Two Kleinskool men pleaded guilty to a string of animal cruelty charges in the Gelvandale Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

Colin Nowenizo, 51, and Elfriedo du Plessis, 43, had tortured Meisie, a crossbred female dog snatched from her owner’s yard, before beating the dog repeatedly, crushing her skull and hanging her body from a pole in 2020...