Attachment 15 The Silent Genocide of The Boer Nation in South Africa Continued Repaired

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Attachment 15:
The silent genocide of the Boer Nation in South Africa continued.
Section C The physical war against the Boer Nation. Part D Descriptions of attacks on the lives of whites in southern Africa. Where excessive violence is used to perpetrate a crime, it is hate crime. Excessive violence is where more force is used than required for the attackers to achieve their goal such as stealing an object. A victim can be put out of any action of defending themselves merely by being tied up, or by receiving a single gunshot wound in the arm or leg. Most attacks on White South Africans are on the elderly by gangs of Black members. The attacks we note are by no means all the attacks in the year we mention, but contain information pertinent to our study, such as age of the victim, intensity of the violence used, and value of goods stolen, if noted. Our information is based on newspaper articles in the social media, as well as on information taken from court cases published in the media, of Black on White crime. We could not find any reports of White on White, nor White on Black, hate crime which involved physical assaults, torturing or murder, where the attackers broke into the homes of their victims, neither cases wherein the attackers were not very well acquainted with their victims. Taken from the same media sources, we find hardly any attacks pre 1993 in rural areas and pre 2002 in urban areas. We also find that in most cases, women are raped, but for their privacy, it is seldom mentioned. Please note that where possible, we add the title of media articles pertaining to the cases we offer at the bottom of each case, underlined. The dates of media reports may not correspond to the actual date of the attacks. We are listing the following attacks dating back to the earliest records of such attacks which we could find on the lives of Whites by Blacks since 1985 to show the intensity of emotion evident through the excessive violence used on unsuspecting and unarmed victims.
1985 PIETERSE Piet was tortured, dragged behind a vehicle for 30 meters and beaten to death with a crowbar on the farm Myrtle, Senekal. 1 Jan 1985. Landbou Unie, Waterberg Distrik. info@waterbergdlu.co.za
1986 1992, no records were discovered.
Attachment 15 Section C, part D
1993 ALBERTS Tommie, male aged 43 AND his mother, Sankie aged 82, were attacked by an armed gang of 2 men. Tommie was inside his lounge where he was shot to death through the window with an AK47, and then Sankie was assaulted and robbed. Leeufontein plot, Pretoria. 24 May 1993. BAETTLER August, male aged 26, died during the attack inside his home where he was shot in the leg and head before his house was set alight. Zwavelpoort smallholdings, Pretoria. 2 Nov 1993. BENADE Tjaart, male aged 66, AND his wife Sue aged 57, were attacked on their farm. Tjaart was hacked to death, and Sue had been throttled to death. Their corpses was found in the pumphouse. Farm Uitspan, Meyerton. 13 July 1993. BLOM Jacob Jochemius Cornelius Ghemi, male aged 70, was stabbed to death during an attack by an armed gang of 2 men. Ghemi also suffered stab wounds in the stomach and chest. His wife, Bettie, who had hidden in the pantry, was not harmed. Farm FraaiUitzicht, Senekal. 25 May 1993. BORNMAN Johan aged 70 was sitting on his verandah at around 20:00. When he went into the kitchen, his dogs started barking frantically. Upon his return to the front door, he was attacked by a gang of three men. One attacker kept the dogs at bay while the other two beat Johan with kierries (traditional weapons made from wood, shaped like a walking stick but with a large ball-like club head) over his head and entire body, demanding money and firearms. They took his pick-up van keys from his pocket, dragged him through the house while threatening to murder him, and beat him again. While his attackers were rummaging through the house, Johan was able to get hold of his shotgun and they ran away looting his clothes and keys. Sameloop farm, Hobhouse (near Lesotho border). 19 Jan 1993 http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/1993/01/21/4/14.html BREDENKAMP James Milne, male aged 42, died from an attack on his farm during which he suffered head injuries and was tied up. Louwater, Vaalrivier, Sasolburg. 18 June 1993. BRITS Anna Elizabeth Charlie, widow aged 65, was murdered inside the home of her daughter during the morning. Her corpse was found on the floor of the main bedroom by her daughter and son-in law at lunch time. The hands and feet were tied up, and a sock had been pushed into the mouth. A piece of cloth was wound tightly around her neck. A video machine, hand gun and jewellery box was stolen. Secunda. 4 Feb 1993. http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/1993/02/5/1/3.html
CARSTENS Johannes Christian, male aged 64, AND his wife Hester Jakoba Magdalena aged 55, were attacked by a gang armed of 2 men with a bayonet and a butchers knife. The couple both sustained serious injuries. Johannes received deep wounds to his neck, right arm and leg. Farm Hollandsdrif between Pietersburg and Potgietersrus. 17 May 1993. CROUS Sebastian Basjan, farmer aged 60, AND his wife Johanna, aged 53, were attacked by an armed gang. Basjan was shot to death, and Johanna sustained serious head injuries. Farm Rietpoort, between Vredefort and Viljoenskroon. 20 Aug 1993. CROUS Jannie, male aged 62, was attacked by an armed gang of 2 men and stabbed to death. Farm Moerbeidal, Kroonstad. 19 Oct 1993. DAVEL Gert, male aged 63, was attacked inside his home, tied up and strangled. Brits. 2 May 1993. DAVIES Henry, male aged 42, was murdered during an attack where he was stabbed inside his homestead which was also set alight. Farm Kafferskraal, Badplaas. 6 Sep 1993. DERCKSEN Catharina Magdalena, female aged 45, was attacked by 2 men and throttled. Farm Doornspruit, Elim, near Louis Trichardt. 5 July 1993. DREYER Albertus aged 40 AND his wife Cornelia aged 37 AND their daughter Johlene aged 12 AND their son Kerneels aged 17, were attacked inside their home at around 03:00 by a gang of black men armed with pangas and knives. They locked kernels inside his room before they entered the main bedroom where the rest of the family were asleep. Albertus woke up to see four men with pangas and knives, glistening in the dark, standing in front of the bed. Wordlessly they attacked the couple who were still half asleep, slashing and stabbing at their bodies. During the attack one man shouted: Sorry, we do not really want to hurt you, and another said:It is mandelas fault that we have to do these things. Johlene was also assaulted and brought through to her parents room, where their hands and feet were tied up. When Cornelia saw the wire in the attackers hands, she thought they were going to be strangled. She grabbed her daughter and squeezed her tightly against herself. He grabbed her wrist, which had been injured during the attack, and tied wire around it. She yelped from pain and he apologised, then grabbed her other wrist and tied that to her daughters arm. T he gang loaded various items onto the family pick-up van with which they fled the scene. One of the gang members unlocked the bedroom door of Kerneels before they left. If it was not for this, the family would have bled to death. The police managed to apprehend four of the attackers during which one of them shot himself with a gun taken from the Dreyer residence. They are still searching for the 5th gang member. Albertus was wounded in the chest, nek and thigh. The blade of a butchers knife broke off in his leg and had to be
removed. Cornelia and Johlenes faces have been permanently scarred by wounds inflicted from the panga attacks. Wildebeeskraal, Burgersfort. 28 Jan 1993. http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/1993/01/29/1/9.html http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/1993/02/25/9/12.html DU PLESSIS Christopher Jacobus, male aged 41, was murdered during an attack during which he was robbed, and stabbed in the neck, chest, back and legs. Vaalview plot, Vanderbiljpark. 18 April 1993. DU PLESSIS Marietjie aged 57 AND her mother Mrs Soes Pieters aged 86, were raped and stabbed to death inside their home during the night by a gang of at least 3 men. The attack had been planned as the telephone wires had been cut. It appeared that Marietjie was ambushed as she walked into the passage after the attackers had forced open a lounge window. Her corpse was found face down on the bedroom floor with many stab wounds to the upper body. Her bedclothes were blood stained and the room was dishevelled and strewn with clothes. During the trial, one of the defendants admitted that he was proud that he had killed apartheid by killing the dogs. He said that two men had stabbed marietjie to death, and three men had stabbed Soes to death. Farm Zoar, Brandfort. 4 Feb 1993 http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/1993/02/5/1/3.html http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/1993/02/23/7/14.html LAUTERBACH Karl, male aged 66, AND his wife Hester aged 65, were ambushed as they arrived home on their farm. Karl was hit over the head and robbed of 6 guns before the couple were kidnapped in their own car. About 40km along the road, Karl was forced out of the car and shot in the left side of his chest. The corpse of Hester was found with three gunshot wounds close to where Karl had been shot. Waterval, Greytown. 3 Nov 1993. LINDEQUE Barend Gerhardus aged 73 AND his wife Miriam aged 68 were attacked inside their home at around 17:30 by a gang of at least 3 men. Barend was stabbed and shot in the throat. Miriam was shot on the chin. Their domestic servant heard the shots and went to investigate. She came upon their corpses in the lounge. Lamont Park holding 11, Vanderbijlpark. 23 Feb 1993. http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/1993/02/24/4/8.html MEYER Pieter Schalk, male aged 75, was beaten to death with an iron pipe. His corpse was found in a ditch near his house. Farm Kranspoort, Ermelo. 7 Aug 1993. MITCHELL Reginald aged 60, was followed home by a gang of men in a pick-up van at around 13:00. On his farm they asked him if he sold peaches before they attacked him. Reginald pulled out his firearm but it would not shoot. While they were wrestling, his wife Elizabeth aged 58, arrived home in her car. The gang opened fire on the couple, hit Reginald on the head, grabbed his weapon and fled the scene in their van. Reginald
jumped in his car and tried to follow them, but they raced away. Upon his return home, he discovered that Elizabeth had been shot in the head. She died on the scene. Farm Modderfontein, Cardoville, Westonaria. 15 Jan 1993 http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/1993/01/16/4/19.html ROOS Pieter, male aged 56, AND his wife Gertruida aged 53, were attacked by 2 farm workers who had been employed for only 2 weeks on their farm. The couple were beaten to death and robbed. Farm Suikerboskop, about 30km from Witbank. 31 May 1993. ROSSOUW Cas, male aged 80, AND his wife Jane aged 70, were attacked inside their home. Jane thought that it was their servant knocking on the door and opened it. A man shoved the door open and started to strangle her, then shot her to death. Cas was stabbed in his chest and neck, and beaten up before he was tied up. His condition stabilized in hospital. Farm Sarahsdale, Dordrecht. 1 Aug 1993. SCHENKEL Theo, male aged 29, AND his wife Mariaan aged 28, were ambushed by a gang of 3 men armed with AK47s. Theo was shot in the chest, arm and leg. He died the following day from his injuries. Mariaan was wounded in her legs, but survived. Their children who were in their car, Johan aged 5, Corn aged 3 AND Arina aged 6 months old, were not injured. Farm in Donkerhoek area, Pretoria East. 25 April 1993 SCHULTZ Hans-Joachim, male aged 69, was trussed up and stuffed into the linen cupboard of his bathroom, where he was found dead. Farm near Dullstroom. 14 May 1993. SCOTT David, and his wife Maureen, both aged 50, were overpowered by a gang of 4 men on their plot. David was tied up and stabbed in his head and chest with a knife. Maureen saved his life by begging that they not shoot him. Walkerville. 11 March 1993. SMITH Johnny, male aged 62,was stabbed to death inside a storeroom on his farm. Wesselsdal, Vanstadensrus, 23 July 1993. SWART Johannes Gerhardus Jacobus, male aged 73 AND his wife, Theresa aged 70, were attacked and beaten to death. The corpse of Johannes was found in a plantation, and the corpse of Theresa was found in the garden. Farm Aqua Terra, Scheepmoor, near Ermelo. 30 Nov 1993. SWART Martie, female aged 47, was in an outside room where she was overpowered with a weapon and a knife. Martie fought back while she was kicked and beaten up before she was locked up and robbed. Less than a month later, she was shot to death with a bullet wound to her head on the veranda of her home. Kestell. 25 Sept 1993. UNKNOWN BOONS farmer aged 82, AND his wife aged 68, were attacked by 2 men. The farmer was overpowered and shot in his shoulder. His wife was tied up, raped by
both attackers, and robbed. Boons. 18 May 1993. UNKNOWN MIDDLEBURG woman aged 29, was overpowered, raped and robbed inside her home. Farm near Middleburg. 12 May 1993. UYS Johannes Gerhardus, male aged 81, was attacked inside his house and his face was crushed with a heavy object. Farm Kralinger, Ermelo. 5-7 Aug, 1993. VAN DIEMEN Harry, male aged 46, AND his son Herman aged 9, AND his son Corne aged 7, were attacked inside their home while they were watching television by 2 men demanding guns. Harry was stabbed in his chest and throat and died from his injuries. Corne was wounded just under his heart and Herman was stabbed just above his eye with a knife. They were all tied up until the children managed to break free and seek help. Plot southeast of Pretoria. 12 July 1993. VAN JAARSVELD Annette, female aged 40, was overpowered inside a farmstall by 2 men and shot in the stomach and hip. Farm Onverwacht, Boons. 29 Dec 1993. VAN WYK Lilian - female aged 70, AND her granddaughter Lilian Kruger aged 15, were attacked on their plot. Lilian Snr was chopped to death with a panga, and lilian Jnr sustained serious wounds, head injuries, and was robbed. Onderstepoort, Pretoria north. 22 Sept 1993. VAN DER WESTHUIZEN Abraham aged 47 AND his wife Adriana aged 41, were attacked inside their home at around 02:00 by a gang of at least 2 men. The couple were overpowered in their bedroom and savagely assaulted during which Abraham was forced to open his safe from which his guns were stolen. The attackers fled the scene in the family car. Adriana, who had suffered a broken leg, face, throat and back injuries, as well as a crushed right hand, managed to walk to a neighbouring farm to seek help, after which the couple were hospitalized for treatment. Wolvenkop farm, Amsterdam. 27 Feb 1993. http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/1993/03/1/4/16.html
1994 BARNARD Koos, male aged 34, AND his family were attacked inside their home. Koos was shot to death inside his bedroom. His wife, Tersia aged 32, was shot in her hand and tied up. His son, Tiaan, aged 8, was shot in the head. Their daughter, Teri-Ann aged 5, was not injured. Farm Goedgevind, Ventersburg. 23 June 1994.
BECKER Arrie, male aged 78, AND his wife, Ester aged 74, were attacked by 3 men armed with pangas. Arrie was stabbed in the shoulder and in his side, and suffered brain damage from the attack. Ester suffered face wounds and a chop wound to her hand. Marikana plot. 3 Aug 1994. CORT Herbert, male aged 68, AND his wife Marlyne aged 63, were attacked by an armed gang of 4 men. Herbert was stabbed with a knife in the stomach and chest to death, and robbed. Marlyne was beaten and tied up. She managed to escape. Farm Volsfish, Schoemanskloof. 14 Jan 1994. DE LANGE Pieter, male aged 34, was attacked by 2 men who pretended that they were interested in buying milk. Pieter was stabbed with a knife and beaten on the head with knopkierries (traditional wooden clubs). He bled to death. Farm Wanbestuur, near Gluckstad. 24 Feb 1994. GILDENHUYS Burgert, male aged 56, had stopped along the road to look at farmlands and was overpowered. He died from gunshot wounds. Farm Nooitgedacht, Groblersdal. 4 Oct 1994. GLENDINNING Rhoda, female aged 74, AND her husband Richard aged 83, were attacked on their farm. Rhoda was axed to death. Richard was seriously injured. Farm Manderstam, near Thornville, Pietermaritzburg area. 15 Nov 1994 GOURLIE George Henry John, male aged 38, AND his wife, were attacked on their plot. George died from a gunshot to the head in the driveway. His wife was found dead on the bed with a gunshot to the head. Their house had been robbed. Northriding, Randburg. 21 April 1994. GREEFF Jan, aged 78, AND his wife Sannie, aged 77, were attacked and overpowered on their farm. Jan was murdered in the storeroom. Sannie was tied up and throttled. Farm Mooihoek, Vredefort. 21 Sept 1994. HENNING Almeiro, professor aged 56, was ambushed as he arrived at his farmhouse, stabbed with knives and bashed to death with a blunt object. Farm Loerie, Port Elizabeth. 13 Oct 1994 HOFFMAN Margaretha, female aged 61, AND her husband J.J.L. were attacked and beaten with clubs during which she was stabbed in the face. She sustained a gaping wound in her left cheek which stretches to her mouth. Their weapons were stolen. Mount Olive plot 8, Barberton area. 17 Jan 1994. JACOBS Gert Petrus, male aged 69, was stabbed to death inside his storeroom and robbed. Stephanopark plot, Vanderbijlpark. 5 Feb 1994.
KLINGENBERG Herbert Reinhold, male aged 50, was ambushed as he arrived at home. He suffered serious head wounds and was shot to death. Farm Goedgevonden, near Wakkerstroom. 11 March 1994. LAURESSYN John aged 54, AND his wife Estelle aged 52, were attacked by 5 armed men. John was shot to death. Estelle was bashed on the head and robbed. Farm Koppiealleen, near Nylstroom. 2 Sept 1994 PIENAAR Piet, male aged 54, was murdered next to his bakkie on his farm. His left hand had been tied with barbed wire and he had been shot in the temple. Paardeplaats, Hartbeesfontein, Ventersdorp. 2 Aug 1994. PRETORIUS Marius aged 13 AND his twin brother Henkie AND their mother Suzie aged 41, AND another ten children, AND Mr Dolf Botha aged 49 were on their way to school in the morning when they came under fire at the farm gate by 4 attackers with AK47s. Marius and Mr Botha suffered cut wounds from the glass shards caused by the shooting. This attack followed a previous attack during 1993 on the Pretorius family during which Marius suffered serious injuries. Rooikraal farmland, Heidelberg. 4 Aug 1994. PRINSLOO Johannes George, male aged 64, was savagely tortured for many hours to death by a gang of 3 men. His finger and toe nails were pulled out with pliers. He was stabbed and burnt with a heated poker all over his body. His corpse was covered with welts from a whip. He had been forced to lie down on scathing hot coals. The post mortem found that his private parts were bruised, and that his neck was broken and scull fractured. His teeth were shattered and his pancreas had burst. Farm Wildebeestfontein, Ogies, near Witbank. 4 Feb 1994. ROUX Wallace Pieter, male aged 40, was attacked by a gang of 3 armed men who pretended that they were interested in purchasing milk. They all pulled out guns and shot him dead. He suffered bullet wounds above his right eye, chest and stomach. Then they robbed him. Farm Kromdraai, Witbank area. 18 Oct 1994. UNNAMED CULLINAN farmer aged 63 was murdered with a hammer and a knife. Farm Acht, Cullinan. 20 April 1994. UYS Louisa Maria, female aged 56, was murdered inside her bedroom. Louisa sustained stabwounds in her chest and neck, and bled to death. Farm Steenkoolspruit, on Sheepmoor, near Ermelo. 17 Jan 1994. VAN WYK Johannes Marthinus, male aged 65, AND his wife Hendrina aged 64, were attacked by 2 men. Johannes was stabbed to death outside, and Hendrina was stabbed repeatedly inside her home. Her condition was stabilized in hospital. Smallholding Vischuil, near Springs. 3 March 1994.
1995 ALBERTS Gideon, male aged 30, was murdered. His corpse was found by a farm worker 100m from his home. Nooitgedacht plot, Orkney. 5 Feb 1995. BEKKER Don, male doctor aged 66, was attacked and slashed to death with a panga. Lothair. 26 Jan 1995 BOTHA Beulah, female aged 72, AND her husband, Antonie aged 75, were attacked on their farm. Beulah was axed to death. Antonie survived with multiple scull fractures from a brick. De Rust, near Skeerpoort, Hartbeespoortdam. 7 April 1995 BOTHA Johannes Nicolaas, male aged 52, AND his wife Annetjie aged 49, were sleeping when they were attacked and shot to death through their bedroom window. Plot 22, Onverwacht. Pietersburg. 26 Oktober 1995 BOTHA Willem, male aged 60, AND Chris Botha were selling chickens in Vryheid where they were overpowered by a gang of 3 men, forced into their car, and taken to their farm where both were stabbed with knives. Willen died from his injuries. Panvaan, Vryheid. March 1995. BOWIE Gordon, male aged 48, was attacked on the bridge to his farm and stabbed in the back and chest with knives. 7km from Parys, Buffelshoek. 25 Jan 1995 BRENT-MEEK Marlene Jean, female aged 57, stopped her pick-up and climbed out to roll a stone out of the road. She was attacked, overpowered, thrown across her vehicle and was strangled to death. Her corpse was found the next day. Stoneyridge plot, near Warmbaths. 5 Jan 1995. CADLE Hendrik, AND his wife Johanna were attacked on their farm. Hendrik was shot twice in the head and died. Johanna was assaulted and kicked, but survived. Mooirivier. April 1995. DE BRUNO-AUSTIN Vicotia shouted at her 3 small children to lock themselves up inside their house while she was being attacked by a 2 man armed gang who pretended that they were interested in buying cattle. She was shot in the chest but survived. Farm Rietbokspruit, Barberton. 11 April 1995. DE VILLIERS David, male aged 71, AND his wife Sarie, were attacked on their farm. Dawie was beaten to death. Sarie suffered serious injuries, but survived. Farm Kransfontein, Warden. 12 November 1995
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FOURIE Chris, male aged 47, AND his wife Mariaan aged 35, was shot inside their bedroom. Chris suffered bullet wounds in his arm, shoulder and side. Mariaan was shot in her left side. Farm Bultfontein, Hartbeesfontein. 29 Desember 1995 GOLDSTEIN Annabel, female aged 72, was overpowered inside her bedroom, assaulted, kicked and tied up. Her weapon was stolen. Farm Rustfontein, near Bethal. 7 September 1995 GREYLING Boet AND his wife Erika, were attacked inside their farmhouse. Boet was stabbed and shot to death. Erika was tied up before she was killed. Greytown. 23 September 1995 HOFFMANN Isabella Susanna, female aged 58, was attacked on her holding. Her corpse was found trussed up inside the boot of her car. Near Wapadrand. April 1995. HURTER Johannes Albertus, male aged 34, AND his wife Maria Hilda aged 35, AND their daughters Sune aged 6 AND Charlotte aged 3, were ambushed upon their arrival home by a gang of 4-6 armed men. Both Johannes and Maria were shot to death with AK47 machine guns in front of their daughters. Farm Bergrust, Komatipoort near Marlothpark. 04 Augustus 1995 JOOSTE Marcel, female aged 34, was attacked by 2 men, shot in the mouth, and robbed. She survived. Klipwater plot, Kliprivier. 04 Julie 1995 NAUDE Petrus, male aged 80, was attacked by an armed gang of 7 men. He was shot in the leg and above his eye, beaten up and robbed. He was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. ModderOos-Boorde plot, Delmas. 26 Feb 1995. NEL Elonika, female aged 29, was stabbed to death during an attack inside her home, during which her little daughter was assaulted with a sjambok. Farm Weltevrede, Delmas. 10 November 1995 PARSONS Regina, female aged 59, AND her husband Piet aged 63, were attacked on their farm. Regina was attacked inside their farmstall and her throat was slit. Piet was attacked inside their farmhouse, during which he was stabbed with knives, suffered a broken wrist and head wounds. He survived. Farm Erfdeel, Cornelia. 11 April 1995. PIENAAR Lodewyk Theodorus, male aged 89, was ambushed by a gang of 7 men at the gate to his holding, stabbed with a knife in his back, and robbed. Sweizer-Reneke. 20 September 1995
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PRETORIUS Johannes Jacobus, male aged 55, was shot behind the left ear during an attack on his farm. A farmworker, Samuel Mokwena aged 40, was shot in the head to death inside the workers bedroom. Farm Tweefontein, Nylstroom. REYNOLDS Rodney Kenneth, male aged 47, was viciously attacked inside his home. His scull was crushed and he was shot to death before he was robbed. His girlfriend, Cecilia le Roux aged 28, managed to escape. Farm Kent, Standerton, in the Vaal area. 2 Augustus 1995 ROCHER Boet, male aged 71, AND his wife Susan aged 61, were attacked while they were asleep. Boet was shot to death in the head. Susan was tied up and robbed. Farm Brakfontein, Swartruggens. 14 Jan 1995 SCHUTTE Elizabeth Cornelia, female aged 24, was shot in the neck and head. She died a few hours later in hospital. Pelgrimshoop plot, Dendron, Pietersburg. 6 September 1995 SLABBERT Coenraad Frederick, male aged 72, AND his wife Amanda were attacked on their farm by 3 men who pretended that they were interested in buying cattle. Coenraad was tied up, and stabbed to death. His corpse was found with a rope around the neck. The corpse of Amanda was found in her pantry, also with a rope around the neck, and various stab wounds. Farm Leyden, Ferndale, near Kokstad. 26 April 1995 SMITH Susanna Katriena, female aged 76, was overpowered in her bedroom by 3 men and savagely assaulted and robbed. Farm Renosterhoek, Hartbeesfontein. 08 Julie 1995 STRYDOM Roelf, male aged 65, was overpowered on his plot and viciously attacked. He died from his injuries a few days later in hospital. Bapsfontein. End Nov 1995. SULAMAN Mrs, was throttled and robbed on her plot. Three of her workers were overpowered during the attack, namely Jerry Masilela, Jibeda Sulaman and Naney Makaola. Witbank, 21 Jan 1995 THOMPSON Reggie, male aged 71, AND his wife Ina aged 71, were attacked inside their farmstall by a gang of 3 men. The couple were stabbed in the neck, face and back before they were robbed. Reggie died shortly after he was released from hospital. Farm Veekraal. Haenertsburg. 3 Mei 1995 TRUTER Petrus Gideon Van Zyl, male aged 66, was attacked in the outside room by 2 men to whom he was selling milk on Boxing Day. His head was chopped open from behind with a sharp object and he bled to death. His home was robbed. Farm Elandskraal, Mooinooi. 26 Desember 1995
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VAN DEN BERG Bergie aged 48, AND his wife Isa aged 48, were attacked inside their home. Isa was shot to death in the head. The corpse of Bergie was found in the bathroom with stab and gunshot wounds. He had been tied up. Farm in Tweefontein area, near Babsfontein. 28 Augustus 1995 VAN DER MERWE Daniel Stephanus, male aged 62, was attacked by a gang of 4 men armed with pangas, overpowered, and robbed. Farm Varkfontein, Coligny. 26 March 1995 VAN DRIEL Gerhard, male aged 71, was hacked to death with a garden pick. Farm Groenkloof, Mooinooi. 14 April 1995 VAN EEDEN William George, male professor aged 66, was stabbed to death on his family farm. Leeukraal, near Greylingstad. 24 March 1995. VAN RENSBURG Basie, farm manager aged 55, was beaten with a blunt object and stabbed in his chest to death. Farm Elim owned by Mr Bezuidenhout, Theunissen. 4 Desember 1995 VAN WYK Francios, male aged 28, was overpowered at his farmhouse, shot 7 times, robbed, and left for dead. Wolmeranstad. 28 Junie 1995 VAN ZYL Christeen, female aged 65, AND her husband, Fillip aged 70, were attacked on their holding during which Christeen was shot to death, and Fillip wounded in the stomach. He died ten days later in hospital. Linkholm plot, Vanderbijlpark. 06 Junie 1995 VENTER Lodewickus Johannes, male aged 86, AND his wife Zagaria aged 80, were attacked inside their home and beaten with a club. Lodewickus sustained a fractured scull during the attack and died 2 weeks later, on 13/3 in hospital from these injuries. Zagaria was hit across her face, arms and chest. Plot 28, Tzaneen. 28 Feb 1995. WAGNER John William, male aged 82, was overpowered inside his bedroom and stabbed in the neck and head. He died in hospital. Plot 91, Pelzvale, Randfontein. 15 April 1995
1996 BORNMAN Japie, male aged 81, was attacked, overpowered, and savagely assaulted. Farm Potgietersrus. Dec 1996
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BUYS Flippie, male aged 40, AND an employee Nick Mansfield aged 46, were attacked inside his farmstall by a gang of 5 armed men. Flippie was shot in the head and neck to death. Nick was shot 3 times and seriously wounded. Farm Lucerne Valley. 3 Sep 1996 DARDIS Mary Laura, female aged 69, was raped and murdered on a holding outside Wakkerstroom. 11 July 1996 ERASMUS Cornelius Marthinus, male aged 64, was kidnapped from his farm, tied up and murdered. His corpse was found on his other farm. Steenbokpan at Kameelbult, Ellisras. 23 Nov 1996 GOUWS Johan, male aged 84, was attacked inside his farmhouse. Johan was tied up and robbed before he was suffocated to death. Oranjeville. 13 Apr 1996 GREIG Hannah aged 74, AND her son Noel aged 52, AND her daughter Jeanette aged 51, AND their family friend Rosina Greeff aged 65, were attacked by an armed gang of 12 men. Hannah was shot to death in her kitchen. Noel was viciously assaulted with hammers and left for dead. Jeanette and Rosina were assaulted with weapons and robbed. In 2009, the family was attacked again during which her son David, then aged 65, was attacked and shot to death in the same kitchen. His wife Jeanette was stabbed with a knife and beaten so severely that she has lost her hearing. Farm Hartzenbergfontein, Walkerville. 27 April 1996 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2459983,00.html HOLL Suzette, female aged 30, was overpowered, robbed, and shot in the stomach while wrestling her attackers who were trying to rape her. Her children, Elzabe aged 6 and Kallie aged 3, locked themselves up in the bathroom during the attack. Cattle farm Driefontein near Balfour. 6 May 1996 KRIEL Matthys Cornelius Johannes, male aged 63, was attacked inside his home, murdered, and robbed. The telephone wires had been cut. Holding. Greylingstad. 4 Jan 1996 KWAKERMAAK Pieter, male aged 71, AND his wife, Maatjelina aged 69, were attacked while they were asleep inside their bed. They were overpowered and tied up. Maatjelina was assaulted. They were robbed of their cash and weapons. Farm Volksrust. 9 Jan 1996 LOUW Gansie, female aged 57, AND her guests Julia Fairbanks-Smith aged 37, AND 4 yr old daughter Emma, AND Johan Viviers aged 40, were attacked by an armed gang. Gansie died with 39 stab wounds. Julia died with a crushed scull and 41 stab wounds. Emma died with a cracked scull, her face crushed with boots (the complete imprint of a shoe could be seen clearly on her face) and 29 stab wounds. Johan, the only survivor of
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the attack, was left for dead with a knife broken off in his neck. Farm Heldersig, Nieuwoudville. 24 Sep 1996
NEL Christiaan Frederik, male aged 39, AND Maria Cornelia Cronje aged 45, were in their bed when they were overpowered, and stabbed to death with knives. Farm Diepdrift, Graskop. 27 Nov 1996 POTGIETER Martin aged 44, AND his wife Annelise 38, were attacked inside their home. Martin woke up as he was stabbed with a knife. He was also shot in the neck and shoulder. Annelises head was chopped open with an axe. Their 4 yr old son, Terius, was not injured. De Deur plot. 27 Jan1996 SCHOEMAN Jan Adriaan, male aged 66, was attacked and robbed by 2 blacks on his farm, garrotted and strangled with a nylon rope before he was buried in a shallow grave in a sand dam. His son, Roelf Schoeman, came across his fathers corpse. Ventersfontein, Vaalwater, Waterberge. 31 Dec 1996 http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/1996/12/18/5/2.html STEYN Koos, male aged 61, AND his wife were attacked inside their home. Koos died with an axe still in his head. His wife suffered various axe wounds in her head and neck. Her condition in hospital was critical. Mount Olive, near Barberton. 29 April 1996 VAN ROOYEN Jan, male aged 41, AND his family were attacked inside their home. His wife Anika, and their 3 children were tied up and robbed. Jan was burnt with an iron in the face and across his legs. Holding Doringrantjies, Pretoria. 22 Aug 1996 VAN WYK Hermanus Lambertus Manie, male aged 60, AND his wife Patricia Pat, were attacked by an armed gang of 3 men. Manie died from gunshot wounds to his chest and head. Pat was cruelly assaulted and tied up. Farm Tevrede, Hazyview. 2 May 1996 VORSTER Anna Francina aged 61, AND her husband Pieter Christiaan aged 67, were attacked inside their bedroom. Anna was shot to death in the neck and head. Pieter survived with arm, shoulder and chest wounds. Farm Leliefontein, Ermelo. VOSLOO Kobus, male aged 62, was attacked, overpowered and robbed on his farm. His corpse was found along the road, his hands tied behind his back with a chain, and a stab wound in his chest. Mooihoek, near Potgietersrus. 1 Dec 1996 VOSTER Salie, male aged 49, was attacked and shot twice in the head inside his home. He has lost the use of his right eye. Farm Burnside, area Glencoe, near Dundee. 18 Feb 1996
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1997 BOOYSE Martie, female, was overpowered inside her home, and stabbed repeatedly with a knife before she managed to escape. Leeufontein plot, Kameeldrif. 25 Dec 1997 BOTES Isabel, female aged 64, AND her husband Jack aged 69, as well as a farm worker were overpowered and robbed on their plot. Jack and the worker were tied up. Isabel was attacked with a spade, jumped on and throttled. Leeupoort, Delmas. 4 Oct 1997 BOTHA Susara Catherina Sarie, female aged 85, was beaten and stabbed to death on Rosashof plot, Vanderbijlpark. 14 Feb 1997 BOTHA Wayne, male farmer aged 32, was attacked by an armed gang of 3 men. Wayne was hit in the back of the head with a walking stick and shot in the stomach (fortunately the gun was loaded with buckshot). Highflats, Natal south. 26 Nov 1997 CAWTHORN Rae, female aged 21, was stabbed to death inside her home during the night. Her friends with whom she shared the home, had taken a sleeping pill before she went to sleep, was unaware of the attack on Rae while she was raped. Stutterheim. Sep 2006 COETSER Frederik, male aged 74, was tortured to death on his farm. His fingers were clamped in vice, and his legs beaten and broken with sticks. He was stabbed in his right side with a knife, and his head crushed with a stone. Farm Renosterhoek Section 32, Sabie. 15 Jan 1997 DANNHAUSER Piet aged 76, AND his wife Baby aged 67, were attacked and tortured on their farm. They were kicked, beaten with steel bars, tied up, strangled, and nearly smothered to death with a blanket. Slangheuwel, Sasolburg. 2 Feb 1997. DEETLEFS Veronica, female aged 63, was overpowered, assaulted and her throat slit. Farm Armondale, Cove Ridge, East London. 1 Feb 1997 DELPORT Christo, male, was attacked and shot twice on his farm Nooitgedacht, Pongola. 28 Sep 1997 DE MEYER Gerbrecht Heiltje, male aged 72, was attacked by an armed gang of 3 men inside his house, overpowered, tied up, assaulted and shot three times. He died the following day in hospital. Farm Oplossing. 22 April 1997
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DREYER Servaas, male aged 70, was ambushed while he was driving his pick-up van. All four the tyres were shot to pieces. His corpse was found next to his vehicle, where he had been trussed up and murdered. Charlestown. 18 Nov 1997. DU PLESSIS Pietie male aged 92, was brutally assaulted during the attack in which he was shot in the stomach. He died in hospital. Legkaart area, Pieterseburg. 7 July DU PLESSIS Susanna Elizabeth, female aged 60, was attacked, overpowered, dragged around by the hair, and robbed inside her home. Rooipoort plot, Potgietersrus. 27 may 1997 EHRENBERGER R.F., male aged 53, attacked inside his home and shot to death in the chest, arm and leg. De Deur plot. 22 Dec 1997 ELLSON Peter, male aged 68, AND his wife, Anne aged 68, were attacked inside their bedroom with pangas. They were both admitted to hospital in a critical condition, where Peter died. Farm Plottie, Thornville. 3 Sep 1997 EVANS Reg, male aged 55, AND his wife Lucille aged 55, were attacked on their farm. Reg died from gun shots in the face and chest. Lucille was shot in the chest, and admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Farm Horseshoe, Camperdown district. 30 June 1997 FOUCHE Wicus, male aged 35, was shot to death inside his pick-up van on his farm, Avalon, Lichtenburg. 19 Jan 1997 FOURIE Christoffel Stoffel, male aged 41, was stabbed in the arm and back during an attack on his farm, Farm Montana, area Roadside, near Vrede, Bloemfontein. 9 Dec 1997 FRANCA Maria, female aged 73, AND her daughter Helen Franca aged 39, were attacked and robbed on their farm. Maria was kicked repeatedly and suffered injuries on her back and coccyx. Helen suffered a broken nose and other facial injuries. White River. 17 March 1997 FREESE Edwin, male aged 36, AND his wife Inge aged 36, AND their daughters Brenda aged 4, AND Chantel aged 9, were attacked inside their bedrooms. Edwin and Inge were beaten repeatedly with a club and a brick (usually a brick would be put into a sock and swung around, aimed at a victim). Edwin suffered brain damage, and a part of his brain was removed during emergency surgery. He has lost his sense of balance. All the bones in Inges face were broken or cracked, and bones inside her legs and left arm were also cracked. Her ribs were broken and her lung was punctured. The daughters were bashed
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with a heavy object and throttled. Brenda suffered a cracked scull. Farm Datton in Lilienthal. Fawn Leas. 16 March 1997 FROST Robin, male aged 63, and a farm worker Gert Masumbuka aged 82, were attacked on their farm by a gang of men who pretended to be interested in buying cattle. Robin was seriously injured. Delmas area. 1 Dec 1997 FUHRSTENBURG Frans, male aged 56, was shot to death in the heart, chest and stomach. Konrad de Wet was shot in his side, tied up, and had more than 250kg of cement bags packed on him, but he survived. Kaallaagte plot in Hammanskraal, Pretoria North. 2 Nov 1997 GATHMANN Werner, male aged 60, was shot to death in his vehicle as he left his farmhouse. Gretown. 25 March 1997 GEVERS Vivianne, female aged 60, was shot twice in the head and died on her farm. Paulpietersburg. 5 Oct 1997 HOENDERDOS Gerhardus Johannes, aged 72, AND his wife Vincenzia aged 70, were attacked inside their home by an armed gang. Although Vincenzia begged them not to kill her husband, they throttled and suffocated him to death. Farm Muldersdrift. 4 Dec 1997 JACOB John, male aged 74, died on the way to hospital from the injuries he sustained during an attack on his farm, Bloekomkrans, Lothair. 21 Feb 1997 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Ebenhauzer male aged 69, was shot to death through his window. Farm Buffelsvlei, Ventersdorp. 16 June 1997 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Francious, male aged 27, was overpowered, tied up and beaten to death. Farm Komkommerhoek, Steynsburg in the Teebos area. 22 Dec 1997 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Stephan, male aged 25, was overpowered by 4 men inside the dairy. He was slashed on his wrist, arm, and head with a panga. Farm Wonderheuwel, Sasolburg. 11 Sep 1997 JORDAAN, Ria, female aged 86, was strangled to death on Tweefontein Farm, Molteno District, East London November 14 1997 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Robbers-gun-down-farmers-wife-20060117 KEYSER James Christiaan Lourens Jimmy male aged 63, AND his wife Cecile Chippie aged 60, AND their granddaughter Esme aged 4, were attacked inside their home. Jimmy was shot to death, Cecile was wounded in her leg, and Esme was wounded in her arm. Farm Rietfontein, Fochville. 9 March 1997
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KIETZMAN Friedrich Wilhelm, male aged 77, AND his wife Olive aged 79, were attacked inside their home. The couple were viciously assaulted, and Fredrich was throttled to death. Troutwaters plot, Haenertsburg. 22 Aug 1997. KJONSTAD Brett, male aged 41, was shot through a window as he was on his way to defend his daughter, Claudia, who was being attacked in the garden. Both survived. Farm near Margate KRUGER Jan Barend, male aged 52, was murdered. His ribs were broken and he had a hole in his chest. He had a shop adjacent to his home. Laersdrif. 17 Nov 1997 KRUGER Johanna, female aged 90, AND her daughter (same names) Johanna Kruger aged 55, were attacked by a gang of 6 men. They were tied up, kicked, attacked and robbed. Farm Kromdraai, Leslie. 11 March 1997 LEITH Lets, female aged 47, was shot to death inside her bedroom. A worker who tried to help her, was seriously wounded. Farm Violet, between Edenville and Steynsrus. 12 Nov 1997 MARAIS Nicolas, aged 44, AND his wife Magdalena aged 33, were attacked, beaten with blunt objects and tortured to death on their farm outside Newcastle. 25 Nov 1997 NEL Pieter Willem Adriaan, male aged 60, was hit on the head with a cooldrink bottle and an axe before he was robbed on his Perdekop plot. 20 Sep 1997 NELL Jasper, male aged 69, AND his wife Katharina aged 61, AND his sister Sarie Vorster aged 67, were attacked by an armed gang. Jasper was smashed in the face with a bolt cutter and his jaw was crushed. He was also stabbed in the back and shoulder with a knife. Sarie was beaten with a walking stick and club, and both her arms were broken. Farm Brakkloof, Swartruggens. 7 Nov 1997 PIETERSE Theo, male aged 59, was overpowered by an armed gang of 4 men and shot to death execution style. Farm La Riviera, Bultfontein. 10 Oct 1997 POWELL Cornelius, male aged 94, was attacked on his farm with pangas and then locked up. He was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Hekpoort. 29 Oct 1997 RAS Johanna Cecilia Sophia, female aged 80, was attacked by 2 men inside her bedroom, strangled and robbed. Farm Bosfontein, Brits. 28 Dec 1997 SCHEEPERS Gerhard, male aged 55, AND his wife Nellie aged 53, were attacked on their farm. Gerhard was strangled and shot to death. Nellie was beaten, tortured and strangled to death. Klipkrans, Ermelo. 2 Dec 1997
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SLABBERT Johanna Magrieta Jacoba, female aged 78, was attacked by a gang of 3 men inside the shop she ran from her house and strangled to death. Farm Cyferfontein, near Rysmierbuld, Potchefstroom. 29 Oct 1997 SMITH Ronald, male aged 28, was inside his home when he was shot from the outside through his window. His attackers then entered his home and shot him another 4 times. Farm Kwambonambi, noord of Empangeni. 12 Nov 1997 SMITH Thomas, male aged 67, was stabbed to death on his farm Vinyard, near AliwalNorth. 19 Oct 1997 STEENKAMP Gerrit, musician and farmer aged 39, was overpowered on his farm by 2 armed men and taken to a house on a neighbouring farm where he died a torturous death, reportedly so that his body parts could be used for traditional medicine. Middelbult, Bothaville. 13 Aug 1997 STRAUSS Ivan, male aged 22, AND Johan Stadler aged 68, were overpowered and robbed while they were travelling in their pick-up van on their farm. Johan was tied to a tree, assaulted, and shot in the foot. The attackers kidnapped Ivan and he has been missing since. Farm Khoms at Keimoes. 19 Oct 1997 SWANEPOEL Jan Andries, male aged 47, AND his wife Thea aged 46, AND their son Erno aged 9, AND their daughter Hanja aged 15, were attacked on their farm by a gang of 8 armed men. Jan was shot to death, and Thea was physically assaulted. VAN WYK Michael Mike male aged 71, AND his wife Magdalena aged 71, were attacked, overpowered, savagely assaulted physically, tied down and burnt to death. Magdalena was tied down to a chair and definitely still conscious when the house was set alight. Farm Leliefontein, Trichardt. 22 March 1997 VENTER Ansie, aged 34, mother of 4 children Johan aged 14, AND Lindie aged 23, AND Gerhard aged 3, AND Charlotte aged 11 months, was ambushed as they returned home from town by 2 men who lay in wait along the road on theier farm. The children were forced to watch as she was first shot in the stomach, then shot to death in the head. The killers then kidnapped the children but crashed the car on a farm road. They split up the children and locked the boys, Johan and Gerhard, up in a rondawel of a neighbouring farm. They fled taking the girls, Lindie and Charlotte, with them. The police found the girls abandoned in a field. Lindie had been severely traumatised and examined by a doctor. The farmhouse was ransacked. Bloukrans farm, East London. Fri 14 Nov 1997. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Robbers -gun-down-farmers-wife2006011 VENTER Gerrit, AND his wife Audrey, both aged 76, were overpowered, tied up and strangled to death inside their house on Helenasrus plot, Vereeniging. 28 Jan 1997
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VENTER Maria Magdalena, female aged 56, was attacked at the gate to her farm and sustained serious injuries. She was hit on the head with a pick axe handle. Both her hands were also broken as she tried to defend herself. Farm Tindwa, Nylstroom. 1 July 1997 VILJOEN Christoffel, male aged 66, AND his wife Martie aged 61, were attacked inside their bed. Christoffel was stabbed in his mouth, hand and arms. Farm Gerhard Minnebron, Potchefstroom. 14 Aug 1997 WESSELS A.C. female aged 67, was admitted to hospital with serious head wounds she had suffered during an attack on her plot where she was beaten and assaulted. Tweefontein, Bronkhorstspruit. 22 Jan 1997
1998 ALBERT JC, male aged 69, AND his wife Mary aged 66, were attacked and overpowered by an armed gang on their plot. Mr Albrecht was shot in the arm, and Mary was burnt on her body with an iron. Boksburg. 2 Sep 1998 ALDER Martha aged 73, AND another 75 year old woman, were overpowered, tied up, assaulted and robbed on Rietfontein plot. Muldersdrift. 12 April 1998 BREYTENBACH Andre, male aged 60, had dropped off his workers and was travelling on home in his pick-up truck when he was ambushed at his farmgate by a gang of armed men. Andre was shot in the stomach and killed. His attackers displayed his corpse along the road with the spotlights of his truck next to his face like eyes, and the number plates above his head and below his feet, before they stole and fled with the truck. Farm Ruigtevlei, Soekmekaar. 4 Aug 1998 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article694534.ece BROWN Ame, female, AND her two sons aged 8 and 12, were attacked, overpowered, assaulted and robbed by 4 black men. Before they left the premises, they forced her children to watch as they took turns in raping their mother. She was tested for aids which proved positive after 5 months. Elliot, Eastern Cape. 8 Oct 1998 http://www.rense.com/general29/silence.htm BRUELL Johan, male aged 63, AND his wife aged 56, were strangled to death and robbed on their Rikasrus plot, Randfontein. 1 Mar 1998
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CARLETZ Gestune Petronel, female aged 79, was beaten to death on her Nigel plot. 17 July 1998 COETZEE Hennie, male aged 49, AND his son Kobus aged 22, were shot during an attack on their home. Hennie suffered eight bullet wounds and died. Kobus was shot twice. Farm Valleifontein, between Lichtenburg and Mafikeng. 27 May 1998 DE BEER Maxie, female aged 58, AND her husband Piet aged 63, were attacked by an armed gang on their farm Doringfontein. Maxie was shot to death. Piet survived gunshot wounds in the head and neck. Between Ottosdal and Wolmaransstad. 14 Feb 1998 DELAFIELD Don, male aged 65, AND his wife Verina aged 52, were beaten to death on their farm Leeuwpoort, near Rustenburg. 16 May 1998 DU PLESSIS Amelia, female aged 63, was ambushed at her farm gate, attacked and seriously assaulted. She may have lost her one eye. Piet Retief. 11 May 1998 DU PLESSIS Babsie, female aged 72, AND her husband Helgaard Muller aged 79, were attacked on their farm Louwater. They were both admitted to hospital in critical condition. Babsie sustained serious facial injuries, her nose crushed, her throat cut open, and her lungs had collapsed. Helgaard also received serious facial injuries, a broken jawbone, and cracked ribs. Sasolburg. 11 Nov 1998 DU PREEZ Marius Louis, dairy farmer aged 36, was shot to death while he was selling milk. Dundonald, near Ermelo. 28 Aug 1998 FISCHER Christo, male aged 65, was attacked and shot three times in the back of the head, to death. Farm Spitskop, near Kranskop. 5 Mar 1998 FOX Sydney, male aged 73, was overpowered on his farm and beaten with an iron pipe. Farm Fox at Snt Frances bay. 16 May 1998 FRAUENSTEIN Cecil, cattle farmer aged 66, was attacked and overpowered by a gang of 5 armed men. His body was mutilated with knives and he was chopped to death with pangas. Farm Sunny Grove near Kidds Besch near East London. 5 Sept 1998 FREITAS Beatriz was attacked inside her home, overpowered, assaulted and burnt with a hot clothes-iron. Farm Kingstonvale, Nelspruit. 1998. Ps. Her husband was shot to death on this same farm durind 2000. GEMMEL Allan, male aged 80, was overpowered in his farmhouse and forced into the boot of his car. The tyres were damaged, and his attackers fled. Passersby found Allan in the boot and freed him. Balgowan.18 May 1998
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GILLESPIE Ernst Andrew, male aged 74, was beaten to death with an iron pipe on his farm Eerstegeluk, Bethal. 7 Mar 1998 GILLESPIE Septina Muriel, female aged 65, was murdered and her throat axed open on her Eersterivier plot, Kareedouw. 13 Sep 1998 GREYLING Gert, male aged 70, AND his only worker, Elias Nkabinde aged 50, were attacked on their farm. Elias was hung by the neck with high-tensile wire. Gert was tied up during the assault on him, his face beaten to a pulp, and his body covered with burning plastic before he was left to die. The blood supply to his arm was cut off for so long that he lost the use of his arm. Farm Driehoek, Bethal. 24 Feb 1998 GROBLER Izak, amle aged 69, AND his wife Kallie aged 66, were attacked on their farm by a gang armed with knives during which they both sustained stab wounds on their arms. Kallie was also kicked and robbed. Farm Kalkfontein, Groblersdal. 21 July 1998 HAMILTON John, male aged 58, AND his wife Ronnie were attacked on their plot. John was chopped to death with pangas. Ronnie was critically injured. Hamiltons Farm, Port Snt Johns. 30 April 1998 HEATHFIELD Tommie AND Ria, AND their visitors Bobby Marchant aged 30, Isabel Lamprecht aged 44 AND her son Chrisjan aged 18, Bobby Reid aged 57 AND his son Andrew aged 24, were attacked by an armed gang during which they were shot, doused with petrol and set alight. Ria died shortly after the attack, and Bobby died from his wounds in hospital. Chrisjan, although he was also set alight, survived the attack. Farm Boschrug, George. 9 Aug 1998 JACKSON Johnnie, male aged 43, AND his wife Tercia aged 39, were attacked on their holding during which Johnnie was shot to death. Tercia was overpowered, kicked, beaten and robbed. Pongola. 4 Sep 1998 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Hendrik Petrus aged 72 was attacked inside his home during which his head was axed open and his jawbone broken on the farm Rapoeli, Delareyville. 12 Nov 1998 KNOX Hendrik Hennie, male aged 72, was overpowered inside his bed, assaulted, tied up and beaten to death. Farm Sendelingsfontein, Klerksdorp. 24 Dec 1998 LAMBERT Harry, male aged 54, was axed to death on his farm at Currys Post, 11 June 1998 KRUGER Karel, retired Brigadier aged 70, tried to run away from his attackers, but was shot twice in the back, and died from his injuries later on. Jaagbaan plot, Potgietersrus. 18 Apr 1998
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KUHLMAN Jan, the 63 year old owner of a crocodile farm, was shot in the stomach at his gate. De Wildt near Pretoria. 11 July 1998 MACK B., male aged 28, was murdered by two gunshots to the head on his farm Highflats, Ixopo. 20 June 1998 MARAIS Danil, cattle farmer aged 65, AND his wife Maria aged 64, AND their grandson Deron aged 7, were attacked inside their home. Danil was stabbed to death. Maria was assaulted but managed to escape with Deron. Farm Mariesdale, Koffiefontein. 12 May 1998 MARAIS Sheila, female aged 58, was inside her car when she was shot to death on the farm Newlands, Warmbaths. 16 March 1998 MARITZ Gerrit, male aged 80, AND his wife Magtilt aged 78, were attacked and robbed on their farm, during which they were overpowered, assaulted and critically wounded. Mooiplaas, Middelburg. 15 Dec 1998 MEYER Bill Bull, male aged 68, AND his wife Santie aged 67, AND a friend Ms A Strydom, as well as 3 farm workers, were attacked on his farm Enkeldebosch. Bill was bashed on the head and shot in his side. Santie was assaulted. Ms Strydom and the farm workers were tied up and robbed. Devon, Mpumalanga. Aug 1998 MOUTON. A., female, suffered serious face and head wounds from an attack on her farm during which she was beaten with an iron pipe. Frisgewaagd, Balfour. 21 Aug 1998 MYBURGH Hennie, male aged 83, AND his wife Dawn aged 70, were attacked on their farm. Hennie was assaulted with an iron pipe, and Dawn was stabbed with a knife. Buisdoring, between Thabazimbi and Cumberland. Dec 1998 NAUDE Willem, male aged 76, AND his wife Beatrice aged 62, were attacked on their farm. Willem was shot in the neck, and Beatrice was physically assaulted. Doornpoort, Westonaria. 2 Nov 1998 OOSTHUIZEN Martha, female, was axed to death in her kitchen. Farm Zandfontein, Ladismith, Cape Karoo. 4 July 1998 OTTO Gieljan, male aged 81, AND his wife Issie, were attacked on their farm Weltevrede. Gieljan was assaulted, tied up, and died from suffocation on the manure which was forced into his mouth. Issie was tied up. Roossenekal. 14 April 1998 PETERSON Dennis, male aged 72, was attacked and beaten to death on his farm Frere. Estcourt. 24 May 1998
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PIENAAR Rovina Petronella, female aged 84, was murdered inside her home on the farm Mooifontein, near Bloemhof. 1 Feb 1993 RADLOFF Beth, female aged 57, was stabbed to death in front of her farmhouse. Waterfall, Ficksburg. 29 July 1998 RAUTENBACH Bester, male aged 71, was beaten to death inside his home on farm Isley, Underberg. 19 July 1998 RAUTENBACH Hendrik Christoffel, male aged 66, AND his wife Annamaria Magdalena aged 63, were attacked and overpowered on their Uitvlug plot. Hendrik was admitted to hospital in a critical condition after he had been bashed with a heavy object, where he died the next day. Annamaria was beaten to death. Vereeniging. 17 Mar 1998 ROTHMAN Basie, AND his wife Marie, were overpowered, cruelly assaulted and tortured on the Modderfontein plot, Rustenburg. 7 Aug 1998 ROUSSOUW Frans Pieter, male aged 64, AND his wife Tokkie aged 64, were attacked inside their farmhouse at night by 2 men. Frans was overpowered while he was watching television and stabbed to death. Tokkie was assaulted, tied up, and robbed. 3 Guns were taken. Modderfontein. 20 Mar 1998 SHARPLES Margaret, female aged 70, was found strangled to death on her farm after friends, who arrived to fetch her for lunch, came under fire during which one of them, Mr David Franklin, was shot in the chest. Pietermaritzburg. 1 March 1998 SMIT Engela aged 15, AND Gert Grobler aged 43, were axed to death on their smallholding in De Deur. 16 Feb 1998 THERON George, a paraplegic, was shot to death on the holding 39, Vanderbijlpark. 15 May 1998 THERON Piet, male aged 73, was bashed to death with an iron pipe. Farm Hazor, between Virginia and Winburg. 15 Dec 1998 UNNAMED HAAKDORING, PRETORIA farmer aged 54 was shot in the stomach and arm during an attack on his Haakdoring plot, Pretoria. 3 Jan 1998 UNNAMED HARTBEESFONTEIN woman aged 32 was seriously injured, tied to a pole, and robbed on a plot in Hartbeesfontein. 29 April 1998 VAN HEERDEN Johannes Henry, male aged 67, was bashed to death inside his bed on the farm Nooitgedacht, near Witbank. 27 Aug 1998
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VAN HUYSTEEN Thys, male aged 25, was shot to death in the neck and head inside the farmhouse on Viljoenskroon. 30 July 1998 VAN NIEKERK Gerhardus, male aged 71, was tied up and beaten with blunt objects. Farm, Witbank. 18 May 1998 VAN VUUREN Daantjie, male aged 48, AND Johanna van Zyl aged 32, AND his mother Johanna aged 78, were attacked by an armed gang of 4 men. Daantjie was shot to death. Johanna was pistol whipped and stabbed 5 times with a knife in the shoulder. Johanna was bashed in the face with the butt of a gun before the women were tied up and robbed. The police had a shootout with the attackers during which 3 gang members were shot dead, and one detective sergeant L Zondo was also shot dead. Farm Wilgerspoort, Balfour. 16 Jan 1998 VAN WYK Johanna, female aged 40, was bashed to death on the head with a heavy object. Farm Bitterspoort, Carnarvon. 1 Aug 1998 VICTOR Willie, male farmer, was attacked with a butchers knife and a panga. His dogs saved his life. Farm SpesBona, Verkeerdevlei. Bloemfontein. 25 Oct 1998 VILJOEN Annalize, female aged 73, was savagely attacked on a farm in Riverton. 31 July 1998 WEBBER Bert AND his wife Peta, both aged 41, AND their daughter Caroline aged 11 AND son Nielson aged 8, were attacked inside their bedrooms on the farm Toitskraal by a gang of 6 armed men. Bert was shot 3 times in front of his children, and Nielson was pistol whipped on the head. Peta and Caroline were assaulted. Bert was admitted to hospital in a critical condition, and died 2 weeks later (29th March). His wife has had to settle hundreds of thousands of rands in medical fees, and a nationwide call for this funding had been made. Marble Hall. 13 Mar 1998 http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/1998/04/9/10/12.html WHELEHAN Doreen, female aged 75, was overpowered in her home on the Dexter cattle stud farm, tied up, and beaten to death. Muldersdrif, 26 June 1998 WILKENSON Kokkie, male aged 89, is paralized after an attack on his farm Sterkfontein in which he was shot in the head, chest, arm and back. Villiers, 25 Mar 1998 WILSON Diny, female aged 68, AND her mother Eva Revenhorst aged 87 were severely injured in an attack on their holding Hoekwil. Eva died 2 days later in hospital from a heart attack.Wildernis. 3 Oct 1998
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1999 BIGNOUX Marion aged 59, AND her husband Darryl aged 68, AND their son Brett aged 33, were attacked at their farmstall which was set alight to force them outside. Marion, and the policeman Sgt A Zungu who had responded to their call for help, were shot to death. Darryl, who had phoned the police for help, and Brett, were critically wounded. Maphumulo. 10 Feb 1999 BOSSE Sharon Sue, female aged 50, was attacked on her holding, throttled, stabbed 6 times and robbed. Hartbeesfontein, Cullinan. 4 Mar 1999 BOTHA Harry, farm manager aged 60, was ambushed upon his arrival at the farm Mount Snt. Bernard, hi-jacked and shot to death. His corpse was found 5km from the farm. Muden district. 5 Feb 1999 BROWN Michael, male aged 62, was attacked on his farm Windfall and shot in his side and arm. Howick area. 7 Apr 1999 CLAASSEN Manafsen aged 74, AND his wife Charles aged 86, were attacked on their farm near Vaalbank. Manafsen was shot in both his eyes and died. Charles was tied up, physically assaulted and robbed. Balfour area. 20 Nov 1999 COETZEE Jason, male aged 19, was overpowered, tied up and beaten to death with a steel pipe on the farm De Rust, Hazyview. 9 July 1999 CROSS Boeta, male aged 50, was beaten to death by die plaashek van Paradise People, Hoedspruit. 20 Dec 1999 CURRY R.A. male aged 48, was attacked and overpowered by an armed gang of 3 men on his farm where he was stabbed with a knife in the arm, head and back, and seriously assaulted physically. His daughter and her friend rushed to help him. She was shot in her hip. An attacker tried to shoot her friend in the head, but the gun jammed, and the gang fled. Blackwood farm, Heatonville/Empangeni area. 13 Dec 1999 DELPORT Cor, male aged 56, was shot twice in the heart to death on plot 31, Nelspruit. 1 April 1999 DU PLESSIS Johannes Jacobus Doep farm manager, AND his wife Eunice, both aged 55, AND their grandson Armand aged 9 AND their domestic worker Phumla, were attacked on the farm Kinkelbos during the day. Doep and Armand were washing their
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pick-up van, while Eunice and Phumla were hanging up the washing when 2 armed men pumped bullets into Doep. Phumla took Armand and hid behind the watertank from where they heard another burst of shots as the killers gunned Eunice down inside the house. Eunice and Phumla then ran into the bushes but the attackers found them and forced them back into the house, demanding the keys of the safe from them. They took some loot and loaded it into the pick-up along with their hostages, but dropped them off about a kilometre further on Brooklands farm. Port Elizabeth. 28 Dec 1999 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Robbers-gun-down-farmers-wife-20060117 DU PLESSIS Katrien, female aged 86, was overpowered, physically assaulted during which her attackers jumped on her chest, and stabbed. Her friend Koos Botes, male aged 58, tried to save her but was stabbed in the neck and head. Vastfontein plot, Hammanskraal. 1 Mar 1999 DUVENHAGE Jan Hendrik, male aged 62, was shot in the head, kicked and assaulted. He died in hospital from these injuries. Farm Loskopnoord, Toitskraal, Marble Hall. 24 July 1999 EGGERS Johan, male aged 77, was attacked by an armed gang on his farm, shot and stabbed with knives. Schoongesicht farm, Piet Retief. 6 June 1999 GREYVENSTEYN Matheus, sugar farmer aged 58, was attacked and stabbed to death with a screwdriver. Farm in Groutville district. 2 Sep 1999 GROBLER Jan, male aged 60, was shot 8 times during an attack on the farm Uitkyk and died in hospital from his wounds a few weeks later. Ventersdorp. 10 July 1999 HARMSE Jan, male aged 70, AND his wife Bettie aged 64, were attacked by an armed gang on their farm. Jan died from his bullet wounds in hospital afterwards. Bettie was physically assaulted. Near Ogies. 17 Mar 1999 HAYNES Lila, a 86 yr old widow, was murdered in her home. She was found in the toilet with her hands bound with wire. She also had a neck wound which could have been caused by a bullet or a knife. Farm Yokon, Stutterheim. Eastern Cape. 12 Nov 1999 HAYNES, LILA, 68, hands bound with wire, found murdered with neck wound, Stutterheim farm, EC Nov 12 1999 .http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Robbers -gun-down-farmers-wife20060117 JANSEN Frik, farmer aged 60, was attacked by a gang of 7 men inside the sheds of the Kaydale holdings. Frik was overpowered and attacked cruelly, during which his jaw and arm was broken, and was chopped with a panga in the head. He survived with brain damage and the loss of use in his right arm. Heidelberg. 30 June 1999
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JORDAAN Jan Barend, aged 70, AND his brother Gert Jacobus aged 59, were attacked on their farm Jordaansrus. Jan was assaulted and slashed to death with a panga. Gert was assaulted and tied up. Vryburg. 29 Nov 1999 JORDAAN Ria, female aged 86, was strangled to death on the farm Tweefontein, Molteno. 13 Nov 1999 KLOMPAS Samuel, male, was attacked and shot in his lower back and leg. Farm Klipfontein 429JR, Cullinan. 14 May 1999 KRUGER Theuns is a quadriplegic after being shot in the neck and back.1999. Theuns Kruger is verlam na n aanval waarin hy in sy neck en rug geskiet was. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2078012,00.html LOUBSER Elbert aged 62, AND his wife Mrs. M.M. Loubser aged 56, AND his mother Anna aged 91, were attacked with pangas and knives on their farm. Elbert was murdered. Both women were admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Hazyview. 15 June 1999 MARITZ Gerrit aged 65, AND his wife aged 63, were overpowered during an attack on their farm Rondedraai. Gerrit was beaten to death. His wife was stabbed in the hand. Near Estcourt. 15 Jan 1999 MEYER Cornelius male aged 56, was with Hampie van Niekerk aged 65 AND his wife Marie aged 59 on their Elandshoek plot, when they were attacked and assaulted. Cornelius was beaten to death. Hampie and Marie were admitted to hospital with serious head injuries after they had been left for dead by their attackers. Cullinan. 7 Sept 1999 NORMAN C.L. AND his wife were attacked inside their home by a gang of 5 men. She was stabbed in the neck. He was stabbed in the arm, back and head before he was able to get hold of his gun and shoot back, at which they fled. Farm Cramond. 16 Dec 1999 NORTJIE Salie aged 67, AND his wife Ria aged 54, both died during a savage attack on their Vastfontein plot in which they were assaulted and beaten with pick handles. Ria was also raped. Then they were loaded onto their pick-up van and taken to Soshanguve where they were set alight. Outside Pretoria. The Hammanskraal police handled the matter. PETTIT Fred, male aged 79, was murdered inside his house on the farm Landskrona, Queenstown. 20 Feb 1999 SLABBERT Gert aged 69, AND his wife Jacoba aged 63, were attacked and shot on their holding. Gert was shot to death. Jacoba was seriously wounded. Klipfontein, Cullinan. 20 July 1999
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SMIT Susara aged 65, AND her husband Vernon aged 69, were attacked on their farm during which she was shot in the arm, chest and buttox. She was admitted to the Standerton hospital. Mount Pleasant. 14 Mar 1999 STEYN Alec aged 73, AND his wife Nellie aged 66, were overpowered inside their farmhouse, robbed, and murdered. Both were stabbed and set alight. Ford Weber farm, Christiana. 20 Jan 1999 STUBBS Ernst Henry Blandford aged 84, AND his wife Helen were attacked on their farm Clearwater. Ernst was shot to death. Helen was tied up and locked inside a cupboard. Haenertsburg. 12 Sep 1999 SWANEPOEL Engela, female aged 52, wasin a critical condition after she had been shot in the stomach and chest during an attack on the Hartbeehoekkie plot, Hartbeespoortdam. 21 Sep 1999 THEUNISSEN Braam, male aged 42, was attacked inside the kitchen of his plot, robbed, and beaten to death with a spade and a steel pipe. Marikana. 10 Mar 1999 UBERBACHER Joseph, male aged 63, was attacked with an axe on Knoppieslaagte plot. 27 Mar 1999 UNNAMED LANGPLAAS/SANDFONTEIN white man was murdered. His badly burnt corpse was found on the farm of Mr Piet van Rensburg in the Langplaas/Sandfontein area. Brits. 29 June 1999 UNNAMED SEDHAVEN HEIDELBERG girl aged 13 was attacked and savagely raped, paralyzed and may suffer permanent brain damage from the attack. On the community farm Sedhaven in Heidelberg. 27 Oct 1999 UNNAMED TWEERIVIER smallholding woman aged 61 was overpowered, robbed and raped. Waterval, Rustenburg. 10 Mar 1999 VAN DEN BERG Anna, female aged 74, was axed to death on the farm Steynsdraai, Carolina. 30 Jan 1999 VAN DER MERWE Gert aged 73, AND his wife Fransie aged 72, were attacked and overpowered on their farm by an armed gang. Gert was shot and his throat slit. Fransie was raped, stabbed, and her throat slit. Farm Rustig, Naboomspruit. 28 Feb 1999. VAN DER MERWE Kotie aged 62, AND his wife Elsie aged 58, were attacked inside their bedroom. Kotie was assaulted with a steel pipe and kicked. Elsie suffered serious head injuries and a broken arm during the attack. Farm Oskraal, Bethlehem. 3 Jan 1999.
