COKA BROTHERS: FARMERS OUT ON BAIL! Bulelwa Ginindza
Comments The five men accused of murder were granted bail by the Piet Retief Magistrates court. Photo: Bulelwa Ginindza.
THE four farmers and a farmworker charged with the murder of the Coka brothers have each been granted R10 000 bail.
Daniel Malan (38), Cornelius Greyling (26), Othard Klingenberg (58), Michael Steynberg (31) and Zenzele Yende (48) were given bail by the Piet Retief Magistrates Court on Friday, 30 April.
The five face charges of kidnapping, two counts of attempted murder, two counts of murder and defeating the ends of justice. They were arrested on the day of the incident on 9 April.
They were arrested in connection with the killing of brothers, Zenzele and Mgcini Coka.
Zakhele, the deceased s older brother, disputes what the accused have told the court.
Zakhele Coka, whose brothers, Zenzele and Mgcini, were shot and killed during an altercation at Pampoenkraal Farm on 9 April, wants to know why the accused were in possession of guns on the day.
The older brother claims the version given to the court by the accused was not a true reflection of what happened.
He was in the Piet Retief Magistrate s Court in Mkhondo, Mpumalanga, on Monday when Danie Malan, Orchard Kligenberg, Cornelius Greyling, Ignitius Steinberg and Senzele Yende applied for bail.