A white South African farm owner named Zachariah Olivier and two employees have been put on trial for the alleged murder of two black women in August last year. The women were reportedly looking for food on a farm in Limpopo province when they were shot dead. Later, their bodies were allegedly fed to pigs in an attempt to conceal evidence. The case has sparked outrage across the country, exacerbating racial tensions, which are particularly high in rural areas. This shocking incident has sparked outrage, highlighting the deep-seated racial tensions that persist in South Africa, more than three decades after the end of apartheid. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that South Africa is facing a "white genocide", but such incidents and the latest official crime figures paint a different picture.