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VAN DER WESTHUIZEN Hester, female aged 67, was shot to death inside her pick-up van. Henorg Dairy, Rietfontein area. Fochville. 8 Feb 1999 VAN SITTERT Johannes Hendrik, male aged 77, lived alone on his plot, where he was attacked, overpowered and tortured by a gang made up of 2 black school children aged 11 and 15 and two black men aged 20 and 22. Johannes was shot in the head before he was loaded into his pick-up van, which was set alight 15km from his homestead after they had tied his hands to the steering wheel. 31 Aug 1999 VAN ZYL, male aged 41, was shot to death while he was selling milk. Farm Langverwacht outside Pomeroy in the Egunjana area. 22 Feb 1999 VERMAAK Pieter, aged 73, AND his wife Louis aged 71, were stabbed to death at the kraal on their farm in the Gamtoosvallei. 9 Apr 1999 VETTER Reginald, male aged 84, was attacked and overpowered on his farm Wanbeck. He was strangled to death. His body was later found on another place. Ferndale area. 7 Dec 1999 VOLLER Bill, a mango farmer aged 61, AND his wife Vera aged 58, were attacked by an armed gang. Bill was stabbed and shot to death. Vera was overpowered and tied up. Farm Dindinnie in Ofcolaco, 60km outside Tzaneen. 30 Nov 1999 WANNENBURG Lettie, female aged 55, AND her husband Pieter aged 55, AND their daughter Jerina aged 22, were attacked on their farm Woodford. Lettie was shot to death. Pieter was seriously wounded. Jerina was critically assaulted. Weenen district. 15 Jan 1999 WESSELS Aldo, male aged 63, AND his wife Alta aged 61, were attacked inside their home. Aldo was shot in the stomach, and Alta suffered head injuries. Farm Koelkloof in Georges Valley. 22 Dec 1999 WESSELS Joseph aged 74, AND his wife Bets aged 59, were attacked, tied up, assaulted and robbed on their sons farm, Welbekend. 3 Jan 1999 WESTERMAN Ernst Adriaan Lodewyk, male aged 74, was attacked inside his home and beaten to death with a steel pipe. Noodhulp plot, Warmbaths. 1 Dec 1999 WOLMERANS Petru walked into a shop during an armed robbery and was stabbed 9 times at gunpoint. Pietersburg/Polokwane. Oct 1999
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2000 BEZUIDENHOUT Jan aged 80, and his wife Anna aged 76, were beaten to death inside their home on the farm Vogelfontein, Breyten. 5 Nov 2000 BOTHA Johannes aged 57, AND his wife Diana aged 49, were in their bed when they were attacked and shot. Johannes died on the scene. Diana was shot in the chest and arm. Farm Rietfontein, Lydenburg. 1 Nov 2000 BREEDING Michael, male, AND two women, were attacked and overpowered inside his home. Michael was clubbed over the head with a piece of wood and tied up. The women were raped. Ladybrand Farm. 20 Feb 2000 BREEDT Lettie, female aged 69, was attacked with a knife and physically assaulted on her farm in the Veekraal area, Brits. 5 May 2000 BUITENDAG Martiens MJ aged 58, AND his mother Susan Buitendag aged 78, were attacked on their farm. MJ was strangled to death. Susan was badly assaulted. Spruitfontein area. 23 Aug 2000 CORDIER Marthinus aged 58 AND his wife Dina aged 57 were stabbed to death on their farm Ebenaezer, Wesselsbron. 27 Aug 2000 DE FREITAS Jos Freitas aged 63,born in Madeira, wheel chair bound from a previous attack on his farm, was shot to death in the orchards during this attack. Exotica Nursery, farm Kingstonvale, Nelspruit. 16 Nov 2000. His story was featured in the documentary A Bloody Harvest on Carte Blanche TV M Net DE LANGE Dawie was shot 3 times in the head at close range inside his flat and died on the scene. His car was stolen but recovered later on. Nelspruit. Sun 26 June 2000. Moordsaak sloer al 6 jaar oor rompslomp Jul 11 2006 DE NYSSCHEN Christiaan Johan, male aged 64, was found beaten to death on his farm Twee Buffels, Coligny. 8 June 2000 DE WET Chris aged 67, AND his wife Joan aged, 61, were attacked and overpowered inside their home. Chris was shot to death. Joan was physically assaulted and tied up. Geluk plot near Brits. 13 Dec 2000 DIEDERICKS Gertruide, female aged 60, was strangled to death with a cord inside her farmhouse. Baviaanskloof farm, Volksrust. 19 Nov 2000
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DU TOIT Francious, male aged 29, was stabbed in the back 7 times on a plot in the Mooi River area. 2 Sep 2000 ELLERBECK Courtney, unborn baby was shot in the buttox which ripped out alongside her spine while she was still inside her mother Lesleys tummy. Lesley had stopped her vehicle in front of her parents property during the day when she was attacked by a gang of at least 2 men. One attacker grabbed her car keys and then shot her in her right side before he ran away. Seven years onwards Courtney is still undergoing operations to correct her spine. She has been paralyzed and is fitted with steel pins and a colostomy bag. Boksburg south. 30 March 2000. Voor geboorte al misdaadslagoffer Jul 19 2007 ENGELBRECHT Jan AND his wife Marie, both aged 85, were viciously attacked, overpowered and assaulted with a steel pipe on their Oorlogsfontein plot during which Marie was also raped. Jan died that night from the injuries he had sustained. Rooipoort holding between Zebediela and Potgietersrus. 13 Apr 2000 ENGELBRECHT Karel, male aged 74, was attacked, overpowered and kidnapped from his plot. His corpse was later found on a gravel road between Slagboom and Enon, Paterson. 5 July 2000 ENGELBRECHT Verene, female aged 60, nearly lost three fingers while defending herself during a panga attack on a Paulpietersburg farm, northern natal. 13 Aug 2000 EVERARD Julie, female aged 84, was critically injured during a vicious assault on her plot outside Plettenbergbaai. 20 Feb 2000 ERASMUS Johannes, male aged 80, was murdered in Utrecht. 1 Feb 2000 (See the newspaper Beeld archives dated 19 Feb 2000, page 294 and 295). FORD Alan, male aged 84, was stabbed to death in the house he rented on the Mansfield farm outside Kwadukuza, Northern natal. 1 Feb 2000 FOURIE David, male aged 79, was shot in the stomach and leg during an attack on his farm Rondefontein, but managed to shoot his attacker dead on the porch. Soutpan. 29 Oct 2000 GELDENHUYS Jurie, doctor aged 52, was attacked inside his house and shot in the throat. He died on the scene. Farm Rietfontein, Hartbeesfontein, NW. 15 Oct 2000 GOWNDEN D, was tortured to death on an unnamed farm, Umkomaas, KZN. 31 July 2000
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HAROLD Diederick Johannes Harold, male aged 52, was overpowered, tied up, physically assaulted and beaten with a kierrie (traditional weapon wooden stick with a hard ball-like head used as a club). Farm in Schweizer-Reneke. 10 Dec 2000 HENDERSON, a 44 yr old male was beaten to death on Hunters Farm, Hekpoort, GT 29 May 2000. HILL Dougie aged 55, AND his wife Ria aged 56, were beaten to death on the Nooitgedacht farm, Klerksdorp. 11 Feb 2000 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Willem aged 70, AND his wife Anna aged 68, were attacked and shot inside their farmhouse. Willem is paralyzed from his injuries. Koffiefontein. 5 Mar 2000 KEITH Derek, chicken farmer aged 38, AND his wife Julie were attacked and overpowered on their farm. Keith was tied up, bashed on the head with a hammer, and garrotted to death with wire. Julie was physically assaulted. Farm Florida, Port Edward. KZN. 8 Aug 2000 KHARWA Essop, male aged 71, was stabbed to death inside his farmstall outside Estcourt. 1 Feb 2000 KILLIAN Justin, male aged 70, was shot in the stomach during an attack on the farm Quathquan, Barberton. MPL. 1 Sep 2000 KIRBY Huntley, male aged 76, was robbed and murdered on a Natal Midlands farm near Mooi River. 1 Dec 2000 KLOECK Des Allen Hector, Dutch farmer aged 72, was beaten to death on a Doringrandjie plot Erasmia, Pretoria, GT. 10 Apr 2000 KRITZINGER Willem Christiaan AND his wife Albie, were beaten to death on their farm Glenroy near Kommadagga.East London. EC 15 Aug 2000 LE ROUX Poppie aged 73, AND her husband Du Toit aged 79, were attacked on their plot. Poppie was beaten to death. Du Toit was seriously assaulted. Pongola. 17 Feb 2000 LIEBENBERG Nicky aged 59, AND his wife Sus aged 59, were murdered during an attack inside their home where they were shot before the house set alight. Bothaville. 13 Feb 2000
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LOUW Isabel aged 73, AND her daughter Chyrel-Ann Louw aged 44, were attacked on their plot. Isabel was throttled to death with a rope around her neck. De Deur. 6 Sep 2000 MARAIS Wille aged 83, AND his wife Anna aged 75, were shot to death on their farm Klipkraal. Even their poodle dog was also killed. Citrusdal in the Marcuskraal district. WC. 7 Aug 2000 MILJO Louis aged 46, AND his friend Theresa Schoeman aged 31, were forced off the road while they were travelling in his pick-up van near the Lombosch farm. Louis was shot to death. Theresa was seriously assaulted physically and robbed. 17 Feb 2000 NAUDE Sam G. aged 68, AND Ms Chrissie Janse van Vuuren aged 71, were shot to death on the farm Olyvenkloof, Jamestown. 14 Sep 2000 NEL Gert, male aged 71, was attacked on his farm and stabbed with a knife in the stomach. Bloemfontein. 1 Oct 2000 OOSTHUIZEN Theunis, male aged 78, was overpowered by attackers on his holding, tied up, and his head crushed with a blunt object. Plot 123 Klipdrift, Hammanskraal. 1 Oct 2000. POTGIETER Hedley aged 57 AND his wife Hannie aged 55 were attacked on their holding. Hedley was shot to death and Hannie was physically assaulted and robbed. Nelspruit. 25 Feb 2000 POWELL Cathleen aged 33, AND her mother Phillis aged 70, were attacked by an armed gang on their farm Houtpoort. Cathlene has lost her left eye from a gunshot wound. Phillis was physically assaulted with a steel pipe. Heidelberg. Aug 2000 PRETORIUS Ina, female aged 54, AND her husband Japie aged 73, were savagely attacked. Ina was bashed to death with a hammer. Japie was physically assaulted and admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Groblershoop. 17 May 2000.
PRETORIUS Loius, aged 69, was murdered during a farm attack on Klein Rocklands, Bloemfontein FS during September 2000 06 June '09: Proudly South African TRC-RSA's Afrikaner Genocide ... Genocide-Report-to-Nobel-Institute-Nobel-Peace-Prize-Com... - Cached RABE Gert Johannes, male aged 28, was reported missing before his corpse was found with bullet wounds on the farm Wydgelegen, Wakkerstroom. MPL 18 July 2000
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ROUX Maria, female aged 58, AND Du Toit Roux, male aged 61, were attacked on their holding. Maria was shot in the stomach three times. Leeupoort, Witbank. 14 Aug 2000. SCHMIDT Julius aged 42, AND his son Albert aged 8, were attacked and shot in their pick-up van by 2 hitch hikers. Julius was shot to death in the neck. Albert was seriously injured. On the farm Wykom, Louwsberg. KZN. SKINNER William aged 79, and his dog were shot to death on their Toitskraal plot, Marble Hall, Groblersdal. MPL 19 September 2000. SPANNENBERG Father aged 67, and daughter aged 32, were both tortured and shot to death on Plot 100, Boden Streeet, Benoni. 8 Oct 2000. UNNAMED CULLINAN farmer and his son killed during the night by a heavily armed gang. 2000. http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/farm-attack-victim-thought-his-time-had-come1.281930 UNNAMED KING WILLIAMS TOWN farmer and his wife found dead on their farm, King Williams Town. EC. 31 May 2000. UNNAMED POTCHEFSTROOM woman aged 83 was overpowered and raped on her Potchefstroom plot. 1 Dec 2000. UNNAMED PRETORIA girl aged 14 has been permanently traumatized after an attack on her family inside their home which 5 heavily armed black men invaded. They tied up the mother, father, six-year-old sister and ten-year-old brother with barbed wire in the living room. They then grabbed the 14-year-old girl and took her to the bathroom, where each attacker brutally gang-raped her in turn, with the family listening nearby, helpless. The attackers returned to the living room where they beat and kicked the father in the face while he was still tied up, ransacked the home, and fled in the family's car. Pretoria. 17 Nov 2000 http://www.rense.com/general29/silence.htm UNNAMED FARMER aged 82, tortured, killed, body dumped in well on farm Koffiefontein, FS, Sep 2000 UNNAMED POLISH WOMAN aged 27 AND her newlywed husband were on honeymoon in South Africa when they were attacked by 3 black men. They murdered her husband, then forced her into the trunk of their car, went to a secluded spot and raped her in turn. (2 of them proved HIV positive.) They then attempted to beat her to death and drown her by stamping their feet on her head underwater at the Sterkfontein Dam, where they left her for dead. Bruise marks from them trying to strangle her were clearly visible around her neck when she was found the next morning, her body blue from the cold,
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curled up in the foetal position and nearly frozen dressed only in a wet t-shirt. Her hair was also wet and she was covered with bruises, open wounds, deep scratches, and mud. 23 May 2000 http://www.rense.com/general29/silence.htm VAN DER MERWE Dolf aged 52, AND his wife Susan aged 47, AND her mother aged 77, were attacked, overpowered, tied up, physically assaulted and robbed on their farm outside Assen near Rustenburg. 8 Jan 2000. VAN DER WOUDE Jan aged 75, AND his wife Susan aged 62, were attacked on their farm Steynsdraai. Jan was stabbed and shot to death. Susan sustained serious injuries from the physical assault. Roossenekal. MPL. 4 July 2000. VAN HEERDEN Johannes Lodewikus Willem / Willie, farmer aged 73, was ambushed on the road between KaNyamazane and White River. His attackers pulled up alongside him and opened fire. Willem suffered 13 gunshot wounds and died on the scene. Farm Honeybird. Louws Creek, MPL. 1 Dec 2000 http://www.lowvelder.co.za/newsitem.aspx?itemkey=b990335f-3c55-49c4-a526c4f303ac6b9d http://whitelocust.wordpress.com/alphabetic-name-lists-of-murders-on-south-africanfarms-since-1994-death-toll-since-1994-3049/ http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2502991,00.html VAN RENSBURG Christo aged 54, AND his wife Rita aged 51, AND their daughter Carike aged 16, were attacked and robbed on their plot in Baart Road, Raslouw. Christo was shot to death. Rita was seriously assaulted physically. Raslouw, Centurion, Pretoria. 21 July 2000 WALSH Martin Joseph, male aged 77, was ambushed at his farmgate on his way home where he was overpowered, tied up and stabbed to death. Farm Ingwelala, on Steynshoop, Hekpoort. 12 Dec 2000 WENTZEL Keith aged 72, AND his wife Francis aged 51, were attacked with an axe and steel pipes on the farm Zandfontein. Nylstroom. 1 Oct 2000
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2001 BEUKES Leon, male, was attacked by a gang of armed men and was shot in the face, back and arm before he returned fire and shot two of his attackers dead. Leon was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Melmoth. 17 May 2001. BEZUIDENHOUT Roelof aged 84, was murdered inside his farmhouse. Steytlerville. 21 Nov 2001 BOUCHER Andre Jr, male aged 35, was stabbed to death on the farm Middelwater, Fochville, Carletonville, NW. 26 Jan 2001. CLOETE Desmond Des, male aged 76, was axed to death near his farmhouse on Happy Valley, Barkley East, EC. 14 Oct 2001. COWAN, a married couple, were attacked and physically assaulted on the Lushof farm. He sustained serious head injuries. Near Marken. 22 Nov 2001. CREVITS Marie-Claire and Gawie aged 55, were attacked on their farm and were physically attacked, during which boiling water was poured over her. Crevits, Marble Hall. 10 Sep 2001. CRONJE Isaac Johannes aged 73, AND Anna-Cecilia aged 72, were stabbed and physically assaulted during an attack on their Leeupoort plot, Witbank. April 2001. CROSS John aged 77 AND Bina aged 76 were tortured to death during an attack on their farm Cottondale. John was shot in his knees, and the shower head was forced down his throat with running hot water before he was shot to death. Bina was also shot in the knees before being shot to death. Between Tzaneen and gravelotte. Jan 2001. DEETLEFS Danie Ludwig, male aged 72, was stabbed in the head and in his body before he was murdered on the farm Almondale, Cove Ridge, Near Uppington and East London.EC. 9 Dec 2001. DE JAGER Randall, actor in television series 7de Laan AND his girlfriend were attacked by an armed gang who shot him to death in Sandton. Dec 2001 DE NECKER Tonie aged 85, AND his wife Nellie aged 81, were attacked on the Schuinshoek farm. They were both physically assaulted, Tonie was shot and Nellie was strangled. Pietersburg. NP. June 2001.
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DENNIS Peter, smallholder, was murdered during an attack on the platinum rich farmlands near the Sterkfontein Caves. Cradle-of-Mankind. 31 Apr 2001. http://kaapsevryheidsburger.forumsmotion.com/t1298-land-invasion-platinum-richcradle-of-mankind DENNIS William aged 65, AND his wife Shirley aged 64, were beaten to death on the Yellowwoods farm, King Williams Town, EC. 31 May 2001. DU PLESSIS Daisy, female aged 78, was attacked inside her home by an armed gang, tied up, physically assaulted and raped. Thornton.2001 DU PLESSIS Willie (senior) aged 73 was shot to death on his farm Hartbeesfontein, 12 March 2001. His son , also named Willie (junior), was attacked on the same farm a month earlier, on the 6th of Feb 2001. DU TOIT Natalie, scholar and top swimmer, was hit deliberately by a taxi driver while riding her scooter back from school. Her left leg had to be amputated. Feb 2001. http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2009/08/bernadine-krugers-accused-taximurderer.html GALLASZ Gustav, male Hungarian emigrant aged 75, was beaten to death on the farm Kosterfontein, Hartbeesfontein, Magaliesburg, NW. 5 May 2001 GREEN Bob AND his wife Joy, were torched to death inside their home on their Meyerton plot. NW. 24 April 2001. HILES Ina, female aged 82, was bashed to death on a holding outside Warmbaths. 15 April 2001. HOLDER Irene aged 52, AND her boyfriend Willem Botha aged 59, were ambushed and shot by an armed gang of 4 men inside their home upon their return from church at around 10am. Irene was shot to death. Willem was shot in the right knee and upper leg, and left arm before he returned fire and injured an attacker at which the gang fled. Farm Highveld Safaris, Greytown. LP. 1 Apr 2001. allAfrica.com: South Africa: Farmers Hand Over Memo When Men ... www.pretorianews.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=1026&fArticleId ... JANSE VAN VUUREN aged 72, AND her husband Loek aged 73, were attacked, overpowered and physically assaulted on their farm in Broekmansfontein. Marie was raped and murdered. Loek died from his injuries two months later in hospital. Groot Marico. LP. 25 Oct 2001.
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JOOSTE Lynette aged 40, AND her two daughters Yolande aged 16, AND Ilse aged 14, were attacked and shot on Kromdraai. Lynette and Ilse died at the scene. Yolande was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Krugersdorp. GT. 15 Oct 2001. KATONIS Nicholas Nic aged 79, AND his wife Rula aged 67, were murdered on the Pinehaven plot, where their charred remains were found. Muldersdrift. GT. 12 Dec 2001. KRUGER Christiaan aged 51, AND Dian van Zyl aged 30, were attacked on a smallholding during which Christiaan was shot twice. Outside Rustenburg. 31 Dec 2001. LE GRANGE Johan aged 54, AND his wife, an impoverished farming couple who lived on a subsistence farmlet, were attacked and by an armed gang of at least 8 Xhosaspeaking men. They were severely tortured during which she was burnt with an iron and had boiling water poured over her. Johan was eventually beaten to death. After this attack, the gang attacked the home of his daughter and her two small children, who lived on the same farmlet. She was able to hide her baby before the gang found her and her 4 year old daughter, tied them up, and viciously assaulted them physically repeatedly. After a long period of torturing their two female victims, the attackers fled with their only means of transport an old farm truck. Kalbasfontein plot. Witbank. MPL. 27 July 2001. MEIRING Jannie, male aged 67, was stabbed to death on his Farm Prospect, Senegal, FS. 10 June 2001 MEYER Gert AND a female family member aged 82, were attacked and physically assaulted on their farm Koedoefontein. Gert was beaten to death. She was raped. Zeerust. 1 Oct 2001. MULLER Carina Sussana, female aged 88, was strangled and killed on the farm Vleeskraal in the Glaudina area, Scweizer-Reyneke, NW. 28 July 2001 NEL Gert, male aged 71, was attacked inside his bed and strangled to death with an electrical cord. Farm near Bloemfontein. FS. 5 June 2001. Gert had survived a previous attack in 2000. NEUENSCHWANDER Ernst aged 83, AND his wife Trudie aged 81, AND their son were murdered by an armed gang on their farm Panorama, Wellington. CPT. Jan 2001 OELLERMAN Wilfred, chicken farmer aged 78, was shot to death at his farm gate. Unnamed farm, Babanango area, 4 May 2001. PLOUGHMANN Liz, female professor aged 50, was tortured to death on the Masekhane community farm, Paarl, WC. 11 Sept 2001.
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RAATS Pieter Piet aged 51, AND his friend Ms. Elizabeth Pretorius aged 43, were attacked on his plot on the farm Mooinooi. Piet was stabbed to death. Elizabeth was physically assaulted. Groenfontein, near Groot Marico. NW. 26 Mar 2001. SCHOONWINKEL Petros aged 33, AND his wife Marika aged 30, AND their son Marnus aged 9, were attacked inside their farmhouse. Both Petros and Marika was shot to death. Marnus was physically assaulted and tied to a tree. Farm Diepkloof, Groblersdal. MPL. 1 June 2001. SMITH Hendrik aged 89, AND Poppie aged 63, were attacked and physically assaulted on the farm Soutput. Dealesville. May 2001. STROH Thea, female, was seriously injured during a panga attack on her farm. Marble Hall. 31 July 2001 VAN BILJON Ronald AND his wife Marie were attacked during which Ronald was murdered and Martie was kidnapped. Her corpse was found on the 6th of Nov, 2 months later. 1 Sep 2001. Unnamed farm, Badplaas. VAN DEN HEEVER Christo aged 80, AND his wife Martha were attacked on their farm Vorentoe during which he was murdered, and she paralized. Naboomspruit. LIM. 15 Aug 2001. VAN DER MERWE Gawie, male aged 55, AND his wife Dorothea aged 48, were attacked and murdered on the Syferfontein farm. Dorothea was suffocated to death. Hartebeesfontein, NW. 4 May 2001. VAN JAARSVELD Fanie aged 78, AND Susan aged 62, AND Monica van Aswegen aged 67, AND baby Nelize van Aswegen (1) were attacked and murdered on the on Waagkraal Farm, Potchefstroom, FS during Aug 2001 VAN ZYL Percy AND his wife Dr. Loretta van Zyl, both aged 68, were tortured to death on their farm Hoopenberg on New years Eve, during which they were also strangled and stabbed to death with a hunting knife. The corpse of Percy was found outside their home, and Loretta was found inside their home. Klapmuts. Muldersvlei. WC. 1 Jan 2001. VILJOEN Annemarie, female aged 23, was attacked and her throat slit inside her home on the farm Haakdoringhoewe, Pretoria, GT. 16 April 2001. WEBSTER Collin, male aged 70, was bludgeoned to death on unnamed farm, Richmond KZN 18 Feb 2001
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2002 BEKKER Louisa Martha, female aged 69, was strangled to death on the Roodepport holdings. Warmbad. 2002. DE LANGE John aged 66, AND his wife Eveline aged 60, were attacked and murdered on their smallholding. John was shot to death. Eveline was raped and garrotted to death. Mount Pleasant, Port Elizabeth. 24 Jan 2002. DENT Robin, a sugar cane farmer, AND his wife Allison, both aged 59, were attacked while asleep inside their bed at around 03:00 by a black man armed with a military-style rifle. He bludgeoned the unarmed couple, forced them to their bathroom and shot them to death in front of their 12 yr old son Nicolaas, who was then forced at gunpoint to drive the killer in his parents' car about three miles away, where he was kidnapped on foot. The corpse of Nicolaas was later found. Farm Aussicht, Wartburg, FS. 15 June 2002 HAVISIDE Thomas, male aged 80, was stabbed to death on Farm Penny Park, Pietermaritzburg, KZN. 22 Jan 2002, LE GRANGE Jacobus Louis, male aged 82, was murdered on his Krugersdorp holding. Dec 2002. LEWIS George AND his wife Albertina, both aged 77, were murdered on their farm outside Witbank. Their dog was also killed during the attack. The police report on the Lewis's murder says "no motive." MPL. 21 Sep 2002. http://www.rense.com/general29/silence.htm MARE / MAREE Johannes Jacobus, male aged 62, was bludgeoned to death on plot 186, Hillside, Randfontein, GT.1 Aug 2002, http://www.rense.com/general29/silence.htm MURLEY Roy, smallholder, was tortured to death on Kocksrus, Westonaria. NW. 19 July 2002. http://www.rense.com/general29/silence.htm NEL Mariette, female farmer, had half her face blown away by a gang of at 3 black men during an attack on her inherited farm Mathafani. She has not been able to afford reconstructive surgery. During 2010 she survived another attack on her life when she was ambushed by an armed gang from the side of the road and her small farm-vehicle was shot up. Ladysmith. Mar 2002. NEL Willie, a Hammanskraal farmer, AND his wife Ester AND his advocate Marius Bouwer (at that stage the operational commander of the SAPS anti-corruption unit) were falsely arrested during a racist witch hunt. During a 16 day incarceration in different
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places, Willie was also handcuffed to a chair and tortured with electric shocks to his genitals, suffocated with pieces of rubber tubing, kicked all over his body and kidneys with such force that he urinated blood and still suffers from the after-effects. The Pretoria High Court awarded him R500 000 settlement fee for his suffering during 2010. http://www.isolezwe.co.za/?fSectionId=4051&fArticleId=1.875532&fFeed=region_51 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/737 NORTJE Salie aged 67, AND his wife Ria aged 54, were tortured to death, during which they were torched alive. 13 Feb 2002. Article (7) I heard her screams, by Nicolize Mulder, February 13, 2002, describes the torture of the farm couple before they were murdered URL: http://www.news24.com. OLIVIER Christo, male aged 58, AND Jan Kempsdorp were tortured to death and then buried in a shallow grave by a gang of black men on a smallholding. The two Blacks who were arrested for this crime were granted bail. Vryburg. 7 Aug 2002. http://www.rense.com/general29/silence.htm OLIVIER Pieter aged 54, AND his wife Martie aged 46, were attacked and physically assaulted on an unnamed farm. Pieter died from his injuries. Bleskopfontein, GT. 1 April 2002 OPPERMAN Tinus Johan, male Mozambique tourist, AND Julie Stevens a Brittish tourist, were attacked and murdered on the Long Tom Pass, CPT. Nov 2002 PIETERSE Pieter, male TV personality aged 66, was found dead. He had been stabbed 22 times. Komatipoort, MPL. 15 March 2002 ROMANG Walter aged 54, and his girlfriend Miemie Fourie aged 62, were attacked and physically assaulted on the Koopmanskraal farm. Walters throat was slit, and Miemie was left for dead, and was hospitalized in a coma. Paarl.Feb 2002. RUITERS Leonardus aged 66, was stabbed and beaten to death by an ex-prisoner on the farm Tuinplaas, Napier. WC. 1 Dec 2002 SAWYER Mona, female aged 78, served food to a strange black man who claimed to be hungry, before he stabbed her to death with a knife. Farm near Magaliesberg, GT., 29 April 2002 SCHMIDT Rudi, male aged 51, AND Cornelia, female, were attacked on their farm Tuscanon. Rudi died from blood loss after he had been stabbed by an alleged former security guard. It is not clear what injuries Cornelia sustained. Pontdirft. LP. 11 Mar 2002
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SIEMENS George, dairy farmer aged 62, was murdered while he was delivering milk to the Sekorro village near Tzaneen. MPL.3 July 2002 SMITH Arthur aged 63, AND his wife Isobel aged 61, were attacked, overpowered, beaten and severely tortured before their throats were slit on their farm in Sundra, MP. 1 Jan 2002 STEENKAMP Lukas, male aged 82, was murdered on an unnamed farm, where his neighbours found his corpse on the floor. LP. 17 Dec 2002. UNNAMED MPUMALANGA HEADLESS CORPSE of ethnic-European male found on unnamed farm, MPL. 7 Aug 2002 VAN DEN HEEVER Susan aged 72 was attacked inside her farmhouse, bashed on the head with a hammer, tied up and shot to death with an AK47 automatic assault rifle by an armed gang who hid her body. Vergenoegd, Tzaneen. 7 Jan 2002 VAN HOUTEN Cheryl, female aged 51, was hacked to death on an unnamed smallholding, Centurion, GT. 7 June 2002 http://www.rense.com/general29/silence.htm VAN ZYL Percy aged 68, AND his wife Loretta aged 58, were attacked on their farm Hopenberg. Percy was stabbed to death. Loretta was stabbed 22 times and her throat slit. Muldersvlei. April 2002. VILJOEN Johan, a cheese farmer, aged 19, was torched to death along with one of his workers. Farm Zavanfontein, Ficksburg, FS. 16 Aug 2002 http://www.rense.com/general29/silence.htm VAN HOUTEN Cheryl, female aged 51, was hacked to death on her smallholding in Centurion, GT. 7 June 2002 WATKINS Catherine, female aged 21, was found murdered inside the farm shed. Her windpipe had been ripped out. Potchefstroom, NW.12 Feb 2002 WOLMERANS Erasmus - farming foreman aged 52, AND Estelle Burger - 27 yr old farmers wife, were attacked, overpowered, kidnapped and shot dead, Farm Topfontein, Bethal, MPL., Jan 2002 (see Burger Estelle)
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2003 BADENHORST Louis aged 81, AND his wife Henriette AND their daughter Mihanna aged 55, were attacked inside their guesthouse Giste se Glorie on their farm, overpowered, shot and burnt to death. Clarens. 3 Nov 2003. BOCK Reimond aged 44, AND his wife were attacked on the Sandvlei farm. Reimond was shot to death. His wife was physically assaulted. Philipi, Cape Flats, WC. 15 Apr 2003. BOTHA Louis, male aged 50, was shot and stabbed during an attack on his farm Rietspruit. Heidelberg. 27 Apr 2003 BOUCHER Brian Barry aged 66, AND his wife Rosslyn aged 63, were attacked on their farm. Brian was stabbed and Rosslyn was physically assaulted. Komga. 5 Mar 2003. BRUWER Johannes, male aged 69, AND his wife Sonja aged 64, AND their maid Thelma Shezi, were attacked on their farm with pangas. Johannes was slashed to death. Both Sonja and Thelma was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Camperdown. 1 Aug 2008. BURGER Hannie aged 59, AND her husband Ernst were attacked on their farm Doringplaas. She was admitted to hospital in a coma. Vredendal. 27 Sep 2003. Hannie Burger (59) en haar man Ernst was aangeval op hul plaas Doringdrift. Sy was in n koma die die hospitaal opgeneem. Vredendal BUYS Phillip, male aged 77, was cursed as white man then shot to death on his farm in Weenen, Midlands, KZN. 17 Sep 2003. CLEMENTS Christine, Pharmacist aged 48, was shot in the stomach and robbed along the highway when she stopped to check the tyres of her car. N7 Du Noon. 11 Mar 2003. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20090312102502605C67 3241 COHEN Nonna, female aged 59, was admitted to hospital in a serious condition after she had been attacked on her farm for the second time in one year. 18 Feb 2003.. CUMMING Graham, farmer aged 54, was dropping off his workers by an unknown gang when he was attacks and stabbed to death. Steynsburg, EC. 20 Oct 2003. DE KLERK Jan, male aged 77, was murdered on his farm In-Die-Middel in Schoemanskloof. His corpse was found in his freezer. Nelspruit. 31 Dec 2003.
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DE KLERQ Rina aged 59, AND her husband Julius aged 72, were attacked on their farm. During another attack in 2005, Rina was shot to death. DUNN John, a sugarcane farmer, was shot and poisoned. John was admitted to hospital where he was fighting for his life. Northcoast. 25 Apr 2003. FONTANA Rose Hilda, female aged 74, was attacked and physically assaulted on her farm during which she sustained permanent damage to her face where she was burnt with a clothes iron. Barberton. 20 Aug 2003. GOOSSEN Nicolaas, male ageed 41, was found murdered with his throat slashed. Farm Meadowbank, Vrede, FS. 4 June 2003 GRIEBENOW Willie, male aged 56, was stabbed to death on the Nooitgedacht plot, Walkerville., Vereeniging. GT. 14 June 2003. HATTINGH Piet, farmer aged 82, was attacked by an armed gang and brutally murdered on the farm Letsitele, Doringfontein, Roedtan, LP. Later, 3 suspects were sentenced. 15 Jan 2003. HEBLER Fred, AND his wife Maria aged 60, were attacked and their house burnt down during which Fred was murdered. Farm Goedemoed, Brandford, FS. 29 Se 2003. HERBST Sue, female aged 49, was murdered on the farm Barloworld, Nelspruit, LIM.Nothing was robbed. 20 Sept 2003 LLOYD Dolf aged 69, AND his friends Jan Zandberg aged 71, AND Magriet Smit aged 79, were attacked on a smallholding in Estoire. Both men were strangled to death. Magriet survived the attack. Bloemfontein. FS. 10 Mar 2003. NAUDE Frederick Fred aged 65, a disabled farmer, was tortured, beaten to a pulp, and then executed. Cullinan. GT. 12 Sep 2003. NEL Cobus OR Kobus, male aged 31, was shot during a death squad attack on the Sardinia farm and died from his injuries. Bultfontein, FS. 21 Aug 2003. NESS Yvonne aged 70, turned from her door to fetch food for two beggers when they forced their way into her home and attacked her. Yvonne was stabbed with a paint scraper and beaten with a wooden chair and table, before they threw her into a swimming pool. Her corpse was found days later with her poodle standing guard at her body. Ten rand in change was stolen from her home during the attack. Kwaaiwater. Oct 2003.
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OLIVIER Pieter aged 51, AND his wife Martie aged 49, were attacked on their tomato farm Blesbokfontein. Pieter was beaten to death. Martie suffered severe physical assaults. Bronkhorstspruit. 9 June 2003. POTGIETER Peggy aged 71, AND Basie aged 72, were attacked, physically assaulted and robbed on a Naboomspruit holding. 15 Oct 2003 RAMSAY Thomas, male aged 56, was attacked and stabbed to death on the Hermansberg-Schormans farm, Nelspruit. MPL. 13 June 2003. ROBERTS Joseph William, male aged 73, was beaten to death on his smallholding in De Deur, Brits, Vereeniging. NW. 15 Mar 2003. ROBERTS Ronnie, male aged 69, was attacked with knives on his farm Nomga, and admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Burgersdorp. 10 May 2003. SMITH Fanie aged 42, AND his wife Ina aged 33, were shot and torched to death on the farm Vadersdeel, Heilbron. 30 July 2003. SWART Magdalena, female aged 56, was beaten to death in her bathroom, where her son found her corpse. Rustenburg farm. NW. 28 Feb 2003. TALJAARD Johan aged 33, AND his wife Gertruida aged 30, were attacked inside their bedroom on a farm. Johan was shot to death. Gertruida was physically assaulted. Delareyville, NW. 12 Apr 2003. TAYLOR Rob, pharmacist aged 53, was attacked for the 5th time by an armed gang inside his chemist before he was pistol whipped across the jaw and shot dead execution style. Edenvale, East Rand. 11 Mar 2003. http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2484568,00.html TERBLANCHE Koos, male aged 52, was found murdered with his throat slit on the Trentham farm. Bethlehem. FS. 13 Oct 2003. UYS Miek aged 79, was attacked with a hammer on his Kalkbank farm, Amersfoort. 12 Mar 2003. VAN DER BANK Johan aged 38, AND his wife Debbie aged 33, were attacked on their dairy farm. Johan was shot to death. Debbie was physically assaulted. Dairy farm, Vereeniging. 4 Apr 2003. VAN DER WESTHUIZEN Jakob, male aged 74, was hacked to death on Boekenhoutkloof, Cullinan, GT. 4 June 2003.
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VAN NIEUWENHUIZEN Loekie, farmer aged 59, was stabbed and driven over until he was dead. Louis Trichardt, LP. 17 Dec 2003. VAN ZYL Kobus was shot in the head and totally crippled during an attack at night by an armed gang inside his house, Parkhurst, Johannesburg. May 2003.
2004 BECKENSTRATER Fritz, male aged 49, was ambushed at his farmgate and shot four times in the stomach and hip. Krokodilspruit, White River. 15 Nov 2004. BOTES Rudi, male aged 47, was attacked on his farm, cruelly tortured during which his eyelids were cut off, and then shot to death. Genade, Bultfontein. 30 July 2004. BOTHA Elsie, female aged 52, was attacked, raped and murdered on her smallholding in Hendrina. 1 Jan 2004 BRAK Jan aged 68, AND his wife Rita aged 67, a Dutch couple, were severely stabbed during an attack on their Wilgerboom plot. Jan died from his injuries. May 2004. DE BEER Elsa, female aged 63, was attacked, physically assaulted and stabbed with a knife on her plot. Elsa was admitted to hospital with bleeding on her brain. Brits. 15 June 2004. DU PREEZ Jan, AND his entire family including his wife Frances and four children, Anton aged 30, Yolandi aged 27, Tanya aged 23, and Werner aged 21 were terrorised by the SAPS over a 5 year period which started on 8 May 2004 during which they were physically assaulted and falsely arrested. Jan had been kidnapped and beat so badly that he had to be rushed to Pretoria for emergency surgery. One of these attacks were filmed on video and the court cleared the family of all wrong-doing. 8 May 2004. Nylstroom. https://z2arkg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1mTO_bsGaGaMT_JwvgO0G7gvlKBawJ4YIIoiZwE CfyKRERjgKrbhuwdIz6pNO8RmbmeyT5qhY5t20DazlBa9gbBXwnKBC6QkI5NY8ULuEkIW9lNl Vtn0ZK35SeY3SZ9vmv1xW7D160QMhAPLgiwOW6Q/Du Preez family homestead raided by SAPS Nylstroom 10Aug2010 BLOUBLIKSEMS SONDAG%5b4%5d.jpg?download&psid=1 GEVERS Norah Joyce, female aged 68, was murdered during an attack when her throat was slit on a farm in Wartburg. 18 July 2004.
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GOUWS Arthur, male aged 55, AND his daughter Adri aged 14 and their farmworker Bethuel Nkosi aged 20, were attacked by an armed gang on their farm in the Weltevrede area. Arthur was physically assaulted with a spade, stabbed with knives and shot. Delmas. 26 Sep 2004. GRENVILLE Capson, a farmer from Komatiepoort, shot an attacker dead and was arrested for murder. 16 Dec 2004. GROENEWALD Barend Christoffel aged 78, AND his wife were attacked and physically assaulted on a farm in Koppies, Welkom. 1 Feb 2004 HAYWARD Clint aged 35 and Michelle aged 37, were attacked inside their bedroom, and shot to death by an armed gang of which three are Zimbabweans at the Mountain View Hotel, Louis Trichardt. 20 October 2004. HECKMAN John aged 45, was stabbed to death on the farm Minestone, Soutpansberg. June 24 MOSTERT Johannes Jacobus aged 72, AND his wife Susan aged 61, AND their workers David Nkebenyane aged 56 and his wife Florence Malatadiane were attacked on the Witkoppies farm, physically assaulted and shot to death. Henley-on-Klip. 16 Jan 2004 PARDAU Abel aged 78, AND his wife Ermini were attacked and physically assaulted on their farm Oorbietjiefontein. Abel was murdered. Ermini was seriously injured. Hartbeesfontein. 6 Apr 2004. SALGUIRO Amando AND his daughter 3yr old Daniella, AND his brother Teco were sitting in their Jacuzzi when an armed gang, dressed in black, jumped over the fence into their garden. Both Amando and Teco jumped up to protect Daniella. Amando was shot to death, and Teco was shot in the leg before the gang fled. Nothing was stolen. Randpark Ridge, Randburg. 5 Nov 2004. http://www.eblockwatch.co.za/index.php?view=incidentsearch&rowNum=0&id=1934&ret urn=incidentsearch SCHOEMAN Beltus aged 41, AND his wife Amanda, were attacked, overpowered, robbed and left locked-up inside their cooler room on their farm, Nooitgedacht. 5 July 2004. STANDER Hendrik Christoffel aged 62, AND his son Ernst aged 39, AND Mrs Hetta Stander, were attacked on their smallholding by an armed gang who posed as Telkom workers. Ernst was shot to death. Hendrik was physically assaulted and robbed. It is not clear what happened to Hetta. Pomona, Putfontein, outside Benoni, East Rand. GA. 4 Jan 2004.
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STEYN Martin, farmer aged 81, was strangled to death with a rope while he was milking his cows. Alldays area. 23 Mar 2004. TERBLANCHE Jannie Christoffel aged 83, AND his wife Trudie aged 86, were attacked and physically assaulted. Jannie died from his injuries. Kroonbult farm. May 2004 UNNAMED COOKHOUSE Farm attack masterminded by a traditional healer. He took the gang to the farm, collected them afterwards, and shared in the stolen goods. The farmers wife, her two children and their 14 yr old friend were home when the gang overpowered them inside the farmhouse. She was tied up to a bed and raped in front of the children. When the farmer walked into the house on his return from a local meeting, he was manhandled and disarmed, then locked in a large gun safe while the house was looted. October 13, 2004. Healer gets 20 years for attack 15/12/2007 UNNAMED GRASMERE TOLGATE victims witnessed in court about the attack they suffered at around 04:00 just past the Grasmere tollgate south of Johannesburg in their pick-up truck. The husband AND his wife aged 45 AND their niece who had turned 14 on that day, were forced off the road by a red Toyota Camry after which 2 gunmen ran towards them shooting and shouting, then pulled at their door handles. The husband opened his door and they tried to pull him out, but he was stll wearing his safety belt. When he unclipped it, they forced him onto his wifes lap, while both attackers climbed in through his door. They followed the Camry for about 900m then tried to fit their victims into the boot of the Camry, but the space was not large enough. The husband was told that he was going to be killed before he was dragged back to his pick-up, where he was told to run, and then was pistol-whipped against the back of his head. As he fell, he rolled down an embankment while under fire, and left for dead. Once he heard the vehicles pull off, he summoned help. The police were able to save the women, but they had already been raped. 31 Mar 2004 UNNAMED RAINFALL FARM couple tortured to death. Harrismith. 2 Aug 2004 VAN DER MERWE Jolen aged 11 AND her mother were walking outside the Miederpark Spar during the day when 3 men, carrying bags, opened fire. Her mother threw Jolen down on the ground for shelter behind a vehicle, and covered her with her own body. Jolen was shot in the buttox and required extensive surgery. 2004. Meisie bly skelms gaan tronk toe na skietvoorval VAN DER RIET Adriana, female aged 86, was stabbed to death during a farm attack on Rocklands, Port Elizabeth. July 2004. VAN DER VEEN R., aged 46 and his family were attacked by an armed gang. Mr van der Veen was murdered. His wife was raped, and his children were physically assaulted. July 2004.
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VAN DYK Johan, male aged 69, was stabbed to death with a knife during an attack on his farm Renville in the Cullinan district. 17 Nov 2004. VAN NIEKERK Kosie, female aged 79, AND her helpers Mr. Elias Mokoena aged 42, AND Christina Mokoena aged 50, were attacked on their farm Dankbaarheid. Kosie was stabbed before her throat was slit. Elias was strangled to death. Christina was shot and seriously injured. 24 Aug 2004. VELDMAN Frederick, male aged 26, was smothered to death on his plot in Ermelo. May 2004. VERKES Willem, birdfarmer aged 64, AND his 13 yr old son, were cruelly attacked by an armed gang of at least 2 men on their holding in Eeufees Way. Willem was physically assaulted in front of his son, who thought his father was dead when their attackers wanted to kidnap him. He begged them to allow him to close his fathers eyes before they take him, but they refused, threatening to kill him if he should cry over his father. They then put Willem inside his house and burnt it down. The autopsy on his remains proved that he was burnt alive. The son was taken to a secluded area near a squatters camp, stabbed 9 or 10 times and left for dead. He was fortunate that the 5th house he knocked on for help, ablidged. Bloemspruit, Bloemfontein. 2004. WHEATLEY Hannah, female aged 84, was attacked by a gang of men inside her home after they broke down her door to gained entry. She was assaulted, raped and strangled to death. They stole her handbag, toaster, a wall clock and a kettle. Benoni. 27 Aug 2004 http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=qw1154101322767B263 Life for men who strangled octogenarian WOLFAARDT Petrus aged 60, AND Elmarie aged 57, were attacked, overpowered and physically assaulted on their Dorsfontein farm. Elmarie died from her injuries. Murraysburg. 31 Jan 2004.
