The two men accused of raping and murdering Anene Booysen appeared briefly in the Bredasdorp Regional Court before the case was postponed.
|||Cape Town - The two men accused of raping and murdering Anene Booysen appeared briefly in the Bredasdorp Regional Court this morning before the case was postponed.
Jonathan Davids and Johannes Kana are both in custody in connection with the incident that shocked the country.
Seventeen-year-old Anene was raped and mutilated and died shortly after identifying one of her alleged attackers.
The State asked the court to postpone the case as it was awaiting forensic analysis as well as cellphone records.
Community members and relatives of the accused packed the small courtroom this morning.
Outside, the road leading to court was cordoned off.
Nearby, members of Tehillah, a drug rehabilitation centre, stood brandishing posters which read “Bredasdorp Tehillah cares”.
Chief executive of Tehillah Magda Kleyn said the community should stand together. “We are here with the message that the community should stand together. We can make a difference. The community is filled with drugs and drug lords and we want to put them out.”
Tehillah is in the process of establishing a substance abuse outpatient clinic in the small town.
The case has been postponed to May 21.
Cape Argus