial.
“For the proceedings they will appear together in the same court but in terms of the legislation they will be tried under different acts, one for the adult and one for the minor...There will be no separation of trial,” spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga said.
The two had previously appeared separately.
Media houses wanting access to the trial would have to apply but there was a shortage of space, he said.
Renovation had been carried out on the dilapidated Ventersdorp Magistrate's Court since the last court appearance.
The repainted white and green building was now surrounded by a high white picket fence and an adjoining High Court.
Chris Mahlangu, 28, and his 15-year-old co-accused stand accused of murdering the AWB leader in April at his farmhouse.
The court heard that Terre'Blanche had been struck with such force with an iron bar that his jaw was broken and the bone had pierced his tongue.
Initial reports was that Terre'Blanche sustained 28 injuries, but according to a medical summary disclosed on June 10, he had seven.
Mahlangu was released in July on R5 000 bail but re-arrested in October after a Pretoria High Court judge said the magistrate in Ventersdorp had made “incomprehensive findings” in his awarding of bail.
The judge found that Mahlangu was a flight risk. - Sapa