Rustenburg - Two North West farmers accused of killing a teenage boy in Coligny appeared briefly in the North West High Court in Mmabatho on Wednesday.
The case against Pieter Doorewaard, 26, and Phillip Schutte, 34, was postponed to December 11, for another pre-trial conference.
The two face charges of murder, intimidation, kidnapping, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, theft and pointing of a firearm.
The state alleges the two killed Matlhomola Jonas Mosweu, 16, on April 20 at Scotland informal settlement in Coligny after accusing him of stealing sunflowers from their employer's field.
They claim they put Mosweu in the back of their bakkie with the intention of taking him to the police station, but he jumped out of the moving vehicle and broke his neck. He died on his way to hospital.
An eyewitness alleges Mosweu was pushed off.
The state further charged that the two accused intimidiated, kidnapped and stole the cellphone of the sole witness in the case. They allegedly also pointed a firearm at him.
Mosweu's death triggered violent mass protests that left a trail of destruction in the small maize growing town and divided the community into racial groups.
At least six houses and three trucks were set alight and several shops looted and damaged.
African News Agency