Bail approval for farmer accused of killing KZN teen postponed

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Published Oct 6, 2021

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DURBAN - A KWAZULU-NATAL farmer who is accused of shooting and killing a 17-year-old boy on a farm at Glencoe a week ago will know next week whether he will get bail or not.

Gareth Simpson, 68, appeared in the Glencoe Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for a bail application. The case was postponed to October 14.

He was making his second appearance after he was arrested and appeared in the same court last week.

He is facing a murder charge after he allegedly shot and killed Qiniso Dlamini at the farm last week.

It is alleged that Dlamini was collecting cows belonging to his family when he was shot in the abdomen. He died at the scene.

Simpson is also charged with the unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition.

Doctor Dlamini, a relative of the deceased, said all the family wanted was to see justice.

Dlamini said the only thing that would heal their hearts would be to see the perpetrator serve a long sentence.

He urged the government to expedite the expropriation of land without compensation so that they could live freely in their land of birth. Dlamini said the farm where they live had belonged to a farmer who now lives in the Free State and had sold it to another farmer. They were opposed to the sale because they wanted the land to be returned to them.

In April this year, four Mpumalanga farmers who were suspects in the murder case of two brothers appeared in the Mkhondo (Piet Retief) Magistrate’s Court.

The farmers are accused of shooting and killing two brothers, Zenzele and Amos Coka, on the Pampoenkraal farm. The two brothers were allegedly part of a group of farm dwellers who went to seek employment as they were seasonal farm workers. The incident caused a public outcry.

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