2005 BORAIN Collete woke up at around 04:15 while her husband Christopher was being butchered by a gang of 8 men, armed with the family steak knives and a long breadknife. The lights were off and the room would have been completely dark were it not for a full moon outside and the thin Roman blinds. During the bloody struggle - which lasted several minutes - the breadknife sunk into the wooden bed and snapped. One of the robbers grabbed it and smashed it into Collette's face twice - luckily the blade had broken off and the handle was bare. Her nose began to bleed. She stared into the faces of the
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attackers for two seconds - the image burning into her memory - before standing up on the bed, screaming and reaching for the panic button. By the time she pressed the button and forced the three robbers to flee, Christopher had been stabbed 17 times. He had to have surgery on five of the wounds and his arm was in a cast for eight weeks to help heal the cut nerves. He still has no feeling in several fingers. The couple lost two cellphones and two watches during the robbery. River Club, Sandton. 13 Nov 2005. Image of 'butchers' burnt in her memory September 06 2007 BRIGGS James, male aged 6, was beaten to death on a Grahamstown farm. 29 July 2005. BRINK Helgard aged 46 AND his wife Salomie aged 49, were beaten to death inside theirr home on the Heatherdale holding, Akasia, Pretoria. 7 July 2005 BUYS Este, female aged 55, was attacked and physically assaulted on the Klipkraal farm. She was admitted to hospital in a serious condition. Tweeling. 20 Mar 2005. CHATTERTON Jacqueline Ivy, farmers wife aged 46, was attacked inside her house by two black men who had broken in while her husband, James, went outside to switch off a pump at night. James was locked out while Jennifer suffered 31 stab wounds of which eleven were in her lungs and several in her back. Eventually when James got into the house he found her gasping on the floor. One of the attackers were arrested inside the house by farmers in response to a May-day call on the farmers radio. She died on the way to hospital. Farm Mantshonga, Boston. 29 Oct 2005. CILLIERS Jane, chemist, was murdered inside her bedroom during the morning. Her daughter arrived at the house and came upon the corpse of her mother in her bedroom which lay in blood pools, not realizing the killers were still hiding inside the house. Her boyfriend arrived directly after her and they left immediately to report the matter to the police station. While they were gone, Janes second daughter arrived along with her friend and came across the corpse which was cold, lying face down and tied up. Pentagonpark , Bloemfontein 25 Oktober 2005 Drie getuig oor ma se beweerde moord Dec 06 2007 CRONJE Henri, male, was attacked and tortured on his farm in Franschoek, WC., July 2005 DALE Jimmy, male aged 51, was slashed to death with pangas on his smallholding, Nelspruit. Mar 2005. DU PLESSIS Rina AND her husband Doep, an elderly farming couple, were attacked and physically assaulted on their farm during the day. Rina was overpowered when she went outside to feed her chickens. Her hands and feet were tied and her dentures were rammed so deep down her throat that a doctor struggled to extract them during a post
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mortem by the attackers who had rammed a cloth with an iron bar down her throat when she started screaming, before they hid her body behind a bale of Lucerne in a shed while they waited for Doep to come back from the fields. He, too, was seriously assaulted but managed to pull out his gun at which they fled, taking only R9. (1usd). Malbourne farm, Tom Burke, LIM. Dec 2005 Mnr Doep du Plessis was uit op die lande terwyl sy vrou, Rina, oorval en vermoor was terwyl sy die hoenders gevoer het. Gedurende die nadoodse ondersoek, moes n dokter haar keel oopsny om haar valstande te verwyder, wat diep in haar keel afgedruk was terwyl die boewe n lap met n stuk yster in haar mond geforseer het toe sy begin skree het. Haar hande en voete was aan mekaar vasgemaak voordat hulle haar lyk onder lussern bale in n stoor weg gesteek het terwyl hulle Doep ingewag het. Doep was ook ernstig aangerand voordat hy sy geweer kon uitpluk en hulle het gevlug met die R9 wat hulle kon buit. Doep is die volgende jaar in n motor ongeluk oorlede. Malborne plaas, Tom Burke. DU PREEZ Roelf, former police lieutenant-colonel AND his wife Marieka, both aged 64, were attacked inside their home at night. Marieka was stabbed with pruining inside the scullery where she was talking on the phone to their foreman. The call was not ended and the foreman ehard the attack in process. When Roelf ran to save her, he was repeatedly hit over the head with an iron pipe. Once he fell, he could not get up as he was slipping in his own blood. Their farmworkers saved them from a certain death when they entered the house and tied up the attacker, who was preparing to kill his victims with a panga and a knife. Marieta and Roelf were both admitted to hospital for surgery. Roelf had to get 65 stitches. Louis Trichardt. Makhado. Thurs, Sep 2005. DU TOIT Fritz, boy aged 15, was alone on the Brakspruit farm at around 08:00am when 3 men dressed in Balaklavas overpowered him and took him to the storeroom where he was tied to a chair with rope around his hands, feet and head. The men then doused him and the room with petrol, struck a match and threw it on the petrol before they left. Fritz managed to cut himself loose, jump through a window and escape on a motorbike. Louis Trichardt, LIM. 9 March 2005 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/McGyver-boy-outwits-attackers-20050714 EGGARS Conrad, a businessman who had stopped along the N2 near the North Coast road to answer his celphone, AND his wife Lora. They were confronted by an armed gang of 3 men who opened fire on them. Conrad was thrown out the car, and Lora climbed out before their car was hi-jacked, which their attackers crashed soon after. Conrad died from his injuries. Scottburgh. 31 Oct 2005 ESTERHUIZEN Frederick, male aged 48, was tortured to death on his holding in Pinetown. 12 Apr 2005. FERREIRA Catherine was tortured to death on her holding in Pinetown, 11 Apr 2005.
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GOUWS, male aged 40, was shot to death through the door of his house on the Bashewa plot, Pretoria East. 23 Aug 2005. GUILLAUME Celia, female big-game hunter, farmer and owner of a seed export business, was attacked inside her home during the day by an armed gang of 4 men who had travelled 40km to reach her. They assaulted Cecilia physically, beat with their guns, stripped her, tied her up and gagged her. After they had robbed her they stayed on in the house for many hours. Farm Soutpansberg. Jan 2005 HAASBROEK Nardus, male aged 74, was beaten to death on the farm Oorgang, Dealesville. 9 Jan 2005. HART John aged 88, AND his wife Sylvia aged 84, were beaten to death on the Swing Gate holdings, Nooitgedacht, Muldersdrif. 18 Nov 2005 HATTINGH Gert, male aged 85, was murdered on his plot Het Blok between Delmas and Nigel. 13 Dec 2005. HOWELL Peter, a retired pensions broker, AND his wife Pamela, both aged 71, were attacked in their home and seriously assaulted physically. Peter died soon after from the injuries he had sustained. Gordons bay golf estate. 2005 HUMAN Lourens, male aged 70, was attacked and physically assaulted on his farm between Sundra and Delmas. 21 Aug 2005 JOOSTE Kalin, a 16 yr old school girl, was on holiday with her friend and walked to the beach at night. They were attacked by two knife-wielding men lying in wait. Her friend was stabbed in the arm, AND Kalim was stabbed in her neck and died shortly afterwards. The suspects Vukile Sinama is serving a three-year sentence for escaping from custody after he was arrested on the murder charge and Thembile Pilisi was arrested in Feb 2009. Margate 20 Dec 2005 Teens in Jooste stabbing to tell of ordeal http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn200 LEMMER Richard, male aged 74, was brutally attacked on his farm Rietkuil, Klerksdorp. 27 Nov 2005 KEYTER Ben, cattle farmer aged 79, AND his wife Dalene aged 59, were attacked by a gang of men during the day. One of the attackers had asked Dalene for water, and she opened to door to serve him. The gang pushed in past her. Two of them pulled Ben outside. Dalene was made to watch while they killed him with a spade, taunting her with words such as look, you cant help him. They then turned on Dalene, physically attacked
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her, and left her for dead on top of the deepfreeze. Dalene had suffered a stroke, and is paralized. Dresden, Alldays. 4 Jan 2005. MARTISON Charles Henry, farmer aged 75, was tortured to death during an attack inside his home within 5 weeks of his brother also being murdered on a farm in a different area. Charles was found at around 07:00 lying on the bed in his bedroom with his hands and feet tied with a rope and pantyhose. A lounge suite chair was on top of him. Hartsvallei, Warrenton, Jan Kempdorp, Northern Cape. 13 Sep 2005 MARTISON Koos aged 90 AND his wife Judith aged 87, were attacked, tied up to each other and beaten on their holding in Hallgate. Koos was beaten to death, and Judith was tied to his corpse until she was found. Nigel 17 Oct 2005. MATTIAS Susan, female Belgium farmer, was murdered on Farm Lindley, Muldersdrift, Nov 2005 http://kaapsevryheidsburger.forumsmotion.com/t1298-land-invasion-platinum-rich-cradleof-mankind MC NEIL Robert, farmer aged 60, was attacked, severely assaulted and robbed by a gang of at least 3 men, and died the following day from his injuries. Mr Pieter de Beer who was on the same farm, was also attacked, Kidnapped and severely assaulted. Bronkhortspruit 1st May 2005 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2 -71442_2380325,00.html NEEETHLING Wanda, female aged 49, was stabbed to death on the Lowanee Estate holdings. Mar 2005. NEL Arrie, security guard aged 29, was shot in front of a fuel station while on duty by a gang member. The first shot hit him in his chest. After he had dropped to the ground, the gunman shot him in his head. He had been shot at least three times before he died. Pretoria West. Report dated 23 Aug 2010 ROODT Koekie aged 92, opened her security door during the morning to give a 31 year old black man some food after he had told her that he was hungry. He pushed past her, slapped the food out her hands and demanded money. He stripped her and tried to rape her, and became furious when she resisted. During the violent assault and rape that followed he beat and bruised her face, breaking her nose, ribs and hip. She lay helplessly on the floor while he rummaged through her house before he picked her up again, and left her on the bed. Graskop 24 Maart 2005 STAN N.P. male aged 45, was attacked inside his farmhouse and beaten to death. Sandrivierspoort. 20 Nov 2005.
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STEYN John Louis, male aged 73, was beaten to death dring an attack on his Sandriver holding outside Pietersburg. 19 Nov 2005. STOFFBERG Wikus aged 51, AND his wife Ria, were ambushed at their farm gate as they returned home from town in their pick-up van. Wikus was shot in the head before he was tied to his van, and dragged behind the vehicle which the attackers drove a long distance before they fled. Ria was also tied up but not to the van. Farm Kaallaagte. Ficksburg. 27 Dec 2005. http://www.crimexposouthafrica.org/node/2828 THOMAS William Henry died of head injuries and loss of blood after he had been attacked inside his home during the evening with a knife and a dumbbell, during which his private parts were cut off before he was robbed. Police found Williams naked body in a pool of blood, and his private parts under a dressing table inside the house of a security complex in Pretoria. 8 May 2005. UNNAMED BAVIAANSPOORT PRISON Two nurses on duty were taken hostage by a prisoner with a sharpened wire coathanger, threatened with murder, tied-up, indecently assaulted, stabbed and robbed in the storeroom,where one of the nurses were also raped. The other nurse saw him battling to cut her throat from side to side before he also turn on her and cut her. March 2005. Vrou wou skreeu; kon net roggel Aug 02 2007 UNNAMED NESTPARK girl aged 14 was raped during an attack during which her brother aged 24 was shot in the stomach and their home robbed on a Bapsfontein plot. 25 Aug 2005 UYS Samantha was attacked at the bridge of a dam by two youths, strangled and stabbed in the neck, after which they stole her mothers car. 14 Dec 2005. Uys murder accused found guilty December 14 2007 VAN DER MERWE Peet, male aged 18, died after being stabbed with a broken bottle during an attack in which his celphone was stolen one night at the Centurion Mall, Pretoria. June 2005 VAN DER MERWE Ruben, male aged 54, was attacked, physically assaulted and robbed on his plot. A week later, his wife Dorothea aged 47, was also attacked inside the house and physically assaulted - also with chains, and robbed. Pietersburg. 20 June 2005 VAN RENSBURG Shirley was attacked by an armed gang at her North Riding smallholding. Shirley was tortured to death, dismembered, and her trunk buried in the Nkwe Bushveld resort near Thabazimbi. Randburg. 20 August 2005 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2544181,00.html
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20090731 Shirley van Rensburg, murdered Aug 20 2005 North Riding smallholding, two murderers found guilty at Johannesburg High Court http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2544181,00.html VAN VUUREN Danie AND his wife Gertruida were attacked on their farm Sterkloop, during which Danie was murdered, and Gertruida seriously injured. Pietersburg. 12 Jan 2005. VAN VUUREN Hennie AND his wife Celia, both aged 53, were attacked by an armed gang at their home. Hennie returned home from dropping off his workers at around 18:00, late afternoon, and found his wifes blood-spattered corpse sprawled in the garden in front of their house. She had been shot to death. He was made to kneel next to his bakkie at their gate before he was shot at point-blank range in his forehead. Nothing was stolen. Farm Doringfontein. Roedtan. Wed 15 Dec 2005 Source: Kneeling farmer 'executed', Beeld & News 24, 2005-12-15; (URL: http://www.scribd.com/doc/25734971/)] [Submitted & Verified by White Refugee] http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/16 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2348402,00.html VELDMAN Frederick, male aged 36, was attacked and smothered to death on his Ermelo plot. 11 May 2005. VERKES Willem aged 64, AND his ten year old son son were attacked and stabbed on their holding and left for dead. Willem died from his injuries. Bloemspruit. 16 Mar 2005. VISSER Hester, female aged 35, was bashed with a hammer on her Boltonwold holdings, Vereeniging. 15 Aug 2005. WALKER Christine, stopped in front of her parents home to attend the party they had arranged for her 27th birthday. A pick-up truck carrying a gang of armed men pulled in next to her in great haste. 3 Men jumped out and started hammering on the roof of her car, pulled her out and shot her before they hi-jacked her car, which was found 20 minutes later in the Tembisa settlement. Her celphone was also stolen. Christine was declared brain dead in the hospital and the life support machines were disconnected later that night. Birchleigh-North, Kempton Park. 23 Sep 2005. WALSH Ruth, female aged 63, was beaten to death on the Hekoort holding. Magaliesburg. 2 Aug 205. WASSERMAN Jol /Joe / Oom Toet, aged 59, AND his wife Elsa were attacked by an armed gang inside their home on the farm Avontelur. Joel was physically assaulted. Elsa was shot in the foot. Badplaas. 17 Sep 2005.
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WIEDECK Brigitte aged 57 AND Mr Werner aged 65, AND Tina Wiersema were on their New Country Farm holding when an armed gang of 8 men attacked them. Tina managed to escape. Mr Werner was held at gunpoint and tied up while Brigitte was gagged with a scarf and robbed. Then Brigitte was beaten with an iron pole during which she suffered serious scull fractures and lost her right eye. She was choking in her own blood and was left for dead. Makhado, Louis Trichardt. Apr 2005 WYNFORD Delray, female accountant aged 32, was abducted on her way to work in the morning by 2 black men, assaulted, robbed and murdered and her body dumped in the bushes between Marina Sea Salt and KwaMagxaki. 2 March 2005.
2006 ACKERMAN Joey, female aged 88, was attacked inside her bedroom during the night and bashed on the head with a blunt weapon. Joey also suffered serious internal injuries during the attack and died about a week later in hospital. Penford, Uitenhage, Port Elizabeth area, EC. Fri 4 Mar 2006 ALBORGHETTI Marco, AND his friends Sergio Disaro AND his wife Griziella, all Italian tourists from Bergano, were strolling along the Schulphoek coast at around 11:00 when they were attacked, physically assaulted and robbed by two men with knives. Marco was stabbed in the face, chest, back and ankle, close to the Achilles tendon. Sergios clothes were torn during the wrestling he had with both the attackers, and Griziella was also hit in the face. Sandbaai. Sat 12 Nov 2006. BACON Clifford, businessman aged 40, was neighbour to Mrs Joy van Aarde, and their homes were attacked during the same night by a gang of 9 men, armed with guns, butchers knives and meat cleaving hammers. His son Clifford, AND a friend Michael Billson both aged 19, were forced at knife point against their throats to undress to their socks and were tied up. Clifford walked out from his room and was stabbed twice in the back. His girlfriend aged 25, who was 5 months pregnant, slammd the bedroom door shut and locked it, but the attackers kicked it down, and forced all four their victims onto the double bed and tied them up and ransacked the home. One attacker took the girlfriend to the bathroom and raped her. He was interrupted by another attacker who wanted to watch, and she was raped again. The attack lasted about 3 hours before the gang left, taking their loot in two vehicles stolen from the Bacons. Gordons Bay. 21 May 2006 BAILEY Kim, aged 42, AND her daughter Bronwyn aged 15, AND her two friends were attacked by the same man shortly after each other during the afternoon. Kim was taking
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a health walk when she was thrown on the ground, dragged through bushes, assaulted, beaten, cursed and stripped during which time her attacker threatened to stab her with a screwdriver, tried to rape her and bit a chunk out of her cheeck. She finally managed to break free, and the attacker came across her daughter walking with her friends along the same road Kim had been on. He grabbed the one girl by the throat but Bronwyn stormed down on him and pushed him away before they managed to escape. Margate. 16 July 2006. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1968618,00.html Attacker bites chunk out of mom BARKHUIZEN Sylvia, 72 yr old granny, and her 10 yr old granddaughter, had returned from town during the day when an attacker leapt at Sylvia like a tiger. The young girl screamed for help and the attacker grabbed her and forced her mouth shut. Sylvia shouted at him to leave her granddaughter alone and he shot her in the head and the stomach. She died on the scene. Her granddaughter who had watched the murder in horror, was robbed, slapped, choked, and thrown on top of her dead grandmothers body by farm worker. Convicted in March 2007 was Ephriam Kheswa, aged 26. Farm Kruisement, Leslie, Mpumalanga 7 July 2006 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/284 http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/ef870ae080134ce2851d0c293d 32b6b9/28-03-2007-08-07/He_leapt_at_her_like_a_tiger BARNARD Eddie, lawyer aged 34, his wife Rena and their baby girl Carli aged 9 months, were overpowered in front of their home at around 20:45 by an armed gang of at least 3 men, forced into the back of the family double cab pick-up truck, and kidnapped. Their heads were covered with blankets as the vehicle travelled towards Tokoza. Some time later the vehicle stopped and Eddie was thrown out and shot twice. Carli was also grabbed and thrown out of the vehicle, and another shot was fired. Rena thought that both her husband and child had been killed. Then they grabbed her and threw her out as well before they sped off. Carli suffered head wounds, cuts and grazes. Eddie had been shot 3 times, in the stomach, chest and back. He died shortly afterwards in hospital. Vanderbijlpark. Sat 20 Nov 2006. BEKKER Nicky, female aged 27 who worked with blind people, was kidnapped in her own car from her gate around 20:00. Her corpse was found on the roadside about 2km from her home with scratch marks to the face and a bullet wound below her right eye. Riverlea, Johannesburg. Tues 15 Oct 2006. BENADE Andries AND his wife Maretha AND their two grandchildren aged 17, were attacked inside their home during the night by a gang of at least 4 men armed with R1 and R4 machine guns. Andries was shot in the elbow and calf of his leg and left for dead. He heard an attacker say that they may leave as their job is done. They had forced his granddaughter outside into a car when they were intrupted by security forces and feld.
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The previous owner of his plot was shot to death on the same premises, along with his son, 6 years previously. Cullinan. Tues 12 June 2006. http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/farm-attack-victim-thought-his-time-had-come1.281930 BERGH Marcel, female aged 22, was hi-jack two weeks before her mother, Michelle Bergh, was viciously assaulted inside her home. In Jan 2007, she was attacked by 2 armed men in the early hours of the morning outside her parents nightclub and robbed. Menlyn, Pretoria. Dec 2006. BERGH Michelle, was overpowered inside her Waterkloof home and nearly beaten to death by an armed gang and left for dead. She crawled around in the house on her hands and knees to find a knife to cut loose her arms and legs which had been tied up during the attack. Later during the same year, she was attacked during the day inside her workplace in Menlyn and robbed at gunpoint. 2006. BEZUIDENHOUT Nico, farmer aged 59, AND his wife Bellien aged 57, were attacked on their farm by an armed gang of 5 men at around 11:00am. The men were waiting inside a car outside the shop attached to their house for them to arrive back from church and bought an item, returned to their car, and re-entered the shop armed and shot Nico to death. They forced Bellien into the house. They were unable to open the safe and shot her in the head. She has been admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Damplaas farm, 20km from Excelsior on the Winberg border. 7 May 2006. BIERMAN Louis, male aged 66, was on a short holiday when he was attacked by 2 men and shot in the side of his head during the day at about 11:00am outside the shops of a busy street as he was opening his car door. Louis died in hospital a few hours later. Amanzimtoti. Wed 11 October 2006 Hijackers shoot man in front of his wife http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20061012081210162 C388507 BLEWITT Pat, female in her 80s, was attacked at around 3am inside her home, tied up and robbed. Walmerpark,Port Elizabeth, EC.2 Oct 2006 Mej. Pat Blewitt, n dame in haar 80s, was aangeval, vasgebind en beroof omtrent 03:00 in haar meenthuis. Walmerpark, Port Elizabeth. BOTES Malie, female aged 44 AND her domestic worker were attacked during the day at around 12:30 in her home. The women were overpowered at gun-point, assaulted, beaten and pistol whipped. The domestic worker was told to switch the iron on as they wanted to burn the women but she managed to escape and call for help. Malie was kicked, pistol whipped and shot at. Farm Mooiplaas, Groblersdal Rd., district Middleburg. Tues 25 Oct 2006 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2020121,00.html
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'They wanted to burn us' http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20061025074946312 C431062 BOTHA Charles aged 72, AND his wife Joey aged 71, were attacked and murdered on their farm. Their bodies were found a few days later. Charles had been tortured, stabbed and sliced in the head, back and legs, his heels and Achilles' tendons cut. His corpse was found about 2km from his farmhouse in bushes. Joey's face was bludgeoned, apparently with a brick, and left to die in her bedroom. No theft. Kaalvallei, near Naboomspruit. LIM. Wed 9 Feb 2006. BOTHA Hennie, security guard at SBV aged 22, AND his colleagues Dirk Kleynhans aged 28, AND Marcus Malete aged 25, AND Deon Stein aged 20, were attacked during the day by an armed gang and burnt alive inside their security van. A farmer pulled Deon out from the fire, but he died shortly after. Between Marken and Baltimore,Polokwane. Fri 2 Oct 2010 Mnr Hennie Botha (22) sekuriteitswag vir SBV en sy mede werkers Dirk Kleynhans (28, Marcus malete (25) en Deon Stein (20), was deur n gewapende bende aangeval en dood verbrand in hul geldva. n Boer het Mnr Stein uit die vuur getrek, maar hy is kort daarna oorlede. Polokwane. http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t271611-632/ BOTHA MC, lawyer aged 43, was attacked at around 07:00 and stabbed in the shoulder and left eye. He died in hospital shortly afterwards from a fractured scull. Bloemfontein. Thur 18 Oct 2006. BOTHA Thys aged 66, AND his wife Babs aged 62 were shot while they were trying to close their bedroom door on a gang armed with 12 bore shotguns. Thys was shot in the chest and died on the scene. Babs was shot in the left hand and lost all her fingers except the thumb. Farm Boesmanspruit, Carolina. June 2006. http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2436265,00.html BOUTEL Quintin, male aged 52, was stabbed to death in the street by a gang and robbed of his shoes and a celphone. Port Elizabeth, EC. 5 Oct 2006. BRINK Anna Magrieta, widow aged 79, was murdered inside her home at around 02:00 by attackers who lifted the tiles off the roof and climbed in through the ceiling. It appears she was attacked inside her bed from blood found in the room. There was also blood on a sandwich toaster and kitchen cabinets, on a walking stick found in the passage, the floors, as well as on two candle holders, one made from brass, and the other from glass. Her corpse was locked into the bathroom, found on the floor, her arms tied behind her back at the elbows, and her feet were also tied up. Towels were wrapped around her head and tied with electric cord. Delmas. Sun 12 Dec 2006.
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CAMPBELL George McKenzie aged 18, AND his employer Ben van der Berg who farmed sheep and ran a nursery at Tarlton, were found and murdered 11km apart next to the N14 Tarlton highway. Their hands were tied to their ankles behind their backs. They were forced onto their knees before they were killed by a single bullet to the head, and fell forward. The face of George was tear-streaked and his mouth open as if he had wanted to say something. Krugersdorp. Fri, June 2006. CILLIERS Jane, chemist aged 58, was murdered inside her home during night. She was tied up and possibly smothered from the rags that had been tied around her head. Pentagonpark, Free State. Tues 27 Oct 2006. CLARKE Michael, boy aged 16, was ambushed and shot in the neck outside his house, 3 weeks alter, his family was attacked inside the kitchen of the same house. COETZEE Hans AND his wife Dalene, both aged 85, and their domestic water Mary Mnisi were attacked, overpowered, physically assaulted and robbed by an armed gang inside their home during the morning. Garsfontein 15 Dec 2006. COETZEE Koos, male aged 76, opened the door of his farmhouse for his little dog at around 22:00 and was attacked by a gang of at least 3 men. Koos was overpowered, physically assaulted, his hands and feet tied up with shoelaces and forced to his bedroom, where he was physically assaulted again and robbed. Carolina. 20 July 2006. COMBRINK Alida Jacoba, female aged 88, was picking oranges when she was physically attacked and robbed of her watch. Alida was severely beaten and kicked. Her chest bone and nose was also broken, and her face badly bruised and swollen. Neighbours heard her anxious screams and saved her. Luckhoff. 16 Aug 2006. CONINGHAM Robin male aged 58, AND his wife Lynne, were sitting on their porch at around 20:00 when 2 men scaled their garden wall and fired two shots into Robins chest and robbed Lynne. Robin died on the scene. Bryanston. Mon 13 Dec 2006. COOMBES George, male aged 59, was ambushed at his home after returning from the shops during the afternoon. George was physically attacked and repeatedly chopped in the forehead with a garden hoe before he was robbed, and died. His daughter found his corpse in the front garden. Rant-en-dal, Krugersdorp. 28 Nov 2006. CORNELIUS Nick aged 80, AND his wife Lynette aged 56, were delivering newspapers early in the morning when they were attacked by an armed gang which had stopped behind them in Vorna Valley. Nick was hit on the head with a gun with such force that the magazine fell out. He was pulled out of his van and thrown on the floor. An attacker jumped on his chest. Lynette was also physically attacked before their vehicle was stolen. Midrand. 20 Nov 2006.
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DE BEER Wim AND his girlfriend were attacked in the garden of their guesthouse by a gang of at least 5 armed men plus another 4 gang members waiting outside in their getaway car. Wim was talking on his phone when 3 gansters stormed down on him. One, armed with a Tokarev pistol, shot at Wim, but missed as Wim lunged at him with his hunting knife. The girlfriend walked out the house towards them and Wim jumped in front of her, taking a bullet in the stomach which lodged in his hip. She was physically assaulted by another 2 gangsters and robbed before the attackers fled with Wims double cab. Moreletapark, Pretoria east. 2 Dec 2006. DE JAGER Manie, male aged 59, AND his wife Serina Tjoekie aged 53, were asleep inside their home at around 02:00 when an armed gang of at least 4 men dressed in military uniform opened fire on them. Manie swung a pillow at them and wrestled the attackers into the lounge, where he was shot several times, of which two bullets struck him in the back. Tjoekie managed to escape and locked herself into the garage until staff arrived at around 07:00. Manie died on the scene.. Only two celphones were stolen. Schurweberg plot, Pretoria. Tues, 27 July 2006 Pretoria man killed in robbery DU PLESSIS Sandra, a female financial advisor aged 30 yrs old, was shot at her gate inside her car as she arrived home at night by an armed gang. Seven bullets struck the car's driver door and window of her car, two narrowly missed her head while five hit her in the right arm, left arm, stomach and back, missing her vital organs by millimetres. She was ordered out her car and watched as she stumbled bleeding profusely towards the fence of her home before the attackers sped off in their own car. Centurion, Pretoria. Fri 6 Oct 2006 Woman survives bloody hijacking ordeal DU PREEZ Freek and his wife were having an afternoon nap at around 15:00 when she heard someone in the room. An unknown man swung an axe at her but missed and she was only slightly injured. Freek woke up and the attacker threw the axe at him, only injuring him lightly, and running away. It appears that there had been two attackers as their shoes and caps were found outside the house. Bochkraal farm, Addo. EC. 6 Dec 2006. DU TOIT Fanie, male aged 76, was attacked for the third time in 5 years. This time he was overpowered inside his kitchen by 2 men and sustained head injuries. Nothing robbed. Garinglaagte Farm, Hertzogville, Free State. 28 July 2006. farmer robbed third time in five years EAGLE Brian, businessman aged 56, was shot to death during the afternoon while he was driving along the Hekpoort R563 road, a few meters from the Greensleaves restaurant in the Cradle of Humanity by an armed gang, who then hi-jacked a minibus and fled the scene without taking anything. Sterkfontein. 11 Dec 2006.
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EKSTEEN Luancko aged 32, AND his wife Ronel aged 33, AND their children Elisma aged eight AND Christiaan aged ten, were walking along the Sabi River inside a holiday resort when they were attacked by a knife wielding gang. The family ran away but Luancko collapsed when a rock was thrown at his head. A man from a neighbouring holiday cottage ran to their rescue. It took 6 stitches to sew the wound up in Luanckos head. Krugerspark Lodge, Hazyview. 14 july 2006. ELS Louisa, a 48 year old doctor, was en route to work at the Mamelodi hospital when she was shot close to her work in the black township. She tried to get away from her attackers, but died at the wheel, and her car came to a stop, slewed against a gate. A sixteen year old New South African was arrested after he was caught stealing Els cell phone from her body while still in the car after it came to a stop. Pretoria. 2006. ENGELBRECHT Magaret, female aged 74, was attacked while she was taking her dog for a walk, dragged inside her home, and stabbed in the chest to death. Piketberg. Kaapstad. 2 May 2006. ESTERHUIZEN Daniella aged 5, AND her family, father Diederick aged 36, mother Anel aged 32, brother Andrico aged 3, AND their friend Ferdi Kleinhans aged 29, were fishing in the early evening at the Riebeeck dam in Culemborg Park when a gang of 4 men approached on and one of them shouted robbery and opened fire on them. Diederick was shot in the chest and groin. A bullet recochetted off Anels finger and hit Danielle in the forehead. All the tyres to their car was shot to shreds, but Diederick rushed his family to hospital. Daniella was dead on arrival. Randfotnein. 22 Dec 2006. ETSEBETH Albert, AND his wife Carin, AND his brother Frans AND his wife and their son and daughter were attacked inside their home at around 23:00 by a gang of armed men who entered the house by breaking down the doors. More than 30 rounds of ammunition were shot off during the first 6 minutes of their entry into the house at the family, who were scurrying to find protection. His nephew hid his sister and in a bedroom and locked the door before he locked himself with his father (Frans) into another room. Albert locked the security gate in the passage separating them from the rest of the house and stalled the intruders once they broke through. Albert was shot at, physically assaulted and ordered at gunpoint to lie on the floor while the bedrooms were broken into. Frans and his son were found, physically assaulted and robbed before the police sirens scared the attackers away. Two weeks previously, their neighbour Jan van Rooyen had been attacked in a similar way, shot in the back, and left paralyzed. Nevada street, which borders the Faerie Glen Nature Reserve, Pretoria. Dec 2006. EVA Neville, male aged 78, was attacked inside his house, but his corpse was found dumped in the bathroom of a granny flat adjacent to his house. He had multiple stab wounds to the head, neck, upper torso and also defensive wounds on his hands. The police were unable to establish if anything had been stolen. Walmer. 2006.
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BOTHA Razelle aged 17 was shot 5 times by an armed gang, who also shot her father, during an attack on the familys home. Razelle spent a year in treatment using a wheelchair after which she has feeling in her left leg, she has only partial feeling in her right leg and has to wear a calliper on that leg. Razelle, as a top student, was accepted for further studies abroad. Asked if she still wanted to return to South Africa after completing her medical degree, she replied: "I love my country and its people and I want to be able to help them." But she said that her biggest fear for South Africa was the scourge of crime and the effects it was having on the country. "I cannot deny that I am paranoid, but I am not about to let that stop me from helping South Africa, along with all other South Africans who have big dreams and hopes for this country." She said she would miss South Africa, its friendly people, her friends and the wildlife. Moreleta Park. Feb 2006 http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/brave-razelle-is-determined-to-live-her-dream1.439240 FIVAZ Elize, a pregnant woman aged 23, was admitted to hospital after being wounded by attackers in her house. Lewisham, Krugersdorp. July 2006 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1969506,00.html FIVAZ Louis aged 77, AND his friend Ms. Bettie Smit aged 72, AND an unknown farm worker, were murdered during a viscuous attack on a farm near Ventersdorp. The body of the farm worker was found in an outside room. Bettie was found where she had been murdered in the kitchen. Louis was found dead next to a broken coffee table in the diningroom. His wallet and gun was not stolen from his bedside table. The house was covered with blood. Farm Modderbult between Ventersburg and Steynsrus. Sun 20 Nov 2006 FOURIE Eugene aged 56, his wife Annemarie aged 52, AND their daughter Annerette aged 32, were attacked and physically assaulted on their farm Rietvlei. Both Eugene and Annemaried died from their injuries. Annerette was left for dead. Verkeerdevlei, Brandford. Oct 2006. GEYER Anna-Marie, farmwife afed 69, was attacked inside their chicken coop during the day by a gang armed with knives, stabbed several times, and her throat slit. They had intended to murder her husband as well, but he was accompanied by a visitor friend, from whom they ran away. Farm De Doorens, Sterkstroom. Fri 19 June 2006. GOLDEN Brett, a popular television personality, AND his friend Richard Bloom were overpowered by a gang of 6 men armed with 9mm CZ 75 semi-automatics in front of a mansion at around midnight, and robbed of their personal effects and stripped of their clothes except for their socks, tied up and bundled into the boot of their car, in which they were kidnapped and shot to death. Camps Bay, Cape Town. 15 Apr 2006
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GORDON Thys, male aged 66, sustained serious injuries when he was attacked and beaten with a hammer on his holding near Mooiriver. Potchefstroom. 2006. GOUWS Johannes Pieter , male aged 74, was murdered inside his house during the morning. His feet were tied and he was strangled to death with a necktie. Parow, Cape. 23 May 2006. GREEN Bob and his wife Joy were both torched to death on their Meyerton plot. 2006. GREYLING Jan aged 67, AND his wife Johanna aged 64, were forced into their home shortly after they had arrived back on their farm Floridam from church on a Sunday morning. A tin of pepperspray, of the type used by police, was found inside the house, presumably owned by the murderers. Broken chairs in the lounge and kitchen witness of a fight. Jan was bashed on his head repeatedly with a blunt object. His corpse was found in the kitchen with a bullet to the back of the head. A pillow had been used to stifle the sound of the gunshot. Her body was found in the nearby bedroom, with two gunshots behind the left ear, and another pillow, which had been used to stifle the gunshot sound. Trompsburg. 18 Dec 2006. GRIESEL Henk, male aged 33, had stopped to inspect his vehicle after he had ridden over a pothole on the Schoemanskloof road, about 50km from Nelspruit. An elderly black man pulled up behind him and approached him with a white container, offering assistance. As Henk looked up, acid was poured over his head. He jumped in his car and raced to safety. He sustained burns on his arms, head and face, barely missing his eyes. Nelspruit. 16 Aug 2006. HALL Quintin, a 12 year old boy, was walking with his mother and her friends at night in town to view a property for sale when they were confronted by an armed gang of 5 black men at the gate. Although Quintin stood still, he was shot in his stomach by one of the attackers as they were leaving in the car they had just hi-jacked off another white woman. Boksburg. Thurs 21 July 2006 'My God, they have shot my boy...' This article was originally published on page 1 of The Star on July 21, 2006 HANSON Michael, owner of a transport company aged 33, AND his girlfriend Marieta Hansen aged 32, were attacked on their plot at around 22:00. Michael was about 150m from the house when he was overpowered by 2 men. He was ordered to lie down on his stomach but refused. Michael was repeatedly hit on the head with an iron pipe, shot in the leg and cheeck, and left for dead. He managed to reach a neighbours house about 1km away to call for help. Unknown to him, another two attackers had overpowered Marieta in the house and blindly opened fire on her, but missed. They stole cash and fled. Michael required reconstructive surgery. The doctor described his face as a bowl of rice cripsies. Honeydew, West Rand. 4 Apr 2006.
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HARTZER Alida Magrieta, female aged 56, was attacked inside her bedroom at midnight by 2 men. She was severely beaten in the face and on her head with a heavy piece of wood, and admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Roodepoort farm, Ventersdorp. NW. Sat. 14 Sep 2006. HERBST Chris aged 37, AND his wife Julene aged 36, AND their daughter Annika aged 12, AND sons JJ aged 6, AND Christiaan aged 14, were attacked inside their home at around 01:30 by an armed gang, during which Chris fought of their attackers with his bare and was stabbed 9 times and shot once before the police arrived to save them. Their nightmare began when Julene noticed a suspicious light in their house and woke Chris up. He jumped out of bed as two men entered, armed with a knife and a gun. Chris hit the knifeman who fell and stabbed Chris in the right buttox. While they wrestled, he was shot in the left cheeck. He wrestled them both down the passage before he went looking for his wife, and told her to smash the bedroom window, escape and call the police. Christiaan had loaded his fathers pellet gun and was waiting for the attackers to enter his room. Chris went to his childrens room and heard an attacker say to his daughter come here, I want you. While he wrestled the attacke rs out of her bedroom, he kicked JJ to fall under the bed to safety. Chris was also stabbed in the back 5 times, once in the ear, and three times in the hand during the attack. Two celphones were stolen. Elardus Park, Pretoria HERSELMAN Megan, senior journalist aged 49, pulled off on the N1 South about 100 meters before the Rivonia turnoff and was shot 4 times through the passenger window by an armed gang of at least 3 men. Megan pulled off but the car ran off the road and came to a halt in a ditch. Megan was dead before the police arrived on the scene. Nothing was missing. Johannesburg 15 June 2006 HEWAT John, male aged 70, was making supper at around 19:00 when he went outside to investigate why his dogs were barking. He was overpowered, his hands tied behind his back, and beaten to unconsciousness. When he gained consciousness, he managed to call for help on his celphone. The police found property belonging to John next to his pick-up van. He was admitted to hospital with serious face wounds. Donnybrook farm, Komga. East London. Sat 2006. HEYMANS Susanna, female aged 79, was attacked inside her home at around 19:00 by 3 men dressed in blue over-alls and balaclavas, who had broken the door open with the wooden handle of an axe. She was physically assaulted during which her mouth was torn, some of her teeth hit out from her mouth and her face severely bruised. They left Susanna tied up with a belt to her bed. It took 4 hours for her to free herself. Her celphone, microwave oven, purse and a ring was stolen. Brandfort. 17 July 2006. HEYNEKE Phillip Flip aged 51, was murdered on his farm at Bainsvlei by a gang of at least 4 men. He had been tied up before he was hanged in a storeroom. Bloemfontein. 21 June 2006.
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HOMMAN Joshua, male aged 71, was attacked, physically assaulted and robbed by a gang of at least 4 men inside a storeroom on his farm at around 06:30. Leslie. 20 July 2006 HOSKIN Graeme, AND his family were attacked inside their home, where he was shot in the face and stabbed several times in the back and neck while he fought off two thugs trying to rape his 12-year-old daughter and murder his six-year-old son. Pretoria. 26 Oct 2006. Link Heroic dad recounts horrors of home invasion JACOBS Peter aged 93, AND his wife Annemarie aged 77, were attacked inside their home at around 04:00. Peter went to investigate the noise when a window in their lounge was broken by a gang of at least 4 men. He was beaten to death in the hallway with a heavy wooden carved elephant statue. Blood splattered the walls and lay in pools on the floor. Annemarie was severely physically assaulted and murdered in the passage. Robin Acres, Johannesburg. Sun 15 Aug 2006 JACOBS Ivan aged 72, AND the wife of his late brother Willem, Mrs Gwendolene Jacobs aged 56, were overpowered, physically assaulted and robbed on the Bloemspruit plot. Blood splattered on walls, carpets, bed linen and matresses bore testimony to the gruesome attack. Dentures found in a pool of blood and a brick nearby bore testimony to the attack in the early morning after Ivan went outside in search of his dogs, which had been poisoned by a gang of at least 3 men who waited for him in ambush. Ivan was struck on the head from behind with a brick and a hammer, forced into the house to be further assaulted, during which he was hit on the knee, hip, head and body with the hammer until he lost consciousness, and left for dead. He was also stabbed. Gwendolene was also hit on the head from behind with a hammer and further seriously assaulted physically. After they were saved, she was treated in the hospital for concussion, various head and other wounds and bruising. Bloemfontein, Wed 12 Apr 2006. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_A...915717,00.ht JANSE VAN RENSBURG Nico and his wife Tokkie, farming couple aged 70, were attacked and robbed by an armed gang inside their home at around 04:00 and violently assaulted, during which Nicos jaw was broken. Aldrie farm, Waterpoort, Soutpansberg. Sat 3 June 2006. JOUBERT Swys, ex-rugby player aged 50, was driving home at night after a rugby meeting had run late, and was pushed off the road by another car with at least 3 armed attackers. He was sworn at, pistol whipped over his head, and shot while wrestling a gunman before they made off with his car. This was the third time Swys had been hijacked in the streets of Johannesburg. Oct 2006 The angels heard me, says ex-rugby player
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KELLERMAN Renate, thirty five year old female owner of Le Petit Chateau in Durbanville, was found at about 04:20, murdered in her bedroom, presumably by black attackers, after a telephonic tip-off. Her bloodied naked body bore several stab wounds and her face had been covered by a duvet. She had also been raped. Her pick-up van was later found in a non-white area. Cape Town. 15 July 2006. KILLIAN Johan aged 32, previously branch manager of the ER24 emergency centre, was found dead on the back seat of his mothers car in front of The Don hotel a few days after his death. The keys were in the ignition. His wallet was found in a rubbish bin a couple of blocks away. Arcacia, Pretoria. Sat 15 Aug 2006. KILLIAN Lina, a 50-year-old diabetic woman who had back problems and walked with crutches was attacked soon after she left her daughters house to walk down the road to a nearby shopping centre during the day. Lina was assaulted, beaten in the face with a brick, raped and murdered. Her crutches lay in the road, and her naked, bloodied corpse was found on its back by her daughter about 25m from the road in tall grass of the vacant stand adjacent to her house. Her face and head bashed to a pulp. Her money, jewelry and bank cards were not stolen. Duncanville, Vereeniging. 7 Dec 2006. KOTZE Jacqueline aged 34, had been in the police force for 17 years and earned the title Captain, was pregnant while she was driving her car to a shopping centre with her two younger children, Miecqe aged 4 and Yelcqe aged 2. While stationary at a robot, she leaned back and set the babyseat lower for her child, waved an apology out her window for any inconvenience she may have caused, and drove on. Suddenly sirens flared up and her car was pushed off the road by two members of the metro police. They asked for her drivers licence. Jacqueline tried to turn her ignition on for the airconditioner to work for her children as it was hot in the car but she was yanked from her car, her arms pulled up sharply against her back and cuffed. They dragged her to their car and threw her into the back. Whilst driving her to the police station, one of them received a phone call from his wife, and told her that they had arrested a rich, white bitch who had an attitude problem. She was charged with public disturbance and reckless driving before she was set free 4 hours later. Her pregnancy developed complications from the injuries she sustained during the arrest and lost the baby two weeks later. Gordons Bay. Cape Town. 29 Dec 2006. KNOESEN Jubre, male aged 32, was turning onto his farm shortly after midnight when he was stopped by two men in plain clothes driving a police vehicle and was shot in his upper arm. Farm Jonkersrus, Welkom. Tues 10 October 2006 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2011790,00.html 'Cops' shoot and injure farmer KRUGER Werner was attacked inside his bedroom at night by an armed gang off at least 5 men. Werner was shot twice in the stomach and once in the head. He died on the scene. Monument Park, Pretoria.
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http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Polisie-en-hotelbaas-lei-rowers-in-lokval20110227 LABUSCHAGNE Johannes Kristoffel, male aged 61, phoned his son to tell him that his house had been broken into minutes before he was shot in the head and neck on the cement slab outside his home. He died on the way to the hospital. Vredepoort farm, Dordrecht. 6 Mar 2006. LARDNER Craig, wine farmer of Paardeberg, woke up in his bed in the early morning hours to a burst of gun-fire from his window. He managed to roll off the bed when the shooting started, but was shot in the leg and foot. Twenty-one shots were fired at him. Farm Far Horizons. Cape. 2006. LANGE Ulrich, male aged 81, was murdered on his smallholding in Muldersdrift. Apr 2006. LITHINS Patricia AND her son Jesse who was a scholar at the time, AND her husband Jerome, who is hardhearing, were attacked, physically assaulted and robbed by a gang of 3 men outside their home early in the morning, after they had held the family domestic worker and 2 visitors hostage for 11 hours in the maids room. Patricia was shot to death. Jerome has since had to close his business, and Jesse suffered from stress and depression, and cant complete his studies. Paulshof. Dec 2006. MALAN Willie, male, was ambushed at around 18:20 by two men inside the same house where his wife had been attacked 3 years previously. He suffered serious head wounds and was robbed. Soutpansberg farm, Levubu, Louis Trichardt. LIM. Fri 3 Mar 2006 MEYER Billy, a small-scale tomato farmer aged 43, AND his girlfriend, Alida Grobler aged 27, AND her three children, six-month-old baby girl, Christelle, AND 3 year old Shaun AND 6 yr old Justin, were attacked by an armed black man inside their home at around 19:30pm. Alida was preparing a feeding bottle for Christelle in the kitchen when the gunman walked through the kitchen door and ordered her to the lounge, where Billy was sitting with Christelle on his lap. The boys started screaming and Billy was putting his baby down on the floor when he was shot dead through the head. Stolen: celphone and about $25. Lovedale Farm, Mara district, Makhado. Pretoria. Sat 8 Aug 2006 http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2009/11/farms-of-fear-sunday-timeslondon.html http://www.boerevryheid.co.za/forums/showthread.php?3666-Farmer-killed-holding-hisbaby-Billy-Meyer MOOLMAN Jan aged 37, was working on his farm in the night when he AND his security guard was attacked by a gang of 8 men. Jan was shot to death. His guard was shot in the foot. Biesieslaagte,Wolmaranstad, North West. Wed 30 Nov 2006.
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MOSTER Willem, male aged 60, was attacked and bashed with hammers and a spanner on his farm Skandinawirsdrift, Mar 2006 MULLER Louise, female aged 77, was murdered inside her home during the night. Her corpse was found on the bedroom floor, with the hands and feet tied up, a nightie tied around her neck, and a duvet thrown over her body. Her home had been broken into two weeks previously as well. Bloemfontein. Thur 17 Dec 2006. MULLER Maryne, female aged 38, was shot and kidnapped in their family car while she was waiting inside her car for her husband, who had climbed out to stretch his legs at around 20:30 along the N1 Lynnwood Highway. Her corpse was later found, still inside the car, with the safety belt on, and bullet wounds in the stomach, chest and leg. Pretoria. 14 Sep 2006 NAUDE Leon, business man aged 48, was attacked while a colleague was dropping him off at his home on the Steinsvlei holdings at around 19:15. Leon was shot five times in the face and upper body. He died on the scene. Muldersdrift. Mon 27 July 2006. NEL Deon aged 35, AND his wife Elizma were attacked as they arrived home on their Kay Sand smallholding around 21:00. Deon was taking groceries from the car while Elizma was unlocking the front door of their home when an armed gang of at least 4 men appeared. Deon ran towards Elizma but was shot in the back and collapsed about 10 meters from his wife. More shots were fired into his body before they dragged him by his arms to Elizma and robbed them of their personal effects, even grabbing the shoes from her feet. As the attackers fled, they fired shots at the domestic workers who were approaching to investigate what was going on. Dean died before the ambulance arrived. Randburg. 3 Mar 2006. NEL Hein, male aged 26, was found strangled to death and bound to a chair in the flat of a Black tenant from whom he had tried to collect rent money. Port Elizabeth. 10 Oct 2006. NIENABER Jan, male aged 35, AND his wife Alette aged 30, were attacked inside their home at night by an armed gang of 3 men. Alette was in bed and Jan was watching tv when their lounge window broke into shards and he saw a hand clutching a pistol. He managed to alert a security company as he ran to warn his wife, but before they could close the bedroom door, they were overpowered and forced to lay face-down in their lounge. The couple were stomped on and pistol whipped on their heads. Alette was stripped and made to walk around wearing only her t-shirt while she was pawed. The drama ended when the security company arrived. Pierre van Ryneveld, Centurion, Pretoria. 11 Oct 2006 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2010899,00.html Wife made to parade half-naked
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NORTJE Kerneels, male aged 64, was attacked while he was working on his land during the day by a gang of 4 men armed with stones, a knife, scissors and a spade. They threatened to kill him and was toldBoer, today I am going to kill you! They wrestled with Kerneels during which he slipped in the mud and his glasses fell. His celphone and watch was stolen. Kerneels also sustained a large gash on his back from the spade they had hit him with before his son arrived, and they ran away. Farm Opwag, Groblershoop. 12 Dec 2006 OLIVIER Jacques, male aged 33, AND his fianc Anel Venter were in his garage/workshop at night where Jacques was busy working when they were confronted by two armed men. Anel managed to escape just as they fired several shots into the garage during which Jacques was fatally wounded. Nothing looted. Fri 29 Sept 2006 Man killed in attack on smallholding OLWAGE Andrew aged 78 AND his wife Kowie aged 75, were attacked outside their home in Goodwood late at night after they arrived home by an armed gang of at least 4 men. Inside the garage, a ganster pulled the trigger twice to shoot Andrew, but the gun did not go off. Andrew grabbed the gun from him, but was hit from behind on his head by another attacker. They dragged him into the garden where they kicked and hit him in and out of consciousness. Kowie, who was waiting for her husband outside the garage, was also attacked and dragged into the garden where she was severely beaten in and out of consciousness, and threatened with death. Her teeth fell out and lay against a wall. Their neighbours, Mr Jan Visagie and his wife Ronel, heard their screams and were also held at gunpoint when they arrived to investigate. Andrew managed to get the attention of police which drove past and the gang fled in the Olwage car. The Olwages were admitted to hospital with serious head injuries. Cape Town. Mon 4 Oct 2006 OOSTHUIZEN Jocoba AND her husband were attacked, physically assaulted and robbed inside their farmhouse at around 13:15 on a Sunday during which her right wrist and hipbone was broken. The left shoulder of her husband was also damaged before they put him into the bath to cut his throat but changed their plans. Soutpansberg, 15km from Potgietersrus.Louis Trichardt. LIM. Mar 2006. PIETERS Frans aged 44, a mine worker who has a prosthetic leg, AND his wife Daleen aged 33, AND their children Gideon aged 10 AND Anuscka aged 3, were attacked inside their home by a gang of armed men who kicked open the front door at 21:15 while Daleen was watching television, and her family were asleep. They stormed down on Daleen and stabbed her with knives, cutting her leg to the bone in two places above the ankle. They fetched Frans and the children from their rooms and tied them all up in the television room. The family were continually physically assaulted in full view of each other. Their torturers melted a plastic bag, and dripped the melting plastic onto the boy, Gideon. They also battered his face, broke his nose and his eye was bruised and swollen. Anuscka was slapped in the face. Daleen was repeatedly hit and kicked. The barrel of a 9mm pistol was pushed into her mouth before the family were blindfolded and
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gagged. Frans was severely tortured during which his forehead was slashed open, and boiling water poured on him, before he was strangled with a shoelace. The gang tortured the family until around 01:00 before they left, taking the television and cd player with them. From there they tried to break down the door of a neighbouring smallholder but were interrupted by the police, who caught one of the attackers. Swartruggens. 12 July 2006. PODOLSKI Ezrah, farmer aged 71, AND his wife Miriam aged 61 were attacked by 3 men during the day on their farm. Miriam was punched, kicked and pulled by her hair before she was tied to a chair. Ezrah was bludgeoned with a shovel on his head and then hung to die in a tree. Pietermaritzburg farm. 5 Sept 2006 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1993779,00.html POTGIETER Boet, farmer aged 74, was attacked on his holding during the day and injured his arms while protecting his head from a piece of wood swung at him repeatedly. Mooiriver area, Potchefstroom. 6 Dec 2006 PREPOK Vaughn, male aged 19, was walking home at around 04:30 when he was murdered in the street. He had suffered a broken nose and his teeth were sticking out through his bottom lip during the assault in which his head was beaten to a pulp before his throat was slit. Edenvale, East Rand. Thur 21 Dec 2006. PRETORIUS Andries, his friends Mr Viljoen AND Mr Van Zijl were attacked, physically assaulted and robbed by an armed gang of at least 5 men. Andries was also bitten and scratched by their attackers and had to be treated with anti-retrovirals. 2006. PRETORIUS Gary, male aged 28, AND his girlfriend Giuliette Breytenbach aged 29, were attacked at around 20:10 on their Bashewa smallholding by an armed gang of at least 5 men. Gary was shot outside their home, and then robbed. Guiliette went outside to investigate what the noise was about and was confronted by the armed gang who chased after her and forced their way into the house, before they robbed her. Garsfontein, Pretoria East. Mon 19 Oct 2006. Mnr Gary Pretorius (28) was buite sy huis op die Bashewa kleinhoewe geskiet ongeveer 20:10 deur n gewapende bende van ten minste 5 mans. S y vriendin, Giuliette Breytenbach (29) het uit die huis gehaas om hom te help maar het haarself in 5 mans vasgeloop. Hulle het haar die huis ingevolg en beroof. Garsfontein. PRETORIUS Marius aged 41, AND his wife Lily, AND their daughter Chant aged seven, AND their son Riaan aged 19, were attacked as they arrived home at around 20:00 and parked inside their garage, by an armed gang who had pulled in with their get-away car behind them. A gunman jumped out and ran towards the family. Marius reversed into their attackers car and was pulling off when a gunman shot at them. Marius leaned forward to protect his family, and was shot in the left shoulder. He drove to safety until he
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passed out. He died shortly after. Verwoerdpark, Alberton. Tues 28 Dec 2006. Marius nearly died during a previous attack in 1998. RABIE Sandra, wife of ex-NP parlament member, was murdered during an attack inside her home by an armed gang of at least 3 men. It appears she was followed into the house at around 23:00 and overpowered in the passage. Her husband, who was reading in the bedroom, AND her son who came out from his bedroom were held at gunpoint while they were tied up. Sandra was beaten on the head with a blunt object to death while they were forcing her to hand over the keys to the safe. Boksburg. Thur 18 Dec 2006. REED Anna Jacoba, female aged 65, AND her family Caroline female aged 12, AND Natasha female aged 45, AND Phillip male aged 9, were attacked inside their house in the farm Arib during which Anna was strangled to death. Gobabis, Gonubie, East London, EC. 21 Sep 2006 REGENASS Manny was ambushed inside his farmhouse upon his return from work at night by a gang which had gained entry into the premises by cutting the burglar proofing off a window. Manny was attacked in the dark, physically assaulted and robbed. He suffered a broken jaw and serious head injuries during the physical attack during which he was also bashed on the head and kicked. Mabatlane, Bela-Bela. Sat 1 July 2006. RETIEF VAN AARDE Johanna aged 79 was described by her son-in-law to be frail and weak, unable to walk far in the trial of nine men accused of breaking into Johanna's home - during which she was raped and bludgeoned to death before they proceeded to break into a neighbouring home, where they held four people at gunpoint, including a five months' pregnant woman, who was raped during the attack. Gordons Bay. 21 May 2006 Bludgeoned old woman 'was very frail' This article was originally published on page 4 of Cape Times on May 13, 2009 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20090513051720700C57 3982 RIGBY John aged 76, AND his wife Wilma aged 75, were attacked, robbed and physically assaulted with pick axes and kierries (traditional weapons made from wood, which has a wooden handle and hard ball-like club) on their farm Southborne, Addo district. 30 Dec 2006. ROBBERTSON Robbie, farmer aged 56, was strangled to death on his Vallambrosa holding by a gang of at least 22 members. Bloemfontein. Mar 2006. ROBERTSON Sean AND his wife Deryn were ambushed inside their bedroom at night by an armed gang of at least 8 men who attacked and robbed them. Three knives were used to stab Sean of which two belonged to the family, a bread knife and a carving knife. He was stabbed 13cm deep near the hip, and in the heart. His heart stopped shortly after
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he had been admitted to hospital and he spent 5 days in the trauma unit. Woodmead. 12 Feb 2006. Man's heart stopped after robbery September 11 2007 ROOS De Ville, farmer aged 40, AND his wife Johanna aged 37, were attacked inside their kitchen at about 19:30 when an armed man entered through the unlocked door and demanded that they lie face down on the ground. He then fired 3 shots at De Ville, hitting him twice in the chest and once in the neck. A second attacker entered and demanded vehicle keys from Johanna while a third attacker carried a television set and computer outside. The attackers fled when they saw lights at the gate from a security company responding to the alarm which had gone off when the shots were fired. The stolen items were found outside the house. De Ville died from his wounds in hospital the following day. Uitvalgrond farm, Sonop area near Brits, Marico. Fri 24 Apr 2006. ROSS Penny, female, was attacked on her farm during which she was being strangled when her brother arrived and saved her. Pigeonhole. 3 Mar 2006 ROSSOUW Christelene, female aged 78, was murdered in her home before 08:00am. The kitchen table was overturned, and bloody stripes along the walls leading to the bathroom where her corpse was found in the shower. It appears that she had been bashed with a brick and stabbed with a screwdriver. There were many wounds to her head. Welgemoed. 3 Mar 2006. SAUNDER John aged 72, AND his wife Pamela aged 54, were attacked and physically assaulted on their plot, during which John was stabbed with a knife as well. Witbank. Dec 2006. SCHOEMAN Stefanus Johannes Fanie, retired farmer aged 74, AND his wife Christina Elizabeth Chrissieaged 74, moved into town to be safer and were usually locked up inside their home by 17:30. Chrissie was feeling ill and lay down on the couch in their lounge where she was overpowered at around 18:30 and beaten with a hammer. She was also told that her husband had already been killed and that they would not hesitate to kill her should she not co-operate. Chrissie was forced to her bedroom, after which she tried to wash herself in the bathroom. She has lost an eye and suffered a splintered cheeckbone in the attack. Fanie was found on his knees in his garage, his hands tied up in front of him and his body tied up with wires and rope to a pole. He had been assaulted and strangled to death. Paul Roux. Mon 4 Oct 2006 Boer aan paal gebind en vermoor, vrou verloor oog en met hammer verbrysel SCHONKEN Joan, widow aged 72, who replies on a walking stick, was attacked inside her home while she was watching television at night. She was whipped with a shambok, threatened with death, beaten and kicked into subconciousness with her hands tied behind her back, and left for dead. Her eyes are swollen shut and she has a deep gash
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on her forehead. Her whole body is badly bruised from the attack. Kirkwood farm, Port Elizabeth. EC. Sun 19 Nov 2006 SMITH Emily, widow aged 53, was overpowered inside her flat at around 22:00, gagged, robbed, and raped before being suffocated with a pillow. A piece towel along with a piece of foam torn from the couch on which her corpse was found, was stuffed into her mouth. Emily was found with a pillow over her head, her face green. Johannesburg. 8 June 2006. SNYMAN Willie aged 68, AND his wife Martie aged 65, AND his sister-in-law Rita Meyer, were attacked and stabbed by a man in the waiting room of Kalafong Hospital while Ritas husband was being treated for cancer. Willie was stabbed eight times during which his spine was damaged and blood ran from different wounds in his body. Martie was stabbed in the shoulder blades and Rita in the head. Both women were covered in blood while members of the public who were standing around at the hospital overpowered the man, assaulted him until he could not move, and then tied him up. Pretoria. 20 July 2006. SONNEKUS Zaan, an 8 year old boy, had returned from school and was sitting on the toilet when a gang of at least 4 men, armed with firearms and a knife, attacked his home. Two domestic maids were tied up and assaulted while their babies, along with Zaans 9 month old brother, were asleep. Zaan was grabbed from the toilet by his ears, kicked against the legs and slapped hard in the face before he was taken to the main bedroom where they threw him with such force against the pillows that he dropped to the floor. He asked them if he may put on his pants but they swore him. They demanded to know where the safe was, but Zaan did not know the answer. They gagged him and tied up his hands and legs before they locked him up in a bathroom. Zaan was concerned that his 13 year old sister may arrive home from school and be attacked. He managed to free his hands and climbed out the bathroom window. He climbed back into the house through the main bedroom window but the attack was over. His sister walked through their gate as the attackers climbed into a taxi. Pretoria.Mon 22 Oct 2006. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2021403,00.html STEPHENS Lyle Andrew, British voluntary charity worker aged 28, was shot and fatally wounded while taking food to an orphanage near Hillcrest. 27 February 2006 STEYN John Louis, farmer aged 73, was murdered inside his home shortly before midnight. John had been attacked, dragged to his kitchen and hit on the head with a blunt object. Stolen: celphone. Sand River plots, Makhado. Pretoria. Sat 8 Aug 2006 http://www.boerevryheid.co.za/forums/showthread.php?3666-Farmer-killed-holding-hisbaby-Billy-Meyer STRAHAN Maria, farmer woman aged 49, was strangled to death inside her home during the night by an attacker who gained entrance to the premises by breaking through the roof. Boshof plot. 14 July 2006.
