Mpumalanga farmer Cornelis Johannes Uys and his 23-year-old son Cornelis Johannes Albertus Uys will continue their bid for freedom on Tuesday.
The pair were arrested a week ago in connection with trafficked labourers from Mozambique.
On Monday 60-year-old Johannes Uys and his son Albertus Uys appeared for a bail hearing in the Belfast Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges related to human trafficking.
They appeared with their co-accused – Mozambican brothers – 34-year-old Carlos Bernardo Guambe and 32-year-old, and Gabriel Bernardo Guambe who are both accused of being in the country illegally.
Police investigations revealed that the accused brought people from Mozambique illegally into South Africa.
The trafficked persons had to cross a river to get to the South African side before taking a taxi to Lydenburg.
Allegations are that Albertus Uys and one of the brothers accused of human trafficking allegedly met with the taxi driver and paid him before the trafficked persons were released.
The trafficked persons were then taken to a farm owned by Cornelis Johannes Uys, where they were allegedly put to work.
However, investigations into human trafficking in the area led law enforcers to a farm, where 39 people were found to have been trafficked for labour purposes.
Seven women, nine children – under the age of five – and 23 adult males were rescued from a farm in Dullstroom, in Mpumalanga, during a multidisciplinary operation by members of Nelspruit Serious Organised Crime, Flying Squad, Department of Labour and Home Affairs.
On Monday the bail hearing for the farmer Cornelis Johannes Uys and his son Albertus Uys was adjourned Tuesday.
However, the bail hearing of the Guambe brothers, who were also charged with breaching the immigration Act, was abandoned.
Their matter was postponed to 18 July 2022 for an interpreter and plea.
