MEC Violet Mathye has joined her counterpart from Social Development and the Minister of Social Development in the Republic, Ms Sisisi Tolashe, at the Mankweng Magistrate Court, for the bail application of Zachariah Olivier, Adriaan de Wet and William Musoro.

The trio are accused of the gruesome murders of Maria Makgato and Kudzai Ndlovu.

They also reportedly threw their remains into a pigsty, and fed their corpses to pigs.

Hundreds of community members clad in political parties regalia, are conducting demonstrations outside the Mankweng Magistrate Court, to register their opposition against the accused being granted bail