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Man skuldig bevind aan moord en roof Nov 14 2007 STRYDOM Louis, banker aged 50, was overpowered inside his home during the day by at least 2 attackers and cruelly murdered with a knife. Bloemfontein. 20 Oct 2006. SWANEPOEL Bennie AND his wife Stella, both aged 75, were ambushed by at least 3 attackers, bashed on their heads with wooden objects, savagely assaulted and left for dead before their home was ransacked on their plot at night. Stella was attacked inside her home and also stabbed twice in the foot with a knife. She gained consciousness the following morning at around 05:00, and after finding Bennie unconscious outside, managed to get him into a vehicle and drive them to safety. They both required medical attention for serious head wounds in the hospital. Kookrus smallholding, Meyerton. Sun Jan 2006. SWIEGERS Jacoba Elizabeth W. Female aged 56, was overpowered on her smallholding at night, forced into the house, robbed and then kidnapped in her own vehicle. Her body was found 2 days later by the police. Northdene, Vanderbijlpark. Tues 14 June 2006. TERBLANCHE Yolandi aged 19, AND her friend Keith Schabort aged 16, were relaxing in a park close to her parents home when they were accosted by armed men after 01:00 early morning. The couple tried to run away from the men but were shot. Keith was shot in the leg by one attacker, and Yolandie was shot 3 times, once in the left shoulder, and twice in right shoulder blade, by the other attacker. She died from her wounds. Other young people in the park were also under fire at that time. THERON Fanie aged 59, a cattle farmer, AND his wife Ria aged 55, AND his mother Hetta aged 87, were attacked, physically assaulted, tied up and robbed inside their farmhouse at around 20:30 by a gang of at least 4 men armed with two guns, a hammer and a club. An attacker pulled the trigger of his gun 3 times to shoot Fanie, but the shot would not go off. He then hit Fanie in the face with a hammer. Ria managed to untie her hands and push the panic button before their attackers fled the scene. All three victims required medical treatment for their injuries. Die Erf, Jeffreys Bay. Wed 18 Feb 2006. THORNTON Jenny, female aged 55, was overpowered at around 19:00 by armed attackers in her garden after she had gone out to turn off the irrigation water. She was forced back into the house where she was physically assaulted and robbed. Blood was found on the verandah, and the bedroom was in disarray. Her naked corpse was found on top of the diningroom table with gunshot wounds to the head and stomach. during the day and shot in the stomach and head. Devon Bank farm, near Ida, Dordrecht. Mon 17 Jan 2006. UNNAMED BLONDE woman aged between 25 and 30, was found lying half naked with her celphone on her chest along the Barry Marais road at around 06:00 and hospitalized,
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where she died shortly after from injuries sustained from the rape and assault on her body. Signs of a struggle and tyre marks were clearly visible at the scene where she was found. East Rand. 23 Oct 2006 UNNAMED FICHARDTPARK farmer of doves was strangled to death on his smallholding. Bloemfontein. Mar 2006 UNNAMED KIBLER PARK couple were attacked while they were watching cricket on television inside their home at around 10:20am by two men armed with a knife and a hammer. One of them then started attacking a 73-year-old man with a hammer, while the other held a knife to the throat of the man's wife. When the old man tried to prevent a second blow with his arm, his wrist was broken. He fell to the ground and the attacker continued hitting him on his legs with a hammer. When the old man realised his 71-yearold wife was being threatened with a knife, he grabbed the hammer from his attacker and started to fight back. Their attackers then fled, taking nothing from the house. Johannesburg. 18 Dec 2006. UNNAMED MEMEL couple were attacked on their farm and physically assaulted, during which the wife was raped. 9 Feb 2006. UNNAMED PENNINGTON holiday makers from Durban, 6 young people aged between 18 and 21, which included 2 sisters and a brother, were attacked while they were swimming inside the pool of the holiday home they were renting at around midnight by a gang of at least 3 men, armed with knives and a pistol. The victims were forced into the house and tied up. After they had been robbed, the three women were forced to strip off their swimming costumes and gang raped in front of the men. Apparently the same gang hit on another home about 400 meters away the previous day, in which a couple from Randburg were attacked and the woman sexually assaulted. 31 Dec 2006. VAN AARDE Johanna Retief Joy, female aged 79, was attacked during the same night that her neighbours were attacked by a gang of 9 men armed with guns, butchers knives and meat cleaving hammers. Her corpse, bludgeoned to death, was found the following morning at around 06:00 inside her home after the police had been to investigate the attack on her neighbours, The Bacons. Mr Clifford Bacon, a 40yr old businessman, had noticed that although her gate was locked, her door was standing open. Gordons Bay. 21 May 2006 VAN DEN BERG Petro aged 59, was wounded by the same bullet which had been shot at her husband, Andre, a 60 yr old hairdresser. Andre had woken up from the barking of their dogs and looked out their bedroom window, where he looked into The face of a black man who said I want your money. Andre closed the curtain and was shot at close range through the shut window. A bullet penetrated his chest, made an exit through his arm, and hit Petro in the head, penetrated her scull and affected her sight.
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Their 9 yr old granddaughter lay sleeping next to her. Nothing was stolen. Makhado central. (Louis Trichardt). 19 Apr 2006. VAN DEN BERG Rita aged 46, returned from town with her children and was shot in the back by an intruder inside the passage of her home at around 16:00 in front of her 9 yr old daughter. Wick Farm, Barberton. Sat 7 Oct 2006. VAN DER KAAM Hendrick, male aged 78, AND his wife Niesje aged 72, were attacked inside their home while they were watching tv at around 22:00 by 3 armed men. The couple were tied up and Niesje was stabbed. Hendrick died from the attack. Krugersdorp. Mon 17 July 2006 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1969506,00.html VAN DER MERWE Ettiene, business owner aged 35, was overpowered inside his home during the night by an armed gang. A garden fork was found next to his bed the following day. Ettiene was also robbed and bundled into the boot of his car before he was kidnapped. His corpse was found with a bullet in the head early the next day on the back seat of his car, abandoned near the Maselspoort offramp along the Thabu Nchu road. His hands were tied, and a cloth had been pulled over his head. Bloemfontein. Mon 18 May 2006. VAN DER MERWE Martiens, farmer aged 70, AND his wife Mien aged 65, were attacked on their farm at around 06:30. Martiens was in the cattleshed and Mien was reading her Bible inside their lounge when she was confronted by an armed gang. They tied her up and forced her to the bedroom to open the safe. Mien was badly assaulted during which she was fisted on the mouth and suffered a cracked rib and chestbone. Martiens, who was partially deaf and had recently suffered a stroke, heard her screams but could not make out what she was saying. He rushed to her aid but was confronted in the house by their attackers, overpowered and assaulted. He was also turned onto his back and tied up, and severely hit on the mouth, ribs, arms and back. His little dog, Seun, a Jack Russel, braved the attackers by barking incessantly and, although he was badly mistreated by the attackers, kept climbing on to Martiens in an effort to save him. He irritated them so much that they gave up the assault and fled the scene. Dennelaan, Clocolan. Sat 24 Apr 2006. VAN DEVENTER Pieter Gabriel Gawie aged 70, AND his wife Rygel aged 64, were attacked on their farm Rooipoort. Gawie was stabbed to death. Rygel was physically assaulted. Potgietersrust. Mokopane district. 14 Sep 2006 VAN HEERDEN Etna aged 53, AND her mother Ona aged 75, were attacked at the back of their home while her husband Dries was sitting on the front porch at around 19:30. Ona, who lives in a flat adjacent to Etnas house, was walking towards the backdoor to join the family for supper when an armed gang stormed down on her. Etna grabbed her mother and pulled her into the kitchen to safety but was shot in the chest. Etna had blood
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pouring out from her mouth and died shortly after. Farm Kromdraai, Ledig road, Makhado, Louis Trichardt. LIM. Mon 4 Jan 2005. VAN NIEKERK Theo, male aged 44, was murdered inside his parents home while they were on holiday. It appears that he was attacked inside their garden and tried to lock the security gate to the house before he was severely assaulted, robbed and murdered. Loeriepark, George. 2006. VAN ROOYEN Jan, lawyer aged 58, his family AND friends, which also included Mr Raymond Hugo, were enjoying a barbeque at his home around 3:45 when they were attacked by an armed gang of at least 3 men. The gang was very aggressive and first hit Raymond with a stick. Raymond stood up and was shot in the leg. Jan also stood up and was shot in the back. The gang left without taking anything. Jan is permanently paralized. Faerie Glen plot, Pretoria. 11 Dec 2006. VAN ROOYEN Juan aged 32, was driving with his wife Renette AND their two children, a daughter Anri aged 3, AND son Janus aged 4, to their farm in the evening when he stopped at an intersection to speak to a farmworker known to him. Another 2 men approached and one of them pulled out a gun and shot Juan in the back. The same bullet hit Anri in the stomach. Juan managed to drive a few meters before he became paralyzed. Anri underwent an emergency operation. Apr 2006. Heilbron. VAN STADEN Alta, female aged 61, was attacked inside her home during the day, strangled to death and left in the bath. Mnet decoder stolen. Lynwoodpark, Pretoria. 15 May 2006. VAN TONDER Kobus, farmer aged 78, AND his wife Charlotte aged 68, were murdered on their farm Merino. A cattle herder found the body of Kobus next to his abandoned bakkie in a veld with a bullet wound to the head. Later, police found the body of Charlotte at the back door, presumably stabbed to death with a pair of scissors. The only item missing is their gun. Vrede. 30 May 2006. VAN WYK Martha aged 56 AND her husband Koos, a farming couple and owners of a game lodge, were attacked inside their home at around 22:30 by an armed gang of at least 5 men during which they were forced into the bathroom and to plunge their feet into a bathtub of boiling water before they were robbed. The attackers also cut the soles of the feet off Koos before plunging them into the boiling water during the attack. The police found these soles in another part of the house during their investigation after the attack. Gluckstadt, Vryheid. 11 Apr 2006. VAN ZYL Daantjie, cattle farmer aged 77, was attacked during the day by an armed gang, dressed as policemen. He was tied up and boiling water was poured over his lower body. He was also threatened with the mutilation of his private parts before he was robbed. Buhrmannsdrif. 12 Aug 2006.
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VERMAAK Susan, female aged 63, was followed when she arrived home from gym through the garage at about 11:00 by a gang of 4 black men and a woman who spoke Tswana. Susan was taken, along with her maid Sheila, through the house while it was being ransacked. Sheila was then tied up and a cloth stuffed into her mouth. Susans husband arrived home around 18:00 and became immediately suspicious when he saw her waterbottle on the gound outside. He found Sheila and untied her. Then he came upon the corpse of his wife inside a bedroom. It appeared that her body was covered with stab wounds. A thick plastic bag was over her head, and a rope had cut into her throat. Brooklyn, Pretoria. 20 Dec 2006. VISSER Ben, photographer aged 65, was shot to death inside his bed by an attacker from outside his house through a window during the night. Nothing was stolen. City centre, Makhado (Louis Trichardt) 12 Apr 2006. VISSER Schalk, newspaper distrubutor aged 56, was gunned down on the N2 freeway by an armed gang when his delivery van had broken down. His wife Kotie, was gunned down 4 years later in the same way. Port Shepstone. 2006. Visser, Kotie and Schalk snr. Beeld distributors gunned down on N2 Port Shepstone 2006 and 2010 WAMBACH Ludwig, farmer aged 65, was attacked and hanged to death from a tree on his farm Sterkwater. His son discovered the body during the afternoon, and his fathers pick-up van, which was parked in the veld. His pistol was missing. Two black men were arrested, one in possession of the stolen pistol. Bultfontein, Hammanskraal, Pretoria. 20 Feb 2006. http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/2006/02/20/B1/04/01.html WEBSTER Jessica aged 24 AND her fianc David Bovino aged 26, both students, were attacked in their holiday home at around 22:30. Jessica was on the porch when a gang armed with a shotgun and a pistol, stormed towards her. She ran into the house and shut the glass door but they shot her through the door, twice in the stomach. David rushed to save her but was shot in both thighs and in the chest. Then the couple were tied up and robbed. Leisurebay, KZN south coast. 17 Aug 2006. WEEDON Gill, well known squash personality, came across her knife wielding attacker inside her garage, grabbed his arms and they tussled. Gill fell to the ground and was then stabbed in the back and stomach. He went inside the house and forced her son at knife point to start the car for him. Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg. 26 October 2006 WHARTON John, businessman and ex-game ranger aged 32, was shot to death in front of his parents house at around 19:00 as he was about to leave in his car. There was bruising on his head. His body lay on the pavement. His wallet, celphone and car keys still with him. Nothing was stolen. Melville, Johannesburg. 14 July 2011
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YEOMANS Wilhelmina Angela aged 87, was found by her son-in-law inside her home at around 20:15 where she had been living for 54 years, and murdered, with bruises and blood on her face. Her hands and legs were tied up with a telephone cord and a scarf was wound tightly around her neck. Galwayweg 19, Heathfield. Cape Town. Nothing stolen. Tues, 2006.
2007 Referring to farm attacks, Vryheidsfront spokesperson reported in a public statement during July 2007 that the murder statistic of farm owners in South Africa is 313 per 100 000 every year, which is eight times higher than the general national murder statistic, and farm attacks in South Africa are seven times higher than anywhere else in the world. ALLAN Donald, doctor aged 55, was overpowered inside his home, seriously assaulted and left for dead before he was robbed. He was saved from death 2 days later when a friend found him inside his house. Donald had suffered many broken bones and multiple injuries. Rayton, Pretoria East. Found on Tues 3 Dec 2007. ANDERSON Elaine, a retired journalist in her 50s who was deeply involved in church work, was parked at an intersection in Woodlands around 19:00, where she was shot to death with one bullet by an armed gang of at least 2 men. Elaine lost control of the car and crashed into a pillar, before they leaned over her body and stole her celphone. Soon after, the men proceeded to fire two shots at Patricia Kippen, a mother of two small children, who was parked next to a church. Patricia was placed on a ventilator and admitted to hospital, but died soon afterwards. Woodlands, Pietermaritzburg. 15 Oct 2007 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2202048,00.html BADENHORST Andre was inside his shop in De Wilgers at around 10:00, when a customer ordered a bag of cement to be delivered to his house. He followed Andres workers who went out to do the delivery, and met up with 2 other men at this house. They left together in a BMW and returned to Andres shop where he was alone. The customer remained inside the car, and the other 2 men ran into the shop. One had a big, thick stick in his hand, and the other a pistol. They hit Andre and demanded money. He gave them everything he could and they took everything they wanted inside the shop. After robbing him, they threatened to kill him. They tied his hands with cable ties, smashed his knees and broke his ribs before they fled the scene. Sat 27 Oct 2007. Pretoria. 'I pleaded for my life'
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BADENHORST Fanus aged 27, AND his finace Marina Maritz aged 33, were attacked during which he was shot to death, and she was severely tortured. Farm Jacobsdal. 11 Mar 2007. BATES Muriel, journalist aged 73, was found murdered in her home on a smallholding near Kliprivier. Her naked body lay in the passage to her room. There were three large wounds to the head, neck and stomach. She had clearly been raped. A spear was found next to her body but there was not a drop of blood on it. Her celphone and car was stolen. The car was found the following evening near Kimberley. Johannesburg. Sun 30 Aug 2007. BEYERS Vivian, male aged 29, was parked inside his pick-up truck outside his shop at around 20:10 when he was attacked by an armed gang of at least two men. They walked up to him, while one pulled out a gun, and shot him in the stomach. As Vivian tried to flee to his father, Mr Vivian Krog, who was standing about 10 meters away, he was shot again, in the back. His father pulled out his own gun and the attackers fled to a nearby field. Greystreet, Krugersdorp. Wed 10 Feb 2007. BOHM Irmgard, German female aged 75, was unlocking the reception office to her country lodge at around 06:30 when she was attacked and physically assaulted by an armed gang of at least 3 men. A big lump on her head suggests that she had also been pistol whipped. While two men held her back, a third man pushed his pistol so deep down her throat that she had cuts inside her throat and mouth. During the attack, both her shoulders were pulled out of joint. Her 35 year old daughter ran out to help her, but an attacker opened fire with a R5 assault rifle. However the attackers fled empty-handed when dogs were set loose on them. Hazyview. 25 July 2007. BOOYSE Marisa, a public prosecutor, was attacked unexpectedly and stabbed 14 times while she was sitting behind her desk at work. Her associate who came to her aid was also attacked. In court the knifeman claimed he needed to steal her celphone to sell it to get money to buy food for his family. Pretoria. 31 May 2007. BOOYENS Estee, newspaper editor was asleep when she was shot at through her bedroom window at around 01:30 and a bullet hit her pillow. Her husband David jumped out of bed and punched through the window, striking the gunman, who dropped the gun. An accomplice picked up the gun and opened fire on the couple as they fled into the kitchen. Nothing was stolen. Muldersdrift farm. 29 Aug 2007. BOOYSEN Runn aged 10, who has a hearing disability, was visiting his grandmother Joey Pavier at her sister Sandra Franklins home on the Bashewa smallholdings when his parents, Dirk and Santie Booysen, along with his sister Zahnte, arrived at around 20:00. Sandra opened the kitchen door for them and noticed that they were being overpowered by an armed gang. She ran back into the house, shouted to her husband and sister to fall down as she grabbed her gun from her cosmetic bag. Sandra pushed
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Runn in behind a cupboard and took cover behind a couch. An attacker storm into the house, forced Mr Franklin to the ground and Joey onto her knees while he stripped them of their valuables before rummaging through the house. Outside, the Booysens did not realise that the house was also under attack as they were being robbed at gunpoint by 3 armed men. When they threw Dirk onto the ground, Zahnte jumped out the car and ran into the house, where, inside, Runn did not hear Sandra whisper to him to stay put, and peep out from behind the cupboard. He saw another attacker beating his grandmother on the head repeatedly with a gun, and rushed over to save her. He was also forced onto his knees, and as his attacker took aim to shoot him, Sandra tried to shoot the attacker but her gun would not go off. Her son Alexander, aged 23, who had been in his room upstairs, was thrown down the stairs by an attacker, but jumped up and ran back upstairs, which made their attackers uneasy and they left soon after. As they were running away, one of them shot at Dirk but missed his head by a couple of centimetres. Welbekend. Fri 5 Mar 2007. BOSCH Willie, disability activist, AND his wife Elsabie were asleep in their bed at around 21:00 when an armed gang of at least 2 men smashed a glass door leading to their bedroom with a potplant and rushed into the bedroom. They flashed their torches at the couple before attacking them. Elsabie had a screwdriver to the throat while Willie was attacked with a knife. He managed to break free and opened fire on their attackers, who then fled the scene. Williw sustained an injury to the left eye and a bump on the head. Maitlands farm, Nelson Mandela Bay. Thur 8 Oct 2007. BOTHA Emmerentia Nen, music teacher aged 64, was attacked, assaulted, raped, robbed and strangled to death by the same gang which had broken into her farmhouse one month previously. Farm Skuilhoek, Luckhoff. Freestate. 2007. BOTHA Hendrik, male aged 58, was found by the police at his house and rushed to hospital. Hendrik had been seriously injured and robbed during an attack by at least 2 men on his property. He died the following day from his injuries. Dunnottar plot. 7 October 2007. BOTHA Stienie, female aged 61, AND her life partner Ouboet Venter aged 53, had moved into their farmhouse a week before they were attacked, along with their friend Mariska, at around 01:30 by a gang of at least 4 men, armed with a knife, screwdriver, a spoon and a pistol. Stiennie was shot at close range in the chest before the bedroom lights were switched on. Ouboet was pistol whipped twice on the head, assaulted, stripped naked, and forced to the floor and his hands tied up. Mariska was also brought into their bedroom and forced to the floor. Her hands were tied up and her rings were stolen. The house was robbed as Stienie lay in a pool of her own blood. If Ouboet tried to look at her, he was beaten and kicked. A bullet had ruptured her lungs and she died from her injuries after spending a month in hospital. Hartbeespoortdam, Pretoria. 27 Sep 2007.
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BOTHA Willem, businessman aged 42, was concerned that because his 9 year old son Tiaan was hearing impaired, he may battle to find work in the future, so he bought the Mosterthoek farm and started building it up for Tiaan to become a farmer on. Willem and Tiaan arrived at the farm shortly after 19:00. When they entered the house, the dogs started barking. Willem went outside to take their luggage from the pick-up van, where two en stormed down on him and shot him in the chest. He managed to return fire at which they fled empty-handed before he collapsed onto the vehicle, and died on the scene. Tiaan saw the shooting through the window and was standing at the farmgate, holding his fathers gun, when a neighbour came to investigate the gunshots. Lydenburg. Tues. 23 Nov 2007. BOUWER Mercia, female aged 80, was attacked by two men disguised with gloves and scarves around their faces inside her home at De Zoete Inval during the morning as she came out from her bathroom. Mercia was tied with electrical cords to a chair in her bedroom while they rummaged through her home. While trying to free herself, she fell forward and hit her head on a television. She realized that she would not be able to stay in that position with her hands and feet tightly bound and her head bleeding for long, and managed to break free and set off the alarm. They put a knife to her throat, threw her on the bed and tied her up again. They also tried to stuff a sock into her mouth. They fled, taking only a celphone when a security officer arrived. South of Paarl. Thur. 13 July 2007. BOWKER-JOPLIN Gregory, personal trainer aged 47, was refuelling at a garage near his home. He met 3 men who said they would introduce him to people who were interested in buying his second-hand clothes. They left the garage with him in his car but killed him and hid his body in thick bushes some 60 metres off Glendore Road in the suburb of Welbedagt, next to Pari Park afew kilometers from where they abandoned his car. The car was later found by the police at the back of Walmer township with a massive amount of blood in the boot. Blood was also found on the side of the car. His shoes were found under the passenger seat. His corpse was discovered about 4 weeks later. Port Elizabeth. 10 Dec 2007 BREEDT Don, female aged 19, stopped at an intersection during the day, when a man who had been sitting on the grass, appeared at her window and demanded her car. She laughed nervously and he then wanted her celphone. When she refused to hand it to him, he pulled a pocket knife from his pants and stabbed her in the right arm near the elbow, nearly severing the main artery completely. She managed to drive off to safety. Noordheuwel, Krugersdorp. Wed 14 Nov 2007. Sy begin lag, toe steek hy haar in arm BREEDT Jan, male aged 44, stopped along the N12 near Fochville to change the tyre to his car at around 22:40. His friend Ms Mariaan Jacobs was passenger. Two gunmen approached and shot Jan in the head and stomach before they stole his wallet and celphone. They fled the scene when another car approached. Krugersdorp. 21 Dec 2007.
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BREEDT Martie, female aged 49, short-term insurance broker and volunteer at a home for the mentally disabled, was attacked inside the passage of her home during the night, physically assaulted, hog-tied and strangled. Her son found her body hidden in a duvet underneath the bed of her ransacked bedroom after coming home from night shift at around 04:00. Kilner Park, Pretoria. Fri 5 Jan 2007 Mom strangled to death by intruders BREEDT Sarel aged 78 AND his wife Ina aged 76, cattlefarmers, were enjoying lunch outside under a canopy at around 12:30 when they were attacked by an armed gang of at least 3 teenage boys. Ina was overpowered inside the house by two of their attackers, while another one stood guard at the farmgate. When Sarel came to her assistance, he was bashed on the head and back of the neck with an iron pole. He lay on the cold cement floor for many hours in his own blood and vomit. They also threatened to shoot Ina while they ransacked the house. Sarel asked to use the bathroom, where his hands and feet were tied up with rags before they tied him to a chair. He was shot to death with a bullet between the eyes, and his head slung backwards. The attackers told Ina that they had killed her husband and would come back before they tied her hands and feet with telephone cord in the kitchen, and fled with the fridge and other personal effects in the couples pick-up van at around 20:00. Ina managed to cut herself free with a knife that was left on the stove. She grabbed a blanket and fled outside where she hid next to a farmdam until dawn. The pick-up van was found burnt out about 60km from their home on Honingkraal, near Roossenekal in Groblersdal, Middelburg area, Mpumalanga district. Thur 13 Jan 2007. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=iol1168839016678B265 BRISTOW Susan, female aged 54, was murdered on her farm with a garden fork. Musina. 16 Apr 2007. BROOME Norma AND her husband Ted aged 81, were attacked twice inside their house after a gang of at least 3 men overpowered Ted while he was tending his garden and forced him into the house. They tied up the elderly couples hands behind their backs before kicking and punching them, ransacked their home and left. However, they returned the following night and continued their barbaric assault when they found the couple still tied up. Norma was murdered on her bed. Ted was left in the passage, with multiple fractures and a dislocated shoulder, where he was found the following morning, his hands still tied tightly behind his back were swollen 3 times to their normal size. He had to be treated for gangerine in his hands. The neat home in which they had lived in for more than years was trashed, and the only things stolen were a few pieces of antique jewellery and a cellphone. Atlasville, Benoni. Tues 15 May 2007. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2116226,00.html BROWN Selma aged 27 was 31 weeks pregnant when she was sitting in the car arund 07:30 while dropping off her one-year son at daycare when a man, who had walked past her car, suddenly turned around and hit the window with a revolver. She quickly gave him
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her handbag. He took it, but then aimed the gun at her stomach and fired a shot. The bullet hit her in the breast and the man ran away. Blood spouted from her breast like a fountain. The trauma caused her to go into labour for 3 days with contractions only three minutes apart. The labour process had to be stopped so that Selma could undergo surgery to have the bullet removed. Forest Hill, Port Elizabeth. Sat 4 Aug 2007. Mom, baby in 'miracle' survival http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2164321,00.html BROWNE Justin, male aged 31, AND his wife Georgie AND their 2 children were overpowered inside their home by a gang of at least 4 men of which one of them armed with a screwdriver, another with a firearm and two armed with knives, during which the family was robbed, and Justin was murdered with a stab wound to the neck. Northwold, Johannesburg. Aug 2007. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2173911,00.html BROWNE Justin, general manager for the event company Strike Productions, AND his wife Geordie, AND their children Daniella aged 7 AND Robin aged 4, were attacked inside their home during the night by an armed gang of at least 4 men. Geordie and Justin went to investigate why their dogs were barking when Geordie was overpowered by a knifeman, and Justin by a gunman. They were pushed back into their bedroom, where they tried to shield their children from the attackers while they took the wedding and engagement rings of Geordies fingers. The family was tied up and their attackers demanded guns from them, saying that their tip told them that Justin was a police officer, and had a gun. They also wanted to know where the RSi (Toyota Corolla) was. Justin told Geordie that he loved her and kissed her. Two more attackers arrived and loaded their television and computers into the family car. They took R200 from her purse and Justins wedding ring. Geordie managed to free herself and ran to another room to press a panic button. It was only later that she realised she had been shot in an arm during her escape attempt. While she was in the room, her children came running to her shouting "Mommy, mommy, daddy is dead!". His throat had been slit in front of his children and he died on the scene. In 2009, three of his attackers appeared in court on multiple cases of murder, and appealed to the judge to be lenient when passing sentence, saying they were in their early 30s, married with minor children living in Mozambique. Northworld, Randburg. Sat 25 Aug 2007. 'Mommy, mommy, daddy is dead' Father was slaughtered like an animal - judge : This article was originally published on page 4 of Pretoria News on April 25, 2009 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20090425063740640C21 5042 BULL Tony, male aged 44, pulled into his driveway on Cordette road at around 12:20 where he was attacked by a gang of at least 4 armed men. They smashed his windscreen and demanded money, after which they shot several bullets into his chest and robbed him. He died on the scene. Strandfontein, Cape Town. Sat 2 July 2007.
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Man killed, robbed in driveway 30/06/2007 BURDETT Rita aged 84, a founding member of the Treverton Preparatory School in Mooi River, was attacked inside her home on the school grounds by two black youths who had planned to kill her and steal her car in the late afternoon. They walked past her car in an open garage, and found her sitting on a chair. One of the youths pulled a cushion cover over her head. During the struggle her spectacles fell to the floor of the doorway to the lounge. They both strangled her with an electrical cord and the postmortem found she had died of asphyxia due to strangulation, although both youths said she was still alive when they wrapped her in a duvet and put her in the boot of her car which they drove away. Her corpse was found dressed in nightclothes at around 16:00 by the police. Mooi River. Teens found guilty of octogenarian's murder February 15 2007 . BURGER Wikus aged 30, was shot in the eye and died on the scene in his wifes arms after he had run into the house to save his family, who were in the kitchen where they were attacked by an armed gang of at least 3 men around 01:30 on their plot outside Sabie. 'I just held him close' http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,9294,2-71442_2057648,00.html BURGESS Sheila, female aged 69, was found dead in her house by friends during the morning. It appeared that she had been bludgeoned to death by a hammer. Her body was also naked. Hibberdene. Sun 23 July 2007. KZN woman hammered to death 23/07/2007 BURGMAN Louis, a blind chiropractor aged 72, AND his wife Jacqui aged 70, were attacked as they entered their home during the afternoon by an armed man while two accomplices waited outside in a get-away car. Jacqui was putting down her handbag when she heard Louis shout Ouch! Louis had been hit from behind on the back of the head, and when he fell, he was kicked so hard that his ribs snapped. Jacqui thought he had bumped into something, but as she turned around, she was faced with a gun. The attacker hit her on the head with the butt of his pistol, and as she fell, he was on top of her, trying to remove her wedding ring by biting her finger off. They got into a fist fight during which her husband heard the attacker tell her that he was going to shoot her dead as he pressed the nuzzle of the gun against her nose. She was wrestlng him for the gun when her domestic helper set off the alarm, and their attacker ran away. Randburg. Egpaar gee booswigte gas Jul 05 2007 BRUNS Frikkie, meat supplier aged 26, was attacked at his cooling truck during the day by a gang of at least 5 men. Frikkie was beaten with with a spade and an iron pole into oblivion before he collapsed onto the floor with a crushed scull whereafter he was kicked, jumped on and stoned to death. Blouputs, Kakamus. Fri 22 Aug 2007.
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Moord snoer dorp saam Aug 22 2007 CALDEIRA Antonio, male aged 57, was stabbed to death on a farm. 4 Dec 2007. CANTERELLI Gan Carlo aged 64, AND his partner Sue Simpson aged 58, were asleep when an armed gang of at least 5 men wearing balaclavas broke into their home in a complex in Hilton at around 01:00. Sue woke up to her dog barking and went to investigate. As she entered the hall, three figures came towards her. Once she realised what was going on, she screamed, and they pushed her into a cabinet. Carlo pushed the panic button but had no response. He ran to her aid but was overpowered. The couple were dragged back to their bedroom, tied him face-down on the floor and put Sue on the bed and covered her head with a duvet. With guns to their heads, the couple suffered a brutal three-hour torture session during which they pulled a plastic bag over his head and throttled him. When they demanded the safe key, Sue told them it was in the spare room. They dragged her there, where she opened it for them. After it was looted, she was dragged back to the bedroom, where Carlo had been gagged with several pairs of socks in his mouth and bound with ties and scarves around his head. An attacker entered the bedroom with a kettle, and started pouring boiling water on her head and swirled it over her back. They boiled the kettle again, then did the same to Carlo. The couple could hear each others screams as the torture continued, during which someone shoved the barrel of a rifle into Sues ear before removing it and bashing it against her chest. They were suffocated with plastic bags, causing them both to slip in and out of consciousness. Pliers from a toolkit were used to pinch, pull and twist the soft skin on the couple's bodies, while they were threatened that their legs would be broken and Sue would be raped, and their house burnt down. The only contact Carlo had with Sue during the ordeal was the gentle reassurance of their entwined toes. They suffered first-degree burns to their backs and severe injuries and bruising to their faces and heads when the gang left them for dead. Carlo also suffered a compressed vertebra. Pietermaritzburg. Wed 22 Feb 2007. Boiling water poured on couple 22/02/2007 CAPAZORIO Jose, male aged 47, was ambushed at the main gate to his plot at around 09:00 and beaten to death with a blunt object. It appears that as his assailants fled with his pick-up van, they bumped the wall of his property, and bricks fell which partially covered his corpse. Grootvlei holdings, Verena, Witbank. 12 Sep 2007. Hoewebewoner in Mlanga vermoor Sep 12 2007 CASSIDY Peter, freelance journalist and radio personality aged 68, was found dead on the floor of his bathroom by the police after they had discovered his pick-up truck abandoned next to the road at around 03:00. His hands and feet were tied up, a rope was twisted around his throat, and he was lying on his stomach with a wound on the back of his head. Florapark, Pietersburg/Polokwane. Tues 22 Aug 2007.
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Journalist found dead 22/08/2007 Joernalis gekry met tou om nek, kopwond CHATTERTON Jacqueline Ivy, female aged 46, was attacked by two knifemen inside her home during the day. The men waited in the laundry of the farm for her husband to leave the house. When he walked out to walk the dogs, the one man pulled a stocking over his face and stormed into the house, while the other followed once he heard her screams for help, and locked the house doors. They tracked her from room to room, stabbing her more than 40 times with two different knives: a pocket knife and a larger, fixed blade knife. Jacqueline was stabbed 22 times in the back, thrice in her left lung and six times in her right lung. She also sustained a stab wound to the neck, two stab wounds to her left arm, five wounds to her face and one stab wound to the scalp. They made their escape through the bathroom window and burnt their clothes. She died soon after her husband arrived home. Boston agricultural holdings. 31 Oct 2007. http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/farm-killings-giving-sa-a-bad-name-judge1.279772 CLARK Freddy, male aged 50, ran outside along with his wife Zenobie, AND her son, Quintin Groenewald, to help their neighbours, the Moolmans, who were being attacked during the early evening of a Sunday night. Nico Moolman, a famous writer, AND his wife Naomi, were watching television when 2 armed gunmen stormed in through the front door and immediately shot their dog in the chest. The gunman turned the pistol on Nico and pulled the trigger twice, but the gun would not fire. Nico was ordered down onto the floor, and Naomi was given the tieback an attacker ripped off their curtains and instructed to tie the legs of their dog up. Freddy, and his family, had heard the shot, went outside and called out to Nico but got no reply. The attackers fled outside when they heard Freddy calling. Freddy and Quintin noticed them and tried to stop their escape. The gunman shot Freddy at close range above his left eye and suffered serious injury. Vanderbijlpark, FS. 3 Feb 2007 Man geskiet toe hy buurman wil help Feb 03 2007 COETZEE Gerhardus Jakobus, male aged 48, was attacked by 3 men at his gate as he arrived home from work at around 18:30 and was shot in the stomach. Nothing was stolen. Silverton, Pretoria. 11 July 2007. Kaper skiet man in maag, los sy motor Jul 13 2007 COETZEE Naas, male aged 66, dropped his wife, Elize aged 63, off at their home and was parking his pick-up truck in the garage when he was attacked by two men. As he opened the door they pounced on him and pulled a sack over his head. He tried to get his back to the wall as he was stabbed and kicked. Naas was concerned about his wife being alone and having left the farmhouse door open and called out for help as loudly as possible. He felt himself go lame as he was stabbed in his side but kept struggling to stay on his feet. As an attacker brought a knife up to his throat, and found grip on his mouth with his free hand, Naas bit him with such vengeance that blood spurt out. His workers had heard his screams and as they approached, the attackers ran away. Naas had
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suffered seven stab-wounds in his right hand and four in his sides during the attack on Welgeplaas in Burgersdorp, North Eastern Cape Farmer's bite beats off robbers 15/06/2007 COOPER Rikus was driving with his family in a doublecab pick-up truck at around 08:00 along the N1 South from Randburg to Vanderbijlpark and were about 15 km from the Grasmere tollgate when a man walked so slowly across the road that Rikus had to swerve from the left lane to the right lane to miss him. The man turned around, and hurled a rock the size of a rugby ball at the oncoming vehicle. The rock smashed through the windscreen and flew out the back window. Ricus was cut in the face and the corneas of his eyes, but managed to continue driving to safety. A group of men were loitering along the road at the site of the attack. 25 July 2007. Man se oog beseer deur glas na N1-klipaanval 25/07/2007 CREAGH Kieran, Catholic priest aged 44, was in a critical condition in hospital after being shot four times by an armed gang of 8 men at the Leratong hospice he founded for the care of the terminally ill, which includes HIV/Aids. Two of the shots hit him in the chest and he also suffered internal bleeding after the gang had cuffed the security guards at the gate to the Leratong premises during the afternoon, and forced them to lead them to the keys of the safe, which were kept by Kieran. Atteridgeville, Pretoria West. 2 Mar 2007. Kerkman in hospitaal n rowers hom skiet Mar 02 2007 Irish priest critical after shooting 02/03/2007 CREIGHTON-JONES Douglas, male aged 76, went to report a break-in at his shed at the police station on a Sunday morning while his wife went to church. He arrived home before her and was ambushed inside his home by a gang of at least 2 men at around 10:00. Douglas was physically assaulted and also attacked with a blunt object, during which he sustained injuries to his forehead, face and arm and was left lying on the kitchen floor. Aloe Corner farm, Richmond 27 May 2007. page 4 of The Mercury on May 28, 2007 Source:IOL http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20070528024414992 C905622 CRONJE Mizpah aged 79, AND her sister Susanna Groenewald aged 84, were living together in a house for about 6 years before they were attacked, severely assaulted and robbed at around 03:00. Susanna went to investigate a noise she had heard in the kitchen where a man appeared next to the fridge, hit her over the head with a glass bottle and ordered her to lay on the floor. Mizpah also went to the kitchen and was bashed on the head with a chair. She fell to the ground with a fractured scull. Their attacker threatened to kill them with his knife, swore at them and ordered them not to move while he robbed their home and ate from the kitchen. At around 05:00 he stood with his legs widespread over Susanna, held his penis in his hand, and said he was going to rape her. She mustered all her strength and kicked him between the legs, after which he fled the
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scene. Both women required hospitalization for their injuries. Uitenhage. Eastern Cape. Sun 30 Oct 2007. Man robs 2 elderly sisters 30/10/2007 DE BRUYN Deon aged 49 AND his wife Minnie aged 50 AND their daughter Mindie aged 14 were attacked inside their home at around 02:30 by an armed gang of at least 3 men. Minnie woke up when she heard footsteps as two men appeared in their bedroom, one armed with a hammer, and the other with a gun. She saw a third man slip into Mindie s bedroom as they slammed on the light. Minnie screamed Deon awake and as he tried to get up, the one attacker bashed him in his side with the hammer while the gunman shot Deon in the chest and right hand. Deon staggered to the bedroom door, where he collapsed and battled to breathe. Mindie was herded to the lounge where she was tied up, while her mother had to show their attackers where the valuables were kept, having to step over her dying husband several times, before she was tied up in the lounge next to her daughter, her hands with the cord from an iron, and her feet with the cord from a cellphone-charger. Deon died on the scene. Strydfontein plot, Pretoria north. 9 June 2007. Robber uses spit to get ring http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-71442_2127687,00.html DE BRUYN Vera, female aged 83, heard a crash as the glass slidingdoor to her home was smashed shortly before a gang put the light on inside her bedroom shortly after 05:00 while she lay in her bed. She was hit in the face and robbed. Equestria retirement village, Silverton, Pretoria East. 4 Sep 2007. Oues in hul slaap by oord oorval, beroof Sep 05 2007 DE JAGER Kenny aged 47 AND his wife Cindy aged 45, AND their daughter Cheney aged 16, AND their son Richard aged 22, were attacked inside their home at around 3:30 by an armed gang of at least 3 men. They overpowered Cindy inside her bed and covered her mouth with their hands so that she could not scream. Then Kenny and Cindy were woken up and robbed of cash and celphone. The attackers wanted to herd the family all into one room, and asked Kenny for his car keys, which he refused to give to them, and they shot 3 times, during which he was wounded in the stomach. Silverton, Pretoria. Tues 18 Dec 2007. Wednesday, 19 December 2007 Ek moet plan maak om land te verlaat DE LANGE Machiel, cattle and sheep farmer aged 70, was murdered inside his heritage farmhouse on Vogelstruisfontein during the night. There were definite signs of a break-in at the front door, and signs of a struggle in the lounge where couches were upturned. His burnt corpse was found on his bedroom floor underneath a pile of thatch. The bedroom had a thatch roof and some of this had fallen on him. The inside of the house was full of smoke and ash, although there was not much fire-damage on the outside. His pick-up van was found on the road between Vaalwater and Modimolle/Nylstroom. The motor had been burnt out. Farm about 30 km from Vaalwater on the Dorset road. 6 Nov 2007.
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Bejaarde verkool in plaashuis Nov 07 2007 DENNILL Daphne, female aged 55 was shot in the left upper chest at point blank range by a gunman standing at her door as she shouted to a second gunman - who had pushed his gun against her son, Malcolm Dennills head - to leave her son (aged 34) alone, while he lay on the ground after he had been attacked by the gang of at least three men. Two of these gangsters had opened fire on him as he walked from the main house to an outside flat to fetch washing at around 18:30. His children aged 4 and 8, were standing behind Daphne the time she was shot. The gang ran away and she died on the scene. Reyno Rif, Witbank. 19 July 2007. Rower vermoor vrou voor gesin Jul 21 2007 DE NYSSCHEN Louis aged 42, AND his wife Sorelda suffered double jeopardy when the engine of his VW Caddy, which had done 17 000km, cut out near the R57 exit from the N1-highway to Bloemfontein at about 19:00 on a Friday night. They immediately called Volkswagen's emergency back-up service for help. While they were waiting, two men appeared next to their windows. One hit the windscreen with a gun and demanded that Louis unlock the doors. He was shot the moment he unlocked the doors.The bullet had gone through his one thigh and lodged in his other thigh. When they started touching Sorelda, Louis feared they might rape her and threw himself over her. Somehow he managed to close her door and start up the engine again, travelling 2km before it cut out again. It took more than an hour before the tow-in service arrived. While they were gone from their home in Muldersdrif, it was broken in to. Johannesburg North. 17 Aug 2007. Monday, 20 August 2007 'I feared they'd molest my wife' DE PAIVA Armando, male aged 79, was murdered by a gang of at least 2 men at around 03:00. His son, Boytjie, who lived on the same property, woke up from the barking of their dogs and noticed lights on at his fathers house, and the burglar bars broken. His 14 year old cousin Armand accompanied him to investigate. As they entered his fathers room, one attacker wrestled Boytjie for his gun, which would not go off, and another chased after Armand. After both attackers had fled, Botjie was able to untie his father who had been throttled with a shirt wrung around his neck, after his mouth had been gagged with another shirt, and his legs tied with a belt. Northdene smallholdings, Vanderbijlpark. 23 June 2007. Bejaarde man op hoewe vermoor Jun 25 2007 DE WET Ian, male aged 40, was murdered and found a few days later in his car, which was parked at a shopping centre. The police used the carkeys which were in the ignition to open the boot. His corpse had been wrapped in a cream coloured duvet and there was some blood around his nose. As he was carried away on a stretcher, his hand could be seen, which was covered in plastic. Faerie Glen, Pretoria. Mon 6 Aug 2007. Body in boot identified 06/08/2007
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DICKENS Johnny, male aged 23, was shot at while he was driving along the M57 close to Snt Georges hotel by a drunken policeman from Kempton park at around 01:00. Silvertondale, Pretoria. Feb 2007. http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afr...065455,00.html DOWNS Herbert James Bob aged 100 years old, was stabbed to death and robbed inside his home by an armed gang. Richmond. Fri 5 Mar 2007. Centenarian murder accused appears in court March 05 2007 DU PLESSIS Karel AND his wife Jenine AND their baby son, four-month-old Theuns, were attacked in their rented home at about 20:00 when an armed gang of at least 6 men dressed in security guard uniforms burst in through the kitchen door. Karel was tied up and had his ankle broken with the butt of a shotgun, while his baby was slapped for crying. Jenine, who had hidden her celphone under Theuns, managed to connect a call to their neighbours farm. They heard the background noise on the phone and arrived at the Du Plessis' home as the attackers had plugged in an electric iron, presumably to torture the couple. They got into a gunfight with the attackers during which the neighbour was wounded in his buttock and back after which the attackers fled. Both the vehicles owned by the Du Plessis couple were on the lawn in front of their house, piled high with the attackers loot when the neighbour arrived. As in most cases, torture of the victims takes place after the assailants have already secured what they wish to steal. Farm Vaalbank near Hlobane in the Vryheid district. Friday, 19 Oct 2007 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2205010,00.html DU PLESSIS Mike aged 70, and his household were overpowered during a well planned attack by an armed gang of at least eleven men, during which he was shot to death in cold blood. The previous day, two of the attackers visited his building supplies shop, which is adjacent to his home, requesting a quote. They returned the following day at around 08:00, accompanied by another man. They pulled out their guns as they entered the shop, and tied up Mike, AND his son-in-law Jan Jonker, AND three workers who were outside, before searching the shop for money. Mikes daughter Anette van Rensburg, who lived in the house opposite to the shop, tried to phone him during this time, but got no answer. She then phoned her mother, Sannie du Plessis aged 65, and asked her if she knew why there was no reply in the shop. Anette tried to phone the shop again, but the phone line was dead. She presumed it was a network problem, not realizing that their attackers had cut the telephone wires. Sannie decided to go to the shop after her daughters phone call. Outside her home, three men jumped over the wall and grabbed her, tied her feet and dragged her back to the house so roughly that the skin came off of her back. She called to her husband and son-in-law, but thought they must already be dead. Meanwhile, after the attackers had taken all the money and celphones they could find in the shop, they demanded more
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cash. Mike told them that he had none more. Sannie called for help again, and heard Mike and then the shot that killed him. One of her attackers put a gun into her mouth and shouted: 'Shut up you bastard, I'm gonna kill you! Their domestic worker, who was inside the house, suspected something was wrong when the family's two boerboels started barking after the shot. She ran towards the alarm, but the attackers were already inside the house. They hit her in the face with a gun and kicked her between her legs, beat her up, shoved grass in her mouth and threw her in the dog kennel. Jan watched his father-in-law die in shock while Jan was hit in the face with a gun, beaten and kicked all over his body. As Sannie was tied up inside the house along with two other workers, an attacker shouted at her to Stop crying, because there is no fucking God who is going to help you! While their attackers looted the house, one of the workers crept towards her and cut her loose with a small knife. The gang left in their getaway car as well as two of their victims pick-up vans, which were recovered 2 hours later by the police. Jagfontein farm outside Westonaria on the West Rand. Wed 24 Oct 2007. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2208718,00.html DU PLESSIS Naas, a lucerne farmer aged 52, AND his wife Rulyn aged 50, AND their daughter Alma aged 16 had gone out and their home could have been robbed, but their attackers waited for their return. At around 22:40 they arrived home. While unlocking their door, the dogs started barking and they heard the sound of heavy footsteps storming down on them. Alma ran through and pushed the panic buttons, then hid in the bathroom, from where she counted five armed men. Her parents did not have time to lock the door behind them and tried to keep it pushed closed while their attackers kicked and shoved, then started shooting at them through it. Rulyn fetched a pistol for Naas and he started shooting back at them from a vantage point in the passage, as the gang had spread out around the house. He said they had not come to rob, but to murder. Their eyes were wide and bloodshot. They fled when the security company arrived ten minutes later. Farm in Brits. 3 Nov 2007. Boer veg en wen Nov 05 2007 DU PREEZ Charlene, female aged 16, disappeared after she had been to supper at a restaurant with friends. Her naked corpse was found along the Koedoespoort railway line the next day, mutilated and burnt. Her mother could only recognise her by the tip of her nose, the toes on her right foot and a mark on her chest. Her face looked terrible. Her burnt right hand was found by family friends, who had just learnt of the murder, 3 weeks later near the scene. Arcadia, Pretoria. 16 Aug 2007. Ma vind dogter se hand langs spoor Sep 07 2007 DU TOIT Francios hosted a farewell dinner for his sister Michelle du Toit inside the double garage on his property which is surrounded by a concrete wall and an electric fence, during which his party of eleven were attacked by a gang of at least 4 men armed with guns and stones. They had removed a slab of the concrete wall and slipped under the electric wires before they appeared amongst the guests while Francios and his
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mother, Rina du Toit aged 65, were inside the house. First they hit guest Louis Oberholzer over the head with a rock. He fell down unconscious. Then they walked to each of the stunned guests, hitting them over the head and pushing them to the ground with the order to "sleep. Desir Oberholzer, wife of Louis, didnt react fast enough and was kicked in the back. Louis regained consciousness at one point and sat up. He was hit another four times on the head with rocks. There was blood everywhere. Francios and Rina were walking from the house to the garage when a man put a pistol to his head. Francious noticed that everyone was lying on the garage floor before they threw him and Rina to the ground. Then they asked who the owner of the house was. Francios raised his hand and led them to the safe in his bedroom, begging them not to hurt the 6 year old daughter of his guests who was asleep on the bed. With a pistol pressed against his temple, he opened the safe for their attackers to rob. Then everone were tied up in the garage and robbed before the attackers left. Louis regained consciousness, but could not remember a thing. His sinus cavities were fractured, he suffered a skull fracture, had bleeding on the brain and an ear drum was damaged. Elardus Park agricultural holdings, Pretoria GA. 'Professional' robbers bust up family braai January 15 2007 DU TOIT Ina, female aged 65, AND her husband Hannes aged 67, were sleeping in separate rooms because she had recently had a hip operation and was still experiencing pain. At about 01:00 she heard Hannes shouting. She went to his room and saw two attackers repeatedly stabbing him with knives as he lay in his bed. One of the men grabbed Ina and stabbed her before he dragged her to the kitchen, demanding money. The other attacker then forced her to her bedroom, where she was raped three times during an attack which lasted about an hour. Hannes had been stabbed 7 times. Ina was stabbed once in the arm and her hand became numb. She also suffered much pain, and had to use antri-virol drugs. A pair of shoes, a celphone, and R160 ($23) was stolen. Musina. Wed 27 Sep 2007. 'Everything is full of blood' 27/09/2007 ERASMUS Hanna Lalie, female aged between 60 and 65, was murdered at around 10:30 on the Grootfontein farm which is adjacent to the Rietvlei View Country Estate safety complex. Her son followed her trail of blood into the bushes where her naked, mutilated corpse was found. She had been raped and her throat was slit. The rings were not stolen from her fingers. Farm Grootfontein. 12 Feb 2007. Bloedspoor lei seun na ma se lyk Feb 13 2007 ERASMUS Johanna Maria, aged 76, was raped and murdered on the Welbekend farm, Bronkhorstspruit. 1 Feb 2007 ERDMAN Manfred, a pastor, was shot at point blank range in his stomach when he came across an intruder in his backyard in the middle of the night. It took more than two years of medical treatment for him to recover from this injury. Barberton. 2007 http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t271611-568/
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Erdman Miraculous recovery after shooting 26 February 2010 ERNTZEN Trevor, a wine farmer, sustained serious brain damage during an attack on his farm. 18 May 2007. EVA Ken, farm manager, was attending a meeting on land dispute along with more than 200 other people, whom included government officials and policemen, when he was attacked by 6 men armed with knopkierries (traditional wooden club weapon) and pick axes, and beaten to death. Eshowe, Nkwaleni. 9 Jan 2007. Vermoorde se vrou eis R7,5 miljoen van polisie FITCH Raymond aged 78 AND his wife Yvonne aged 79 were beaten and stabbed to death on their farm during a planned attack in which their telephone, farm radio and alarm system were disconnected. Their bodies were found the following day by their son. Their car, which was stolen during the attack, was was found abandoned within hours on a gravel road between Matatiele and Mt Fletcher. Farm Two Springs, Swartberg. 20 July 2007 'Heinous' murder of KZN farming couple July 23 2007 at 08:22AM Page 3 of The Mercury on July 23, 2007 http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20070723073728888 C135381 FOURIE Anton AND his wife, farmers, escaped a planned attack on their homestead during which she would have been tortured with boiling water and robbed, while the attackers waited for Anton to come home, at which time he would have been ambushed and overpowered. This plan, however, was thwarted by the police after following a tipoff. It was the 97th such plan intercepted within the last three years. Bothaville, 11 Jan 2007. Nog n plaasaanval gefnuik; vrou sou gemartel word Jan 11 2007 FOURIE Hilda, female Beeld newspaper journalist, had been to the municipality and returned to her car which was parked in their parking lot at around 18:45. While she was climbing into her car, a carguard moved in between her and her car door, and refused to move. Another car guard approached, shoved him away, and then turned on Hilda. He grabbed her by the throat and pushed her down onto her seat into a lying position. She managed to stab him in the face with her carkey, at which he let go his grip, and she managed to drive off. Pretoria. 18 June 2007. Beeld-vrou, segsman in Pta aangeval Jun 20 2007 FOURIE Josina aged 81, AND her husband Isak aged 84, were attacked inside their Ifafa flat shortly after 06:00 when Isak opened the door for a painter, who had been working for them for 3 weeks, The painter pushed Izak out of the way and stormed into their bedroom. A second man appeared and grabbed Izak. The two men repeatedly stabbed the couple and while Isak wrestled with one, Josina managed to get a club next to their bed, and laid into her attacker. Their dogs also joined in the fray and their attackers fled.
