The matter was postponed for the bail application of accused number 1 Sekwetje Mahlamba who is set to petition the court on new facts. 

This, after the state's DNA results do not prove Mahlamba's and accused number 2 Sekola Matlaletsa's presence on the crime scene, according to their defense lawyer. 

Mahlamba, who along with his co-accused faces charges of robbery, murder, and stock theft, was previously denied bail by Magistrate Deon van Rooyen and High Court Judge Celeste Reinders, owing to the state's argument that it had a prima facie case. The case has now been postponed to 22 June where a new magistrate will preside over the bail proceedings.

The duo was nabbed in October 2020, following the discovery of Horner's body which was tied to a pole near Fateng Tse Ntsho, at Paul Roux, with stab wounds to his head, shoulders, and hands.

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