SA 'dry-cleaner' murder case row
Uproar erupted in a South African court on Tuesday as six people accused of killing three workers were given bail.

The "dry-cleaner" killings have acquired racial overtones and attracted intense attention in South Africa.

The white owner of a dry-cleaning business is among those accused of murdering three black employees.

Four of the accused were earlier denied bail. On Thursday, the magistrate said the state's case was not strong enough to withhold bail.

The bail announcement was greeted with shouting and jeering from a packed courtroom at the Vereeniging Magistrate's Court, about 60km south of Johannesburg.

"There is still apartheid and racism and I will teach my children to hate white people," said Dorothy Moeletsi, whose daughter, Constance, was among the victims.

Gruesome details of the killings published in the media have heightened public interest in the case.

The victims were allegedly placed in a large washing machine with cleaning chemicals, and later tied up and strangled at Protea Dry Cleaners in Vereeniging, on the night of 3 January.

Charl Colyn, the owner of Protea Dry Cleaners, his daughter Isabel, his son-in-law Jacques Smit, and a friend, Ruan Swanepoel, were each released on 5000 rand ($900) bail.

They had earlier been denied bail, and have been in custody for almost a month.

The other two accused, employees Samuel Mzizi and Jacob Dlamini, were released on R2000 bail each.

The case has been postponed until 7 March for further investigation.