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Josina had been stabbed five times in the chest and head. Isak was knifed seven times in the back, and both his lungs were perforated. Hartbeespoort. Wed 12 Dec 2007. Saturday, 15 December 2007 Gran, 81, clubs attackers FRASER Ann, widow aged 68, heard a noise in her garden at The Inandas, one of Sandton's most upmarket complexes. When she stepped outside to investigate she was stabbed in the throat and shoulder by an attacker with a plastic spike, taken off the irrigation system. Her home was robbed of a dvd player. Her handbag was found in the neighbours garden the following day before her corpse was found in her flowerbed. Johannesburg north. Sat 1 Mar 2007. Widow stabbed to death in plush complex March 01 2007 FREDERICKS Lynn, widow aged 69, AND her friend aged 85 who was visiting, were attacked at her home in Marianne Road around 17:15 by an intruder Lynn had seen jump over the fence into her garden half an hour earlier. She asked him what he wanted through a window. He said he wanted to speak to her domestic worker at which she replied that she did not have one, and he left. Soon after, Lynn opened her garage door to let her two dogs out. Half an hour later she opened the garage door to let them back into the house when she was confronted by the intruder. There was a scuffle and when she attempted to press the panic button, the man shot her in the head and died at the scene. He then went into the kitchen, which was next to the garage, and searched Lyns friend, demanding a cellphone. She said she did not own one, went into cardiac arrest and the attacker ran off, taking nothing with him. Hillcrest. Sat 4 Aug 2007. GERBER Gerrie aged 82, AND his wife Rose aged 76, were attacked inside their bedroom by a gang of at least two men, armed with a knife and a screwdriver, at around 23:00. The couple were thrown against the furniture, slapped in the face and beaten across their bodies while their attackers ransacked the house for valuables. Gerrie was also stabbed with scissors in the legs. The bleeding couple were left tied up on their bed. Westdene, Johannesburg. Mon 3 Dec 2007. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2233630,00.html GERMISHUYS Gerrie, famous rugby player aged 57, AND his wife were attacked inside their home during the afternoon by an armed gang of at least 2 men. The attackers rushed at his wife and she screamed, which alerted Gerrie who ran to her aid. A revolver was pushed against his head while one of the attackers tried to take her rings off her fingers. When it became clear that their attackers wanted to tie them up, Gerrie began wrestling with his attacker and was shot 3 times before the gang ran away empty handed. One of the bullets went through his cheeck and lodged behind the back of his neck. Another bullet damaged the bones in his right hand. His jawbone also needed to be re-attached during an operation. Northcliff, Johannesburg 6 Jan 2007. Oud-Springbok weer onder mes n rooftog-skote Jan 08 2007
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GERMISHUYZEN Jan, a teacher, was stabbed to death with a knife during an attack inside his flat at night. Hatfield, Pretoria. Fri 1 Jan 2007. GESS Karen, beautician aged 39, left work and returned home at around 08:50 to fetch something, where her daughter aged 14 and domestic worker aged 45 were alone. She rang the bell from the gate for her worker to open. As the worker opened the door to walk out of the house, a gang of at least two black men, which had been hiding in the garden, slipped into the house. Karen heard the worker scream, pressed the panic button on her phone which is connected to the eblockwatch neighbourhood service, and scaled the wall to her house. She found her worker had locked herself, together with the daughter, up inside a bedroom. Karen pleaded for mercy with the attacker, who, after he had robbed her, shouted at the worker and daughter that he would kill Karen if they did not come out of the bedroom. When they came out, he tied them all up with shoelaces, and locked the worker and daughter up in one bedroom, before he pulled Karen through the house, assaulted her, and pushed her onto the bed in another bedroom. He tried to strangle her with his hands, then used a scarf. He had ripped her pants and underwear off, climbed on top of her and was about to rape her when her brother shouted at him through the window. The attacker jumped up and ran away. Both the attacker and his accomplice were later caught by the police. Roodepoort. 5 June 2007. Asseblief God, moenie dat hy ons seermaak Jul 26 2007 GOEBELS Helmut - a German aged 58, was attacked on his property by an armed gang of at least 2 men and was stabbed in the head with a knife on the Monday, but managed to call for help and was saved by a security company. The following Saturday he also called for help after he saw two suspects on his property, but they could not be found. However, the next day, he was found dead with three knife wounds in his chest by his gardener. There were traces of blood on the gate and its lock in his driveway that apparently prevented his escape. Rustenburg. Sun 11 Nov 2007. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2220415,00.html German was stabbed before 14/11/2007 GOOSEN Anton, famous South African musician, was attacked inside his home at around 23:00 by a gang of at least 4 armed men who had broken down the kitchen door to enter. He woke op inside his bed when they switched off the television. He was pistol whipped on the head twice, and blood spilled all over his pillow. Then Anton was thrown around and kicked in the ribs They tied his hands behind his back, threw him on the floor in front of the fireplace, and robbed him. He was told to make his dog named Sky, a Jack Russell, quiet or it would be shot.The attackers put their loot into Antons pick -up van but could not get it started. After Anton had driven them out the drive, they retied his hands and threw him on the back of the van. When they reached the main road, he was dropped off along with his dog. As he does not use bedclothes, Anton was naked throughout the attack. Gansbaai Lapa Farm, Hennopsrivier. Magaliesburg. Goosen in slaap oorval Jan 26 2007
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GREENE David, a pioneer cattle farmer aged 74, was apparently assassinated with a single 9mm bullet between his eyes at around 18:20 after he had herded his small flock of sheep into their encampment near the farmhouse, which was an issue in a land claim dispute. Rustenbergspruit farm near Estcourt. Natal Midlands. Wed 19 Dec 2007 20 Desember 2007 Mnr David Green (70) botanist/farmer doodgeskiet in Estcourt Grondeis-boer doodgeskiet Dec 21 2007 09:52:26:140PM - (SA) Farmer shot at 'point blank range' Fri December 21 2007 at 01:55PM GREYLING Albie, male aged 25, AND his friend Martin Vermeulen walked into the property of Albies mother, Susan aged 60, at around 19:30, as attackers were leaving her home after they had pistol whipped her with a revolver on the back of her head and robbed her at around 19:00. The attackers shot at Martin but missed, but Albie was shot above the left eye before they cornered Martin in the back yard, and told him that they were going to kill all the whites, before they fled. Albie died soon afterwards on the lawn. Eldoraigne, Pretoria. Fri 5 Feb 2007. Wittes die teiken, hoor slagoffer Feb 05 2007 GREYLING Hendriena, female aged 82, was attacked in her Sonerville farmhouse at around 07:00 by three prison warders from the Modderbee Prison between Benoni and Springs. They had gained access to the house via the kitchen door and proceeded to kick, punch and strangle her with a shirt. An alarm in the house went off triggering the attention of a neighbour who came to investigate, and they fled the scene. The police captured them the same day. Hendriena sustained serious injuries and bruises all over her body. Bultfontein, Free State. Saturday 5 Mar 2007. DKD-drie gevang n aanval Mar 05 2007 Warders beat up woman, 82 05/03/2007 GREYLING Susarah, female aged 73, was beaten to death during an attack on her farm in Schweizer-Reneke. 24 Nov 2007. GROBBELAAR Johan, army Colonel aged 50 and the commander of military base Group 24, was shot by a fellow soldier of the rank corporal, and died in hospital a few days after he had been shot in his office at the army base after a disagreement between them concerning the demobolization of the commandos which protected farmers. The Colonel felt strongly that it was essential to keep the commandos in force. One of the bullets that struck him had lodged in the base of his brain. Kroonstad, Free State. Tues 31 May 2007. Geskiete kolonel beswyk May 31 2007 GROBLER Gerhard, pizza delivery man aged 34, walked into an armed attacked in progress while delivering pizzas when he knocked on the door of the family he was delivering to, and an attacker opened the door with his gun aimed at Gerhard. They tied his arms behind his back with neckties and instructed him to lie face down on the floor. The family, a husband, wife and eleven year old daughter, had already been tied up. He
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was listening how the family were assaulted and beaten when he was shot in the head and lost consciousness. When he came to, the gang of at least 5 armed men had left. Golfpark holdings, Meyerton. Kopskoot klap GUY Robin aged 75 and his wife, from Underberg, had been in Johannesburg on a festive season visit when two men, one armed with a handgun, entered the property by jumping the fence, approached the family and "without saying a word" shot Guy in the upper body. The pair then went into the kitchen where the men's wives were washing the dishes and took the house keys from the handbag of the woman who lived in the house. They then dropped the bag and fled. Robin died on the scene. Johannesburg. Sun 30 Dec 2007 HAMMAN Nick, retired postmaster aged 74, was attacked and robbed by a gang of at least 3 men inside his home during the night. His corpse was found lying on its back on the kitchen floor at around 03:00 by the after they had searched the area for suspicious looking characters who had dropped a load of stolen goods along the road. His hands were tied in the front of him with shoelaces, and apparently he had been strangled. Palmiet, Kleinmond. Sat 13 Nov 2007. Rowers verwurg man (74) in Kleinmond 13/11/2007 HARMAN Jeremiah, farmer, was murdered by an armed gang of at least 4 men on his farm Buffelshoek on the Kommiessiedrift road. Rustenburg. 31 Jan 2007. http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=14 765 HARRISON Beatrice Pearl, female aged 85, was driving in Valley Vista road, approaching Hosking Road during the afternoon when a car came flying down the road and cut her off. Two men leapt out of the vehicle, wrenched her door open and pulled her out of the car. She was thrown into the middle of the road before one of the men jumped into her car and drove off, with all her personal effects, including her crutches. She was bleeding profusely and required hospitalization. The skin had peeled off her right arm and was hanging loosely. Pietermartizburg. 21 Nov 2007. Gran survives hijack ordeal 21/11/2007 HASSELL Leon AND his brother Armand, were parked at the corner of Moore and Chelmsford roads during the morning while waiting for a tow truck to fetch Leons pick -up van when they were confronted by a gang of four men. The Hassells told the gang that their vehicle could not start and that they were trying to get the vehicle towed to their home. However, a man pulled out a gun and shot Leon in the face whle Armand ran away. Paramedics were in the area and responded quickly when they heard the gunshots. The sound of the sirens scared the gang off. Leon was admitted to hospital in a coma and died a few days later. Glenwood, Durban. Sat 4 Aug 2007.
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http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20070806062901950 C399933 Monday, 6 August 2007 Hijacking victim believed brain dead HAVENGA Elise, female aged 70, woke up inside her bedroom in the security complex Boskruin Gardens just before 02:00 because of strange noises, which sounded like rooftiles, and then a sudden sharp noise. She searched the house, found nothing strange, went back to bed, and fell asleep reading. Next she saw two men enter her room and she screamed. One of the men walked around her double bed and punched Elise in the face. She screamed harder and another blow fell. Havenga does not remember what happened after that, but she woke up in a pool of blood on the bedroom floor quite some time later. Both her hands and feet were tied up with scarves, and her body was beaten black and blue. Her arms and hands were covered in cuts and bruises from warding off the blows. Randburg. Mon 16 July 2007. 'Oh! It's my turn now' Tues 17/07/2007 07:34 - (SA) HERBST Chris was shot in the face and stabbed several times in the back and neck while fighting two thugs trying to rape his 12-year-old daughter and kill his six-year-old son. Elardus agricultural holdings, Pretoria. Oct 2007. 'Professional' robbers bust up family braai HERMAN Jerry, male professional big-game hunter aged 52, was attacked during the night inside his rented home. His corpse was found in the bathroom, the hands tied with electrical cord, and feet with a cloth. There were multiple knife stab wounds on the body and he had been shot in the stomach and head. His pick-up truck was stolen, but recovered later by the police where it had been abandoned at Markana. Rustenburg smallholding. 28 Jan 2007. Rowers vermoor jagter; vlug met kluis HESSEL Leon, male aged 41, went to assist a friend whose car had broken down on the corner of Moore and Chelmsford Drive, Umbilo during the morning. He was waiting inside the car for his brother to fetch a tow-rope when a gang of 4 men approached him and wanted to steal the car. He explained to them that the car had broken down and needed to be towed. One of the men took out his gun and shot Leon in the face. The bullet damaged the C2- or C3- disc in his neck and he is permanently paralyzed. Durban. 4 Aug 2007. Rower skiet man in gesig oor motor nie kan ry Aug 06 2007 HEYNS Johan, movie director aged 58, AND his wife were attacked inside their home by an armed gang of at least 2 men at around 19:50. She was watching television, and he was brushing his teeth in the bathroom when a man appeared next to him and shot him in the pelvis. Another gunman stormed down on Mrs Heyns, bumped her and demanded the safe. Johan crawled to the bedroom while they were being robbed and help arrived
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shortly. The bullet had damaged his bladder before it made an exit through the right bottocks. Bryanston, Johannesburg. Sun 26 Sep 2007. HISCOCK Brent, male aged 23, AND his brother Allan AND his wife Myoko, were sitting in front of a fire outside the flat on the plot which belonged to their parents in Zwavelpoort, celebrating the new year shortly before midnight when they were confronted by an armed gang of at least 2 men. Brent wished them a happy new year before he realised that they were held at gunpoint. Their attackers demanded to be taken to the main house, where his parents were asleep. His father, who slept on the couch in the lounge, had suffered a series of strokes, and needed feeding through a pipe to the stomach. His mother would be asleep in the lounge. At their front door, Brent stopped short, turned around, and confronted the gunmen. They opened fire on Brent and ran away. He died minutes later in his brothers arms. Pretoria East. 1 Jan 2007. http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t271611-59/ HOLMES Ryan, student aged 22, was attacked inside his home by an armed gang. Six weeks later, he was shot in the head at close range while sitting inside his car at the driveway of a friend at around 21:00 by a gang of at least 3 armed men. They robbed his friends and stole his car. The bullet lodged behind his eye and he was admitted to hospital in a coma. Vorna Valley, Midrand. Sun 5 Sep 2007. Weke van vrees, toe n kopskoot Sep 05 2007 HOPPER Nicolene aged 22, AND her 16 month old baby Jordan, AND her mother Jacoba aged 42, were waiting along the M7 carriageway between Bellair and Titren roads for help to arrive after their car had broken down after a church service at night when two men approached their car and fired a shot through the window. The bullet hit Jordan, who was asleep on his mothers lap, in the left shoulder, before striking Nicolene's hand as it exited. The gunmen opened the passenger door and robbed them, pushed the gun against her stomach and then fired another shot, hitting Jacoba in her left hand before they fled. The bullet that struck Jordan had entered his shoulder and perforated a lung, before passing through his stomach and pancreas. He underwent a four-and-half-hour operation, and was on a ventilator in the intensive care unit. He also underwent an emergency blood transfusion a few days later. Durban. Thurs 18 June 2007. Baby fights for his life after being shot June 18 2007 HORTSTMANN Robert aged 73 AND his wife Julie aged 74 were attacked inside their home of 50 years, tied up to a chair in their bedroom and tortured for many hours, where they were found unconscious the following morning by their son. Julie died soon after from her injuries and Robert was in a critical condition in hospital. It appears that nothing was stolen. They had been married for 50 years. Boston, Belville, Cape Town. Sat 23 Jan 2007
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HULLEY-MULLER Louise aged 25, was shot 8 times in front of her two small children during a farm attacked outside Nelspruit. March 2007. HUMAN Sheldean, a girl aged 7, disappeared from the Pretoria Gardens home of her parents at around 18:30. Her corpse was found 3 weeks later in an open field. Pretoria. Sun 20 Feb 2007. Bring haar terug Feb 20 2007 HUME Lynne, estate agent aged 47, disappeared shortly after seeing a client in the Ballito area at around 13:00. Her burnt out car contained her charred remains in the passenger side, burnt beyond recognition, with the neck and feet bound with wire, was found the following morning on a farm road at Kestell in the Free state. Security cameras at a bank in Pietermaritzburg had shown that a gang of 4 men had cashed a personal cheque made out by Lynne on the same afternoon that she had disappeared, and more cheques were cashed in Stanger. Durban. Tues 27 Oct 2007. HUNTER Cecil, male aged 31, was driving in Benoni during the early hours of the morning when he was pulled over by the police. They accused him of driving into the road against the flow of oncoming traffic, which he denied. They asked what he was going to do about the matter, and he got the impression that they wanted to be bribed. When he asked them for proof of identity, they refused and accused him of resisting arrest. A policewoman sprayed him in the face with pepperspray 4 or 5 times. He could not see anything while a policeman cuffed his hands tightly behind his back. One of them stole the wallet from the back of his pants and took all the cash out of it before they threw him into the back of their van. At the police station, he was severely attacked physically and suffered cuts to the head and bruising all over his body. He was denied medical attention. Fri 7 Nov 2007. Polisielede spuit glo pepersproei voor hulle skop, slaan Nov 07 2007 HUSSELMAN Marie aged 77, was ambushed by a gang of at least 4 men when she returned home from church during the morning and was forced into her house, robbed at knifepoint and then physically assaulted. Marie was also beaten on the head and shoulders with a knopkierrie (a traditional weapon, wooden club with solid ball like head) repeatedly, and pepperspray was squirted into her mouth. Her blood was found on the floor and bed of her room. She suffered a broken jawbone, concussion, a damaged left eye, the facial bones cracked, severe swelling on the left side of her head and face, bruising and wounds all over her body. Marie died two days later in hospital from her injuries. River Street, Jacobsdal. Sun 19 Feb 2007 Bejaarde weduwee wreed aangeval Feb 19 2007 ISAACS Lameez, female aged 22, was murdered inside the home of her parents where her corpse was found with a bullet to the head. Baden-Powell drive, Strandfontein, Cape Town. 13 June 2007.
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JACOBS Ian, scholar aged 15, was travelling home with family at around 02:00 when they were stopped by a police vehicle on a farm road. The police opened fire and Ian was hit. He climbed out the vehicle and walked about 10 meters before he collapsed. The police retuned with help about 3 hours later but it was too late. Ian had died from his injuries. Witbank. Sun 11 Sep 2007. Polisie vertel verkeerde pa hulle het sy seun geskiet Sep 11 2007 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Brandt, student aged 20, was asleep inside a student commune house when the house was attacked by a gang of men. Brandt, who slept closest to the entrance door, woke up as an attacker swung a 10kg weight at his head. He tried to ward the blow off with a pillow, but was hit. Other students woke up from the noise and wrestled the gang whereafter they fled. He suffered a cracked scull, two cuts and bruising to the face during the attack. Bloemfontein. 5 Sep 2007. Student se skedel gekraak, rower 'hardloop' sy rieme styf Sep 05 2007 JANSEN VAN RENSBURG Gert, male aged 44, died in hospital from injuries sustained inside the Claremont supermarket during an attack in which an armed gang opened fire and shot 6 people. Nothing was stolen. Pretoria West. Wed 27 July 2007. Slagoffer van mislukte rooftog sterf: die Here se besluit Jul 28 2007 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Renier was sitting in the garden of their security complex in Fleurdal during the morning when a stranger appeared at their gate. Renier got up and walked towards him, but was shot in the chest and died shortly after from this wound. Bloemfontein. Sat 18 Dec 2007 Man (20) van Bfn dood na skietery Dec 18 2007 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Theuns and his wife Hettie, both aged 72, were attacked inside their home shortly after 20:00 by a gang of at least 3 men. Theuns had heard a noise outside and went to investigate. He was attacked with a panga shortly afterwards, and severely assaulted during which he suffered a fractured scull. His dentures were found on the floor of the passage. Hettie had tried to fight back during the attack, but four of the fingers on her left hand were severed with a pair of garden shears. Her right arm was also broken. Bleeding profusely, she ran to the main bedroom's en-suite bathroom, where she locked herself in to hiding. Her fingers were later found found lying around in the house. The subconscious body of Theuns was dragged through to the main bedroom, stripped naked and placed on the bed. Hettie peeped through the keyhole from the bathroom and saw one of their attackers watching television as he lay on the bed next to her husband while his gang were robbing the house. It was around 04:00 that they left. She was able to get help around 07:00 by calling out to her neighbour. Four of her fingers had to be amputated at the first joint. Theuns had lost all feeling in the right side of his body and remained in a coma for more than two weeks in ICU until his life support system was turned off. 7th Street. Mookgopong/Naboomspruit. Sun Dec 2007. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Robbers-cut-off-moms-fingers-20071203 Panga-aanval eis man n twee weke Dec 18 2007
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JOHNSON Terence, male aged 26, was cycling along Kiaat Road at around 13:40 when a vehicle with 3 occupants stopped nearby. One got out and fired several shots at Terence. He was wounded in the back and right leg. He died on the scene. Bonteheuwel. Thur 21 Dec 2007. Cyclist gunned down in Bonteheuwel attack December 21 2007 JONKER Barend, male aged 85, was attacked on his farm Rietvlei with an axe, and sustained serious injuries to the face and head. Polokwane. 20 Nov 2007. http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2231579,00.html JOUBERT Adriaan Albertus business consultant aged 59, was sitting with his wife, Wilma aged 55, in his office built onto the back of their garage at around 21:00 when the security lights outside their house in Abbott street went on. While Adriaan went outside to investigate, Wilma saw a gunman walk around the house, and she screamed as she ran into the kitchen to hide, where their son Deon aged 32, was making tea. Four gunshots went off outside the house during which Adriaan was shot in the chest and leg before their attackers fled in a get-away car. Adriaan died on the scene. Nothing was stolen. Floridapark, Roodepoort. 24 Jan 2007. Oupa by huis vermoor Jan 26 2007 JOUBERT Marc, a building contractor aged 30, was shot to death during an attack by an armed gang at the St. Tropez restaurant where Marc was attending a birthday party. Durban North. May 2007. Polisie skiet vermeende leier van bende dood Jul 04 2007 KARVELAS Nick, school principal aged 44, received a call at work from his domestic servant who warned him that there was a problem at home at around 10:00. Nick was shot to death in his driveway upon his arrival as he got out of his car. Alberton. Tues. 12 June 2007. School principal shot dead 12/06/2007 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2128994,00.html KERKOF Rian, male aged 53, AND his daughter Helene aged 21, were attacked by an armed gang of at least 4 men during the night. Rian was overpowered, assaulted and shot inside his bedroom, which woke Helene up. As she called her father, they stormed into her room, picked her up, hit her and threw her down next to her seriously wounded father, then tied them to each other. Helene was also kicked several times. One of them tried to pull up her shirt, but she curled her body up and begged them to take what they want, and leave so that she could take her father to the hospital, who was bleeding profusely from the right side of his chest and was suffering much pain. They laughed at her while they shook him, and spent more than an hour rummaging through the house and eating from the fridge before they left. Rian died in hospital the following day. Moreleta Park, Pretoria. Thur 11 Nov 2007
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http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2219490,00.html Monday, 12 November 2007 Daughter tied to dying dad KEYSER Fanie, pharmaceutical representative and part-time cattle farmer aged 47, AND his wife Annelize AND their son J.C. aged 13, arrived at their holiday home in Marloth Park after supper at a local restaurant, when they were attacked by a gang armed with AK47s. Fanie, who was very safety conscious, first checked the house for intruders before he let his family in. While he went back outside to lock their car, Annelize heard two gunshots. He ran back to the house but collapsed on the verandah. She ran to her bedroom and pushed the door closed. An attacker, speaking in Afrikaans and wearing khaki clothes, said that she wont be harmed as they only wanted money. He pried open the door, pushed the gunbarrel of an AK47 inside the room and shot. JC had hidden under his bed before he managed to escape the house and pushed the panic button which was still around his fathers neck before he used his own celphone to call for help. Fanies phone and handgun had been stolen. He was taken to a nearby doctor, but died shortly afterwards. Kruger National Park. Fri 28 Dec 2007. Bid vir my pa, hys geskiet KEYSER Kobus aged 44, his wife Adri aged 40 AND some friends who had decided to sleep over, were attacked by an armed gang of at least 4 men who had apparently drugged the family's three dogs and used a ladder they had brought with them to gain access through an upstairs window. Kobus and Adri were surprised in their bed at about 03:30 and were forced at gunpoint into the room where their friends were sleeping. Kobus was beaten with a cricket bat when he did not want to hand over the keys to the safe. The attackers got hold of two firearms, helped themselves to money and jewellery, and began to ransack the house for more money. At one stage, Adri offered them Krugerrands, but the aggressive attacker did not want the "strange money". It was then that he threatened her and tried to force her to a chair. "I knew he wasn't just talking, he was going to do it," she said. "He kept grabbing my face and saying 'look at my face, I'm going to rape you and then kill you'. I could see the devil in his eyes." With a supreme effort she pushed him off and dived for the panic button, after which they fled. Umtentweni, Port Shepstone. Sat 10 Jan 2007 'You can shoot me, but you can't rape me' 2007-1-10 22:31 http://www.24.com/news/?p=tsa&i=384199 KING Rodney Derrick aged 79 was visiting his son Brendon at his home in Olivedale when a gang of at least 4 men attacked Brendon as he drove into his driveway at around 20:30. Derrick heard Brendon shout that the family must not come out the house, and rushed out to save him. They wrestled their attackers, who started shooting while they fled. Two of the bullets hit Derrick in the chest, and he died shortly after on the scene. Nothing was stolen. Johannesburg north. 22 Jan 2007.
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Doodskoot vir bejaarde Jan 22 2007 http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/dad-dies-in-hail-of-bullets-after-saving-son1.311838 KOEN Louis aged 72, was admitted to a state hospital for 2 weeks after he had fallen and broken his leg, where he was abused to such an extent that he suffered an "emotional breakdown" and slept with a flashlight on his chest afterwards. He died within a month. In hospital, nurses had left him on the bed without a sheet, blanket or clothes. They tied his hands and feet to the bed for two days, and were found standing around him, tickling and taunting him. On the day of his surgery, he had trouble breathing. The nurses gave him oxygen with a mask, which made him even more uncomfortable. It was later found that the pipe was not connected to the oxygen cylinder and that the oxygen escaped from the opening. The hospital later tried to fix the equipment with sellotape. Loius was left to lie in his own urine and faeces. His panic button had been disconnected to prevent him from ringing for help. Louis was discharged, but fell ill again a few weeks later and was admitted to another state hospital where he died 3 days later, after taking his last sip of water from a urine bottle as the hospital didn't have any drinking glasses. Nelspruit. 16 April 2007. 'Nurses abused my dad' 05/06/2007 LARKIN Mike, university professor, was attacked by a gang of at least two men during the night while he way on his way to a prayer meeting. Mike was repeatedly stabbed and died on the scene from his injuries. Roslyn road, Rondebosch, Cape Town. Fri 20 Nov 2007. Studente ontstig oor moord 20/11/2007 LE ROUX Lourens, police detective, was shot five times in a police vehicle outside the Woodstock police station by the suspects of a muder case he was investigating, and died on the scene. Cape Town. 12 Apr 2007. Le Roux: Accused denied bail August 28 2007 LITTLEJOHN Sue, female horsefarmer aged 70, went outside her house at around 18:00 to see why the horses were whinnying. Upon her return, she found two men waiting inside the house. They tied her hands and neck with a rope, kneeled and sat on her, and strangled her. Every so often they slid her along the floor and banged her head into the wall. They left the room and returned again to continue the torture, which lasted for more than an hour-and-a-half, during which she passed out three times. However, because she makes her own ropes - to use on her horses - she knew they were difficult to bind someone with. It's thick, plaited material, which is difficult to knot. She kept wriggling her fingers and hands and the knots came undone. Sue eventually escaped by making a hole in her bedroom ceiling and wriggling along the rafters, and then descending down into the kitchen after her attackers had left. Lidgetton valley farm, KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. 16 Dec 2007. Woman, 70, fends off horror attack
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Page 7 of The Cape Argus on December 16, 2007 MAIN Andy, vegetable farmer aged 52, was attacked by a gang of at least 4 men and shot several times with a high-powered weapon when he returned to his farm late in the evening before he entered his house, where he died from his injuries. Gillmore Hill farm, Crammond. 21 Sep 2007. Voorman ontdek boer se lyk op plaas Sep 25 2007 MANTHE Stephan, male aged 64, was overpowered at the gate of the plot he was living on, assaulted and dragged across the premises, and tortured to death at around 07:00. His friend and employer found his corpse with the hands tied behind the back. He had been badly assaulted and his head was covered in blue bruises. His nose and mouth were covered by masking tape. Kameeldrift holdings, Pretoria. Tuesday, 21 October 2007 64yr-old murdered in Pta 22/10/2007 09:18 - (SA) http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,9745,2-7-1442_2206382,00.html MAREE Ines Christina, female aged 83, died from head injuries two weeks after she had been attacked, beaten, raped and robbed by an armed gang inside her home. Lyttleton, Pretoria. 4 Nov 2007. Robbers now face extra charge Page 4 of Pretoria News on November 13, 2008 MARITZ Manie Solomon, BMW branch manager, was ambushed as he arrived home by an armed gang of at least 2 black men and was gunned down in front of his 15 year old handicapped daughter, whom they had assaulted before his arrival. He died shortly afterwards. Looted: cellphone. Constantia smallholdings, Pretoria. 15 July 2007 HTTP://WWW.NEWS24.COM/BEELD/SUID-AFRIKA/0,,3-975_2424 http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20070717025140477 C936783 MEYER Marie, female aged 64, was alerted by the barking of her dog at around 23:30 inside her home in Erasmuskloof and she noticed 2 figures on her verandah. She pushed her panic button as they broke through her lounge window. Marie was cornered in her kitchen and beaten repeatedly on the head with a blunt object during which she lost her glasses and could not see anything. They ripped the rings off her fingers, grabbed her watch and celphone, and fled. She had to receive several stitches to her head and her eyes were black and blue. Her daughter Corn, who lives in a townhouse in Moreleta Park, was also robbed on the same night. Sat, 22 Jan 2007. Erasmuskloof, Pretoria. MITCHELL Cheryl, female aged 53, was shot to death during an attack on her Rietfontein plot near Lanseria. 9 Mar 2007.
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MODEL Bobby, a US citizen and international adventure photographer, was being driven by his sister Faith aged 32 in his pick-up van near the Monwabisi resort during the afternoon, when a chunk of concrete about the size of a melon smashed through the windscreen and hit Model's head. Bobby was in a critical condition on life support in hospital. Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Thur 10 June 2007. Top US photographer 'critical' 10/06/2007 MPOMPOLAS Stelios, 59 year old owner of the Steers restaurant in Bultfontein road, was found murdered behind his counter at around 01:15. He had been robbed and physically assaulted until he died. The floors and counter were covered in blood and the door was locked. Kimberley. Wed 1 Feb 2007. Kby-sakeman vermoor Feb 02 2007 MULLER Gustav, leader of the Suidlanders movement (a group of people who are concerned about the safety of South Africans in issues such as natural disasters and crime) was arrested without bail for two weeks, and the case remanded on suspicion that he may be implicated in the possession of an illegal firearm. Klerksdorp, North West. 13 Dec 2007. Suidlanders se leier sit oor vuurwapen MYBURGH Koos, male aged 51 from Upington, was en route to a farm near Delmas to collect a load of chicken manure with his truck at around midnight but missed the turnoff to the farm and made a U-turn. Immediately after he was ordered to pull over by a group of about 6 policemen. While Koos was trying to stop his massive truck they started shooting at it. As he climbed out they assaulted him after which there were marks on his face, his left ribs hurt badly and he struggled to breathe. He had a terrible pain in his stomach and was vomiting while he waited at a guesthouse for a relief driver. He died from his injuries two days later. Between Ogies and Delmas. Thur 30 Oct 2007. Man beaten to death for U-turn 30/10/2007 07:35 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2211518,00.html NAUDE Jan, male aged 48, AND his wife aged 33, were attacked on their farm at Eksteen, during which she was also raped. Memel. 9 Feb 2007. NEL Hein, male aged 26, was murdered during an attack on a Bloemfontein farm. 21 Sep 2007. NIEMAND Johan, male aged 60, was shot during a farm attack in Evander, and died from his wounds. 17 Mar 2007. NIEWOUDT Johan, university professor aged 64, investigated a strange noise in his garden at around 21:00 and was shot in the back by an armed gang, who fled without taking anything from the victim. Pretoria. Sat 12 Sep 2007. Rowers wond Unisa-professor Sep 12 2007
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NIGHTINGALE Garry aged 27, AND his wife Nicky were returning home from an occasion to their home in separate cars at about 22:30. Nicky drove in first to where an armed gang was already waiting for them and she was robbed. When Garry arrived, he was shot in the face and back before their attackers calmly drove off in his pick-up van. He died from his injuries shortly afterwards. Steiltes, Nelspruit. Sat 25 Aug 2007. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2171788,00.html ODENDAAL Cathy, businesswoman, arrived home as an armed gang of at least 3 men were leaving her house they had just robbed. She tried to flee into the house but they followed her. She was overpowered, tortured, assaulted, raped and left for dead. Cathy managed to walk outside and scream for help, but the attackers heard her and returned to murder her. Her body was found sprawled out on the floor of the washroom, which is adjacent to the house. Her maid, who was hiding in the house, described the attack in whispers on a celphone to Cathys husband, who had frantically summoned help for them. He was on a business trip in Cape Town. Lynnwood Manor, Pretoria Tues 16 Oct 2007 Woman killed at home in broad daylight October 17 2007 http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20071017061630495 C448005 ODENDAAL Francois, a businessman aged 31, went to investigate why he dog was restless at around 01:00. When he opened his front gate, he was attacked and felt a sharp pain in his arm. He thought he had been stabbed, but was jabbed twice in the wrist with a syringe that contained a poison intended for his dog. There was a heavy smell like ammonia in the air as his whole body pained, his arm swelled up and he had sporadic cramps in his limbs from uncontrollable muscle spasms. His wife sounded the alarm, and the two attackers fleed down the street, while shooting at the security guards. West Acres, Nelspruit. Thur 16 Feb 2007. Robber uses 'poison syringe' 16/02/2007 OOSTHUIZEN Gert was shot in the head AND his mother, Paula, was wounded, during an attacked inside his brothers shop in the evening when an armed gang of at least 5 men opened fire on them. Nothing stolen. He died in hospital 2 days later from this injury. Supermarket in Claremont, Pretoria west. 3 July 2007. OOSTHUIZEN Lynette, newly widowed 63 yr old chicken farmer, was attacked at night inside her home by a gang of 3 men, strangled, and thrown off a 200m cliff 60km away from her Boston farm during bad weather conditions. Her slipper was found lying near the edge of the cliff. It took more than 4 hours for a team to recover her body. Bulwer. 24 Aug 2007. Three held after woman thrown down cliff August 26 2007 at 02:51PM http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=nw20070826141020818 C827253
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OOSTHUIZEN Rudy, male aged 26, walked into Addington Hospital with stab wounds to his chest and forehead, collapsed and died. Wed 27 Dec 2007. Man dies at hospital entrance 27/12/2007 PATTISON Pat, pilot aged 88, was beaten with a hammer and murdered inside his garage at around 18:00. His grandson, Hubert, who lived on the same property, saw Pat drive in from a family celebration of fathers day, but, after half -an hour, had become curious as to why Pat had not put off the lights to his pick-up van. Along with his father, they went to investigate,and found a black man hiding in the van. They pulled him out, and he escaped. They jumped in their own car and searched for him. In the meantime, the intruder had returned to the van and stole Pats wallet and celphone. Upon their return, they did not find Pat inside his house, as expected, but his battered corpse inside the garage. Eikenhof farm. June 2007. Geliefdes groet vermoorde vlienier Jun 29 2007 PETERS Freek, doctor aged 75, was attacked on his Skurweberg plot, during which he was stabbed 16 times. Pretoria West. Feb 2007. PETROU family were ambushed when they arrived home at around 23:00. Mr Petrou was shot to death inside the house. His wife and daughter were shot in their garden and critically wounded. One celphone was stolen. Menlo Park, Pretoria. Sun 16 Dec 2007 Intruder puts gun to toddler's head December 18 2007 at 06:34AM PIENAAR Hans, male aged 64, AND his wife Elbie aged 56, were attacked and shot on their farm. Hans died from his injuries. Mooiplaas. 13 Mar 2007. POTGIETER Lizell, athlete aged 37, arrived home in Bainsvlei at around 20:30. As she unlocked her front door, she felt a hard bash against her head as two attackers started to beat her repeatedly with bricks across the head and face. She was pushed to the ground and was told that: We steal from you whites because whites have everything and we have nothing. That is why we take your things. And because you live alone. A white woman may not live alone. They would ask her things, such as where the safe is, but everytime she tried to reply, they bashed her with bricks. A third attacker joined them as they bullied her into the house. She was thrown onto the floor again, and her head was stood on so fiercely that she thought her ear was torn off. She pretended to faint. They tied her up with electrical cord, and dragged her into the bathroom where she was locked up until the following morning around 09:00. Bloemfontein. Fri 6 Mar 2007. Bfn-atleet erg beseer in rooftog Mar 06 2007 RADEMEYER Steve, farmer aged 78, AND his wife Engela aged 85, were attacked shortly after 19:00 inside their home, No forced entry could be found, even though the couple were very security conscious. Steve had undergone surgery for cancer treatment
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two weeks previously to the attack in which a gang of at least two men wearing balaclavas overpowered the couple. Steve was beaten on the head repeatedly with a spade, and stabbed several times. He died on the lounge carpet. Engela was forced to watch this assault, her hands and feet tied up. She was dragged through the house to open the safe and thrown onto the kitchen floor, where she was threatened with a kitchen knife before their attackers fled. It took more than 2 hours for her to be able to cut herself free with the same knife she had been threatened with, and put together the pieces of the celphone their attackers had thrown off the kitchen table, before she could call for help. Farm Weltevrede, Schweizer-Reneke. Fri 26 Feb 2007. Boer oorwin kanker; nie graaf-aanval Feb 26 2007 RATTRAY David Dave aged 49, legendary tourism personality and Anglo-Zulu War expert, was shot to death at around 17:30 inside his house at the Fugitives Drift lodge. A gang of at least 6 men armed with guns and pistols split up to round up his staff from the office and around the house, asking for Davids whereabouts by name. His wife Nicky came across the single gunman, masked with a balaclava, who had walked into the house. Dave jumped between them and was shot. The gunman walked out, and was instructed to go back inside to make sure that Dave was dead. He pumped another two bullets into Dave. He had been shot in the hand, arm and chest, collapsed aand died on the scene. Nothing was stolen. Rorkes Drift, Dundee. Fri 26 Januarie 2007 http://kaapsevryheidsburger.forumsmotion.com/t1298-land-invasion-platinum-rich-cradleof-mankind. Battlefields legend David Rattray killed 27 January 2007 Sy laaste woorde: Moenie my skiet nie! Jan 29 2007 RAUTENBACH Clive, hotelier, AND his partner Nicolene Vanessa da Costa, AND his staff members were attacked by a gang of armed men during which the unarmed Clive was murdered and a staff member raped. Cradle of Mankind, Crocodile River. 16 July 2007. http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2009/04/suspect-confessed-to-killinghotelier.html RENDER Nol Neil, male aged 56, climbed into his car which was parked in central Pretoria and opened his window at around 10:30. A gang of at least 3 men appeared at his window, and the one in the middle started to stab him, in full view of a police captain who only came closer once the gang had fled. Neil used his hands to protect his chest and was stabbed twice in the right thumb and once in the palm of his right hand. Tshwane. 6 Feb 2007. Polisiekaptein kyk glo net toe tydens rooftog Feb 07 2007 RIPPON Vernon, male horticultural expert aged 77, returned home after dinner and was attacked by an armed gang who lay in wait for him in his garden. He was brutally beaten with a blunt object and his car was stolen. It was later found abandoned in Isipingo. Vernon died soon after from his injuries. Umbilo, Durban. 11 Sep 2007.
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Rippon murder 'probe proceeding swiftly' October 03 2007 RISSEEUW Hannes, was attacked inside his home at around 16:00 by a gang of at least 3 men and beaten to death with an ornamentally carved, wooden spoon of about 1m long and 40mm thick, which stood in his outside room. His celphone was stolen. Duncanville, Vereeniging. Thur 12 Oct 2007. Lang lepel glo moordwapen Oct 12 2007 ROOS Phillip, boy aged 12, AND his sister aged around 7 years old, were alone at their Jordaanpark home around 10:00 when a knifeman gained entrance. His sister watched in shock as Phillip was stabbed at least eleven times, of which seven times were in the chest, three in his back and once in the head before he was strangled with the dress of a doll. She went into hiding while the attacker stole a dvd machine and fled. Phillip sought help and thought his sister had been kidnapped. He collapsed outside their property on the pavement, where a passerby found the bloodied child. Heidelberg. 11 July 2007. 11 messteke in sy ouerhuis Jul 11 2007 ROSANT Louis, male aged 53, was found dead in a field with open wounds to the head after he had been attacked by a gang of at least 5 men. Temperance, Gordons Bay. Wed 21 Dec 2007. Four held for double murder 21/12/2007 SAAIMAN Frans, doctor aged 63, AND his wife Jeanette aged 63, were attacked inside their home at around 21:30 by a gang of at least 3 armed men during which he was severely beaten with kierries (traditional weapons, wooden clubs with hard solid ball like heads). Frans sustained two broken ribs, concussion, various cuts on his head which required stitching, the left eyebrow was broken, and various bruising all over his body. His eyes were also swollen shut. His wife, which was in a different part of the house during the attack, surprised the gang as she locked the gate in their passage and walked towards them in her nightgown. It appears that they thought she was a ghost, and they fled through a bedroom window. Lynwood, Pretoria. 4 Oct 2007. Rowers slaan op vlug oor engel Oct 04 2007 SAAIMAN Zelda, housewife aged 49, was gunned down in the garage of her Brooklyn home on August 24, 2006. Mom gone, so family packs bags July fri 06 2007 at 02:16PM SCALLEN Roy, businessman aged 54, was working in his office on a Sunday evening when he was attacked, during which his private parts were severed and he was stabbed several times. Walmer bay, Port Elizabeth. Sun 12 Feb 2007. Verminkte lyk van sakeman in Walmer gevind 13/02/2007 SCHEFFER Quinton, a 40-year-old ADT armed response officer, was attacked at around 22:15 while sitting in his vehicle by a gang of at least 5 men who fired 7 shots into the
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back of his vehicle, hitting him in the head, neck and ankle. Less than an hour later, the gang hit on a nearby restaurant which was monitored by ADT security. Constantia. Fri 24 Dec 2007. Horror attack victim in a critical condition December 24 2007 SCHMITT Manfred, German tourist aged 65, was walking along the Marine parade at around 17:20 when he was attacked and robbed by a gang of at least 4 men armed with knives. Durban. Wed. 25 Oct 2007. German tourist named October 25 2007 SCOTT Howard, manager of an engineering company, was ambushed and shot as he drove his pick-up van into his driveway at around 20:00. He lost control of his vehicle and plunged through the palisade fencing and came to a standstill against his house. Howard died on the scene. Nothing was looted. Weltenvredenpark, West Rand. Fri 19 July 2007. Man ploeg deur heining, ry in huis vas toe kapers skiet Jul 19 2007 SENEKAL Johan Willem aged 69, was overpowered during the evening by an armed gang of at least 4 men while he was parking his car in the garage of the Dinie Estates smallholding. They forced him into the house at gunpoint. During the attack, they tied up his hands before they burnt him with a clothes iron. He was also robbed before they left the scene in his vehicle as well as their own vehicle. Kroondal area, Rustenburg. Mon 20 May 2007 Thursday, 24 May 2007 Rowers brand hoeweman se hande met strykyster http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2118185,00.html SHANKLAND Lauren, female aged 27, was found murdered in her lounge during the afternoon, lying next to her baby boy. Her car was found in the driveway with its door open, and the front door to her home was ajar. She had been stabbed 19 times and sustained a blow to the head. The baby was treated for minor lacerations to the head. Sunningdale, Durban. Thu 7 Sep 2007. Durban mom dies next to baby 07/09/2007 SHULMAN Larry, male aged 63, was woken by the alarm in his house during the early hours of the morning. While searching his house, he came across two intruders in his lounge. He hit one of them with his walking stick but was overpowered, beaten to the ground and hit on the head. As he lay on the ground, the second intruder shot him in the head. The 9mm bullet lodged in his skull millimetres from his brain. The doctors have put a metal plate into his head to secure the skull. His wife is very grateful that Larry is still alive. Nothing was stolen. Groenkloof, Pretoria. Fri 10 Feb 2007. 'Everything happened very quickly' February 10 2007 'I'm alive because of my hard head' February 16 2007 SLABBERT Gerhard Brooklyn, AND his wife Margaret were driving into their property when they saw a man climb over their wall. Gerhard got out of the car and asked him
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what he wanted. As the man pulled a gun out of his pocket, Gerhard tried to jump back into their car, but was shot. He died soon after in hospital. Nothing was stolen. Brooklyn, Pretoria. Wed 28 Nov 2007. Friday, 30 November 2007 Prof sees husband gunned down SLABBERT Willie, a 58 yr old florist, drove in through his farmgate at around 18:00 in his pick-up van. His farm worker heard the van drive off again a short while later, and assumed that it was Willie. The van was overturned shortly after on a farm road and the engine was still running when his neighbours came across it. Upon investigation, they found Willies corpse lying on the kitchen floor, with several stab wounds to the neck, shoulder and chest. A 4pd hammer and long handled chisel, which formed part of Will ies antique collection, and a knife was found on the scene, as well as a cable and cord, with which his attacker presumably planned to tie him up with. It appears that Willie had put up a struggle as the place was in a mess. Meyerton farm, Vereeniging. Tues 28 Feb 2007. Businessman killed on farm 28/02/2007 SNYMAN Cilliers, a 65 yr old doctor, was watching television and his wife Kate, aged 62, was reading in the bedroom during the night inside their home. Kate heard a loud bang and went to investigate. She found Cilliers had been shot to death in their sons bedroom. A gunman came running towards her, but she locked herself and Cilliers up and their attacker fled the scene. Nothing was stolen. Lynnwood, Pretoria. Fri 17 Aug 2007. Singer shocked by 2 attacks 20/08/2007 09:20 - (SA) http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,9294,2-7-1442_2167750,00.html SONNEKUS Emile AND his friend Luke, both aged 7, AND Lukes parents Grant and Helen Murphy, were attacked in front of Emiles house where they were dropping him off at around 20:00 by an armed gang of at least 3 men. They were made to lie down during which they were robbed. Grant was also hit over the head with a firearm and Helen was repeatedly kicked in the face before the attackers fled with the family car. She needed stitches and suffered a broken nose. Emile was involved in a prior hijack attack when he was 3 years old at the same gate. Malvern, Germiston, East Rand. 25 Oct 2007. Emile, 7, is hijacked - again 26/10/2007 07:18 - (SA SONNEKUS Sonnie, male aged 89, was murdered inside his home shortly after 08:00. He had put up a fight during the attack and the knuckles on his hands were grazed. His hands and feet had been tied up and his nose broken. He had suffocated on blood in his throat. Lyttelton Manor, Centurion. Mon 12 Nov 2007. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2220671,00.html SOUTHEY David, farmer aged 79, went to close the farm gate as he did every evening, he was attacked. Three men were hiding in the long grass. They stabbed him in the back and his hand before throwing him onto the back of his pick-up van and drove to his
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homestead. Here he was stabbed repeatedly. They also threatened to pour boiling water over him while they robbed and dragged him bleeding around his home. David was gagged, bound with barbed wire and left to suffer in minus-degree temperatures. Winterfold farm, Cedarville. http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20090720113812925 C952599 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2148190,00.html STAATS Sandy, retired hairdresser aged 68, AND her tenant were tortured by a gang of at least 3 men during a 3 hour ordeal. With knives in their hands, the gang entered their home through a glass sliding door at around 20:00 after they saw the women chatting in the bathroom. They overpowered the women, forced them into a bedroom and made them lie face down on the ground. Their hands and ankles were tied, bags placed over their heads and ropes around their necks before they were dragged into the bathroom before the house was ransacked. Sandy was threatened with rape, and one of the attackers said he had aids. They also threatened to kill her. One of their attackers fetched the kettle from the kitchen, plugged it into the bedroom and switched it on. The tenant was made to watch them pour boiling water over Sandy at least three times during which she screamed from pain, and suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns over 60% of her body. Both Sandy and her tenant were also repeatedly strangled. The attack ended after the neighbours alerted the police that her dogs were barking incessantly. Sandy died ten days later in hospital after her organs collapsed and she fell into a coma. Craighall Park, Johannesburg. 20 Apr 2007. http://www.africancrisis.co.za/Article.php?ID=13125& Monday, 14 May 2007 Woman Tortured to Death with Boiling Water Date Posted: Sunday 13-May-2007 [Crime in South Africa's STEENKAMP Judith aged 85, AND her son Albertus aged 44, were overpowered inside their bedrooms by an armed gang of at least 4 men at around 01:30. They first entered the room of Albertus and shot him twice. Then they dragged Judith out of her bed at gunpoint and hit her in the face. They forced her into Alberts room where she saw him lying on the floor, bleeding. One of the attackers took the cord off her hairdryer and tried to tie up her hands. She pleaded that he not do that. When one of the others drew his attention, she hid the cord under the pillow. They threatened to kill her while they robbed her. They fled with her handbag and clothes belonging to her and Albertus, after locking them in his bedroom. Albertus told his mother to try and break the door with the sewing machine. She banged against the door for long time, and managed to do it, climbed through the hole, stumbled down the stairs to the front door and then walked in the pitch dark without her walking stick more than 100m to seek help. Kameeldrif holdings, Pretoria. Thur 2 Aug 2007. Saturday, 4 August 2007 Woman, 85, breaks down door STEYNBERG Trudie aged 47, walked into the flat at the front of her house at around 17:00 and was attacked by a knife wielding intruder disguised with a balaclava and
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wearing gloves. He hit her and tried to strangle her with an electrical cord. She fought him off and kicked him between the legs. As he stumbled, she tried to run away. He grabbed at her and she kicked him in the throat. Trudie managed to run into the house and call her husband, after which the attacker fled. Wesselsbron. Thur Feb 24 2007 Vrou veg om lewe in aanval Feb 24 2007 STANLEY Desmond, farm manager aged 54, was murdered during the night in his house at Ambiance Stud on Brandwacht Farm. Desmond was found under blankets in the bedroom of his home, where he lived alone. He had a single bullet wound to the back of his head. Two vehicles reported stolen from the premises were discovered abandoned by police a few kilometres away from the farm. Worcester. Tues 7 Feb 2007. Farm manager 'executed' 07/02/2007 STANTON Darrell, male aged 24, was walking to his car at around 02:40 when he was attacked by two men and knifed in the arm, back and right lung before he was robbed of his selphone and carkeys. He ran to the police station which was about 1km away and begged them for help, but was told to wait. He sought help at a nearby guesthouse and was taken to the hospital where two emergency operantions were performed on him during the following 24 hours. Stellenbosch. Sat 8 Dec 2007. Stellenbosse polisie s glo beseerde man (24) moet self by hospitaal kom STEYNBERG Trudie, female aged 47, walked into the flat in front of her house at arounf 17:00 in which a knifeman, disguised with a balaclava and gloves, suddenly appeared and attacked her. He beat her and spat at her before he tried to strangle her with an electrical cord. She fought back and kicked him between the legs. He stumbled and she tried to break free, but he grabbed at her again, so she kicked him in the neck, and managed to run out to her house and get help, at which he fled. Wesselsbron. Thur 24 Feb 2007. Vrou veg om lewe in aanval Feb 24 2007 STOCKER Jrgen, businessman aged 66, AND his wife Martina aged 49, were attacked inside their Bryanston home during the night. Jrgen was shot in the upper body and collapsed in the passage. He was tied up and left in a pool of his own blood. Beaten and semi-conscious, Martina Stocker lay next to her husband's bloody corpse for more than 30 hours, where she was discovered and rushed to intensive care at the hospital. She had been viciously attacked and was dehydrated. Johannesburg North. Wed 21 Nov 2007. Wife lay next to dead husband for 30 hours Sat November 24 2007 Page 2 of The Star on November 24, 2007 STRYDOM Herman aged 45, AND his wife arrived home late at night after work. As he was unlocking their door, he was shot to death by an armed gang. She managed to activate the alarm and their attackers fled. Nothing looted. Vryheid smallholding. Fri 16 Nov 2007.
