A white South African farm worker was accused of killing two black women and said he was forced to feed the pigs a body, lawyers said.
Adrian de Wet is one of three men facing murder while looking for food near Polokwane in northern Limpopopo province of South Africa last year.
Their bodies were then allegedly given to the pigs to apparently attempt to dispose of the evidence.
De Wet, 20, turned to state witnesses when the trial began Monday and said farm owner Zachariah Johannes Olivier shot and killed two women.
Ms. Makgato and Ms. Ndlovu are looking for the upcoming dairy products left for the pig when they are about to be killed.
According to the prosecutor and his lawyer, the farm’s supervisor, Mr. De Waite, will testify that he was coerced when he was forced to throw the body into the pig’s shell.
If the court accepts his testimony, all charges against him will be dropped.
The case sparked anger across South Africa and exacerbated racial tensions in the country.
Although the racist system over 30 years ago ended the racist system, this tension is particularly common in rural areas. Most private farmland is still in the white minority, while most farm workers are black and have poor salaries, which has caused dissatisfaction among the black population, and many white farmers complain about high crime rates.
William Musora, 50, is another farm worker and is the third defendant. He and Olivier, 60, have not entered the request and remained in prison.
The three also faced charges of murder, the husband of Ms. Endlov, who was with the woman on the farm, possessed an unlicensed gun and hindered justice for allegedly abandoning the body in a pig’s shell to cover up evidence.
Mr. Musora, a Zimbabwean national, faces additional charges against his status as an illegal immigrant in the South African immigration bill.
The Limpopo High Court was crowded with supporters and relatives of the victims before the lawsuit. And Mr. Olivier’s wife, who sat in the front row of the public gallery, could be seen wiped away tears.
Members of the opposition economic freedom fighters who had previously demanded the closure of the farms, also appeared in court.
The trial was postponed until next week.
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