Civil rights organisation, AfriForum says it has decided to offer legal and other aid to Pieter Doorewaard and Phillip Schutte of Coligny, after the sole eyewitness in the murder case against them, Bonakele Pakisi, admitted that he had lied in court when testifying that he had seen them killing a teenager.
Afriforum CEO, Kallie Kriel says their offer follows a report in Sunday newspaper, Rapport that Pakisi had admitted to two people that he had lied in court and that his confession had been recorded.
He said his organisation would not only ensure that Doorewaard and Schutte would receive all possible assistance, but also that Pakisi would face criminal prosecution for perjury.
They were found guilty in October last year of the murder of 16 year old Matlhomola Jonas Mosweu, and were also convicted on charges of kidnapping, intimidation, theft and pointing of a firearm.
Mosweu died on the 20th of April 2017 after he was pushed from a moving van in the now infamous sunflower case.
The North West High Court has set down January 28 to 31 for sentencing procedures.