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Vryheid man shot at home November 18 2007 at 09:54AM http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2007/11/vryheid-man-shot-at-home.html STRYDOM Jan-Andries, doctor aged 82, was murdered on his birthday. His wife, Mariana, arrived home around 11:30 from their medical practice shortly after JanAndries, and was attacked inside the bedroom by a man wielding a long knife. She was physically assaulted, stabbed in the hand, tied up and robbed as she watched her husband drown in his own blood as he lay on the floor. His hands were tied to his right foot with a rope during which he was physically assaulted. He was also kicked repeatedly in the face, head and body. Wesselsbron. Sat 17 Feb 2007. Octogenarian doctor dies after assault February 18 2007 Doc choked in his own blood 19/02/2007 SWART Amanda, female hairdresser aged 50, woke up at around 00:30 when 3 men appeared in her bedroom. One hit her over the head with a rock the size of half a brick. While blood was flowing over her face, another man run his finger over her cheeck, looked her in the eyes, and threatened to rape her if she did not supply them with money and guns. After they had robbed the house, they tied up her hands and were leaving when one of the attackers returned and stabbed her on the forehead. She needed 5 stitches to close this wound. Smallholding, Pretoria west. Sun 1 Oct 2007. Hoe kom n mens reg n so aanval? Oct 03 2007 THOMAS Darren, male aged 26, was attacked by a gang of at least 3 men inside his fathers mansion at around 03:00 after he had investigated strange noises in the home. Darren was stabbed in the face with a screwdriver and then shot in the left shoulder. Nothing appears to have been stolen. Northcliff, Johannesburg. 23 Oct 2007. Man geskiet, in gesig gesteek Oct 24 2007 THOMSON Mike was ambushed while cleaning his pool in Craighall Park by three men who jumped from over his neighbour's fence into his yard. Mike, who was a martial arts expert, initially managed to fight his attackers off before they shot him in the chest. He was then stabbed 14 times and shot a second time in the back of his head before being dumped in the pool. The gang then entered his house, where they found his wife and their three small children and tied them up. For three hours the men ransacked the house, loading their loot into Mike's car. One of the attackers stayed behind to make sure there was no tracking device on the vehicle. Later, his wife managed to untie herself and her children, and ran to a neighbour's house for help. Mike died on the scene. The car was later found abandoned in Alexandra. Bryanston. Thur 5 Oct 2007. Memorial service for man stabbed 14 times October 05 2007 THORN Roy, church minister aged 53, AND his family were attacked by a gang of 4 armed men inside their home during breakfast. Roy was shot 4 or 5 times. The bullet which lodged in his hip can not be removed. Moorreesburg, Cape Town. Sun 19 June 2007
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Rowers skiet Moorreesburg-leraar in pastorie 19/06/2007 TRESSIDER Athol, businessman aged 49, AND his wife Jenny, AND their daughter Aimee aged 13, AND their son Kairan aged 10, were attacked at around 02:15 inside their home by a gang of at least 3 men, all armed with knives. Athol woke up after he thought he had been punched only to find he had been stabbed twice in the chest. His wife and children were taken to Aimees bedroom where they were tied up with his neck ties and belts. Athol thought that he was going to be killed at this stage, but he was dragged to their bedroom where he and Jenny were forced to lie on the bed, and the children under a blanket on the ground. While the attackers were rummaging through the house, they set off the alarm sensors. When the alarm company phoned to enquire if all was in order, Jenny was forced to answer them that all was fine. The attacker that cut her hands free so that she could answer the phone, stabbed her hand by accident, and it required 10 stitches to knit. The family were then locked up in Aimees room and their attackers loaded their loot into the family car and sped off. Northworld, Johannesburg West. 10 Oct 2007. Nou gaan hulle my klaarmaak Oct 11 2007 UNNAMED ADDO COUPLE were attacked inside their farmhouse at around 14:00 by a gang of at least 5 armed men who tied the couple up, beat, kicked and robbed them. The 75-year-old man suffered a broken arm and several broken ribs while his 73-year-old wife suffered bruises. They only managed to untie themselves at around 19:30. Port Elizabeth. Sat, 4 January 2007 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2050380,00.html Brutal attack on elderly couple UNNAMED BONTEHEUWEL man aged 28 AND woman aged 30 were both found in the main bedroom of the house with gunshot wounds to the head AND a 29 year old man with serious head injuries was found in one of the bedrooms by the police after they were informed that three men were seen running from the house at night. Thur. 3 Aug 2007 Man, woman found dead in room 03/08/2007 UNNAMED DORANDIO PRETORIA woman aged 39 was attacked in the street about 40m from her home at around 16:30 by a knifeman. He grabbed her from behind and demanded her celphone, after which he stabbed her, beat her up and dragged her into the bushes of a nearby field where he raped her. Both her hands were broken during the attack and the nerves totally severed. She also suffered stab wounds in her chest, legs, shouder and back which punctured her lung. She was also strangled. He offered a passerby a turn at raping her, but was ignored. She managed to flee wearing only her bra and one shoe when the attacker went for his gun. Her watch and celphone was stolen during the attack. She also required anti-virol treatment against AIDS.Pretoria north. 9 July 2007. http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2145608,00.html
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UNNAMED GERMISTON couple were in a serious condition after they were attacked inside their vehicle close to the train station in Germiston at around 16:09. Their vehicle was stolen during the attack. The woman had been thrown from the vehicle by her attackers and it appears that she had been kicked or beaten in the head. She had sustained a serious head injury and had a decreased level of consciousness. The man was admitted tp hospital with a gunshot wound to his right thigh and a fracture to his thigh bone. Tues. 17 July 2007 Couple hurt in Germiston car hijacking July 17 2007 UNNAMED HUMANSDORP woman aged 23 was cleaning up while her husband took some of their guests home at around 02:15. She was hit over the head twice and robbed of her cellphone and jewellery. Her attacker then dragged her outside, throttled and raped her. He fled on foot. Sat 13 Nov 2007. Wife raped after braai 13/11/2007 UNNAMED KOOKRUS girl aged 6 was raped inside the garage of her parents home by the 17 yr old son of a homeless black couple her mother had allowed to sleep inside their garage 2 weeks previously. The mother of the victim was not aware of the existence of the son at that time. Tues 31 Aug 2007. Gruweldaad 31/08/2007 UNNAMED MIDRAND Woman driver and female passenger were seriously injured during an attack by an armed gang at the R511 and Olifantsfontein road intersection during the night. The driver was shot in the forehead and subsequently lost control of the car and it crashed into the stationary car that was in front of them at the intersection. The passenger had two of her fingers partially amputated by a bullet. Wed 21 June 2007. Woman critical after hijacking 21/06/2007 UNNAMED MONUMENT PARK primary school girl was raped after she and her mother, aged 35, were attacked and robbed by two men armed with knives and guns inside their home from about 01:00 until 05:00. The mother was tied up and also suffered a severed finger during the attack. Pretoria. 4 Sep 2007. Rower verkrag laerskoolmeisie in Pta Sep 04 2007 UNNAMED MUSINA husband aged 67 AND his wife aged 65, were attacked inside their home during the early hours of the morning by two men armed with knives. The husband was alone in the bedroom, still asleep, when their attackers fell on him and started stabbing him. His wife heard his screams, and ran to his aid. She begged them not to kill him, as they stabbed him over and over. One of the attackers then charged at her with his knife and stabbed her in the arm, bumped her over and kicked her. He dragged her to the kitchen where he raped her. Thereafter she was forced back to the bedroom where her husband looked on helplessly as their two attackers took turns in raping her. A celphone, jewellery, cash and a music system was looted before their attackers fled the
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scene. The couple both required urgent medical attention and had lost a lot of blood. The husband had suffered seven life threatening stab wounds. Wed 2 Oct 2007. Bejaarde vrou herhaaldelik voor beseerde man verkrag 02/10/2007 UNNAMED VAL DE GRACE women aged 20 and 25 were overpowered at around 04:00 inside their garden cottage, into which they had moved that same day, by 3 men. One of the men was armed with a gun. The women were taken into separate rooms and raped. Their attackers stole a laptop computer, and a vehicle. Pretoria east. 31 Oct 2007. Skurke breek in, verkrag 2 vriendinne Oct 31 2007 UNNAMED VICTORY PARK man, elderly, was walking along with other walkers at around 18:00 when he was shot by two armed attackers, and died on the scene. Thur. Delta Park, Johannesburg. 9 Nov 2007. Elderly man murdered in Joburg park November 09 2007 UNNAMED WESTVILLE NORTH man aged 60 was murdered inside his home by a gang of at least two men. His hands and legs were tied with clothes and he had several serious multiple stab wounds to the body. He died on the scene. Durban. 24 Nov 2007. Two caught after KZN man murdered November 24 2007 UNNAMED WIERDA PARK WOMEN were hijacked, repeatedly raped and robbed by a gang. One of the three women attacked in a three week time period, testified in court that when she arrived home around 19:00 on June 1, 2007. Two men jumped into the back of her car and pushed something into the back of her neck and grabbed the ignition keys. Another man got in behind the stearing wheel. They drove off with her, and after stealing her jewellery, asked for her bank card and pin code. Then they tied her hands and put her in the boot. The ride was very rough and she scremed out in pain several times as she bumped her head. The vehicle stopped in areas where she heard loud music. She was ordered out the boot, into the front set, and told to take off her pants. She was raped repeatedly while they waited for midnight to be able to draw more money from her bank account again. Eventually they let her go. Pretoria. Sunday, 30 November 2008 'Can I get back in the boot now, please?' UNNAMED WITBANK husband aged 34 AND wife aged 30 AND their two children, agd 7 yrs AND two and a half years were sleeping in the same room. At around 2:30 the wife heard a strange noise and woke her husband up to investigate. As he opened the bedroom door, he was shot in the left side by an armed gang of at least 5 men, and collapsed to the floor. His wife was ordered out of the room and taken through the house with them as they rummaged it. A work collegue, sleeping in another room, was woken and tied up. The wife was taken into another room and raped. After they had stolen wallets, celphones and a laptop computer, they fled in the husbands pick-up van. The husband required surgery and the wife was put onto a course of anti-virols. The van was retrieved from Ferrobank, near Witbank. 24 June 2007.
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Rowers verkrag vrou, skiet haar man in Witbank Jun 25 2007 UNNAMED ZEBEDIELA COUPLE were attacked inside their home while they were asleep at around 02:00. The 80-year-old man, who is blind, was stabbed in the forehead. The 72-year-old woman was raped and killed. A cellphone and their pension money was looted. Limpopo. Fri 25 Nov 2007. Brutal attack on elderly couple 25/11/2007 VAN DEN BERG Hennie was attacked inside his home in Hazelwood, suffered a heart attack, and died. Menlo Park, Pretoria. Oct 2007. VAN DER RIET Bill, a top microbiologist, was found murdered in the lounge of his home at Die Wilgers smallholdings. He had been beaten and strangled. Pretoria east. 1 June 2007. http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20070601020518779 C904574 Scientist found dead in his home VAN DER VEGTE Willem aged 56, who had been injured in an armed attack 2 years previously, AND his wife Marlene aged 52, had moved into their home a week before they were attacked by an armed man at around 20:00. He smashed through their lounge window and shot Willem twice in the stomach. As Willem ducked behind a corner, their attacker emptied his 9mm magazine on Willem, who was shot a further 4 times in the legs. The attacker stole a handbag and a celphone before he fled. Monument Park, Pretoria East. Wed 16 June 2007. Rowers skiet Pta-man 6 keer, hy leef! Jun 16 2007 VAN DE VENTER Sheron, school secretary aged 56, was overpowered, physically assaulted and robbed by two men disguised with balaclavas and gloves at around 15:20 in a planned attack inside her office. They had dismantled the telephone wires and alarm system of the school and arranged a get-away vehicle before they seriously injured Sharon with an axe and a hammer, before and after they had robbed R4000 ($570) of the schools money which was in her care. She suffered four holes in her head, a broken finger, broken ribs and smashed teeth. Bloemfontein. Fri 23 July 2007. Sekretaresse verduur nog pyn n aanval Jul 23 2007 VAN NIEKERK Anisha, student aged 22, disappeared after she had been dropped off 2 blocks from her friends home in Glen Marais, Kempton Park between 17:15 and 19:00 on Sunday. Her corpse was found wearing only a jersey in a field between Bronkhorstspruit and Bapsfontein the following Monday, 8 days later. It appeared that she was not murdered at the scene, and that she had been hit over the head with a rock. East Rand. 25 Nov 2007. Student's mystery death probed 11/12/2007
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VAN RENSBURG Christo, AND his wife AND their 14 yr old daughter, were preparing for bed on their Willow Glen plot when the doorbell rang. A group of men, posing as police officers, of which 3 were dressed in police uniforms, persuaded Christo to allow them in. As they entered, they overpowered Christo, hitting him on the side of the face with a rifle butt before forcing him into his office. The gang was armed with an assortment of weapons including rifles. Running into the kitchen, two of the men grabbed his wife before attacking the daughter. Dragging them into the office as well, the gunmen threatened to kill them if they did not reveal the whereabouts of the safe. The gunmen then pushed and pulled the terrified family into the main bedroom where they pulled a plastic Checkers bag over the wifes head, wrapped her in a duvet and started throttling her. Christo pleaded with their attackers to leave his wife and daughter alone. They then threatening to rape his wife and daughter, and Christo screamed at them to shoot him instead. Releasing his wife from the duvet, one of the thugs grabbed Christo by the back of the head and shoved a gun into his mouth, threatening to shoot him. "All I can see every time I close my eyes is the gun being shoved into my mouth and the man's eyes. "They were dead. There was nothing in them," he said while describing the ordeal. The gunmen grabbed their daughter before forcing them to open the safe. The family was then pulled into the pantry, tied up with cable ties, and locked in. Their attackers fled the scene with cameras, celphones, cash and keys. Pretoria East. Sat 23 Jan 2007. Tuesday, 23 January 2007 Family terrorised in smallholding attack http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20070123034506901 C553171 VAN RENSBURG Gert aged 41, were inside a supermarket during the late afternoon when an armed gang opened fire on the shoppers. Gert was herding children from the line of fire and dragging injured victims to safety when he was shot and died in hospital nearly 24 hours later. Five people were seriously injured during the attack and needed surgery. Nothing was stolen. Claremont, Pretoria. Wed 25 July 2007. Page 1 of Pretoria News on July 27, 2007 http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20070727051235589 C12860 VAN RENSBURG Theuns farmer aged 72, AND his wife Hettie were suffered an attack which lasted for about eight hours inside their home on their farm by a gang of at least 5 men. At around 20:00, Theuns stepped outside to investigate a strange noise, and their attackers slipped inside the front door. Theuns was struck on the head repeatedly with a panga and dragged down the passage into his bedroom, where they found Hettie. Their attackers slashed at her repeatedly with a panga. Hettie tried to fight back during which four of the fingers of her left hand were lopped off with garden shears and her right arm was broken. Bleeding profusely, she ran to the main bedrooms en -suite bathroom, where she locked herself in and used a towel to stem the flow of blood from her hand. Hettie watched through the keyhole how the assault on her husband progressed. When Theuns lost consciousness, his attackers undressed him, and placed him on the couples
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bed, leaving him to bleed to death. One of the attackers lay next to him, watching television for several hours. The attackers fled the scene at around 04:00, after stealing bank cards, cash, a television set, dvd player and a hi-fi set. None of the neighbours had heard anything. One of them arrived at the scene at around 07:00 after Hettie had phoned him for help. He found Theuns lying on the bed on his back, covered with a sheet. He described the scene and said that, There was blood everywhere. It looked as if someone had slaughtered a cow. To my surprise, Theuns moved and I saw he was still alive. One of Hetties fingers were found lying in the house, and Theuns dentures were found lying in the passage. He was still unconscious and had a fractured scull when he was hospitalized. Theuns died the following night from his injuries. Dries Joubert, the president of TLU SA North, said the number of attacks on elderly people in Limpopo in recent times had amounted to a low-intensity war. A very small percentage of these organised farm attack gangs are ever caught and convicted. Farm Naboomspruit. Sun 3 Dec 2007 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Robbers-cut-off-moms-fingers-20071203 Robbers cut off mom's fingers http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ZL3Kngb81qo/SvUeh_dRj6I/AAAAAAAAcFY/cELD9kEZOeY/s160 0h/Rensburg_van_TheunsJanse_PangaAttackNaboomspruitFarm_diedHospitalDec2007 %5B5%5D.jpghttp://lh3.ggpht.com/_ZL3Kngb81qo/SvUeilsHDiI/AAAAAAAAcFo/oT5ecki WrR0/s1600h/Rensburg_v_Hettie_Jacobus_murdererNcubiJailedCutOffFingertips%5B12%5D.jp VAN ROOYEN Alwyn AND his wife were attacked inside their home at around 22:00 by a gang of armed black men. Alwyn was axed in the head before he tried to take the axe from his attacker, and the axe fell to the ground. His wife then went and laid with her back upon the axe to prevent the attackers from using it again, during which she sustained many stabwounds in her back. Alwyn was shot in the groin during the shuffle, and the bullet passed through the bone in his leg before their attackers fled. Malelane. Sun 16 Aug 2007 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Mpumalanga/0,,3-2034_2170085,00.html VAN ROOYEN Drienkie aged 50 AND her husband Henry aged 56 were attacked by an armed gang of at least five men, who carried a police radio and of which two were dressed in police uniforms, inside their home on the Kameeldrif smallholdings during the early hours of the evening. Henry was overpowered outside when he went to fetch coal for the fireplace. He was forced inside the house to Drienkie where they were asked for money and guns. Henry pointed out that they had already taken his wallet from him outside. He was slapped, hit with the fist and pistol whipped against the head. His feet were cuffed and his hands were tied up. An attacker took a sock from the washing basket and shoved it into Drienkies mouth with his gun, threatening to shoot her if she screamed. Her hands were tied up behind her back and an electrical cord was tied around her neck. They ransacked the house and loaded their loot into Henrys pick-up truck with which they rode away as far as the gate before it cur out. They then fetched
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Henry from the house and dragged him down the gravel road to start the van for them. Meantime, Drienkie managed to break free, jumped into the family car, and went speeding past the attackers on her way to get help from their neighbours. The attackers fled the scene. Moments later the Van Rooyens son drove past, picked his father up, and drove them to safety. Pretoria. 16 July 2007. Sy hoor: Skree en jy sterf Jul 18 2007 VAN ROOYEN Rernke, doctor, was attacked shortly after arriving at the hospital at about 8am. She was approached by a well-dressed man as she was climbing out of her car in the doctors parking lot near the maternity section. The man pretended he wanted to ask her a question, but suddenly stabbed her in the back just below her right shoulder blade, stole her celphone and wallet, and fled the scene. This was the 3 rd attack on the Dora Nginza hospital staff at the back of the hospital premises in less than one month. Port Elizabeth. 18 Oct 2007. Thief stabs doctor with screwdriver October 18 2007 VAN SCHALKWYK Willem, businessman aged 45, AND his wife AND their daughter aged 18, were attacked during the night inside their home during which Willem was stabbed in the left shoulder and sustained deep cuts to both arms from the elbows to the wrists, as well as a crushed right eye socket. He had lost a lot of blood and three doctors performed emergency surgery on him in hospital. Pietersburg/Polokwane. Sat 8 Oct 2007. Sakeman erg gesny in geveg met rower Oct 09 2007 VAN SITTERT Dirk, male aged 47, AND his wife Adri aged 45, were watching television inside their home at around 22:00 when an armed gang entered their house through the back door and shot them as they tried to get up. Their attackers looted the house before they fled, leaving the couple to writhe in pain on the floor. Dirk had been shot twice in the upper body and died on the scene. Adri had been shot in the upper body and required intensive care in the hospital. Her friend, Martie Breedt, who lived in the same area, had been tortured to death inside her home the previous week. Lyttleton Manor, Pretoria. Wed 10 Jan 2007. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,9294,2-7-1442_2054078,00.html Man killed while watching TV http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html Friday, 12 January 2007 Be vigilant, security company urges VAN WYK Ettiene, SA cyclist champion aged 29, heard his dogs barking and went outside to turn on the spotlights at around 20:00. His corpse was found the following morning lying in a pool of his own blood on the floor of the diningroom. The right arm was underneath the body which lay on the stomach. There was a gaping wound to the back of the head. Nothing stolen. Nelspruit. 1 Feb 2007. Oud-fietskampioen in huis vermoor Feb 01 2007
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VAN WYK Hannes, handyman aged 70, was working with a crew at the home of a customer in Wilkoppies during the day. The 10yr old son of the customer heard strange noises at around 17:00 and came across the injured Hannes lying behind the garage where he had been left for dead after he was beaten with a spade, stabbed several times and robbed of his pick-up van. Hannes was still alive when paramedics arrived. As he drew his last breaths, he told the police it was his workers who had attacked him. It was then that the police realised the two workers had made off in Van Wyk's van. The vehicle was later found abandoned on the outskirts of Klerksdorp, on the road to Stilfontein. Although four men in the vicinity were picked up by the police for questioning, they had since been released as they could not be linked to the incident. Klerksdorp. Mon 28 Aug 2007. Dying victim names attackers 28/08/2007 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,9294,2-7-1442_2172573,00.html VAN ZYL Dawie, male aged 59, AND his wife Maranda aged 48, were attacked at their home by their gardener. He had been in their employ for about 5 months, and had borrowed R2000 ($180) from Dawie to attend to a funeral, with the arrangement that R10 ($1.20) per month was to be deducted from his salary to repay the debt. Maranda returned home from work at around 19:00. The garage door was open, as was the custom when Dawie arrived home from work before her. Maranda found the gardener in the workshop outside their home. She enquired where Dawie was and he replied Daar anderkant. (There on the other side). She took her celphone to call Dawie but before the phone rang, the gardener came at her swinging an iron pole from above his head. She ran screaming for help while he was beating her her on the head. Maranda landed on her back in the adjacent study. At one stage she turned onto her stomach during the attack. When she could scream no more, her attacker presumed she was dead, fetched a cloth from the garage and threw it over her face. He rummaged through her handbag, took her celphone and fled the scene. After the place was quiet, she phoned for help. The police discovered Dawies corpse in a dark corner of the garage in front of his car under a tarpaulin. He had been beaten to death and his hands were tied up. Doornkruin, Klerksdorp. 29 Oct 2007. Tuinwerker leen geld, moor glo toe Oct 29 2007 VAN ZYL Willem, farmer aged 33, was driving home along the Wintersbush gravel road but was ambushed by a gang of at least 3 armed men at a cattle crossing which had been blocked with cement blocks and metal poles. Willem was shot 4 times, severely assaulted and left for dead. Bullets struck him in the upper and lower body and in the right wrist. He was also robbed of his celphone and firearm. Kimberley. 1 Mar 2007. http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=nw20070803114059506 C475986 Reward offered in Kimberly farm attack VAN ZYL Willem, male aged 74 was found by his sons where he lay murdered in the passage of his home during the afternoon. It appeared that he had been strangled to
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death. Some electrical equipment and his car was looted, but was found a week later at the Mozambique border. Queenswood, Pretoria. Thu 6 Feb 2007. Vermoorde man se kar by Mosambiek-grens gekry Feb 06 2007 VENTER Elaine, female aged 66, walked out of her home at around 10:00 with sandwiches and cooldrink for the gardener with whom she was working outside. That was the last time her husband saw her alive after 45 years of marriage. He went into town and upon his return at around 13:00 could find neither his wife nor the gardener. Her corpse had been hidden beneath garden refuse at the back of the property with a nylon rope around her neck and a cloth thrown over her face. Mossel Bay. Mon 6 Feb 2007. Vrou se lyk onder tuinvullis gevind 07/02/2007 VENTER Hendrie, male aged 27, stopped at the red traffic light at the Rigel Avenue offramp from the N1 towards Centurion during the morning. He heard what sounded like someone slapping a hand against the car. A man walked up to the front passenger side, and another appeared next to his window, pulled out a revolver and with an expressionless face started pulling the trigger and fired at least four shots into the car. Hendrie drove off and pulled in at a garage for help. He had been shot in the shoulder an required emergency surgery. Pretoria. Thur 16 Feb 2007. Hijack survivor tells of hot-spot ordeal February 16 2007 VENTER Piet, farmer aged 68, was ambushed at his farmgate after taking workers home in the late afternoon. His corpse was found in tall grass near the gate with a piece of rope around the neck the following morning. His pick-up van was found abandoned on the road between Parys and Fochville shortly after. Somerplaas, Vredefort. Thur 19 Jan 2007. Farmer's body found near gate January 19 2007 http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=qw1169222401285B216 VERMEULEN Rene, interior decorator, disappeared after she had drawn money from an ATM. Her body, with 13 stab wounds to the back of the head, was found 3 days later under a black bag inside a church which she, together with her mother, had recently bought with the intention of converting it into a home for the needy. She had been murdered by two of the homeless men she had employed as gardeners after she had told her mother that she was going to draw money for them. Her car was found abandoned in Queenstown the day before. Maitland, Camps Bay. Tues 13 June 2007. Interior designer brutally killed June 13 2007 VICKIUS Per-Olov, Swedish born businessman aged 66, was waiting at an intersection during rush hour traffic shortly after 07:00 in Newton Park just minutes after dropping off his two year-old son at a daycare centre when he was approached by two armed men. They fired three shots, one shattering the drivers side windo w. A bullet hit Per-Olov in the face, after which he lost control of his car, which crashed into the boundary wall of a
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townhouse complex. The bullet had entered the right ear and exited though his mouth, fracturing his cheekbone. Port Elizabeth. 13 Dec 2007. Businessman shot in morning rush hour hijack bid 14/12/2007 VILJOEN Francois, musician aged 25, heard his mother scream inside her bedroom during the early morning and ran to her aid, but was shot by the 4 armed attackers who had broken into their home. Nothing was found stolen. Francois died upon his arrival at hospital. Lynnwood, Pretoria. Sat 27 Aug 2007. August 27 2007 Musikant sterf n skote Page 3 of Pretoria News on August 27, 2007 http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20070827031235249 C746274 VILJOEN Sannie, female aged 87, was murdered inside her home during the night by a black man who broke in through a window. It appears Sannie had been dragged from her bed to the kitchen, where she was stabbed 6 times with one of her own kitchen knives, and her throat slit. Sannie was found dead in a pool of her own blood. Convicted in Nov 2009 was Jabulanie Leyne aged 27. Farm Curlews, White River. 27 July 2007 http://www.lowvelder.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=715:reggeskied-na-gru-moord&catid=34:news&Itemid=75 Reg geskied na gru-moord Murdered for fifteen rand VONK Marjan, a slightly-built violist aged 49, was travelling along the M1 highway in the left lane towards Johannesburg at around 08:55 and spoke on the celphone, which is illegal, but common practice in South Africa. A metropolice vehicle passed her on the left by driving in the emergency lane, and stopped in front of her. A policeman walked over to Marjan and pulled her out of her car with such force that he broke the bones in her hand, and threatened to throw her into jail before handing her a fine. Her hand required surgery during which steel pins were inserted. Marjan used to play 8 hours on the violin every day and it was her only means of income. She will never be able to play the violin with precision again. Johannesburg. 21 Aug 2007 Metropolisie pluk glo violis rond Aug 23 2007 VORSTER Willem, male aged 27, AND his wife Theresa AND their two children, son Janus aged 8 AND baby of 18 months old arrived home at around 02:00. Theresa had been driving, and decided to open the door to the house before waking her family up, who had fallen asleep during the drive home. She noticed muddy footprints inside the house and her husbands toolbox standing on the floor, realized that there was a problem and ran back outside, but the intruders chased after her. As she was starting the car, a gun was shoved through her open window into her face, and another gunman took aim at Willem through the passenger side window. Willem grabbed the baby, who was sleeping on his lap, and jumped out the car, turning his side to the gunman to protect his child. He was shot in the stomach, below the right side of his chest. Theresa and the children were forced into the house and made to sit still on the bed. Willem was dragged into the room and made to lie at the bottom of the bed. No one was allowed to look at him or help him
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while their attackers rummaged through the home for almost an hour, before they loaded their loot into the family vehicle, locked them up into the house, and left. Theresa took the baby and climbed through the window to walk in the pitch dark to the next farmhouse for help. Willem suffered great blood loss, a piece of his liver had to be removed, and his intestine was damaged. Marikana smallholding, Northwest. 11 Oct 2007. Aanvallers skiet pa met baba in sy arms Oct 12 2007 VOSLOO Mel, director of the Tshwane metropolice, climbed into his car which was parked at the municipality at around 13:00 and was attacked by 3 men. Two men grabbed his arms and a third man knifed him in the stomach. Pretoria. 18 June 2007. Beeld-vrou, segsman in Pta aangeval Jun 20 2007 VOSTER Jan aged 79, AND his wife Hannetjie aged 75, were attacked and physically assaulted inside their home by a gang of at least 2 men at around 01:30. The attack was interrupted when help arrived. Hannetjie suffered injuries on her arms. Jan was chopped in the face, neck and head with pangas and required emergency surgery to stitch the severed arteries. Nelspruit. 22 Nov 2007. Saturday, 24 November 2007 79-year-old Afrikaner farmer Jan Voster, 'chopped to shreds by panga' VUCEVIC Milo, shop owner aged 66, was attacked inside his shop by two armed men at around 17:00. Milo was shot twice and robbed. He died on the scene. Greymont, Westdene. Johannesburg. 1 June 2007. Winkeleienaar (66) doodluiters vermoor Jun 02 2007 WAIT Gerald, male aged 51, was talking to his neighbour, Boetie Barnard, next to his house at around 08:10 when they were approached by a gang of 4 men, asking for work. Gerald replied that he had no work for them, and asked why they had not knocked at the front door. One of the men pulled out his revolver and shot Gerald twice in the stomach. Boetie picked up a carjack which lay on the ground close to him to defend himself with, but was stabbed in the shoulder with a knife. When Geralds girlfriend heard the gunshots, she grabbed their 5 yr old son, who had been sitting on a step outside and had watched the whole scene, and dragged him into the house, then ran to their neighbours to ask for help. They rushed Gerald to the hospital, but he was declared dead on arrival. St Albans smallholdings, Port Elizabeth. 27 Aug 2007. OOS-KAAP: Pa doodgeskiet voor sy seun (5) 27/08/2007 WALL Gwen, female aged 73, was attacked, murdered and robbed inside her home. Her corpse was found on the bathroom floor with an open wound to the head. Simons Town. Wed 11 July 2007. Woman found dead in bathroom 11/07/2007 WEIDE Suzanne, woman aged 61, had sat at her laptop computer in the lounge for about 10 minutes at around 05:30 when she heard a voice from outside. She looked up
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into a man with a large pistol, jumped up and yelled for help. He shot her in the bum and proceeded to break down the burglar proofing. Suzanne ran into the bedroom where her husband locked the door while they waited for assistance. The attacker, who she said had a lot of hate in his eyes, entered their home and stole the laptop before he fled. Tthe bullet hit her in the buttocks, passed through her lower intestine and lodged in her right thigh. Ashlea gardens, Pretoria East. Sat 26 Feb 2007. Robber shoots woman for her laptop February 26 2007 WESSELS Erna, female aged 53, put flowers on the grave of a friend during the morning when she was attacked by two men at knifepoint. She was physically assaulted, which included being fisted and scratched, threatened with murder, and robbed. Memoriam graveyard, Bloemfontein. Sat 28 Feb 2007. Vrou langs Claerhout se graf aangerand Feb 28 2007 WHEELER Peter, building contractor aged 55, realised that he had consumed too much alcohol to drive safely and stood outside his car in the early evening. He was arrested for being drunk in public, and locked up in the police holding cells for the night, along with murder trial awaiting prisoners. Peter was beaten and kicked to death during the night. Grabouw. Sat 9 July 2007. Builder beaten to death in cell 09/07/2007 WILLEMSE Willie, male aged 45, was attacked and murdered by a gang of at least 5 men. His body was found with a gaping head wound in an open field. Temperence, Gordons Bay. 21 Dec 2007. Four held for double murder 21/12/2007 WINDSOR Pieter, male aged 75, was waiting inside his car outside the school for his grandchildren at around 17:00. He was accosted by two men and shot. They pulled him out the car, jumped in and shot Pieter again before they sped away. His car was found an hour later in front of a shebeen in Sunnyside. Pieter had been shot in the lower back and in the buttox.Monument Park, Pretoria. 18 June 2007. Oupa geskiet by skool in Pta Jun 19 2007 WOODALL Allan aged 58, AND his wife Rita aged 51, were attacked at their home during the morning. Rita had opened the garage door to let their gardener out, when she saw two strangers in their driveway. One of them stormed forward and managed to climb in under the garage door while she was closing it. With a gun against her head, he marched her into the house. Allan had heard her shouting and sat waiting for them with his gun in his hands, but because Rita was being used as a shield, could not pull the trigger. The attacker aimed for Allans chest and shot 3 times. He was hit in the side and arm. The attacker then pushed the gun into one of Ritas eyes and pulled the trigger, but the gun did not go off. He threw her to the ground, screamed and cursed, and ran away out through the garage door. Vanderbijlpark. Mon 17 Dec 2007.
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WOYCLEN Benjamin, male aged 81, had gone outside to throw something in the dustbin and when he did not return his wife went out to investigate and found him lying dead next to the fence. He had been attacked by a gang of at least 3 men and was stabbed 14 times. He died on the scene. King William's Town, Eastern Cape. Wed 21 Jan 2007. Three arrested for pensioner's murder January 21 2007 at 01:48PM http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=iol1169379470275 WRIGHT Roger aged 79, AND his wife Myra, who celebrated 55 years of marriage this year, were having a romantic candle-lit dinner when an intruder armed with a knife broke into their home on Wilden Place. He attacked Roger from behind and a huge scuffle ensued, during which Roger was stabbed several times in the chest and at the back of his neck and bled profusely. Myra began screaming from the kitchen where the intruder picked her up and threw her across the room so hard that she hit her head on the fridge. He then tried to throttle her, but Roger, although he was seriously injured, came back into the kitchen and pulled the intruder off her, after which the intruder fled. La Lucia. Monday 11 Nov 2007. 79-year-old 'hero' recovering Wed November 15 2007 at 10:59AM ZAAIMAN Zelda was murdered in the driveway of her Brooklyn home. Pretoria. Oct 2007. ZACHOS Angelo, a man in his 60s, was found murdered in his flat. His son came across his corpse lying on the kitchen floor, the hands and feet bound with neck ties. A scarf wrapped around his head and pushed into his mouth. Angelo had also been beaten with a blunt opject. Nothing appeared stolen. Bedford Gardens, North Rand. 6 July 2007. Bejaarde vasgebind, serp in mond gedruk Jul 06 2007
2008 ABRAHAM Rinda, the principal of a crche aged 55, AND her family were attacked inside their home during the night by an armed gang of at least 3 men. Rinda was in her bedroom when they broke into the house. As she walked down the passage towards her son, an attacker grabbed her by the throat, and shot her through the heart. She died on the scene. Only her celphone was stolen before the gang fled the scene. Waterkloofrif, Pretoria. Sat 26 Jan 2008. To note, the following article appeared in the news after the police caught the attackers in this case: Murder accused lies about age 16/04/2008 Pretoria - A man accused of killing nursery school principal Rinda Abraham claimed to be a minor - but it was established by the district surgeon that he had lied. Ben Mathosi - who appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's
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court on Wednesday - claimed to be a 15-year-old and wanted to be tried as a minor. The district surgeon, however, found him to be a 20-year-old. Mathosi appeared briefly together with Dinis Gentil Nhane and Christavao Fresco Ndima. Their case was postponed to May 22. Mathosi is facing charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition which was allegedly used in Abraham's murder. His two co-accused are charged with murder, robbery with aggravated circumstances and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. It is alleged that they attacked Abraham's family in their Waterkloof Ridge home in January - when she tried to intervene, she was shot dead. Mom shot in heart - for cell http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2260330,00.html ABRAHAMS Fred, a 78 yr old pioneer-businessman, was viciously murdered inside his home, a week after he had been attacked and robbed by a 4 man gang after work. Fred was found by his son with his hands and feet bound together up on his bed. Fred had been assaulted and strangled to death with a tie. Klein Drakensberg, Paarl East 10 Nov 2008 http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/262970#ixzz1G2bqil5c ALBERTYN Henk, male aged 44, shot dead execution style with a single bullet through his head while seated at his computer at night as his family was asleep at home. Stolen 1 x pistol. Smallholding Donkerhoek, Pretoria 17 Nov 2008. http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2429401,00.html ANDREWS John, dentist aged 55, his wife and son, were attacked inside their home at around 21:00 by a gang of at least 3 men who entered his home through a seond floor toilet window. After the family put their hands in the air, John was shot in the head and chest for no apparent reason, and passed away on the scene. The killers fled with a wallet and celphone. Bulwer Street, Eshowe. Wed 27 Apr 2008 Eshowe dentist gunned down BAM Andre, 26 yr old male, AND father Chris Bam 57 yrs old, AND mother Veronica, retired dairy farmers, were attacked at around 02:00am in their home during which all of them were shot by a heavily armed gang. Chris was critically injured 4 times inside his bedroom, and Andre was shot to death as he ran out his bedroom to help his parents. Chris died from his injuries a few days later in hospital. Nothing robbed. Doornpoort smallholding, Pretoria. 28 July 2008 http://www.news24.com/Die_Volksblad/Nuus/0,,5-83_2379758,00.html [FF.01] [a] 09-09-06 Why We Are White Refugees Afrikaner Genocide ... BARDSLEY was shot four times during a spate of attacks in his area in one night. The media article reads as follows: Kalkheuwel resident shot four times in farm attack 17/05/2008 An award of up to R20 000 or more is being offered for information that may lead to the arrest and conviction of
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the group of men who are responsible for the present spate of farm attacks in the Kalkheuwel-Broederstroom area. This follows three farm attacks in one night in Kalkheuwel during last Thursday night and the early hours of Friday morning in which one resident was shot four times. He is in a Centurion hospital in a stable condition. The first attack occurred at approximately 19:30 on Thursday night. According to a spokesperson for the Hartbeespoort police a young man and his wife were in the kitchen at home cooking dinner when five men, all of them armed, entered the house. They tied the womans hand and feet and took the man through the house, demanding money. When he said that there was no money in the house they hit him with the gun stock over the head. He handed them his wallet, which contained between R200 and R250. The group of men wanted to take his vehicle but he warned that it had a tracker system so they decided to leave without it. They then tied his hands and feet and fled. He sustained a bruise on the forehead and is wife was badly traumatised, the spokesperson said. The second attack followed shortly afterwards at a wooden house approximately three kilometres away but still in Kalkheuwel. The spokesperson said that three people, in their late thirties and early fourties were sitting in the wooden house watching television when they heard someone calling them. They were too afraid to go out and stayed inside. The door was then forced open and a group of armed men stormed inside. They tied up the three victims and demanded money from them. The group fled from this house with a cellular phone and R1 500 in cash, the spokesperson said. Hours later at 02:30 on Friday morning the fence on another small holding in Kalkheuwel was cut and the group overpowered the woman while she was opening the door for her dogs. The spokesperson said that after they managed to get into the house a gun fight ensued in which her husband, Mr Robert Bardsley (42), was shot four times. They then took the couples possessions including Bardsleys 9mm pistol, cash, a cellular phone and video machine. The video machine was recovered by police in the veld later on. Mr Danie Booyens, from Hartbeespoort Emergency Services (Netcare 911), told Kormorant that Bardsley was shot twice from the front and twice from the back. Three of the shots hit him in the chest while the fourth almost severed his arm. He was taken to Unitas Hospital for treatment. The three attacks on Thursday night was followed by an attempted murder in the same area on Monday night. According to a police spokesperson a couple was sitting around a fire with friends when the wife heard dry leaves and branches breaking. She told her husband and he took a flashlight and walked up a path. One shot was fired at him but the culprits missed and fled from the scene. BASSON Dixie, female aged 77, AND her husband Fanie aged 66, were attacked inside their home in the very early hours of the morning. They woke up to see a gang armed with knives and a crow bar standing around their bed. The elderly couple were forced to lay on their stomachs as their hands and feet were tied up with shoelaces, and pieces of cloth was stuffed into their mouths. Fanie was beaten with the crowbar over his body and stabbed in the left arm and hand before pillows were thrown over his head. He heard them shouting and cursing, and also his wife begging them to leave her alone and take what ever they want. After the house grew silent, he managed to roll off the bed. This is when he saw Dixie lying on the carpet where she had been tortured to death in a room
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full of blood. Only their watches, his celphone, and a little bit of cash was looted. Fanie was hospitalised and required 33 stitches. Kensington, Johannesburg. Sat 26 Jan 2008. Vrou dood toe rowers bejaardes tuis oorval http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2259595,00.html BATES Justin aged 16 was walking in the street with four of his friends at around 01:00, when they were hit by a silver Fiat Uno which sped off. The car first hit Annatjie Veldman aged 20 who suffered her leg broken in three places and a neck injury, Frans Faber, who also suffered a neck injury and Trevor Nyce aged 18, suffered various injuries. Justin turned around when the car hit his friends and saw the headlights before the car struck him. He landed on the bonnet of the car and tried to hold on, during which time he made eye contact with the driver. He realised the driver was not going to stop, and jumped off a block further down the road, but his head hit the curb and he lost consciousness. While he lay unconscious, Justin was stabbed with a knife in the stomach, which took 40 stitches to sew up the 22cm wound. It is suspected that the driver or one of his passengers jumped out and stabbed Justin as he could recognise them. Polokwane/Pretoria. Sat 23 Sep 2008 Tiener omgery, 'met mes gesny' BENADE Hannetjie, female aged 70, was attacked at her smallholding and tortured to death. It is not clear whether she was dead before her home in which she was, was burnt down, as her body had been torched. Her daughter- in-law, Corene Benade, was attacked during 2010 in exactly the same way by killers who knew intimate details of the attack on Hannetjie, but Corene managed to escape the burning house. During the attack on Corene, her attackers gave her details of the torture that had been inflicted on Hannetjie. Henley-on-Klip, Vereeniging. 29 Nov 2008 http://bbbeweging.forumotions.com/t81-plaas-aanvalle-nou-n-nasionale-sports-in-die-nsa BERNERT Rico, businessman aged 44, had parked his Porsche in a public parking area during the evening. It started to rain, and he went to close the sunroof of his car when 4 policemen approached him. Rico was forced out of his car, assaulted and pepper sprayed in the eyes and mouth. His car keys, celphone and wallet was taken from him and he was arrested and detained for the night inside the police cells. Rico had been charged with assault even though he had not touched anyone. Upon his release the following morning, he was surprised to find his car parked at the police station. It had been damaged in excess of R25 000 damage. ($3200). Johannesburg. Thur 8 may 2008. Reserviste rand man glo aan, beskadig sy Porsche BEUKES Marthinus, male aged 28, was standing near the entrance to a busy shopping centre the day before Xmas, eating a pie with his father while they were waiting for photos when a security guard told them they were not allowed to stand there as he wanted to walk past. They pointed out that there were also other people standing there, and refused to move away, he grabbed Marthinus by the back of the belt on his pants, and started pulling him around. Marthinus hit the guard once in the face. The guard
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walked away, fetched a gun, and walked back to Marthinus. Within about a meter, he opened fire and shot Marthinus in the chest. The bullet damaged his right lung, passed through his body, and hit another shopper in the stomach. Pietersburg. Wed, 24 December 2008 Wag skiet glo man wat nie daar mag staan http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2446857,00.html BIJKERSMA Hettie, a paraplegic aged 57, her care-giver Elsje Wouda aged 40, her husband Douwe Bakersma aged 57 AND her mother Jopie Durieux aged 83 were found by her daughter after they had been attacked inside their home at around 07:00. Hettie, Elsje and Jopies throats had been stabbed and their throats slit. Hettie was found with five stab wounds where she lay on the floor next to her wheelchair. Elsje was found a few meters away laying on the couch, with nine stab wounds, and Douwe a teacher at the Krugersdorp technical college, was found laying in the passage against an open door, he had suffered 28 stab wounds. Jopie was found bleeding on the lounge floor with three knife wounds across her throat and serious knife wounds to her stomach, and was rushed to hospital. Her grandson, the opera-singer Douwe Bijkersma junior, testified that his grandmother remained very traumatised after the massacre. She died from the injuries and shock three months afterwards. She suffered much pain and would often wake up screaming at night, asking for her murdered daughter. He also remains so traumatised himself that he gets upset every time he sees someone in a wheelchair at venues where he performs. Nothing was stolen during the attack. Florida, Westrand. 3 Mar 2008 3 die in gruesome attack http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ZL3Kngb81qo/TYBQzRZTroI/AAAAAAAA6AA/Sk8OBdHZvgw/s16 00-h/Bijkersma Douwe Baritone Operasinger South Africa family massacre tragedy%5B3%5D.jpg http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20091117040310883C32 6231 BIRKENMAYER Victor, financial advisor aged 65, AND his family were enjoying a barbeque in the lapa of their garden during the night. Victor walked out of the bathroom to see an attacker holding his sister-in-law by the throat. He picked up a glass and threw it at the attacker, who then shot him twice in the chest. One of the bullets passed through his body and hit his sister-in-law in the arm. Another 3 armed attackers appeared, forced the family into the house and tied them up with neck ties while threatening to kill them. They were also kicked, assaulted and robbed during an attack that lasted more than 3 hours while Victor bled to death on the scene. Amandasig smallholdings, Pretoria. Fri 17 May 2008. http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2325444,00.html BLAKEY Ben aged 17 was walking along a footpath at the beach at around 07:00 when he was stabbed in the groin and his main artery severed. Nothing was stolen from him.
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He phoned off his celphone for help but died shortly after in the arms of a family friend who was applying first-aid on him. Umkomaas. 2 Jun 2008 Raaiselmoord laat gemoedere opvlam BLOEMHOF Emile, farmer aged 34 was falsely arrested and thrown into jail after protecting his farm labourers by apprehending a knife wielding black man and handing him over to the police at the police station. Marblehall, Limpopo. 19 Dec 2008 2 boere in sel n hulle aanvaller oorhandig http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2444257,00.html BOONZAAIER Jana was pushing her child in a pram in Sasolburg suburbs when a man walked passed her, turned around, and stabbed her twice in the back with a knife, puncturing her lung and damaging the bone marrow of her spine. He grabbed her celphone and ran away. Her three children had to live with family while she was in hospital and they have suffered financially and emotionally. Sasolburg. 18 Mar 2008 Rugsteker ontwrig gesin se hele lewe BORCHARDT Chris, university marketing student aged 24, woke up at around 02:00 inside his home when an armed gang shone their torch light into his face. He jumped out of bed and was shot 4 times. He was hit in the hip, left elbow, right leg above the knee and the left leg, shattering his femur. His pet Staffordshire terrier was hit in the stomach by one of the bullets. Chris crawled to a light and switched it on to show that he was injured. They took his laptop computer and two celphones before they left. Maroelana, Pretoria. Wed 11 Jan 2008. BOTES Graham Jimmy aged 41, who had a hip injury, AND his girlfriend Cheryl Roux aged 42, were attacked inside their home into which they had moved a month erlier while they were asleep at about 04:00 by a gang of at least 3 men with axes. Grahams head was crushed and he died on the scene. Cheryl, who had managed to make an emergy call to her neighbour, was admitted to hospital with severe face and head injuries and was in a coma. Nothing was stolen. It turned out that the attack was led by a Zimbabwean and involved their gardener. A few months earlier, Grahams brother Jimmy aged 39 had a stroke which has led to epeliptic fits, after he had been attacked while walking to a chemist during which he was hit against the head with a cricket ball. Marthinus Oosthuizen street, Alberton. Tues 6 May 2008. Gardener held after murder BOTHA Brink, farmer and dog breeder aged 53, AND his wife Christelle, AND their 13yr old daughter were attacked by an armed gang of Zimbabweans during the night inside their home after they had poisoned 8 of the familys dogs. Brink was shot twice in the chest. Christelle was grabbed around the neck, and after their daughter was forced out of her room, the women were tied up and locked into the study. Cellphones, R200 ($15) cash and the family pick-up van was stolen. Brink died shortly after. Mamogaleskraal, Brits 3 Nov 2008.
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BOTHA, BRINK, 53, Brits farmer murdered, large gang: 2008-11-03 murderers found guilty, trial JULY 20 2010 Thomas Chauke, Zondi Nkuna: Pretoria High Court http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2431888,00.html BOTHA Hennielene, female aged 46, was overpowered inside her bedroom at around 22:30 by an armed gang of at least 3 men. Hennielene was tied up while they ransacked the house, then kidnapped in her own car. During the 52 hour ordeal she spent in the boot, they stopped along the road. A bus of tourists thought that the car had broken down, and stopped to offer aid. They were held at gunpoint and robbed by the gang. During this, they heard Hennielene banging on the inside of the boot and shouting for help. Once the gang had left, the tourists advised the police. Hennielene was dropped off at 03:00 in a rural area. Origstad. Sat 22 Mar 2008. Tourists hear frantic cries for help BOTHMA Herman, farmer aged 45, was investigating why his dogs were barking outside at around 01:40am and came across an armed gang of at least 3 men. As Herman walked round a water tank on his farm, he was shot without warning, after which the gang ran away. The bullet entered the inner left thigh and exited through the buttox. Nigel. 13 Dec 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2442572,00.html BOTHA Peet aged 54, was driving his vehicle at around 18:00 and talking on his celphone when he was pulled off the road by a traffic officer and ordered to accompany him to the police station as he smelled of alcohol. Peet agreed to do so, but asked to drop his car off at his home, which was a few blocks away, to which the officer agreed and followed Peet. Shortly thereafter, the officer put on his siren. More traffic police vehicles appeared and tried to push Peet off the road. When Peet pulled over, he was physically assaulted by the traffic officers. One grabbed Peet by the ankles and turned him over on the grass, while another kicked Peet on the back of the head and on his chest. Another officer hit Peet, his 14yrs old son, and the domestic servant of the family, Mrs Linah Skhosana aged 54, in the face. When Peets wife, Mrs Trudie Botha aged 41, asked the officers what they were doing, one of them hit her in the chest with his elbow and told her to F***off, white bitch, f***off. Then he shot the family dog through the back and shoulder, after which he said:I wonder who will be next. The officer opened cases of reckless and negligent driving, driving while under the influence of alcohol, resisting arrest, corruption, bribery and contempt of the law against Peet. 27 Feb 2008 Metrolede sak glo op motoris se huis toe en teister gesin BOTHA Razelle aged 18, a matriculant who got eight distinctions was at her home at 21:45 with her father, Professor Willem Botha, a retired professor of geophysics at the University of Pretoria, when they were attacked by a gang of at least 2 men. Willie had been setting the alarm in his room. "He was sitting on the bed. When he looked up, there was a man with a revolver in front of him, who told him to lie down and shut up." He lay down on the bed, then tried to grab the revolver, but the man shot him. The gunman
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then walked down the passage to Razelle's room, where he emptied his revolver on her. She was shot in the arm, chest, stomach, lung and spine. Razelle could not understand why the man had shot her, said her mom. "She said 'I was so surprised that he shot me. I was being friendly with him, and humble'." Kobie, who lectures to student teachers at the University of Pretoria, was attending a photography meeting when her husband phoned and told her to come home urgently. "I can't imagine how anyone can empty their gun on a child," said a heartbroken Kobie Botha. Moreletta Park, Pretoria. Mon 5 Feb 2008 Robber empties gun on top matric BOUWER Charmaine aged 43 AND her son Corne aged 16 were attacked inside their home at around 21:00 by a knifeman who gained entrance to their home by knocking on the door. Charmaine thought it was their neighbours child knocking, and opened. She was overpowered and stabbed nine times, in the head, neck, back, face and arm. The tendons of her ring and middle fingers were also cut through. Corne heard his mother screaming in the passage and ran to her rescue. He was stabbed five times in the face, on top of the head and on the chin. He managed to push the alarm button and their attacker ran away. Alberton North. Thur 28 Aug 2008. Ma, seun in mesaanval BOUWER Nico, male aged 25, was driving along the Lebowakgomo road when a tyre burst and his vehicle hit a lamp post along with a robot. He arranged for his vehicle to be towed away, and was admitted to hospital with various cuts to his face and head, broken ribs and a chest injury. Nico was still covered in blood and unattended wounds when the police arrested him in hospital for negligent driving. After he was arrested, he asked four times if he can call his family to tell them where he was, but they refused. (According to SA Law, you are allowed one phone call when you are arrested.) He was thrown in a dirty cell with 25 other inmates. During the night he was attacked by a gang of at least 8 men. Some held his arms, while others sat on top of him, smothering his face in a dirty pillow his screams couldnt be heard while they took turns in raping and assaulting him throughout the night. Later he lost consciousness from shock. The policemen on duty didnt once come to check on what was happening in the cells. The next morning he was harassed by one of the rapists. Hours later Nico was released on bail after his family finally found him. Nico lost his job due to the after effects of the anti-virol medication course he had to take to avoid HIV/AIDS. Pretoria/ Polokwane. 6 Jan 2008. N nagmerrie lewer hy pizzas af vir geld BOWMAN Wim aged 61, was shot to death outside the door to his house by a gang of at least 3 men upon his return home at around 20:30 while his wife was closing the gate. Glenadrienne. Tues 9 July 2008. Man dies in battle with robbers http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20080710142252557 C741202
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BREYTENBACH J aged 57 AND his wife Betsie aged 54 were attacked, assaulted and burnt with a clothes iron inside their home during the night. Hartebeesfontein farm, Hammanskraal. 17 Apr 2008 BROWN Clarence, was slaughtered alive for body parts by a gang of at least 3 black men on behest of a witchdoctor which made lucky potions out of human flesh for them. Bushbuckridge. 23 Feb 2008 http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=10 428 BROWN James Frederick aged 69, an Alzheimer sufferer, was found dead in the police cells for 'stealing' chocolate worth R8,50. James couldn't even remember whether he'd paid for a bar of chocolate when he was set upon at a Shoprite supermarket by a security guard -- and then attacked by a vigilante mob, which was egged on by screaming cashiers yelling 'kill him, kill him'', while they were carrying the sick old man out of the shop, punching and kicking him. An elderly eye-witness -- too terrified to provide a name -- described how a large mob had dragged the sick old white man out of the shop - 'children were even beating up on him from below', adding "It was horrid. Even the cashiers added to the hysteria by screaming that the old man had to be killed if he wants to steal chocolates. Brown's daughter Rose-Marie Steyn said the old man had wandered from their home at around 12:30 from their home, something he did often. "Everybody in our neighbourhood knew of his confusion caused by his Alzheimer's. We started worrying when he didn't come home at around 13:30. A hairstylist working nearby then phoned to let them know that the old man had been arrested for theft. We spent all afternoon at the police station trying to see him but the police refused, claiming he was 'aggressive' and should rather sleep...We told the police that he is an Alzheimer's sufferer but they refused to listen, said his wife Rosa Brown. "A policeman even told me that he was keeping his gun on him because James was so wild. They insisted that he be kept in the cells until 18:00. When the family were finally allowed to fetch James, they found him lying on his back on the floor of the dark cell, in a large puddle of blood. The police on the scene claimed he 'd probably 'fallen in the cell and hit his head'. Local doctor Leon Pelser immediately was called in to examine Mr Brown in the cell with family present. Dr Pelser said: it was so dark that I had to ask a policeman to turn on his flash light so that I could try and revive Mr Brown. Under these most horrid circumstances I opened up his airways with a pipe and massaged his heart, but to no avail. I entered the cause of death as 'unnatural'. I examined him very thoroughly because I knew there will be an inquest. The police superintendent Abie Khoabane claimed in his comments to Beeld newspaper that Brown 'already had blood on his face and his clothes when the (shop's) security guards handed him over to the police,' even though Khoabane wasn't there at the time - he 's just the police spokesman for the province. Dr Pelser said he'd found wounds to the old man's right-eye, his nose and chin, and a large hole in the back of his skull. Kriel. Tues 11 Jul 2008.
