/ 2 November 2000

SIX STAND TRIAL FOR ROOSTER MURDER

THE case of six Mpumalanga men accused of hanging a suspected witch from a graveyard tree has been set for trial after being postponed eight times over the past year. The men allegedly hanged Simon “Killer” Magagula, 30, on December 26 last year after accusing him of bewitching roosters that pecked people and killed them. According to statements made to the police, four people died shortly after roosters pecked them. A sangoma allegedly fingered Magagula as being responsible for bewitching the roosters. – African Eye News Service