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Mahlamba, 32, had taken the stand and told the court that he had no idea how he had been linked to Horner’s murder.
He told the court that on the night Horner was murdered, he, Mahlamba, had spent the entire night in the company of his girlfriend.
The bloodstained clothes found in his home, he said, were dirty when he slaughtered a sheep during a traditional ceremony in September.
Co-defendant Matlaletsa, 44, chose not to take the stand.
Instead, he defended his case through an affidavit in which he decided not to touch on the merits of the case.
He said he intended to plead not guilty.
Farmers outside the courthouse accused the government of failing to protect them from violent crime, while EFF members are present he had heard the call of the passionate leader Julius Malema to come out in “defense” of democracy and public property.
This was after protests against farm killings during the suspects’ initial appearance earlier this week ended in a police van that overturned and burned.
“We’re getting tired of all the farm killings now,” said Geoffrey Marais, 30, a cattle trader from Delmas, where a woman was strangled to death two weeks ago.
“Enough is enough.
“They [the government] it must begin to prioritize these crimes ”.
The police separated the two groups with barbed wire on a street, and despite the noisy confrontation, there was no violence.
EFF supporters shouted “shoot, shoot, shoot” and some EFF supporters also threw stones, bricks and empty beer bottles at cyclists trying to pass the main Senekal road.
“There have been signs of tensions, but in general all [rival groups] made the decision that they didn’t want to see violence.
“That’s a good thing,” State Security Minister Ayanda Dlodlo said outside the court.
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