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Black mob beats up white Alzheimer patient for 'shoplifting' BROWN Ria, female aged 63, was attacked on her farm during the day at around 11:00am by a gang of at least two men. She was grabbed by her neck and forced into her house, beaten up, her hands and feet tied up and suffocated with a plastic bag. After the men had robbed the house of cash, jewellery and weapons, they locked her up in her bedroom. Ria was worried that the attackers may lay in wait for her husband. She managed to break a window, climb through to the outside, and then went back into the house to use the landline to warn her husband. Waterval-Boven, Mpumalanga. Sat 29 Nov 2008. Vrou deur venster om man te maan BROWN J Arthur, ex-Fidentia boss was arrested as a suspect in a fraud case and raped inside a police van. Brown's attorney, William Booth, said the ex-Fidentia boss suffered an "extremely humiliating" sexual assault in a jam-packed prison van taking him from the Cape Town Magistrate's Court to Pollsmoor suffered an "extremely humiliating" sexual assault in a jam-packed prison van taking him from the Cape Town Magistrate's Court to Pollsmoor prison. Booth added that, "Brown is not asking for any special dispensation. This can happen to any law-abiding citizen. If you are taken in for a drink driving offence, you can end up being raped, murdered or with Aids. It's extremely worrying and frightening." Cape Town.Monday 18 May 2008 BRUTON Wayne, a property developer aged 29, disappeared after he left a building site in Seshego near Polokwane to go home. His burnt-out pick-up truck was found abandoned in the desolate Chuenespoort area, about 30km from the closest town the following day, with his shoes, celphone, wallet and some blood. The number plates had been removed. His body was found three weeks later in a shallow grave of one of his workers who had been arrested as a suspect, in a township outside Polokwane, by a police team who caught an estate agent pouring a cement block over the grave. The police immediately arrested Waynes wife and her father on charges of murder, and made a public statement that Wayne had a large life insurance policy, which turned out to be a false statement. The court has since found that Waynes wife and her father were innocent beyond a doubt, and that the other suspects in the case had disappeared. Seshego Tues 24 June 2008 http://www.iol.co.za/the-star/minister-admits-fault-after-widow-and-her-dad-held-formurder-1.1105697?ot=inmsa.ArticlePrintPageLayout.ot BRUYNS Petrus, retired Lt-Col aged 70 AND his wife Lorna aged 67, AND their friend Mr. Frank Wright aged 80, share a home on the Fairfields smallholdings. Frank opened the door of the house for his dog to go out at around 03:00 and was attacked by an armed gang of 4 men. They forced him to his bedroom, tied him up with neck ties, and stuffed a piece of cloth down his throat with an iron object. As they rummaged through the house, the dogs of Petrus began barking. Petrus went to investigate and was attacked in the kitchen. He walked backwards into the passage where he was shot in the
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leg. His attacker ordered him to stand up, but he was not able to. Then he was hit on the head with a brick. The attackers were demanding money from Lorna in the bedroom when they heard on the farm radio that help was under way and fled the scene with electrical goods, celphones, house keys and Lornas handbag. Cullinan. T hur 22 May 2008. http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2328210,00.html BUNGAY Elize AND her family AS WELL AS Cindy Vaughan and her family, a case totally unrelated to the Bungays, were systematically poisoned in the same way by their domestic servant with household detergents and mootie from a sangoma (witch doctor). The water in their kettle had a milky substance and their tea had a soapy smell and taste. A search found a bottle with a wooden doll which had a piece of rope and animal skin wrapped around it in their garden, some orange coloured little balls wrapped in tin foil, washing softener and various other items were used during which the family suffered from allergies and gastro. Blood tests revealed they had absorbed the phosphate poison in their liver. Benoni. Jan 2008. Help! My huishulp probeer my vergif! BURGER Elma, widow aged 72, was attacked after she had returned home from church and church and had been due to prepare a salad to take to neighbours for Sunday lunch. . When she did not arrive, her neighbours became concerned and subsequently found her in the shower of her house, dead with her neck broken. Elma had been murdered by the same gang which had attacked her a few months earlier, during which she had sustained serious injuries and had been hospitalised, at which time her husband died from a heart attack. Stolen: celphone. Terrtia smallholding on the Montagu Farm, Paarl. 10 Nov 2008 http://dienuwesuidafrika.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/gran-killed-released-suspectarrested/ Gran killed, released suspect arrested BURGER Ren, a second year medical student aged 20, was on her way to classes at Tygerberg hospital where she was attacked in the parking lot and abducted by a gang of three three men. She was forced into her car and assaulted so badly that she lost consciousness and only woke up after she had been taken to an empty house somewhere between Joostenbergvlakte and Klipheuwel - about 30km from campus where Ren was repeatedly raped and assaulted over many hours. She managed to escape when the men went outside to investigate a noise, according to her statement given to police a day after the rape. Her keys were still in her car and she sped off to meet her parents in Stellenbosch, where she was hospitalised. Mon 5 May 2008 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2322996,00.html BUYS Dennis David male aged 78, was living alone in his home where he was attacked during the night by a gang who broke a window from the outside. Dennis was assaulted while he was asleep, his feet wired together and he was gagged. Then he was strangled
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to death with a rope. His sister reported that, My brothers health was failing, he lived alone for 30 years in the house, he had no housekeeper nor a gardener. Andries visited him only a day earlier and the two brothers played a board-game together. My brother was defenceless and frail. His murder was not published in any national newspaper. Nobody has ever been arrested. Despite many telephone enquiries, and personal visits to the Pretoria North police station, none in the family have ever received any reportsback from any police officer about investigating this case. It now has been told to us that there was no investigation at all and that the case has been closed. Pretoria North. 19 Nov 2008 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1036 Dennis Buys, murdered, Pretoria north, never investigated BYWATER William aged 57, who lived alone, was shot to death inside his home with a head and chest wounds after 6 shots had been fired at around 22:00. Inchanga Ranch, Fourways. 21 Feb 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afr...275967,00.html
CILLIERS Bekkie, a 55 year old heart patient, and her sister-in-law Mrs Vorster, also 55 years old, were in the kitchen making lunch when a man walked into the kitchen, wearing a sweater over his head and face, and brandishing a knife. The man was disguised but Mrs Vorster recognised the voice as one of their cucumber-producing farm workers, after he'd told them: "Ouma ek soek geld'. (Gran, I want money). "I gave him everything I had in my wallet," said Mrs Vorster from her hospital bed afterwards, which amounted to R160 ($US 22) - just enough to buy a few loaves of bread the price of two lives. He forced the women at knife-point to the study to search for the payroll money which - he told them - he 'knew they'd withdrawn from the bank earlier that day'. Mrs Vorster tried to fight him to stop him from stabbing Mrs Cillier after he forced the struggling women to a bedroom, told them they 'had to go to sleep now' and started stabbing them angrily, repeatedly. Mrs Vorster said she tried to fight the man, kicking and beating him. Mrs Cilliers, frail and suffering from a heart ailment was repeatedly stabbed and died on the scene, police said. Doctors said that Mrs Vorster was stabbed seven times in her hands, legs, head and neck before the man fled the scene. Brits smallholding. Mon 4 Aug 2008 http://iluvsa.blogspot.com/2008/08/another-farm-killing.html CILLIERS Nollie aged 35, chairman of the Witwatersrand orchard organization, took his dogs outside at around 2am after they barked. He noticed a gang of at least 4 men when they were about 10 meters away from him before they shot twice at his dog and then shot him six times twice in the chest, twice in the hand, once in the shoulder and once in the arm. The gang stole celphones and a laptop computer before they fled the scene. His brother, who is a retired policeman, said that the police investigation was not efficient. He personally took the police to Nollies house and showed them the bullet casings. He also discovered one of the stolen celphones was being used. Wintersnest plot, Pretoria north. 16 May 2008
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http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2329701,00.html COETZEE Clayton aged 24 AND his friend Alex de Waal aged 21 were attacked and shot by a gang of at last three men. Alex had been waiting for Clayton in their car after they left a night club at around 1am. Clayton only noticed one man in the back of their car when Alex stopped at a feul station, upon which Alex told Clayton that the stranger wanted a lift. Clayton reported the following day that, Alex wouldn't just pick up strangers like that". Clayton also noted that, "He drove unusually slowly, especially when we turned left for Secunda. The next moment I heard a loud bang, Alex jumped out of the car and shouted that I should do the same. The seatbelt pinned me down and one of the men pulled me back by the throat. I tried to fight back when I heard another bang". Clayton felt his upper body going numb. He is unsure how he managed to get out of the car. "I think I jumped in front of an oncoming car in the road and begged for help. I didn't even realise I had been shot. Before I collapsed, I saw how the men drove across the middle of the road and into the veld. I didn't see Alex". Alex died on the scene. Their attackers did not drive the car far and fled by foot. They did not steal anything. Evander. Sat 12 May 2008 'I wish they'd rather killed me' COETZEE Frik aged 57 AND his brother Hans aged 53, vegetable farmers, went to the fields to pick vegetables at about 10:00 on Sunday morning. When they returned, they saw there had been a break-in at the house. "When I walked to the guest bathroom, I found two masked men hiding in the walk-in linen cupboard," Hans said. One of the men was armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, presumably the same gun that was stolen from Hans's house in a robbery three weeks ago. "When he lifted the gun, I smacked away the barrel. A shot went off and went into the bathroom ceiling." Hans and the other man, who had a pistol, began fighting. The pistol was fired several times during their struggle. Hans was shot three times in his side. "I shouted to Frik to flee but he ran down the passage to come and help me." The man fired two shots with the pistol and the bullets hit Frik in the chest. "He died instantly. He just lay on his back in the doorway," Hans said, still in shock. The attackers fled without stealing anything. Hans was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Ayerton, Barberton. Sun 27 July 2008. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_A...366886,00.html COETZEE Johannes and his wife were housesitting for the weekend when they became the victims of the ninth similar attack in that area during tha past two weeks. At around 21:00, Johannes opened the front door for the dog and was overpowered by an armed gang of at least four men. He managed to push the panic alarm button on the house key ring before he was tied up in the lounge. His wife was interrogated in the diningroom. After she told them that she didnt know about a safe in the house as it did not belong to her, she was burnt with a clothes iron. The two men from the security company who reacted to the panic alarm, were ambushed by two of the armed gang members, robbed of their service pistols and celphones, and also tied up along with Johannes. During this time, Mrs Coetzee was still tortured continually. As the security company had no
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response from their members, they sent out a second vehicle, which let of a warning shot upon arrival. The attackers fled the scene with one pistol, celphones and cash. Plot on Burnside road, Nelspruit. Sunday 8 Oct 2008 Egpaar van Pta word prooi vir rowers COETZEE Marissa aged 24, had moved from Heidelberg 3 months earlier to work at a golf range in George, had called her workplace on Friday at around 08:50 to say she would be late as her pick-up truck had become stuck in the mud, but had found a passerby to assist her. Her employer tried to phone her back but there was no reply. At around 09;45 an anonymous caller informed police that there was a body at a rest stop 10km outside George on the N9 that winds over the Outeniqua mountains. The police came upon her corpse at around 13:30. Marissa had suffered multiple stab wounds to her chest and neck. They found her pick-up truck in town soon after. Outeniekwa mountain pass. Fri 15 July 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2357674,00.html Man held after womans body found on pass COHEN Sheldon, businessman aged 47, was waiting inside his car for his son at a soccor stadium during the evening. While talking on the celphone, Sheldon was shot in the neck by an armed gang of at least 3 men. They had just robbed a woman in a nearby car of her celphone and she jumped out of her car to seek help. He died on the scene. Balfourpark, Johannesburg. 28 Jan 2008. 'Something terrible's happening' 29/01/2008 Johannesburg COLLINS Ashley aged 37, was gunned down while walking to his dairy at around 04:00. He was shot twice in the chest and died on the scene. When police arrived, they found the body of Ashley on the lawn outside the farm house between a vehicle and the house. His killers made off with his cellphone, while his wallet was found a short distance from where he was shot. Private investigators - the Bossr brothers - later found that during the investigation into the murder of Ashley Collins, the police had released the man who allegedly robbed a Mdantsane taxi driver of the firearm used to shoot Mr. Collins. The Dispatch learnt that the suspect, whose identity is known to the newspaper, had been released despite having for four other charges against him. Yes, I am surprised (about his release), said Colonel Troskie Pienaar, who heads the East London police detectives unit. Bossr also claimed that while being transported from the Berlin police station to the Fleet Street station, the suspect tried to bribe him and SAPS warrant officer Johan van Jaarsveldt with R30 000 to let him go. Bossr said both he and Van Jaarsveldt did not respond to the suspects offer. Regarding his release, Bossr said he was told by the police that they felt they knew where they would be able to find the suspect when they needed to question him. The Bossr brothers , both former murder and robbery squad officers, have been retained by East London businessman Clive Collins and his wife Pat, to investigate the death of their Ashley Collins - their son. Bossr expressed his shock about the release of the suspect, stating: This is a total lack of competence it is a cover-up.
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According to police records, which are in the possession of the Dispatch, the warrants of arrest out for the suspect date back to 2006 where he is wanted for possession of presumed stolen property in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth. In 2008, two warrants were issued at Zwelitsha for his arrest in connection with fraud and forgery, and last year another warrant was issued in King Williams Town for his arrest in connection with theft. Ashley Collins brother-in-law, prominent businessman Steve Onions, said he too was shocked about the suspects release, asking: How could they release a man when there are warrants of arrest out for him? Onions said he planned to take up the matter with the SAPS head office in Pretoria. In a letter yesterday to Brigadier Miso Shumane in the national police commissioners office, Onions said: As a grieving family, we will leave no stone unturned in solving this murder with the legal means we have at our disposal, but it is simply unfair that the police cannot even competently carry out simple tasks pertaining to their duty. Kingsdale farm, Macleantown, East London. Fri on Friday, 13 Junie 2008. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=nw20080613090443654C7 33067 http://m.dispatch.co.za/(S(y12ntp55xg31an45i0boko32))/default.aspx?id=12&articleid=43 1156 COSSON Yvonne, famous female French chef aged 69, was attacked inside her home during the night. She was dragged from her bed, down the stairs and into the lounge where, according to the blood on the furniture and television, Yvonne had put up a fierce fight. Her naked and burnt body was found hidden under plastic bags and soil in her garden next to a wall outside her Ramsgate home, where the lounge looked like a bloodbath. Judging from the blood in the lounge, on the TV and chairs, her murder had been particularly brutal, said Superintendent Zandra Hechter. The attacker appeared to have carried her body outside and set it alight. Ian Beattie, owner of another restaurant, said Yvonne was a petite woman, and added that, They could have taken anything they wanted: she wouldn't have been able to resist." Beattie described Cosson, who had Parkinson's Disease and recently had to deal with the death of her son, as a gentle soul with a passion for food, who would never harm anybody. Her car was stolen and found later by the police. Ramsgate. Sun 6 Jan 2008 Chef's killer leaves bloodbath 09/01/2008 COSTA Jos Paulo, make-up artist aged 49, was stabbed about 60 times with a knife and scissors inside his apartment. His parents came across his body the following day, described by his mother as follows: "The bed was spattered with blood and there was blood on the floor and against the walls. I lifted a blanket that was lying in a corner and then I saw my child. I couldn't believe it.Crying, she added, "My child was lying naked in the corner in a foetal position. There was blood everywhere. I nearly went out of my mind when I saw it." His brother found a bloody knife in a kitchen drawer which the police had overlooked. Pretoria Gardens. Sun 18 Sep 2008 'Then I saw my child' 18/09/2008
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COUTO Emilio, Portuguese-South African smallholder aged 67, AND his wife Couto, aged 59, were attacked inside their home at around 02:20am by an armed gang who broke the burglar bars on the kitchen window and then unlocked the kitchen door. Emilio woke up first. Maria said: "I heard him say, 'No, my love,' and I woke up because I thought he was having a nightmare." When she realised what was happening, she tried to push the bedroom door closed. Then, it was quiet. Maria added, "At that stage, I didn't realise that my husband wasn't in the room with me anymore. Then I heard four shots as they were shooting at me through the door." Emilio was fighting the attackers outside the door. Maria said she heard shots again and then it was quiet. The robbers then kicked the door open and hit her on the head and shoulder with a firearm. "I screamed and they shouted: 'Keep quiet, keep quiet.' They wanted to know where our safe, guns and cellphones were. I said we didn't have a safe or guns." The gang took the couple's cellphones, some jewellery and a laptop. After the gang had fled, Maria pressed the panic button. She said the security company, Computer Alarm, did not respond, and added that, "Eighteen years ago, my mother Deloris de Freitas, 66, was murdered in her house in Johannesburg. I even took part in the march against crime, but they (the murderers) just come back," she said, crying. "I had a wonderful husband. He was always protective and loving. I'm going to miss him." Seven shots had been fired. Emilio died on the scene. Doornpoort smallholdings, Pretoria. 2 Aug 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Video/0,,3-2082_2367805,00.html COWLEY Bernard, estate agent aged 46, and his family were ambushed by a gang of 6 black men upon their arrival home at around 21:00. The family was forced into their home at gunpoint against their heads and necks, and thrown onto the kitchen floor before electrical cords were ripped from the walls with which the hands and feet of the family were tied up behind their backs. The family was repeatedly hit and kicked while their house was searched during which time they were told more than once that, If we find weapons in this house, we will shoot you all stone dead. After the gang had loaded the electrical equipment which they wanted into the family car, they tied the family onto the diningroom chairs, instructing them not to look up while cocking and cocked their guns repeatedly. After about an hour and a half, the family members were taken to separate rooms in the house, tied up and lock in. About half an hour later, the family realised their attackers had fled the scene. Bernard suffered a broken nose and needed an operation to restore a membrane under his eye. Queenswood. Fri 13 Apr 2008 Rowers vat wat hulle wil en tart toe slagoffers http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2307117,00.html CLOETE Kassie was attacked on his plot and wounded in his back, arm and leg. Kajaka Lodge on the farm Varkfontein, Cullinan. 2 Dec 2008 DA COSTA Johnny woke up at about 00:30 to sirens and thought it was 04:00, time to load cattle. He noticed a please call me on his phone, which came from security guards, who told him that there were police in the area. Johnny went outside and saw a marked
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Golf GTI police vehicle and two security guards. When Johnny asked what was wrong,the policemen told him they were searching for illegal guns and tried to enter his home. Johnny asked for their search warrant, upon which they pushed a gun against his head. Two policemen tied the security guards up with wire in the main bedroom, while another policeman searched the house forcing Johnny to accompany him. After looting cash, jewellery and a celphone, they tied Johnny up with his face downwards. Nigel farm, east Rand. Sun 9 Jan 2008 Polisie soek wapens glo, beroof toe plaas Jan 09 2008 DANIELS Owen, farm foreman aged 62, AND daughter Kulsum Herbst aged 20, were attacked and murdered at their cottage during the day. Owen was bludgeoned to death outside. Kulsum, mother of a 3 yr old girl, was raped at knife point and beaten to death with a hammer. One black man, out on parole for a previous attempted murder and rape case, was arrested while driving Owens stolen vehicle for a traffic offence. Farm Platberg, Elandslaagte, Ladysmith 6 Dec 2008. DE BEER Jan, male aged 65, was brutally attacked during the night and was found murdered inside his homestead in the morning. His hands were tied up behind his back with a belt, and trussed up with his feet. Clothes were strewn over his face and a rag pushed into his mouth. Jan had been strangled slowly - with his own clothes. Verkyk, Tamatieberg,Volksrust Fri 10 Dec 2008 http://monkeytricksinsa.blogspot.com/2008/04/horror-of-white-killings-se-for.html DE BEER Ruan aged 22 was refuelling his vehicle at a petrol station along with his friend at around midnight when an off-duty traffic cop, driving the emergency vehicle of the municipality fire brigade while dressed in a white T-shirts, denim pants and bare feet, approached him and asked him if he was drunk. Ruan admitted that he had consumed one beer earlier during a family barbeque, at which the officer grabbed Ruan by the pants and said he was going to arrest him for drunken driving. Then he threw Ruan onto the floor, wrapped a petrol hose around his neck and started strangling him until Ruan passed out. When he came to, the officer was busy kicking him in the head. A petrol attendant also kicked Ruan between the legs. The whole matter was recorded by the fuel station security surveillance cameras. Ruan believed he was going to be murdered and said a prayer, Forgive me, and let me go to heaven. Just then a policevan arrived at the scene, which he believes saved his life. Ruan was arrested for resisting arrest and put into the police holding cells. In 2007, the same traffic officer had attacked Mrs. Lana Braun in front of her family when they arrived in Johannesburg, and also had a pending case of assault on a family member. Ruan had suffered a deep wound beneath his left eye which required five stitches, both his eyes were swollen shut and his skin around his neck was grazed from the petrol hose. Malelane. Sat 19 Jan 2008 DE JAGER Hein, store manager aged 28, was shot dead in the back of the head as he sat with his back to the door and had put up his hands, showing he was unarmed and not
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resisting during an armed robbery at his work by 7 armed killers. Pretoria North. Thurs 18 March 2008. http://www.madibengpulse.co.za/?Task=system&CategoryID=31924&HeadingText=Crim eAlert+070311+hein+de+jager#NISSAN DE JAGER John lemon farmer, AND his wife Petronella, both aged 37, were attacked by an armed gang of at least 3 men during the night at their home. John heard Petronella scream while she was taking washing in from outside. He ran to her aid and was shot three times in the right leg. Petronella was forced into the house. They were robbed, and her hands were tied behind her back with shoe laces. After the attackers had tied Johns hands and feet with shoe laces, they jumped on him and swore him before they fled the scene. Cullinan, Pretoria. Sun 14 Sep 2008. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2394571,00.html DE KOK Lochner, songwriter, woke up at around 04:00 in his bedroom and noticed a very large man in front of him. The intruder jumped towards him and started strangling Lochner. Lochner kicked the attacker away with both his feet, at which the attacker said that he was going to stab Lochner, and started strangling him again, telling him repeatedly that he was going to kill him. While they were wrestling, Lochner heard the click of a knife and shouldered the attacker into the passage and locked his bedroom door. The attacker fled with some cash, a celphone and a bicycle. Melville, Johannesburg. 9 Mar 2008. Aangeval in huis, maar hy sal ni rassis word DE KORTE Jana, Dutch female aged 81, was murdered at her home by a gang of at least 3 men. Her neighbours found her corpse four days later in the garage of her house. Jana had wounds to her head. She had been beaten to death and raped. Entry to the house was gained through an open bedroom window. The house was ransacked and a laptop was stolen. Franschhoek, Western Cape. Tues. 30 Jan 2008. Elderly woman found dead at home DE VILLIERS Pieter aged 62 was shot in the hand and right leg during an attack in which his wife and a visiting neighbouring couple were attacked with guns and a panga. Sterkfontein agricultural holdings. 26 Oct 2008 DEYSEL At Attie, retired mine-worker aged 60, AND his slightly-built wife Katerina aged 56, AND even their parrot, were tortured and brutally murdered. The bodies of the couple, who had been married for 40 years, were discovered on the following day by a neighbour. Katerina had been shot, raped and her throat slit inside her home. Her husbands body was found some distance from the house behind a pile of stones. His throat was slit. The murderers also killed one of the couples dogs as well as Pietie, Katriens tame Ringneck parrot. Four firearms and a cellphone were stolen. The neighbour earlier saw the couples bakkie next to the road and became suspicious
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because it had apparently been involved in a collision. Blood was also found inside the bakkie. Their eldest daughter Theresa de Abreu remarked on her father that, He so loved this place. That is why my father, after years of working in the mines, returned here, where he grew up. She added that, My parents never bothered anyone. They only wanted a peaceful retirement. They lived for their animals and their garden. My father knew the name of every animal, every plant, every bird and tree. He was a walking encyclopaedia...My mother and father did not use labourers, but did everything themselves. It is still so unreal. It is so unnecessary. The Deyzels had been murdered by two gang members who had escaped from the police holding cells the previous day after they had been caught as suspects in the murder of Zaiboon Jeena, 61, in Ottoshoop in March. She was raped, burnt with a clothes iron, stabbed with a knife and her fingers were broken. As these suspects were out on parole, they should have been in prison and not in holding cells. The police superintendent explained that they escaped between 18:00 and 22:00 during a power outage, and added that "The cells are really dark during these power cuts, we are still not sure as to how they escaped." The Deyzels were the second attack these members took in between the Sunday evening they had escaped, and the Monday evening. Lichtenburg/Ottoshoop smallholding. Mon 21 April 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2321815,00.html DOBSON Marius, development cycling coach aged 40, and his student Raynard Sims aged 18, were cycling early on Saturday en route to compete in the MTN Corporate Challenge when they were surrounded by a gang of at least eight knife-wielding men just as they crossed the railway line in Victoria Drive, Walmer. Marius described their ordeal as follows: I saw someone running at speed down the hill towards us. As the man moved closer he noticed a knife in his hand. I told Raynard to go as I saw trouble coming, he sai d. In the attempt to flee,Marius fell off his bicycle and landed on the tarmac. I got up and picked up my bike and saw the knifeman come towards me. In a frantic attempt to keep the attacker at bay, Marius hit him with his bicycle. As I was trying to get away another guy came running at me with a panga, he said. I threw my belongings on the ground hoping he would take it and go. As one attacker went for the bag on the ground, Marius threw his bicycle at him, buying time to take his cycling shoes off and attempt to escape. When he turned to flee he saw six more attackers attempting to surround him. I ran towards Raynard who was still on his bike and we both made our way to the Walmer Country Club to try get help, he said. The gang started chasing them down the road. We got to Walmer Country Club, but no one was there and the door was locked, he said. In the frantic rush for help, Marius kicked down the door. Realising no one was in the building, they started screaming and shouting in an attempt to make the thugs weary of pursing them further. By this time Raynard got his cellphone out and called the police . The woman who answered told us that because we couldnt give a street name she wouldnt send help.
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Police eventually arrived half an hour afterwards. What would have happened if they caught and killed us? Marius was just happy that they both escaped the ordeal with their lives, he said. However, due to this incident the a 12-year veteran cyclist says that the flame has now gone. I had a real passion for cycling but now it is gone, he said. He said this was not like a normal robbery when someone took items and fled. They took our valuables and still carried on attacking us. Dobson estimated the total loss at about R55000, with his bike alone costing in the region of R40000. Sims and Dobson have both gone for counselling, the incident having left them fearful of cycling on Bay roads. Police spokesman Hazel Mqala said she was looking into the incident, although she could find no record of it. Walmer. Sat 13 Apr 2008 Two Ironman contestants forced to flee from thugs in Victoria Drive DUNSMORE Ella aged 70 was ambushed at her home, her throat slit, and left to bleed to death behind her garage. Her celphone was stolen. Springs. 11 Sep 2008 Bejaarde vrou keelaf gesny vir selfoon, kontant DU PLESSIS Charles aged 62, AND his wife Marietha were ambushed when they arrived home from their wedding anniversary celebration by an armed gang on a Friday evening. Charles was shot in the stomach before he and Marietha were tied up on the floor of their passage with neckties. Their attackers had also ripped out the telephone wires. Marietha managed to call for help on a hidden celphone. The ambulance took 45 minutes to arrive, after which Charles underwent two emergency operations, after which he never regained consciousness and died from his injuries the following Monday in the hospital. The police arrived at the crime scene only after Charles had already been taken to the hospical. Farm Sterkspruit, Nelspruit. Fri 18 July 2008 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_A...366886,00.html DU PREEZ Brad aged 28 woke up in his home at around 04:40 when two men shone a flashlight in his eyes, aimed a weapon at him and shot four times, of which three hit him in the lower body, and one hit him in the head. A gang of at least two armed men had gained entry into his home, which he shared with his mother, through a window after they had cut the electric fencing. Only a celphone was stolen before his attackers fled the scene. Brad died later that day at about 12:00 in hospital from his injuries. Lynnwood, Pretoria. Fri 17 May 2008 Man dies after shot at 4x in bed 17/05/2008 DU TOIT Ina aged 65 AND her husband Hannes aged 67 were attacked inside their home twice within 5 months. During the first attack, a gang of at least two men who entered the home after they had forced open the lock on the front door with a crowbar, and stabbed Hannes repeatedly with a knife. They fled the scene with a celphone, a pair of shoes and R160 ($20). During the second attack, a gang of at least 4 men entered the home after breaking the burglar guards off a lounge window. Hannes managed to let off 3 shots but nobody was injured before he was demobilized. Ina was severely assaulted and cruelly raped three times in different places inside the house. Hannes blames the
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police for the severity of the attack as they did answer his phone call to the police station for help. He added that there are similar incidents every night in his town and the police do nothing about it. A neighbour who heard gunshots fetched the police from the station to take them to the scene of the crime. When they arrived, the police said that they do not have a telephone service as the station is under construction for extention. Hannes also blamed the municipality for broken streetlights, stating that "the street light in front of our house was broken over the weekend when the burglary took place. I kept phoning the municipality to come and fix it, but nothing happened." Messina. Sat 23 Jan 2008 'I blame the police' 23/01/2008 DU TOIT Marissa aged 59 AND her daughter Karen aged 33, were attacked during the early hours of the morning inside their home by an armed gang of at least 4 men. Marissa was woken up when her bedroom light was switched on, and saw two men on each side of her bed. They tied up her feet together with wire, and tied her hands behind her back with shoe laces, and shoved a sock into her mouth before they tied her scarf tightly over her mouth. Then they untied her feet and stripped off her pyjamas before they took turns raping her. The first man that raped her held her Bible over her face. The other held a pillow over her head. Marissa said she was helplessly at their mercy, and feared for her daughters life. Karen was raped in the same way, but they are not sure who was raped first. Both Marissa and Karen were gang raped for over an hour. Karen was forced at knife point to unlock her car for them, in which they fled the scene with groceries, label clothes which her son had sent them from Kentucky (USA) and electrical goods. They left their old clothes behind, and Marissa found their tackies amongst her underwear. Boksburg. Sat 17 May 2008. http://www.news24.com/Rapport/Nuus/0,,752-795_2324398,00.html ELSE Ona, female aged 59, was shuffled between three hospitals after having a stroke and was denied appropriate treatment for a couple of weeks. Her daughter relates the final stage of Onas death: Last Wednesday evening we took her to Edenvale Hospital. She had already lost control of her legs and had not passed urine for the three days previously. Her blood pressure was 56/100. Then the nurse asked why we wanted to have her admitted. About three hours later we complained because Else had not yet been treated. The matron came in and said it was no longer the apartheid era and we shouldn't think that because we were white we could jump to the front of the queue. A family member put a catheter in for Ona at about midnight, because the personnel were struggling too much. Shortly before 01:00 Ona was sent back to the hospice because there were apparently no beds available. "Her lips were ice cold when I kissed her goodnight. At 06:00 the following morning my aunt phoned to say that my mom had died. I know it won't bring her back, but I want South Africans to understand what a poor state our health system is in. The personnel have attitudes and power, but they did nothing to relieve my mother's suffering." Edenvale. 12 Feb 2008. 'They have no regard for life' ENGELBRECHT Gert, famer aged 59, was murdered inside his home by a gang of at
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least two men after they had set his fields alight. His corpse was found in his bedroom with a bullet wound under his right eye. Farm Oshoek, Memel, Free State. Fri 15 Aug 2008 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2377837,00.html Two youths held for farmers murder ENGELBRECHT Jan, businessman, AND his family were attacked inside AND outside their home by an armed gang of black men who had broken into their home in the early hours of the morning. A gunman entered the bedroom of the Engelbrechts daughter Megan, followed by a second man, but the two fled when they heard a commotion outside. Megan fled to her fathers bedroom finding a man standing over him pointing a gun. This man also ran outside when he heard a shot being fired. At the time, Mrs Merinda Engelbrecht and her sons Evan and Marcelle were outside, being confronted by the rest of the gang. Megan and her father ran out to help them, but her father was hit in the chest by a bullet as he stepped outside and died on the scene infront of his family. Two years later, Merinda attended the court case of the only attacker which had been caught in connection with this matter, and said, Nobody will ever understand how traumatic it is to be attacked in your home and have your husband killed in front of you. I am battling to come to terms with this. When I close my eyes, the attack plays out in my mind like a movie. It is not going well with us. We are receiving counselling, but one cannot just wipe out what happened. Our whole lives have been turned upside down, and my soul mate was taken from me. Booysens, Pretoria. Jan 8 Sept 2008 http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/robber-acquitted-of-murder-1.687789 ENGELBRECHT Phillipus Theunis, owner of Geluksvlei farm, and an unidentified person were found next to road. The police Sargeant said that an employee at Geluksvlei farm alerted police to an incident where a blood stained bakkie stood near the farm's main gate, and that, "When police arrived on the scene they discovered that someone had been dragged from the bakkie to the nearby grass." He added that police could not see the wounds the two sustained because the bodies were full of blood and that, "It was not clear if the unknown body was that of an employee at the farm. Vrede, Bethlehem. Wes 2 Apr 2008 20080402 Phillipus Theunis Engelbrecht, Geluksvlei, Bethlehem shot dead http://groups.msn.com/crimebustersofsouthafrica/farmattacks.msnw?action=get_messag e&mview=0&ID_Message=4481&LastModified=4675667332850455039 Bloodied bodies found near farm ERASMUS Johan aged 51 AND his family were attacked at around 03:00 inside their home by a gang of at least 3 men, who had cut the electric fencing to enter the property. The family woke up to gunshots and the sound of their windows being smashed. Their attackers had put garden chairs against the walls of the bedrooms on which they stood to shoot into the bedrooms, of which 9 bullets were found in the bedroom of his daughter Ronel aged 25. She was shot in the leg and needed an emergency operation. Five bullets were found in Johans bedroom. The attackers fled the scene when a friend of the
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family returned fire. All the windows in the front side of the house were shattered. Johan said that they meant to kill us. Nothing was looted. Farm Minnaar, Byenespoort, Cullinan. 1 Oct 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2402923,00.html 'Geskiet om dood te skiet' Oct 02 2008 ERASMUS Johanna Maria, female aged 76, was attacked during the morning by a farm worker, who previously escaped the death penalty in the early 1980s for murder . The sentence was set aside and he was released from prison after serving less than ten years. He admitted in a statement that he had lost his temper and slit Erasmus' throat after an argument because he was late for work. Afterwards, he carried on with his duties as if nothing had happened. The autopsy found that he had slit her throat and raped her corpse. Police investigations found that the attacker, Zulu, had numerous previous convictions, including for assault and rape. Social worker Matome Manyama said in a pre-sentencing report that Zulu, who worked as a tractor driver for Erasmus and her son, had told him he "missed" his victim. "My actions were uncalled for and my heart hurts. I miss the deceased. She was very kind to me to an extent that she gave me two goats." Only her celphone was stolen. Zulu's lawyer argued that Zulu took the cellphone on a whim after he killed Erasmus. Welbekend farm, Bronkhorstspruit 1 Feb 2008 http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/farm-worker-to-be-sentenced-for-murder-1.402916 ESPITALIE Allan aged 25 from Amanzimtoti went missing after watching the Cape Argus Cycle Tour with his family. Police were hesitant to confirm that the body found with several head wounds in Bokmakierie, Athlone the following day was his, but his distraught family has confirmed the death and claimed the body. His mother said the last time she had seen her son was on Sunday at about 6pm when he left her waiting for his father at the finish line of the cycle race. She also said Allan had not known anybody in Cape Town and was puzzled at how he had managed to get to Athlone. She said he did not carry a lot of cash and the only item of value on him was his watch. "What I don't understand is why they had to kill him," she asked. Athlone. Sun 15 Mar 2008 Body of KZN man found FERREIRA Bryan, retired airforce officer aged 64, went to fetch something from his car on Monday shortly after midnight and was attacked by an unknown gang during which he was also stabbed with a screwdriver which had a 20cm long metal point and white masking tape around the handle, the shaft penetrating his left temple and protruding behind his right ear. His daughter found him the following morning where he lay in a coma on their verandah. The ambulanceman assumed Bryan was having a drunken slumber, even though Bryan abstains from alcohol. The police forensic team only visited the scene the following Friday, by which time rain had washed away the blood against the wall as well as the footprints of the attackers. Nothing was stolen. Table View, Cape Town. Mon 20 June 2008 http://www.news24.com/Rapport/Nuus/0,,752-795_2344797,00.html
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FOORD Tima and his 21-year-old daughter, Jessica, were walking their dogs at the dam during the afternoon. A gang of five men stole a wallet and a celphone from Timas car before they accosted them by pointing a toy gun and a knife at them. A seventeen year old auspect declared in court that, We took them to the ditch where the father was bound with a rope on his arms and legs. "I then approached the victim in count two (the rape) and I started raping her. After I had finished, my other three companions took turns each raping her. He added they had used the Foords' bakkie as a getaway car but the "engine switched off", and he had got out and run home, stating, "My companions hid the bakkie. On the following day, when we were going to check if it was still there to change its location, we saw the police and ran away," he said. The swift guilty plea by the 17year-old - who cannot be named because he is a minor - went by unnoticed, with only his sister in court acting as his guardian. Although the investigating officer said that he had informed the Foords of the hearing, when contacted after the court case Jessica, who has given the media permission to use her name, said: "This is the first I am hearing of it... I would have definitely been there had I known." Hillcrest. 2 Mar 2008 'I was the first to rape her' April 08 2008 FOURIE Emmerentia aged 63 and a 73-year-old friend were visiting at her brothers farm and were alone at around 12:00 in the house, of which they forgot to lock the security gate, when a gang of at least four men entered and overpowered the two women. Emmerentia was tied up and one of her attackers cut at her throat with a knife while her friend was pulled around and kneed in the stomach. The women managed to call for help on the citizens-band radio before their attackers fled the scene with seven loaves of bread and R1 000 ($150) from the small shop that was run from the farmhouse. Messina, Polokwane. 14 May 2008 Farm attackers take cash, bread FOURIE Jannie was shot 9 times in his chest during an attack by a gang of black men who had broken into his home and shot at least 20 bullets into the passage. A celphone and R90 (USD 10) was stolen. His mother-in-law aged 68, who was present at the time, said that when she opened her bedroom door, "He lay on the floor, there was blood everywhere. But I thanked the Lord when I realised everyone was still alive." When one of the attackers appeared in court, a police spokesperson revealed that his rap sheet was longer than his arm. During the previous December, the attacker, along with another suspect, had attacked three houses within three hours, and shot four people and tried to rape a woman. Along with two other men, he attacked Mr Jannie Fourie and his family in April during which Fourie was shot seven times. He was alsosought in connection with various armed robberies in Kameeldrift, two in Waverley, a house attack in Pietersburg and ten cases in Pietersburg. Pretorius Park, Pretoria. 15 April 2009 http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/woman-uses-lamp-as-weapon-against-robber1.473847
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GAHAGAN Nicks farewell dinner for two families were interrupted by a heavily armed 22 member black gang who shouted hello, we are your security as they stormed into his home, talking between themselves to kill all the whites in Zulu while the robbery took place, unconcerned about the alarm sirens which were set off. La Lucia, Durban 24 Nov 2008 http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2008/10/only-some-of-white-southafricans.html GELDART James aged 20 was driving home after a badmington competition at around 12:30 when two unmarked cars began following him on the highway. He panicked, started racing towards his parents home, and phoned his family security company, who heard shots being fired. James lost control of the car and crashed into a wall about a block away from home. He had been shot in his private parts and shoulder, and also had face wounds. His mother woke up when she heard gunshots and pushed the panic alarm button dor armed reaction of their family security company, which arrived almost immediately and asked her where the hi-jacking was. His father accompanied the security officers who came across James, who was full of blood, being treated by paramedics. James told his father he thought he was being hi-jacked, as he had been a year earlier. It turned out that the shooters were metro police, who never identified themselves as cops to James. The three cops from Boksburg municipality who were charged two years later with this attempted murder managed to keep their identities a total secret, and they have also managed to repeatedly get this case postponed, it never was moved to any higher court for trial and now it will very likely be thrown out by the public prosecutor. Nobody knows who these violent Boksburg municipal cops are to this very day. They have managed - with the help of friends and colleagues - to evade the news media ever since their arrest, bail application and repeated court-appearances. It is said that they are still working at Boksburg municipality, still packing their guns. Although they have been charged with discharging a firearm in a populated area and negligent use of a firearm, the newspapers still do not know their names. Journalists believe that the three officers are protected by colleagues and court-officials who are able to sneak them into court rooms. James was admitted to hospital with serious injuries. Springs. Fri 18 Apr 2008 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1500 http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/benoni/benoni-newsgeneral?oid=4518125&sn=Detail&pid=324&Officers-in-Geldart-case-want-chargesdropped GAUDIN Sandra, female aged 56, was strangled to death by two Mozambicans on the Blaauwberg farm, Randfontein. 23 Dec 2008 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Niemand-verdien-om-so-dood-te-gaan-nie20110606 GERBER Edward aged 41 and his family were attacked at around midnight inside their home by a gang of five men who gained entrance to the house through a kitchen
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window. Edward and his family were asleep on the second floor when the gang woke them up. Edward and his wife were being tied up with electric cables when the gang brought his nine and seven year old kids to his room, tied them up as well,blindfolded the family and threw a blanket over their heads. The gang searched the house and took celphones, a laptop computer, meat and R30 ($5) cash. Then they fetched Edwards seventeen year old daughter to his room and prepared to rape her. Edward managed to break free while they stood around her and started fighting with them. They pulled out knives and he was stabbed seven times which included in his back and head. Edward jumped off the balcony, and although he didnt have much time to aim, landed in the family pool and was able to phone the police for help. They found one in nearby bushes, who led them to four more attackers. Seaview, Port Elizabeth. 1 Nov 2008 GOBLE Tony, farmworker aged 58, related the attack on his life at around 22:00 when he arrived home at Hartebees Fountain Farm, where he works, after visiting friends. As he reached the door of his house he was assaulted by a gang of about six. "They forced me into the boot of my car. They drove off, also taking along a Toyota Hilux bakkie belonging to my employer," said Goble. After driving for about 40km towards Harrismith his vehicle stopped, presumably having run out of petrol. He said it was cold, and when he smelt fire he assumed his attackers had started the fire to warm themselves. "I managed to pull up the lever of the boot, but was scared to jump out. "I heard the bakkie driving off, but I thought some of them were going to the garage to buy petrol to refill my car. "I thought some of them had been left behind," said Goble, who is the father of two grown children. Goble, who had also been robbed of his cellphone, said a few minutes later he saw a minibus stopping next to his vehicle. He immediately jumped out of the boot into the taxi. That was when he saw his car was on fire and realised that he had nearly been burnt alive. The minibus taxi was taking passengers to Harrismith. After hearing his story, the taxi driver turned back and drove Goble to Little Switzerland Hotel where he called his relatives and police. Bergville. 10 June 2008 http://praag.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1951&Itemid=402 GODDARD Tony, retired gardens services veteran aged 78, was murdered a few hours after returning home from holiday. His corpse was found on his bed at around 08:00 with his hands and feet tied up with a neck tie, blood streaming out of his mouth. Tony was dressed in his pyjamas, and it is suspected that he had been suffocated to death. His celphone, dvd player and suitcase of clothes had been looted. Honeydew plot, Randburg. 23 Apr 2008 Tuindienste-veteraan grusaam vermoor GORDON Sandy, farmer wife aged 56, was tortured and killed inside her home. Her mutilated body was found at around 16:00 on the kitchen floor, her hands and feet tied up together with electrical cables, and a cable was apparently also used to strangle her. Blaauwbank game-farm, Magalies, Randfontein/Pretoria. 19 Dec 2008 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2425287,00.html
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GORDON Vigant, businessman aged 45 AND his wife were attacked inside their home while they were watching television at around 22:00 by an armed gang. The family heard a gun cock and someone told them to sjj, then two men appeared next to them in the lounge, each with a gun in his hands. The family were ordered to lay down flat with their faces on the ground. They were questioned on who else was in the house and if they were expecting guests before one gunman searched the house while the other stood guard over them. Upon his return, the gunman tied the hands of the family up with neckties. He again searched the house, and returned to order Vigant to open the safe. As it worked with a code, he untied Vigants hands. After Vigant opened the safe, the gunman took Vigants gun from the safe and shoved the jewellery into his pocket. Then he aimed the looted gun at Vigant and pulled the trigger. The gun did not go off and Vigant started to wrestle the gunman, who often shouted that, Today is the day you are going to die! Vigant was shot in the chest and suffered many cuts on his arms before their attackers fled the scene. Hillcrest. Fri 29 Jan 2008 Egpaar in huis oorval GOUWS Gert aged 32, mildly handicapped, was admitted to the Frere general hospital after an accident with a broken leg, but received no treatment for three weeks besides a few Panados (headache pills), during which time his family were unable to establish what was going on with him. In one telephone conversation, his sister was told by the nurse on duty that the hysterectomy was very successful. After many more phone calls, the hospital informed her that Gert was being transferred to another hospital as , The Frerehospital machine is broken. In the following telephone conversation, she was told that a doctor had not yet seen Gert. His sister was very converned as they were unsure if Gert had suffered any internal injuries. This led to the family flying down from Secunda to East London to assist Gert. East London. 6 June 2008 Hospitaal laat man glo al weke net l GOUWS Ria aged 65-year-old woman alone inside her home at around 09:40 when a man entered the house, found her in the diningroom and shot her in the chest. She managed to flee out of her house but collapsed about two metres away and died of her wounds. Nothing was stolen from her house. Neighbours heard the shot and alerted police and paramedics. Police used tracking dogs and found a suspect 500m from the house under a railway bridge where he was arrested. A 9mm pistol was recovered that was positively linked to a house robbery where it had been stolen. Greylingstad. Mon 26 Feb 2008 Robber kills elderly woman GROBLER Paul aged 36, was woken up by his wife, who asked him to assist friends of her mothers who had been attacked inside their home. His corpse was found on a riverbed of the Klip River the following morning by his mother-in-law, who is an estate agent. Paul had been bashed on the head repeatedly and suffered seven knife wounds.
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Her friends who had been attacked suffered knife wounds to their throats. Meyerton. 12 May 2008 Weduwee vrees vir haar en kinders se lewe n moord GRONUM Lien, female aged 71, moved with her husband to a small farm from their house in suburban West Rand after their children left home. While her husband took some farm workers to town, Mrs. Gronum was attacked, savagely beaten and eventually brutally murdered with a breadknife and a sharp letter-opener by a black couple for whose son she was trying to organize a study bursary. Her husband came upon her body when he returned to the farm about an hour later. Farm Geluk, Brits 18 April 2008 farmer Lien Gronm is getting a bursary from her relatives http://groups.msn.com/crimebustersofsouthafrica/farmattacks.msnw?action=get_messag e&mview=0&ID_Message=4620&LastModified=4675669739510123354 GUILLAUME Celia, 58 year old licenced big-game hunter, was attacked on her farm during the day by 4 men. She was pistol shipped, stripped, tied up and gagged. Although they had taken everything they wanted within minutes, the torture lasted for hours. Celia has no confidence in the police, saying that, "We can't depend on them. The farmers were here first. They washed my blood, they found my bakkie. When the police finally came, they fingerprinted everything, videoed it, took still pictures - and all of it has disappeared. We knew who'd done it soon enough. Local people know. They came from 40 kilometres away. They were caught with my personal possessions on them and in their homes. The dossier was opened for attempted murder and armed robbery. But because it all went missing, they were charged with possession of stolen property and got a slap on the wrist. They're already out. If I did pursue it, they might kill me next time. They've rung me to say, 'We know you haven't got a gun now, we had six months inside because of you, we're going to get you.'" Soutpansberg. Nov 2009 http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2009/11/farms-of-fear-sunday-timeslondon.html HALL Jennifer-Rae, a beauty therapist, AND her friends Kate Flemming AND Amy Lansdell were travelling in their car in a business area during the day and had stopped to change drivers when they were attacked by a gang of black men. Kate was wounded and Jennifer-Rae was shot to death at point blank range before they were robbed and hijacked. Upon sentencing two of the attackers, the Judge stated that, "The State proved the falsity of the alibi of (the accused). The accused and his co-assailant acted in common purpose to rob the victims," the judge said. Judge McLaren said: "In a business area in Amanzimtoti, they literally pounced on their victims. The victims were not given the opportunity to surrender their property in exchange for their lives. The deceased (Hall) was shot in cold blood at close range before she was given an opportunity to hand over the keys to the car. This all happened in broad daylight. Society is disgusted by the wanton lawlessness and brutality of the assailants." Amanzimtoti 14 June 2008
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http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20090616052833697 C178507 You were merciless, judge tells hijacker HART, John, retired mechanical engineer aged 88, AND his farmer wife Sylvia aged 83, were attacked on their farm between 12:00 and 14:30. John was battered to death outside by the cattle sheds. Sylvia was tortured and beaten to death with golfclubs inside her house. Swing-gate Farm. November 18 2008 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article694534.ece HAVENGA Elize, 26 yr old mother of a nine-month old baby, was walking home at around 14:00 when she was attacked, raped and strangled. A wire was wound so tightly around her neck that it sank into her flesh. She was so violently raped and sodomised that she suffered injuries to her private parts. Her corpse was found close to her house. Her celphone was stolen, and used by her killer, which led to his arrest seven months later. Rietfontein smallholdings, Pretoria. Sun 3 Feb 2008 Man gets life for killing young mom HAYES Robert aged 57 received serious head injuries while he was driving from a casual worker who attacked him with a piece of iron. The vehicle stalled and the attacker pulled Robert out and bashed him further, taking nothing before running away. Robert had employed the man after his trailor broke down along the way and his permanent employees waited along the road for him to fetch spares. Robert feels betrayed as he had paid the worker double the amount agreed upon, had bought him lunch and cigarettes, and had also offered him a permanent position. He suffered a crushed cheeck bone, bleeding and swelling on the brain, and a broken arm. Garstfontein Road, Pretoria. Wed 10 June 2008 Ons het lekker gewerk HENN Marlene aged 65 AND her husband Mike were attacked inside their home at around 22:10 by an armed gang of at least 3 men. Mike was tied up and bashed on the head. Marlene was shot in the chest and died on the scene. Randburg. Sun 30 Mar 2008. http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2297009,00.html HENNING Abri, and his wife Rianne, both missionaries, were attacked by a large group of black men who had held the missionaries inside the protected compound at gunpoint. Rianne was executed as she tried to flee with her children Marcelle (2) and Anika (10 months). Honeydew smallholding. 10 Oct 2008 http://www.fishermansvillage.za.org/ HERBST Kulsum, female aged 20, mother of a 3yr old daughter, was raped at knifepoint, and hammered to death inside the family cottage during the day. Her father, Owen Daniels, was bludgeoned to death outside. Farm Elandslaagte, Ladysmith 22 Nov 2008
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HEUNIS Erika, police instructor and superintendent aged 36, was jogging at around 07:45 along a well-known hiking trial outside the town as usual with police students. After about 3km the students turned back, but Erika, armed with pepper spray, continued jogging. When she failed to return to the academy after a while, two police officers searched for her, saw strange marks on the gravel road, and found her semi-naked body under a bush along the road, where she had been attacked by three men. There was a lot of blood on the scene, and the smell of pepper spray hung heavy in the air. The postmortem showed Erika had been raped before she died from loss of blood after her jugular was cut with a sharp object. She had multiple stab wounds, her head repeatedly struck with a rock and she suffered a broken neck. Graaff-Reinet. Tues 25 Jan 2008 Karoo town mourns slain police trainer HEWITSON Lulu aged 84 was attacked in her home during the early hours of the morning and stabbed to death in the back. Nothing stolen. Westcliff smallholding, Hermanus. Sun 14 Sep 2008 Heart expert's wife murdered http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-71442_2393200,00.html http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,8376061,00.html HEWITT Jack, 61 yr old lodge owner, AND friend Ronnie Roberts aged 50, were seated for dinner when two armed black men appeared and shot straight at the unarmed men, who suffered serious injuries. Loot: some cash and a handbag. Kenjare Lodge, Kromdraai smallholding, Krugersdorp 12 Nov 2008 HTTP://WWW.NEWS24.COM/BEELD/SUID-AFRIKA/0,,3-975_2426160,00.HTML HEYNEKE Pieter Heynecke aged 68 and his partner Elsie Nortman, were attacked inside their home at around 01:00 by a gang of at least four men. Elsie had woken up feeling that someone was pressing down on her and realised there was a man on top of her, and another man on top of, and stabbing Pieter repeatedly. She also realised there were another two men in the room. One of the men grabbed her by the throat, demanding money. When Pieter tried the resist the attack the men ran away, taking a cellphone with them. Pieter died shortly afterwards from the stab wounds to his chest. Farm Witpoort, Potchefstroom. Sat 4 July 2008 Farmer stabbed in bed HINZ Dieter, mechanic aged 42 went to investigate the repeated hooting of a car horn at his gate at around 20:00. The driver of a double cab told Dieter that he was from the car theft unit, and a suspect of a stolen car engine led the police to the home of Dieter. Dieter opened the gate for the five men that entered his property of which four were policemen and one a suspect for them to inspect his garage. The policemen cuffed and assaulted the suspect and when Dieter bent down to unlock the garage, they hit him from behind on the head with a torch. Then they dragged Dieter into his house where they kicked and
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hit him. When Dieter could not produce any money or weapons, they started shooting him in the right foot, then twice in the left chest and once in the upper left thigh. He also suffered various cuts and bruises to his right eye, under his chin and behind his ear. His hands and feet were tied up with white plastic cable ties before his attackers left with cds, a bunch of keys and some items of clothing. Dieter managed to free himself and use his celphone to call for help from his neighbour. He was stabilized at the Krugersdorp private hospital, but as he did not have a cash deposit of R8 000 ($100) nor a medical aid, he was transferred to the Leratong government hospital. Rental house on a rose farm near Kromdraai. Fri 7 Jan 2008 http://groups.msn.com/crimebustersofsouthafrica/farmattacks.msnw?action=get_messag e&mview=0&ID_Message=4079&LastModified=4675655461031193528 HOFFMAN Evr businessman aged 42, and his employee Ricus van Zyl aged 42, were travelling in a double-cab Ford Ranger bakkie at around 19:00 when they were attacked. Each was shot in the back of the head at short range, after which the killers poured petrol over the bakkie in which the men were sitting and set it alight. Burgersfort area in Limpopo. Tues 11 July 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2355717,00.html HUNTER Clive aged 35 AND his wife Zelda aged 34 were packing up after spending the day fishing just beore 18:00 at a popular beach when four men approached them from out the bushes. Clive told Zelda to be ready to run into the sea. The men split into two groups and approached the Hunters from both sides. At first, they started chatting to Clive, then changed to Zulu. As one drew a pistol, Clive shouted at Zelda to run, which she did like never before while she heard gunshots. Clive had been shot in the chest the bullet puncturing his heart and a lung. Zelda managed to find other fishermen about 300 meters along who helped her search for her husband in the dark. His body was found later on the beach. All the attackers took was Clive's tackle box worth about R60 ($8). Richards Bay. 11 July 2008 'Run, love, run!' HUPPE Kurt Dieter, German male aged 27, went to wash his hands inside the Lion Park Restaurant at around 14:30 when an armed gang of at least 8 men stormed the building. They ordered the estimated 100 guests to lie down on the floor while demanding the cashier to hand over the takings from the till. The non-suspecting Kurt came out from the bathroom and was shot in the chest. He died on the scene. Muldersdrift agricultural holdings. 7 July 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2353602,00.html JACOBS Chris aged 63, AND his family were attacked on their small holding during the night by 4 armed black men. Chris was shot in the leg, his wife was shot in the stomach, his daughter-in-law was raped, and the hands and feet of his 10-year-old grandson was tied up and he was repeatedly kicked. During an interview, Chris stated that, "We are being victimised for no apparent reason. We can't sleep at night." Jacobs and his family
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have been living here since 1969 and his house maid has been with him for the past 20 years, the gardener even longer. A legacy, shattered in one night. "We did nothing wrong to those four men that came into the house. We pray every night that God will rescue us from this crime-ridden area." Kameeldrift plot, 7 May 2008 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20081209054445425C18 6887 JANNEKE Connie aged 61 had moved to the cottage where she was found murdered four days earlier. Her corpse was found at around 06:40 on her bed, hands and feet tied behind her back and a towel wrapped tightly around her neck. Her cellphone was missing so the police listed this as an ordinary murder-robbery. None of Mrs Jannekes other belongings including her wallet and other valuables, were stolen. Police found a discarded cigarettes underneath her body. During the trial it came to light that the 27year-old murderer - who had no previous links to the farm and was unknown to anyone there before the murder - had given the stolen cellphone to a girlfriend. His carelessness discarding a cigarette butt and giving a stolen cellphone to his girlfriend led to his arrest. The presiding Judge on this case commented during the cross-examination of witnesses that it is very likely that more than one person was involved in Mrs Jannekes murder. The trial-evidence did not make clear why the 61-year-old woman was treated with such excessive cruelty and violence, only to steal a cellphone: these questions were not asked during cross-examinination of witnesses. Kaalfontein smallholding, Cullinan. 21 Jan 2008 http://bit.ly/kCNn43 JANSEN VAN RENSBURG Ben aged 58, who had lost his left leg due to gangerine, was found dead inside his home at around 10:00 by a friend. His naked corpse lay face down on the bottom of the bed with stab wounds to the chest. Nothing was stolen. Uitzicht farm, Pretoria. 4 Mar 2008 http://groups.msn.com/crimebustersofsouthafrica/farmattacks.msnw?action=get_messag e&mview=0&ID_Message=4301&LastModified=4675663467861704433 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Hendrik, an 82 year old farmer, AND his grandson, Dean Charles Woodraffte aged 17, were attacked and killed by one of their farm workers. While the attacker was bashing Hendrik to death with a spade, Dean tried to defend his grandfather but was overpowered and strangled to death. Their bodies were found covered with leaves, grass and bushes meters away from their house. The attacker then robbed the homestead but took no food. Farm Zusterstroom, Bronkhorstspruit. Thur 7 March 2008 Old Bronkhorstspruit farmer, grandson killed by hungry worker JANSE VAN VUUREN Martin, a single father of three kids aged 0, 5 and 4, approached a stop sign en route home after work, dropping off his workers
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when two strangers tried to pull him from his vehicle, then shot him, leaving him paralyzed. Nothing was stolen. Martin died two weeks alter in hospital from his injuries. Soshanguve, Pretoria. 23 Apr 2008 Vegter sterf 16 dae n skietery JEENA Zaiboon aged 61 was tortured to death inside her home during the night by a gang of at least two men. Zaiboon had been burnt with a clothes iron, raped, stabbed, and her fingers broken before she was murdered. Two of her attackers were caught by the police, but escaped soon after and murdered At and Katrien Deyzel within hours of their escape. Ottoshoop. March 2008 Polisie soek onverpoos na skurke JOHNSON Albert Johnny, retired miner aged 85 who had poor sight, was beaten to death inside his home at around 22:00 in which he had lived for fifty years by a gang of at least two men. They fled the scene in his pick-up truck and left it abandoned nearby. Klerksdorp smallholding. Two suspects have been arrested in this matter. Fri 31 Mar 2008 http://groups.msn.com/crimebustersofsouthafrica/farmattacks.msnw?action=get_messag e&mview=0&ID_Message=4503&LastModified=4675667766662879129 JONES Gavin, who has lost all feeling in his face, said four men two wearing balaclavas broke into his home at about 5am two weeks ago. They stabbed me in the face and took my gun, he said. Im lucky to be alive. I went to the Mount Road police station and managed to identify two of the men through photos, but the police say they cant find them because the addresses are not valid and the names they gave are also apparently incorrect. He added that the police apparently knew there was a syndicate operating in his area and had done nothing about it. They came to take fingerprints, but now tell me none of them was useable, he said. The fact that I could point them out also means nothing. The police told me one is wanted for murder and the other for rape, but they cant find them. These men are still roaming around in our community, committing crime after crime. Police spokesman Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg, said: The two men he pointed out lived in shacks in an area that has subsequently been redeveloped and RDP houses have been built there, which is why we cannot trace them. Mount Road police had also formed a task team to probe the high level of house robberies in the area, which soared from four cases reported in 2006/07 to 33 in 2007/08. Cops did nothing about robbery gang, says victim 23/07/2008 JORDAAN Christo aged 41, AND wife Koekoes AND daughter Nicolene aged 22, AND son Ruan aged 13, were attacked inside their home at night. Koekoes was doing laundry in the kitchen when she turned round and looked into the barrel of a handgun pointed at her face by a black man, as another gunman stormed past her into the lounge directly to the unarmed Christo where he and Ruan were watching tv. As he aimed, Christo slapped away his gunhand and the shot went into the wall. Christo wrestled him down the passage into the kitchen where the first gunman was waiting. Both gunmen opened
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fire on him at point blank range before they fled without taking anything. His daughter pleaded with Christo, Daddy, daddy please dont die. We love you... while he passed away on the scene. Kraaifontein. Fri 15 Nov 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2427388,00.html JORDAAN Frans, businessman/farmer aged 63 was shot five times and left a trail of blood as he dragged himself to his bedroom. His groceries which he had bought earlier in the day still stood unpack in their bags on the shelf where he had put it when he arrived home late in the afternoon. Frans had taken a call from his son at 18:15 and his celphone showed that Frans missed his calls as from 19:00. It appears his killers had lay in wait for him to arrive home as there were scuffle marks in the kitchen. His pick-up truck was found abandoned 15km from his home. Bultfontein, Pretoria. 23 Nov 2008 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/My-dad-was-my-pal-20081123 JORDAAN Mike - security guard aged 21, and his girlfriend were kidnapped at knifepoint on 12 October outside the Waterfall Mall. Bumbling police reports have complicated the matter. There are conflicting reports as to exactly how they were kidnapped, but it probably happened when their car was briefly stopped at some kind of traffic sign. Their kidnappers(s), one man was armed with a knife and had one arm in plaster, then forced the couple at gunpoint to drive to the Rooikranskoppie near town, where Mike was bludgeoned repeatedly with a baseball bat and stabbed with a knife in his head. His girlfriend who was with him, was very badly traumatised: she had been raped four times by the knifeman, she told police and the family. Mike was admitted with dreadful brain injuries on 12 October to a hospital. The family says 'far too many things don't make any sense. Mike was a tall, strong young man. The varied accounts of the way he ended up in hospital are confusing, too. And nothing was robbed, so what was the motive? Inside the car we found two cellphones, wallets, an expensive radio, and then the car itself nothing robbed. The police told the news media that Mike had died on 20 October, but the parents say they were at his bedside when he died on 17 October. "How are the police carrying out this investigation? If they don't even know what day our child died, their search for the killers can't be very good either. I don't think they even read the dossier,' said his mother. Mikes parents said the police investigation into their son's death has been a total shambles - so they have opened a website active from Monday -- to find out the truth. The car in which he was found for instance, was never examined by forensic experts from the day he ended up in hospital on October 12 until only November 2 - even though the back seat is full of blood stains and part of the injured mans brain-matter was scattered across the seat - indicating the cruelty with which the young security guard had been attacked. The police had still not questioned anyone nor even visited the crime scene to search for forensic traces, Mikes father said, and raised the following questions: Who washed Mike's bloodstained clothes at the hospital; who scrubbed clean his sportshoes and jeans at his lodgings? Who stole the bag with his other clothing? After he died, the family found Mike's clothing he'd been wearing during the attack inside a bag - still damp, at the
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hospital. Someone had washed away this important forensic evidence shortly before his death. And his denim jeans and sports shoes he'd also been wearing had been scrubbed meticulously clean. "The car was full of blood stains. He was assaulted very badly and suffered heavy bleeding from his head, yet there's no blood on his clothes his father added. Shortly after Mike had died at the hospital, his parents stored his belongings, including his sweater he wore that night, in a bag at his boarding house which he shared with his colleagues from WesAlarms. This bag since went missing. The police investigation has been so bumbling that Mikes parents opened a website http://www.mikejordaan.co.za accessable to anyone who can help them in their enquiries, and also offered a reward for the crucial lead which will allow the police to arrest the murderer(s) and the rapist and bring them to justice. His parents want to find out the truth. While the police dragged their heels, important forensic evidence has also been lost, Mikes sister said. The car in which he was found for instance, was never examined by forensic experts from the day he ended up in hospital on October 12 until only November 2 - even though the back seat was full of blood stains and part of the injured mans brain -matter was scattered across the seat - indicating the cruelty with which the young security guard had been attacked. The car was parked at the police station until 28 October without ever being examined by forensic experts. The family was notified on 28 October that they could come and fetch the car. The very next day however, another police official demanded it back for examination. The family has determined that the forensic department was never notified that they had to examine the car. Mikes mother spent her days and nights crying about the way her boy has died. They want to find out exactly what happened to him, and who was responsible - only then will they be able to rest, the family says. Rustenburg. Sun 12 Oct 2008 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/666 JOUBERT Anita aged 75 AND her husband Stephanus aged 77 were attacked and bashed on their heads inside their home during the night. The following day at around 12:00, the body of Anita was found in the bedroom. Stephanus was found in the adjacent bathroom, but died two hours later from his injuries. Nothing was looted. Bakkershoogte plots, Somerset West. 15 Mar 2008 Moord op bejaarde egpaar skok JULYAN Robert Bob aged 70, AND his wife Rhoda aged 65, were attacked inside their home during the early hours of the morning by 3 attackers who slipped into the house when Rhona went outside to investigate why their dogs were barking. Bob was stabbed repeatedly and his throat was slit, and Rhoda was tied up and assaulted, slapped and slapped" on the head. The couple were repeatedly asked where their son was. Nothing was stolen. Essenhout Street, Phalaborwa. Sunday 3 Aug 2008 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_A...369272,00.html KENARD Angus, construction project manager aged 28, was cruising along in the fast lane at around 11:00 on the N2 passed the Ultra City before the Estcourt turn-off, when
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two black BMW X5s and a Range Rover with flashing blue lights came up behind him and gestured for him to get off the road. There had been an accident and a whole lot of trucks were lining the side of the road. Kenard speeded up, hoping to find a gap further along to move off the road. Angus related that, But then there was a truck overtaking another truck, so I had to slow down. They must have thought I was being funny with them and they had their sirens wailing. The truck eventually overtook, but these guys wanted to ram me off the road, coming closer and closer." One of the vehicles eventually managed to get in front of Angus, but it was not long before it ground to a halt, forcing him to do the same. The Range Rover parked parallel to his VW Jetta and the other BMW X5 blocked him from the back. Angus explained further that, "Five men got out and came to me. I could see two pistols strapped on the body of one of them. I opened my window and said, 'Excuse me, what is the problem?" Before he could say more, two of the men pressed down the window, damaging its mechanism. "He said you f***** white people, what is wrong with you?" One of the men removed his car keys from the ignition, took his cellphone and smashed it on the tarmac. They then took turns slapping him. Angus added that, "They must have done it at least 20 times. I was saying sorry, sorry, sorry. Basically I was pleading for my life." He described the ordeal as surreal and frightening. I was absolutely terrified and I was trembling for about five minutes. It's psychological trauma." Estcourt. Fri 5 June 2008. Assaulted for not giving way http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20080622092044182 C550562 KLOPPERS Stefan aged 34 had left a restaurant in Hatfield at night when he heard a woman scream that a man had grabbed her celphone. Stefan chased him and rugby tackled him, took the phone away from him, who did not resist, and gave it back to the woman. As he drove off, he was stopped at the parking lot exit by five security guards who ordered him to wait for the police as they had seen exactly what had happened. Stefan waited for the police to arrive, and when they asked Stefan to follow them to the police station, he assumed it was to take his statement. Upon his arrival, they arrested him for assault with the intention of inflicting grevious bodily harm, took his shoe laces and belt, and imprisoned him for two days, whereafter he had to pay R2 000 ($250) bail and appear repeatedly in court as the public prosecutor kept asking for the case to be remanded to that they could take a statement from the thief. During the following six weeks, the police, who had the name and address of the celphone thief, refused to question and arrest him. Pretoria. Sunday, 7 September 2008 Man help grypdief vang, self aangekla http://www.news24.com/Rapport/Nuus/0,,752-795_2389299,00.html KOEKEMOER Johannes aged 60 AND his wife, also aged 60, were attacked inside their home at around 03:00 by an armed gang of at least three men. The wife was baking rusks in the kitchen when the men climbed through a window and surprised her. They entered the couples bedroom, and while one of the attackers held the wife down, another shot Johannes once in the head execution-style with a 9mm pistol to death.
