IRR writer and analyst Gabriel Crouse reports from Mkhondo (Piet Retief) on the bail appearance of four farmers charged with the murders of Amos and Zenzele Coka on a farm in the district on 9 April.

Gabriel Crouse reporting from Mkhondo
Part of the crowd of demonstrators outside the court this morning.

After a protester threw rocks over the barbed-wire cordon at the police and journalists, police fired one round of tear gas and advanced, forming a human blockade. A white police officer was singled out by a demonstrator who shouted: ‘V.k off, jou white racist.’ The police line held as it retreated to the barbed wire surrounding the court.

A stone thrown from the crowd is visible in flight in the top right of the photo.

[Images and footage by Gabriel Crouse]

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Gabriel Crouse is Executive Director of IRR Legal, and is a Fellow at the Institute of Race Relations (IRR). He holds a degree in Philosophy from Princeton University.