The two farmers were found guilty of murder, kidnapping and other charges
JOHANNESBURG — Two white South African farmers were sentenced to a combined 41 years in prison Wednesday for killing a black teenager whom they had accused of stealing sunflowers, bringing to a close a case that had inflamed tensions in a rural town and exposed the nation’s enduring racial divisions.
The two farmers — Pieter Doorewaard, 28, and Phillip Schutte, 35 — were found guilty of murder, kidnapping and other charges. Doorewaard was sentenced to 18 years in prison, and Schutte to 23 years. The killing prompted days of rioting and looting in the farming town, especially against white-owned businesses.
The courtroom was filled with members of the Economic Freedom Fighters, an opposition party that has long pushed for the expropriation of white-owned land without compensation. Pressure from the party, a spinoff of the governing African National Congress, has compelled the ANC to adopt a similar position under President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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