Sipho Mabena Cousins Musa Nene, 34 and Sifiso Thwala 39 were beaten to death, with the latter’s brother, Sthembiso (32) barely hanging to life to tell the grisly tale. The five accused appearing in the Piet Retief Magistrates court during their bail hearing in the case where the Coka brothers were shot and killed, 19 April 2021, Mkhondo, Mpumalanga. Picture: Jacques Nelles Three of the suspects arrested by Mpumalanga police in a dramatic swoop in Piet Retief on Friday in connection with the murder of two black farm dwellers in August, are the same men who were out on bail for the April murder of the Coka brothers. Cousins Musa Nene, 34 and Sifiso Thwala 39 were beaten to death, with the latter’s brother, Sthembiso (32) barely hanging to life to tell the grisly tale. Also Read: NPA mum over probe into double farm
Sipho Mabena The matter was raised more than a week ago during the appearance of five men accused of killing Coka brothers. Farm dwellers living on Greyling s Pampoenkraal farm in Mkhondo, Mpumalanga, 18 April 2021. Picture: Jacques Nelles National Prosecution Authority (NPA) in Mpumalanga is yet to explain the alleged lack of action in the killing of two farm dwellers in Mkhondo, despite a key witness who survived the attack. On the evening of 10 August last year, cousins Sthembiso, 32, Sifiso Thwala, 39, and friend Musa Nene, 34, were driving home from Daggakraal when their vehicle broke down on the dirt road next to Pampoenkraal Farm. Nomalanga Thwala, Sifiso’s younger sister, said the trio was busy trying to start the car when they were attacked by three white farmers. “They were tied up, put into a farm.