On Tuesday Kobus Klaassen and his co-accused Johan Nel, 47, from Brandfort and Johannes Stephanus van der Westhuizen, 33, from Bothaville appeared at the Bloemfontein magistrate’s court.
This is in connection with the confrontation with two teenagers at the Maselspoort Resort and Conference Centre near Bloemfontein in December 2022. A video clip shared on social media captured part of the incident at the resort. It depicted the men ordering a black teenager out of the water, then hitting or shoving him back in, grabbing a child by the throat and pulling his hair as the fracas escalated.