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Nothing was stolen from the house and the suspects fled on foot along the nearby railway line. The police said they opened and were investigating cases of house robbery and murder.Kilner Park. Sat 6 Sep 2008 Man killed execution-style at home KOTZE Christine, female businesswoman aged 36, was brutally attacked and killed at her workplace by a gang of at least three men who stabbed her repeatedly with knives and also slit her throat. Nothing was looted by them before they fled. The entire attack was recorded on closed circuit television. The gang was caught and awaited trial for more than seven months as there were no judges to hear the matter. A High Court judge lashed out in open court at the lack of judges when he was tasked with postponing a murder trial for nine months for the same reason. He questioned why the accused before him had to remain in custody for an additional nine months simply because of a shortage of judges. He said that an accused was deemed innocent until proven guilty, and added that all accused had the right to a speedy trial. He also said an accused faced with an unreasonable delay could apply for bail, or could ask the court to have the case struck from the roll. The shortage of judges was also an issue raised by the Cape Town Attorneys Association during a meeting after attorneys had battled to obtain trial dates for civil cases. Stanford, Cape. 1 April 2008. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20091117131823679C20 0296 Shortage of judges slows murder trial KOTZE Stephan aged 21, was alone at home studying at around 20:00pm when his family home was invaded by 5 armed gangmen. An attacker pushed a gun against his head, hit him with a spanner, tied his hands and feet and dragged him from room to room. His sister, Janine aged 30, arrived home and was assaulted, her hands and feet tied, and thrown onto the balcony. His parents, Jan aged 48, and Millie aged 50, arrived home from holiday at around 23:00 but were still in their car when the attackers shot at them. They turned around to drive out, and were shot at by the police which had arrived at the scene and had mistaken the couple for the gangsters. Their car had more than 43 bullet holes. Jan was shot ten times in his chest, and Millie five times in her stomach. Jakkalsdans smallholdings, Meyersdal, Alberton. Fri 29 Aug 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2400980,00.html KOTZE Stephanus, farmer aged 67, was murdered while he was assisting his neighbour, Nick ENGELBRECHT. Nick, farmer aged 69, was ambushed, hi-jacked and kidnapped by 2 armed men as he arrived home during the evening. He managed to escape and run to his neighbouring farmer, 67 year-old Stefanus Kotze and his wife. The attackers shot and wounded Nick in his upper left arm and shot Stefanus in the face. He died on the scene. His wife then locked the house and called the police after which the attackers fled. Garies, Kimberley. Fri 4 Oct 2008 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2404496,00.html
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KRIEL Andre, male aged 45, AND his family arrived home at around 22:00pm where they were were ambushed, attacked, and shot at by an armed gang of 5 men without warning and without any member of the gang saying anything to the family, during which Andre was shot nine times. Even after Andre had fallen to the ground, the gang still kept shooting him. Andre was shot in the chest, and bullets broke bone in his arms and legs. One of the gang found his daughter, who hid in the kitchen. He put his gun to her head and grabbed her handbag, after which they fled the scene. Four of the men were caught the following day after they were involved in another attack. Withok holdings, Brakpan. Thur 11 Dec 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2441694,00.html Toe skiet hulle my waar ek l KRIEL Hannes aged 53 was loading some of his deceased mothers possessions into his car at around 22:00 when a neighbour, who thought he was a thief, phoned the police. From the first police vehicle that arrived, a policeman asked Hannes what he was doing, and Hannes explained. Then he was ordered to climb out of his car. Hannes say the neighbour standing behind the police and asked who he was. When the neighbour told Hannes that he had phoned the police, Hannes expressed his anger but was not aggressive. Unexpectedly a policewoman attacked Hannes with a police batton. She hit him repeatedly on his back, head, neck and shoulders. The policeman with her, cuffed Hannes, whereafter she hit Hannes again and told him to co-operate. Hannes objected when they wanted to put him into the police vehicle, at which she spreayed pepper spray into his eyes, and they jerked the police cuffs on him around. When another police vehicle arrived, they pulled Hannes backwards by the cuffs and he fell over. By this stage there were about ten police officers. They kicked Hannes in the stomach and the police woman jumped on his knees and legs. They yanked him by the hair and sprayed more teargas into his eyes and mouth before they bundled Hannes into a police van. His leg was slammed in the door of the van. Hannes was put into a police cell and he was charged for the assault of a police officer. At around 03:00 a police captain took Hannes home and told him to calm down and to leave the matter alone. Hannes received cuts on his leg and wrists and bruises on his back, neck, arms, knees, ankles and head. Club Roodendal complex, Roodekrans. Sun 9 July 2008 Polisie dink hy breek in, rand hom glo aan KOTZE Christine aged 36 was murdered by a gang of four men shortly after she opened her family restaurant. Christine did not usually open the restaurant but had taken the place of her husband, who had hurt his foot the previous afternoon. One of her assailants had seeked work from the bakery a short time earlier. After baking only 1kg of cookies, he demanded a full days salary. The baker paid him but refused to keep him employed. Christines handbag was looted. Stanford, Hermanus. Tues 3 Apr 2008 Kom, hulle hou haar vas
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LAP Julian - architect aged 55, AND his wife Marilyn and their son Julian Jr aged 16 werre attacked inside their home at around 16:30. The family were forced into a spare room before both Julians were shot in the chest, and Marilyn was shot in the head. Julian died on the scene. Marilyn and Julian Jr were admitted to hospital in critical condition. Nothing was looted. Johannesburg. Sun 4 Mar 2008 Vermoor vir niks LATEGAN Jan aged 71, who has emphysema and permanently needs oxygen, was attacked in his wheelchair while he was fetching gardening equipment from his garage for two gardeners he had employed. Jan had been so badly assaulted that he had wounds to his face and his body was black and blue all over, and his eyes blue and swollen shut tightly. A police inspector related that Jan was so severely assaulted that he lost consciousness and woke up on the bathroom floor to find that his hands and feet had been bound with cables, and said that, "The attackers ripped out his oxygen tube and left him for dead." The attackers took some electronic equipment, jewellery, clothes and two firearms from the house. Boksburg. 11 June 2008 Gardeners assault disabled man LEGEMAR Family which INCLUDES 5 children, Cariene aged 9, Dieter aged 13, Petra aged 16, Willemien aged 20, and Cor aged 21 were attacked by a gang of at least 10 black men who had crawled through underneath electric fencing to the homestead, all armed with AK47s late at night, shooting through the windows for at least 3 hours. The police took 13 hours to respond. Kameeldrift smallholding, Pretoria 21 Nov 2008 Dit was vannag oorlog hier http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2430766,00.html
LEON Ramon, retired judge aged 83, was attacked inside a retirement village by a large gang at around 05:30 which enetered his apartment, assaulted and tied him up before they stole valuables form his safe. Durban. Sun 17 June 2008 Tony Leon's dad attacked LINNENKAMP Elsa aged 24 was overpowered while she was asleep at around 04:00 in her bed by a gang of at least two men who entered her apartment in a security complex by bending open the burglar guards. Elsa related the attack and said that, "Two of them entered my bedroom and one of them immediately started strangling me. It was so bad I thought I was going to die. I fought back, but after a while I just couldn't fight anymore. I asked them not to hurt me and promised to co-operate." Her attackers tied her hands with the cord of her hairdryer, and gagged her with pieces of cloth which they also wrapped around her neck and head. Elsa added that, "They pulled and shoved me about and I had to accompany them everywhere inside the house. I just kept praying." The suspects put her television set, computer, radio, DVD-player, shoes, cellphones, watch, jewellery and several other valuables into her car. After her attackers had already taken
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what they wanted, they returned to the helpless woman and terrorised her further. They tied her hands and feet, and tightened the cloth around her head and throat and left her lying on the bedroom floor. The attack lasted for over an hour. The police found her car abandoned nearby within an hour and a half of receiving the complaint. Moregloed, Pretoria. Sun 20 Jan 3008. 'I thought I was going to die' LOTTERING Mazzie - pregnant wife aged 32, AND her husband Pieter aged 30 AND their two year old son Karl were asleep in their home at around 23:00 when an armed gang opened fire on them through their bedroom window. Mazzie saw the shine of a torchlight in her face just before the rain of bullets hit her in the hand. A bullet closely missed the cot in which Karl was sleeping. As Pieter jumped out of bed, he was hit in the stomach and chest. He lay bleeding on the floor when they entered the room, took her wedding ring, and fled the scene in the family car. Bon Accord plot, Pretoria. 4 Feb 2008 Swanger ma, seun kruip weg n skote in kamer LOUBSER Louise, female aged 42, AND her two daughters Arina aged 16, AND Celia aged 13, were inside her car when they were attacked by a black man driving a bulldozer near their house at around 17:00. Louise sustained serious injuries after she fell out the car and he used the bulldozer to lift and drop the car on her. Letaba Estate, Tzaneen. Fri 25 Aug 2008 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_A...382405,00.html Man goes on rampage in bulldozer LOUW Mariska aged 22 arrived home at around 00:20 when she was attacked inside her bathroom by a naked man who grabbed her by the throat. She slammed her ashtray on his head and after wrestling he pulled her by her hair to the bathroom and smashed her perfume bottle against the side of her bath. He said: Shut up or I will kill you. He tore clothes from her washing basket to tie up her mouth, legs and hands. After he raped her on her bed, he covered and tied up her whole head, so that she battled to breathe, and tied her to a pipe in the bath before he fled the scene. she was able to get help the following morning. Her neighbours had called the police during the attack when they heard her scream, and when the police did not pitch up, they fetched the police from the police station. The police shone a light on the apartment, walked around it and left. At this stage, the attacker was still inside it. Her father says that his child could have been dead, and that the police could have saved her. Elsa had moved to Lydenburg a few weeks earlier after seeing her fianc being murdered in Pretoria when he tried to stop her hi-jackers. Elsa sustained various injuries all over her body which included cuts, bite marks and bruises. Lydenburg. Fri 26 Jan 2008 Verkrag n moord-trauma http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2261004,00.html
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LOYD Witham aged 63 dissapeared after he parked his pick-up van at his home at around lunch time. His corpse was found bound in a back room of his home. Wilderness. Fri 4 Sep 2008. Body of Mandela Bay businessman found tied up in Wilderness house LUBBE Rachelle 41 said that they had a right to live, therefore they were leaving South Africa. She, and her husband Chris mechanical engineer aged 43, and their children Damian aged 16 and twin boys Shelden and Cameron aged 13, and daughter Savanah aged 8 boarded a plane to Australia with one way tickets. She said that, I know that when we land in Australian, there would be many people in South Africa would would have just been shot and murdered. Two days after the family had received their vi sums to exchange South Africa for Australia due to crime, they were attacked inside their home by an armed gang of at least five men at around 23:00 after they gained entry to the house through a window. The whole family were rounded up and marched to the lounge at gunpoint, where they were tied up. During the drama which lasted for more than two hours, the attackers threatened to rape Rachelle her in front of her children and husband. Rachelle was burnt with a clothes iron on her left breast, arm and shoulder. they pulled down her pants and burnt her on the left bum. Chris was burnt repeatedly with the clothes iron on his back. At one stage, Chris was taken into his bedroom where a shot went off, but he was not hit. While Chris was away from his family, Cameron said to his mother, "Mom, let's pray." One of their attackers said: "Pray, pray because I am going to shoot your father now." Before they fled with their loot in the family's pick-up truck, one of the attacker put a rope around Chris's neck and pulled it tight. Another loosened it and told his partner, 'Let's just go'. The children were also attacked, and Damien was kicked in the face. During their reign of terror the attackers ate the family's food and drank their beer and milk. Rachelle said: "We decided to emigrate because of crime. Now it has happened to us, too, while the rest of the country sits and waits its turn." Hennops River, Pretoria. Fri 11 Apr 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2304497,00.html Brutal farewell for family LUDIK Andries a lawyer, AND his wife aged 35 And their daughter aged 5 AND son aged 6 were attacked while they were asleep inside their golf estate home by an armed gang two days after attending an emigration-expo. The couple were woken just after midnight when the lights were switched on in their bedroom and people hovered over them. This was the start of their two-and-a-half-hour ordeal. Their son and five-year-old daughter were asleep in their bedrooms. "We heard nothing until they were on top of us. The one robber took the cartridge out of his 9mm and pushed it back. He then held it against my head," Andries said. "The robbers were shouting 'we are going to kill you, you are going to die.'" Margot said the fear she experienced was something she could not describe, but she decided to remain quiet and not draw attention to herself. The couple were told to lie face-down, and their hands were tied behind their backs. Andries described their ordeal, and said that, "Any minute I felt as if a bullet was going to hit me. They kept on asking where the safe and the guns were. I told them I had a paintball gun.
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I tried to show them where it was, but when I lifted my head to explain, I was hit," Andries said. He never kept cash in his home, but that day he had R5 000, for which he was very grateful. The attackers brought the children into the couples bedroom, tied the boy up next to his mother on the bed and brought the girl to her father. The mother said she believed everything was going to be fine until one of the men climbed on top of her and started to rape her. She told her her boy during her ordeal to 'lie still, pretend to sleep'. Andries explained that his wife hasn't been able to stop crying after the family's two hour horror, and they have decided to speed up their emigration plans for Australia. Although the family received therapy, they were unable to return to their smallholding after the attack. Andries commented that, "I have just one advice for crime victims: pack your bags and leave as quickly as possible. He continued, Afrikaans youths 'fake-urinate' in people's food and it's worldwide news. White families like us get attacked, it gets registered in the statistics, and South Africa is the only country in the world which has created laws to 'protect' the majority from a small minority like us. The Ludik family's neighbours were robbed at gunpoint in December, and it's suspected the same gang struck another family in a neighbouring community. "It is just crime and violence, and nothing is going to change," Andries said. Roodeplaat Dam, near Pretoria. Mon 4 April 2008. http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2322634,00.html MACDONALD Marius, a pharmacist aged 42, was asleep in his home at around 01:00 am with his family where he was attacked by a three or four man armed gang, tied up and shot. The attackers threatened to kill his wife when she tried to help him. Marius begged the gunman who'd shot and tied him up to help stop his bleeding as he slowly bled to death. Leeufontein, Kameeldrift smallholdings, Pretoria. 25 Oct 2008. http://www.pretorianews.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=nw20081026093510224C574816 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2416240,00.html 20081026 MALENZE Riaan - lodge owner, and a security guard, fought for their lives in hospital after armed assailants, who tied them up and took what they wanted from the lodge premises, shot and stabbed them in the stomachs as they fled. The gang struck just after 01:00 when they dug a hole under an electric perimeter fence and overpowered the security guard. After tying him up, several of the attackers stood watch over him while their accomplices made their way to the lodge's main house where they forced their way inside through a back door. Once inside, the gunmen overpowered Riaan and his wife, and tied them up before looting the house and forcing open a safe, which is believed to have contained firearms, jewellery and cash. The gunmen then taunted the couple threatening to sexually assault them before they opened fire on Malenze shooting him in the stomach. It is not known how many times Malenze was shot. As the gunmen who shot Malenze fled, their accomplices, who were keeping watch over the guard, stabbed him repeatedly before escaping. The local police station commissioner remarked on the attackers, and said that, "They knew exactly what they were doing. Some went straight to the owner while the others
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overpowered the guard. This is a particularly nasty crime. It appears as though the owner and the guard were deliberately shot. It looks as though they shot them for the fun of it." Sharon Bernhardt, who runs a community assistance programme in Hennops River Valley, said crime in the area was increasing. "We have a lot of robberies, especially violent ones." Bernhardt, herself a victim of three robberies, added that, "The attacks happen on such a regular basis that residents are becoming used to them." Hennops River Valley, northern Gauteng. Sat 19 Oct 2008 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=vn20081020054740340C310376 Luxury lodge attack leaves two critical October 20 2008 MARAIS Kobus aged 59 had moved into his retirement home three weeks before he and his family were attacked by an armed gang of at least four men at around 23:15. The family were socialising in the kitchen when the gang entered the house through a window at the lounge door. They forced the family of six men and three women to the floor and attacked the uncle, Louis Lewis, with wooden clubs and shot him in the right thigh. The attackers started tying the men up in the kitchen, but when they tried to force the women to another part of the house, Kobus got up and tried to stop them. A gunman took his 9mm pistol and shot Kobus in the head in front of his family. The attackers stole four of the familys celphones, a hunting lamp, keys and a ring before fleeing the scene. His son witnessed that, It all happened so fast. They werent even four minutes in the house before they fled. The family believe their attackers had run out of ammunition. The son took Kobus to the hospital where he was declared dead just after midnight. The son then went home, and used Kobuss celphone which had not been stolen- to phone his own celphone, which had been looted by the attackers. An attacker answered the call. The son asked him why he had murdered his father, to which the attacker replied: I was hungry so f*ck you, after which he kept quiet and put the phone off. By the time of the media news report five days later, the police could not give the son a case number, and the computer at the police station reflected the incident as a normal house break-in and did not mention anything about a murder or the theft of celphones. No attempt had been made to trace the sons celphone a celphone which had the facility of being traceable nor to catch the attackers. The police spokesperson said that he did not know who had the police docket on this incident, and would only be able to find that out the following day. Marister plot, Bapsfontein. 17 July 2008. http://groups.msn.com/crimebustersofsouthafrica/farmattacks.msnw?action=get_messag e&mview=0&ID_Message=4416&LastModified=4675665931250769036 MAREE Dawie, male aged 27, AND his wife Elana AND their two children aged 2 yrs and 11 months were asleep in the main bedroom of their home when they were attacked by an armed gang of 3 men. They awoke as an attacker stood on their bed and reached over towards Dawies gun which he kept close to him while he slept. Dawie jumped up and wrestled the attacker. Elana jumped out of bed, put her babies onto the floor and lay over them to shield them with her body. Many shots were fired, and Elana looked to the door, where she saw another attacker shooting at the two wrestling men before he slammed the door shut. Although Dawie had been critically wounded, he kept his
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attacker pinned down while Elana switched on the bedroom light and dialled for help. Both Dawie and his attacker died shortly afterward in hospital. Dawie Meyers park, Centurion, Pretoria. May 23 2008. Widow recounts crime ordeal MARITZ Johan AND girlfriend Ursula Bekker AND her daughter, 5 yr old Angelique were attacked by 3 black men in the early hours of the night. Ursula had gone downstairs to see why the dogs were barking when she saw a black man opening a window. She hit his arm with a pool cue but was overpowered by two others who had forced the front door open. She was pushed to the floor, stabbed in the back of her head, kicked, beaten and stripped. Johan awoke to her agonizing screams and ran downstairs where he was hacked repeatedly with a panga. Ursula pushed her way past the attackers and ran to her daughter Angelique, 5, who was crying in her bed. One of the attackers, who saw her flee, ran after her, hitting her as she lay on top of Angelique while trying to protect her. Ursula said she pleaded with the man not to hurt them. "I was crying. I asked him to leave Angelique alone and to take me. I pleaded with him not to rape or hurt us, but he just laughed," she said, and explained that when one of the other gang members called her attacker, the man left the room. "I did not know what was happening. I picked up Angelique, ran to the window and jumped." After Ursula managed to call for help, the police took 13 hours to respond. Smallholding Knoppieslaagte, Centurion Wed 12 Nov 2008 http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/cops-arrive-13-hours-too-late-1.424077 MASSET Andre an artist aged 57, had been working in a house on a plot while his wife and their five-year-old daughter were watching a DVD in another house close by on the same plot when Andre was shot in the jaw by a man from a nearby farm. The police spokesperson reported the matter as follows: "We're not sure yet what happened, but the woman (Andres wife) said she heard a shot about 23:00. She looked out of the window, but didn't see anything. Masset stumbled into the house and told his wife the name of the possible suspect. He then died in front of his wife and daughter." Cullinan smallholding. Sat 30 June 2008 Dying man names his 'killer'
MCGREGOR Robin aged 79 - founder of Who Owns Whom, was stabbed to death in the bathroom of his home by a gang of at least three men. Tulbagh Agricultural Holdings. 1 Sep 2008 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20081111120300978C34 2827 MEASEY Chris climbed out his car to take photos of the sunset at around 18:30 at Chapmans Peak when he was attacked by a gang of men he did not know. They robbed him and then threw him over the cliff. Chris fell about 200 meters, and landed about 20 meters from the sea on rocks. Wearing only shorts, a golf shirt and tackies, Chris lay with
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a broken ankle and ribs on the rocks until the next morning when a passerby noticed him and called for help. It appears the police never opened a case relating to this matter. Cape Town. 12 Apr 2008 Rowers gooi man by Chapmanspiek af MEYER Reinette, a missionary in the Bushveld town of Mokopane (previously Potgietersrus) aged 65 and her husband pastor Faan Meyer were scheduled to leave the following week to do missionary work in Malawi when she was murdered in her home while Faan was out doing missionary work at the time. The police spokesperson said that Reinette was alone at home at the time of the attack at around 15:00. They were not sure of the number of people involved in her death, and nothing had been stolen. Before she died she managed to press the panic button at around 15:45. The security firm could not gain entry to her house, and called her daughter, who entered the house with a spare key at around 16:00. She found the corpse of her mother where it lay on the carpet next to her bed in the main bedroom. According to an eyewitness, Reinette had been stabbed all over her body, numerous times. There was a deep gash where she had been stabbed in the neck. The main neck artery had been severed. The witness said there was a lot of blood on the curtains, carpet and other places that she appeared to have touched. It appears Reinette was first stabbed in the passage and that her throat was slit from behind. Mokopane. Sat 11 Feb 2008 Duiwel se werk, s pastoor, vriendin n moord op vrou MIDLANE Vivienne saw in her 30th birthday behind bars after she was accused of being in possession of a false driving licence. Her children - aged 10, eight and two - were distressed because they had to spend the night without their mother. They had been left in the care of a domestic worker while Vivienne's husband spent the day desperately trying to get her out of jail. "The kids were traumatised," the mother said. "I got a call from my son's headmaster on Friday after I was released, asking what was going on because the child was distressed, telling them his mom was in jail." Vivienne said her troubles began last week when she went to apply for a duplicate driving licence. "I got my licence last February at the Langlaagte testing station. I went through a driving instructor, who gave me eight lessons. "He helped me book the test because I couldn't get an appointment myself, and he took me for the test. "It was during the time that eNaTIS was not up and running properly. "I went through all the procedures, took my test and passed it, and was issued with a licence. "I thought everything was in order until I lost the licence in December. "My baby had got hold of my purse and scattered all its contents throughout the house. We searched high and low but could not find the licence." When she went to apply for a duplicate, Vivienne was surprised there was no record on the system of her having a driving licence. "They told me that my name was not on the computer - only my learner's was there. "It said I was licensed to drive but did not have the details and number of my licence. "Officials said I should not worry, as this happened often." Then Vivienne remembered she had an expired temporary licence in her bag. She handed it to the official, thinking it could help them trace the original. "Next thing, I was told it was a fake and I was escorted into a
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back office, and the police were called in to arrest me," she said. This was the start of an ordeal which would last 24 hours. Vivienne was taken to Florida police station at 14:20 and treated "very badly". The police refused to charge her, and she was detained in the cells for hours without food or water. "The cells were filthy. There was stale food all over. There was blood on the walls. There were two polystyrene cups covered with blood, so I could not get water to drink." When her lawyer arrived, he too was unable to get her charged so that she could apply for bail. The mother spent the night sitting in a corner of the cell because the thin mattresses were so dirty. Her lawyer managed to get a blanket, some juice and some grapes to her - but only with difficulty. The next morning, two female officers interrogated her, saying they had proof that she had bought her licence. "It was very traumatic and scary," said Vivienne. "I did everything by the book. It was later found that the serial number of my temporary licence belonged to a batch that was sent to Bhisho (in the Eastern Cape). No one seems to have answers and it is going to be up to me to prove that I did not buy it. I don't know how I am going to do that. I don't have receipts because I had to hand them over when the bookings were made. Vivienne was charged with fraud and was summoned to appear in court, on which she commented that, "It's going to cost a fortune in lawyers' fees and stress. I am scared. I have done nothing wrong. If I had a fake licence, I would hardly have handed it over. I don't know how this is going to end." Florida, Johannesburg. 29 Jan 2008 Mom's fake-licence horror MINNI Phillip Snr Flip aged 40 AND his son Phillip Jnr aged 14, were attacked inside their home at around 01:45 by an armed gang of at least 4 men. They broke a window to gain entry into the house and found Phillip Jnr watching television. He was forced to his fathers bedroom at gunpoint where they shot Flip Snr in the head. The gang looted celphones, R250 cash ($30), bank cards and the television and fled the scene in the family car. Flip was taken to hospital but was declared dead on arrival. Rooikoppies holdings, Brits. 7 Nov 2008. http://thenewsouthafrica.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/brits-man-killed-by-robbers/ MOLL Jacques, farmer known nationwide for his contribution to the production of milk and export of fruit aged 64, AND his family were attacked inside their home where a gang of at least five men waited for them in ambush. His wife, Janine aged 52, arrived home first along with three of their grandchildren, whose mother was in labour in hospital. Janine and the children were accosted in their driveway, pulled out of the family car and forced into the house where the gang tied Janine up and shot her first in the leg, and then in the face beneath the mouth. The children were then also tied up and pushed into a cupboard. Jacques hardly reached the third step to his front door when he was shot outright in the chest. His youngest son, Xavier aged 33, who had followed his father in a separate car, was overpowered as he stepped into the house. Janine pretended to be dead even after the gang kicked her and jumped on her. When he saw his wounded mother, Xavier knelt
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over her and prayed that should they try to shoot him, the gun wouldnt go off. He begged God to spare him, as he had small children to support. The attackers pushed a gun against his head and tied him up. As he lay on the ground, Xavier prayed out loud. One of the gunmen stormed towards him, and ordered him to keep quiet. He aimed his gun at Xavier and pulled the trigger, but the gun would not go off. The attackers pulled Zavier to his feet and closed him up in the shower. Xavier feared for the worst and prayed out loud continuously. Two of the attackers entered the bathroom and the one ordered the other to shoot Xavier. The man who was supposed to shoot, replied, How can I shoot the man when he says the name of Jesus so loudly? He told the other man to leave Xavier and the children. The gang fled the scene in the family pick-up truck with R100 ($12) cash and a firearm. They left a shotgun next to the body of Jacques. His neighbour, Nic van den Berg, reacted on the emergency signal and came across the gang on the farm road. When he tried to pull them over, they opened fire on him and he was shot three times. The police found the pick-up van the following morning where it had been abandoned behind a Ficksburg suburb along the river which borders on Lesotho. Mr. Thabo Olivier, who was known to Jarques and was a committee member of the ANC, told the newspaper Rapport that, Our community is sick because a student video makes headlines world wide, but murder and rape is kept secret. It is time that criminals are treated as the enemy. He added that Jarques was loved by his workers, and had bought them houses in Ficksburg in 1982 already. Stolberg farm, Ficksburg. Fri 9 May 2008 http://www.news24.com/Rapport/Nuus/0,,752-795_2320130,00.html MOODIE Peter, lawyer aged 36, had fallen asleep on his couch in front of the television at night when an armed gang entered his home and used a pillow for a muffler as they shot him in the stomach, and he died on the scene. His widow Beulah, 35, and the children Connor, 7 and Morgan, 4, were asleep in their bedrooms and apparently didn't hear any shots. All the valuables in the house were left untouched - only his cellphone was robbed before they fled the scene. His wife said that "Crime isn't just crime any more, it's pure malice. They come armed just to kill you in your sleep, for no reason at all. Honibal Str, Rynfield, Benoni 26 Nov 2008 www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2433219,00.html MOUTON, Paul, doctor in dentistry aged 74, was target shooting at the rifle range at around 14:00 when he was shot at least 4 times, twice from behind and once in his shoulder by attackers who had jumped the fence and creeped up on him from behind, and had stolen his gun as he was checking his target. He died shortly afterwards. Nothing was stolen from the scene. Paul had survived two previous attacks on his life, one inside his home 16 years ago during which attackers had axed him, and another 8 yrs ago inside his medical practice room. Roodepoort. 13 July 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2357616,00.html
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MULDER Elsje, female aged 76, was beaten to a pulp inside her home during the night by an armed gang. Elsje opened the security door to let her dogs in when she was ambushed and at least three armed men tied up her hands with tight elastic bonds and then dumped her on her bedroom floor - going back to repeatedly assault the defenceless woman while they rummaged through her home. She was also jumped on and kicked while tied up and left for dead. "The bedroom was covered in blood because of the way they 'd beaten my mom, it was just terrible her daughter told the Beeld newspaper on Sunday. Limpopo farm. Thurs 4 July 2008 http://zahellbkup.blogspot.com/2008/07/76-year-old-elsje-mulder-beaten-to-pulp.html
MULLER Corrie aged 81 AND his wife Hettie aged 78 were visiting their children on the birthday of their grandchild when they were attacked inside the cottage they slept in near the main house at around 08:30. An attacker, who was part of a five man gang, had gained entrance by breaking down the kitchen door security gate and accosted Hettie in the kitchen. He punched her and threw cups at her, and told her he would bite off her finger if she didn't give him her wedding ring. She screamed and Corrie, who was in the shower, came to her aid. The attacker grabbed a kitchen knife, and while Hettie begged him not to hurt her husband, stabbed him in the throat, severing a main artery. Hettie watched helplessly as Corrie bled to death in front of her while their attacker stole Corrie's cap and cellphone. Germiston. Wed 3 Dec 2008 Man killed for cap, phone http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2438426,00.html MULLER Org aged 76 was shot in the stomach and his friend, Henko Cilliers was shot in the arm while they were having a family barbeque at around 21:00 by an armed gang of at least 4 men who appeared from the dark and opened fire on the family without speaking a word. Two of the attackers were caught later by the police, and identified as Mozambicans. Org died two days later from his wounds in hospital. Farm Bahudi, Malelane. Fri 24 Feb 2008 Gesin gee pad uit huis n 4 se aanval Farm murder hidden behind buffalo attack: MUNKS Roy, businessman and farmer aged 65, was killed by an armed gang on his farm. His body was found inside a kraal, stabbed to death. Hoedspruit. 1 July 2008 To note, police cover up as local inquest showed he had been killed by buffalo. However, private forensic testing found stab wounds on his body. Since then two attackers caught for another crime admitted to this one as well. http://www.news24.com/Rapport/Nuus/0,,752-795_2396862,00.html http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2010/02/rural-death-squad-attacksupdates-jan.html http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ZL3Kngb81qo/S2wX69wXBxI/AAAAAAAAg6k/72U-gcY91A/s1600-h/Munk Roy Hoedspruit farmer murder inaccurate finding of accidental death by buffalo attack%5B7%5D.jpg
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MURRISON Michelle aged 30 was alone at home with her 14 month old baby during the night when she was stabbed to death. Wembley, Durban. 7 Feb 2008 Ma van babadogtertjie in huis doodgesteek MYBURGH Johan aged 33 was shot to death through the lounge window while he was watching television on the couch. He was found still in the sitting position by his 84 yr old grandfather the following morning. The police arrested one of the two suspected attackers after he rolled his car on a nearby farm road. Rietfontein farm, Groblersdal. 21 Apr 2008 http://groups.msn.com/crimebustersofsouthafrica/farmattacks.msnw?action=get_messag e&mview=0&ID_Message=4628&LastModified=4675669902397087336 NAUDE Jan - paraplegic aged 48, 20080209 Paraplegic Jan Naude, 48, attacked on Memel farm, FS, wife gang-raped http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2377066,00.html NEL Harry aged 50 was attacked in front of a butchery, shot at and robbed. The butchery owner made an emergency call to the police station for help. The response of the police was, "You pick up the casings and bring them to us" - that he should pick up the bullet casings himself and bring it to them at the police station, which he did. Botshabelo. 24 June 2008 Bring us the casings, says cop NEL Herman aged 75 AND his wife Hannie aged 72 AND their domestic servant were attacked by an eight man gang, of which for of them wore blue police uniforms. They gained entry to the house at around 08:30 after ringing the bell of the gate and claiming that there was a suspect in the garden. After Herman opened the gate to them, he was followed by them as he entered the house and told his wife to do exactly what the gang ordered. The gang tied up the hands and feet of Herman, Hannie and their domestic servant with cable ties and neck ties in the kitchen, who said that they pistol whipped Herman on the head without any reason, and he bled profusely. She added that members of this gang aimed their guns at her and the Nel couple - threatening to shoot them if they looked up while the house was searched. They also threatened to rape Hannie if herman didnt tell them where the safe is and where he hides his money. A trail of blood down the passage to the bedroom bore witness of how Herman was dragged around by his attackers. They fled the scene with jewellery, cash, a handgun and the family car keys. Vereeniging. 11 July 2008 Rowers lyk soos polisiebeamptes NEL Theo aged 15 was riding on his bicycle to the shops to buy airtime during the day when he was attacked by a gang of at least three men. One man grabbed Theos shirt before Theo was yanked off his bicycle from behind and stabbed in the ribs, arms, back and sides. Theo was able to prevent them from stabbing him in the neck and resisted
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when they tried to pull down his pants. He was saved when his mother arrived in her cehicle and blew the horn. His attackers fled the scene with his celphone. Lichtenburg. 18 Jan 2008 Seun 9 keer gesteek om sel, fiets te kry NEL Tienie aged 33 was travelling in his pick-up truck at around 14:00 on the farm to which he had moved three weeks earlier with his wife, 2 yrs old child and 7 weeks old baby, when they came across two men on foot, whom Tienie thought needed help. He stopped his vehicle and leaned out the window to speak to them. Without warning, they shot him in his right arm. He told his wife to run and she escaped by tucking their two children underneath her arms, running into the veld and hiding. The attackers yanked Tienie out from his vehicle and shot him again. His wife watched as her husband fell down and they jumped into the pick-up truck and rode off. She returned to Tienie and phoned for help. He died in the hospital. The police discovered the attackers were part of a three man team which had robbed a farm earlier that day, and after shooting Tienie they hi-jacked another vehicle, shooting its driver in the leg. Kafferspruit farm, leslie. 3 July 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2358732,00.html NELL Marthinus Johannes aged 39 was overpowered by an armed gang at the Klipfontein Dam during the night. He was stabbed with a knife and thrown onto the back of his pick-up van. His attackers drove the van to Kromdraai and threw his body over a 2m wall. Passers by came across his corpse two days later, partially covered in a stream. Witbank. Fri 12 Nov 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2321769,00.html NIEMAN Anna aged 65 was overpowered by an armed gang of at least three men who broke open the security gate of her home at around 01:15. Anna was shot in the stomach and in the chest before they fled the scene with her celphone and handbag. The police discovered Anna suffering from terrible pain on her bed. They also discovered that her attackers were part of a 20 man gang who had been terrorising her area. Leeuwfontein plots, Kameeldrift. 21 Mei 2008 South Africa! Land of the Big Five: Murder, ONEILL Diedre landed in hospital with severe facial injuries - which included a deep gash on her forehead and bruises and scrapes on her face, arms and knees - after being beaten up by metro police officers who confronted her when her daughter's Jack Russell puppy defecated in the street. Diedre said she walked her daughter's puppy every morning, but on the morning of the attack, the puppy had defecated twice on the route, after which a Metro policeman approached her. She said that, "He told me to pick up the dog's s**t, but I only had the one bag on me that was already used, and I had thrown it away already." Diedre added that after the Metro policeman threatened to arrest her, she asked for his identity, to which he replied: "I'll show you my identity" and began attacking
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her. When she resisted, a scuffle ensued. "He headlocked me after he cuffed me, then rammed me into a wall. He said he would f*** me three times. He hit me with his elbow; I saw stars. He then threw me into the back of the police van and took me to Sea Point police station," she said. Diedre explained that her house was a three-minute walk from where the incident happened, stating that, "I would have got another plastic bag to pick up after the dog. "I am angry, horrified beyond belief. My fear is not the gangsters out there but the cops and what they are capable of doing to me and getting away with it." Her clothing was still drenched in blood and she had received no medical attention when the policeman arrested her and she was then held in police custody at the police station for about four hours. The police spokesperson said that Diedre had been arrested on a charge of riotous behaviour as well as obstructing an officer in the execution of his official duties. Sea Point Main Road. Tues 25 Mar 2008 Page 1 of Cape Argus on March 26, 2008 Source:IOL http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20080326115138507 C904073 'Beaten for dog poo' OOSTERHUIS Jaco miellie farmer aged 44, his wife and two children aged 12 and 9, were asleep when an armed gang attacked them at around 01:30. Jaco was hit over the head and in the face with a panga, before he was shot in the left side of the chest. His attackers fled the scene without taking anything. The bullet missed his heart by millimetres. Delmas. 3 Mar 2008 Mielieboer geskiet en met panga aangeval OPPERMAN Mollie aged 81 a small, finely built widow, was murdered inside her home during the night. Her corpse was found on her bed with her face in her pillow and a puddle of blood by her mouth, her hands behind her back. It appears that she had been assaulted and suffocated. Her handbag, television and a bunch of keys was stolen. Kleerksdorp. Wed 16 Jul 2008 Klein, fyn oumagrootjie beroof en vermoor http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2360120,00.html PICTON-TUBERVILL Fred aged 46 AND his wife aged 41 AND their four children aged 10, 9,6 and 3 were attacked inside their home by two men who were part of a 5 man gang at around 21:30. The wife related the attack, and said that the children were running in and out of the house while she and her husband were watching television, when the gangsters struck and ordered them to lie down on the floor. "They shouted: 'Sleep! Sleep!' and 'Money! Money!' We all went through to the dining room and lay on the floor. My husband asked them not to hurt the children. He also asked if the children could go through to another room, but the robbers didn't want that," she said. "One robber suddenly shot my husband who was lying half curled up behind me, through the eye. He collapsed against me. Samantha closed little Gregory's eyes as he lay crying, because she didn't want him to see how their father bled to death, and Bryony and Natasha just lay dead still. "They took me through the house into our room, where I gave
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them my jewellery box and my husband's wallet. The robbers took her back to the children before fleeing with the familys celphones and laptop computer, and R1000 ($120) cash. "After they'd left, I put the children into the car and rushed off to Kim's house for help. "I left the children there and hurried back home to be with my husband while we waited for the police," she wept. A rescue worker said that when they arrived at the scene, the husband was lying on the lounge floor in a critical condition, and that he died after arriving at hospital. It turned out that the same gang responsible for the murder of Fred had also murdered Rinda Abraham (Both were murdered in their homes, in front of their families in January 2008. Both lived in Waterkloof Ridge). Turbervill: Accused remanded PIENAAR Heila, mother aged 42, axed to death AND her daughter Charmaine aged 18, paralized; axed by black attacker who pre-planned their murder on the premises of their smallholding scrapyard. Charmaine lay with her scull chopped open, cheeckbones splintered and jawbone broken next to the corpse of her mother for 6 hours. Smallholding Waldrift. 1 Oct 2008 HTTP://WWW.NEWS24.COM/NEWS24/SOUTH_AFRICA/NEWS/0,,2-71442_2430285,00.HTMLHTTP://WWW.NEWS24.COM/BEELD/SUID-AFRIKA/0,,3975_2430206,00.HTML POHLMAN Marc, AND his wife and two young children were attacked at their home. In her testimony, his wife said that on the day of the attack she had been sitting on the veranda at about 19:00 and her husband had been sanding the stairs with a machine. She said their children, aged three and four, were with them. "We noticed two men enter our front gate and approach us. It initially looked as though they were having an argument and were no danger to us, but then we saw that one of the men had a gun," she said. She said her husband had tried to calm the situation before telling her to get out with the children. "I turned to grab my kids and that's when I heard the first gunshot. I rushed the children into the bathroom and because it does not have a lock I physically barricaded the door with my body." The wife added that the assailant had then tried to break down the bathroom door. That was when she had heard the second gunshot. "He kicked and pushed and eventually got his head and arm around the door. He slapped me and managed to get in and then dragged me back to the veranda." She said the man had demanded cellphones from her. "At that point the gunman came toward us and told his accomplice that they needed to go. My assailant let go of me. That's when I ran back to the bathroom to my children and barricaded us in again." Several minutes had passed before she opened the door to shout to her husband. "I got no response. I came out of the bathroom and did a quick check of the house to make sure the attackers were gone. I took my children and put them into the car. That's when I saw my husband lying close to the fence." Celphones, cash and a bottle of brandy was looted. In May 2009, the two men accused of the murder of Marc Pohlman were found guilty in the Pietermaritzburg High Court. Judge Herbert Msimang convicted Msiko Malinga, 27, and Felakuphi Zondi, 22, on Tuesday of murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances. Malinga was found guilty of further charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. The
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men pleaded not guilty, in the face of overwhelming evidence against them which included ballistic evidence that matched spent cartridge casings at the scene of the murder with the firearm found in Malinga's possession on his arrest, as well as fingerprint evidence that linked the men to the crime scene. Msimang said: "The evidence submitted by both accused men is clearly false beyond all reasonable doubt. There can be no question as to the guilt of the accused." He said they were two of the worst witnesses he had ever had the misfortune to come across. In mitigation of sentence, defence counsel for Malinga and Zondi conceded that there were no substantial and compelling circumstances present to deviate from the prescribed minimum sentence of life imprisonment on the murder charge. Msimang agreed with this submission, adding that the duo had showed no mercy to the Pohlman family. "They could have simply taken what they wanted and left the family intact. However, they decided to attack this young family and leave them without a husband and father," he said. Prosecutor Dalene Barnard labelled the murder a "senseless" killing. "The family were vulnerable targets that posed no threat to their assailants." Barnard said it was shocking that in the face of incriminating evidence against them, the men had still pleaded not guilty and had shown no remorse for their actions. Cliffdale smallholding, Pietermaritzburg. 22 Feb 2008 20082202: Farmer Marc Pohlmans murderers found guilty in Pietermaritzburg http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn200905 14110654918C373926 POVLSON Preben a Dane aged 71, was murdered by the brother of his wife (nee Bulamu ) both were Ugandans. She described her brother, Kimeze, as a former child soldier with the "Ugandan rebel army" and said he had killed before. She also said he had issued violent threats demanding she hand over money from her "rich white man", and that since her husband's disappearance, he called her begging for money to help him flee back to Uganda. It was discovered during the murder trial that Prebens wife was pregnant at that time by Kimeze. Her sister, Stella Ssengendo, in turn, said she had seen Kimeze with a bloody knife in the kitchen of Prebens house on the fateful Monday on which Preben was tortured to death, but that he had threatened to kill her and her children if she told anyone. She also saw blood on the floors. In his written confession, Francis Kimeze aged 35 said he had carried out regular maintenance at Povlsen's house. On the Monday, Preben had expressed dissatisfaction with his work. "We exchanged sharp words... I was furious, he was angry... I hit him with a bottle... he fell on one knee... he grabbed my shirt... I stabbed him in the neck... in the chest... in the stomach...." Kimeze said that he had stabbed Preben with a knife attached to his key holder. During the assault, Preben had suffered more than 45 stab wounds. The vast majority of these wounds, which were all over his body and head, were less than an inch deep. Also, one earlobe had been cut off. Not one of these wounds had been fatal.The court found that, "The deceased was tortured. Clearly there must have been a motive." Povlsen's torturer had "wanted something" badly, or had simply "hated him so much". The autopsy report found that Preben had suffered a broken neck and that there had been a piece of cloth wrapped around it. When his corpse was found at
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Blouberg Strand six days after his disappearance from his home, it was covered by a curtain and duvet cover. His hands and legs had also been tied up. Extensive forensic work showed evidence that their bedroom suite had been turned into a bloodbath. Blood which had travelled through the airhad splashed up the walls up to eye level height, such as when someone is kicked or beaten. There were also blood splatters in the bathroom, and on the walls of the passage. In the garage, there was a lot of blood. Kimeze said he had tried to clean the blood from the garage floor, loaded the body into the boot and had driven to Gugulethu. "I contacted a friend and told him that I wanted to sell a car, but that I had a problem, because I had killed someone and the body is still in the boot. He told me to come to Gugulethu and he then gave me R70 to take a taxi to my place. He said he would phone me I don't know what he did with the body." The couple's two children aged four and seven had been assessed by experts. "They have seen something gruesome,"the public prosecutor told the court. The children had told social workers about seeing "a lot of blood", about hearing Povlsen cry "Help me, Maria!" The State alleged that the murder was premeditated. Gordons Bay. Mon 14 January 2008 Leuens oor gru-moord ontvou. PRINSLOO Duncan, doctor aged 61, AND his wife, Laetitia, aged 54, were asleep in their beds when they were attacked by a large armed black gang who entered their heavily barricaded homestead at night. Duncan was critically injured and shot in his back. Laetitia was shot dead. Farm Vaalbank, Bronkhorstspruit. 20 Nov 2008 Read original Afrikaans story here www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2430750,00.html http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2445467,00.html RAS Dawid aged 83 AND his wife Sarie aged 78 were attacked at around 08:00 in their home by a knifeman who had followed Dawid into the house, after Dawid had taken their dirty laundry to the laundry room. Both Dawid and Sarie were stabbed in their arms and hands before their attacker fled the scene with R30 ($5) looted. Sannieshof. 11 Feb 2008 Bejaardes loop onder rowermes deur - vir R30 RAS Willem aged 66 who suffered from cancer and Parkinsons disease, AND his wife Yvonne aged 64, were travelling home at around 22:00 when they were overpowered by an armed gang. The police suspect the killers had pulled the Ras vehicle over and jumped in, forcing them onto the N12 highway, where they shot Willem in the back and threw him out the vehicle near the bridge to Eldorado Park. The police discovered the family vehicle at around 12:35 the following day with Yvonne in it where she was left for dead, shot in the neck. She was still breathing and was taken to hospital , but died a dew days later from her injuries. The corpse of Willem was found a few meters from their abandoned vehicle. Their daughter said she could not understand how her parents could be killed for nothing. Their jewellery, cash and other belongings were found in the
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vehicle. "Even my father's cross and necklace of real gold that my mother gave to him 25 years ago was still around his neck." Eldorado Park. Sat 2 Jul 2008 Couple's killers took nothing REYNEKE Andre, a professional game ranger aged 39, AND his eight-year-old son, JuAndre, were guests on a farm where they woke up at around 01:30am when an armed gang pushed a gun against Ju-Andres head. Andre was fisted in the face and thrown onto the floor where he was kicked repeatedly. Ju-Andre was pistol whipped and fisted in his chest. Both father and son had their hands and feet tied up. Ju-Andre was taken hostage and used as a shield to arouse their neighbour, Sakkie Cloete. Sakkie, the farm owner aged 65, woke to the sounds of his dogs barking, and saw Ju-Andre standing outside his house. When he enquired what the problem was, he was ambushed by the gang and shot three times. Ju-Andre was ditched along the perimeter of the property by his attackers and told to run or be shot, although his feet were still tethered. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20081203051916285C61 7891 Pensioners, boy hurt in farm attacks ROACH Rudi, male teacher aged 50, AND his family were attacked by an armed gang in the early hours of the morning on their small holding. Rudi was shot to death, AND their son Rdiger, aged 16, was shot twice in his shoulder and once in the head. Two celphones and a couple of beers were stolen. Rudis grief -stricken widow said these men had not come to rob us they came to kill us. Kameeldrift, Pretoria-East. Thurs 9 Oct 2008. http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2413673,00.html Rowers skiet man vir 2 selfone en n paar biere ROBERTS Dale, church minister aged 50, was shot in the shoulder and bled to death whilst kneeling at prayer next to his bed inside his church at night. The attackers gained entry into the building by breaking open two air-conditioner ducts from the walls with crowbars. Police called this a robbery but only a broken kettle, some teabags, a small radio and a pair of shoes were robbed. Uitzight smallholdings, Pretoria. Wed 29 Aug 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2385100,00.html ROCHFORD Kevin, Australian university professor at Cape Town University aged 64, survived a previous attack at his home by a gang armed with pangas a few years prior to an attack at his home this year, in which he was shot in the chest and died on the scene at around 21:00. Kevin had off loaded his vehicle and was parking it in his garage when he was attacked. Only his car keys were stolen. Mowbray, Cape Town. 23 Apr 2008. UCT prof dies in front of home RDER Dion lawyer aged 63, AND his wife Talita AND their 16 year old daughter were the first victims in a series of 9 attacks during a 2 week period by the same gang, of
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which the police spokesperson believes are foreign nationals. Dion recalled that his family were preparing for bed when four men appeared out of nowhere inside his bedroom. Dion was overpowered and tied up. Thereafter Talita was beaten violently, especially with the fist in the face. He added that at one stage, Talita lay over her daughter on the bed to try to protect her, and begged the men not to rape them. Other victims of the same gang said that the men were very sly. In many of the cases, they overcame viscious dogs, burglar proofing and barbed wire fencing. All the attacks were within a one kilometer radius. The gang, who favour knives as weapons, had raped at least two women in these attacks and assaulted their men cruelly. In one case, a woman older than 70 years was raped by all seven of her attackers the night before Christmas, and another womans jaw was smashed. In the latest attack, the owners of a guesthouse, Mr Andy Breedt and his wife Sheila, were overpowered by five men in their bedroom while they were asleep. Sheila was assaulted violently before the men fled the scene in the family car with personal effects of the family, and their shotgun. Ladysmith. 17 Dec 2008 http://www.news24.com/Rapport/Suid-Afrika/0,,752-2460_2451346,00.html http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/01/dorp-lewe-in-vrees.html ROOS Danie retired farmer aged 79 AND his wife were attacked at their home during the day by two men. Danie had employed them that morning to clear the garden. After they called him outside to show him something, his wife opened the kitchen door to give them some water. She was overpowered, assaulted, and locked up in the bedroom. Danie was found dead in the garden with at least seven stab wounds in his back. A celphone, a little bit of cash, a leather jacket and a packet of new underpants were looted. Balfour Gardens. Mon, 6 Feb 2008 http://groups.msn.com/crimebustersofsouthafrica/farmattacks.msnw?action=get_messag e&mview=0&ID_Message=4089&LastModified=4675656571009540481 ROSSOUW George - businessman aged 53 AND his wife aged 50 were attacked inside their home at around 04:00. Their daughter described the event, and said that, "The electric fence was switched on, so they couldn't get over the fence. The robbers then broke open the security gate at the kitchen door and broke in at the kitchen door to get into the house." She said the alarm went off when the attackers entered the house. "As far as we know, there were just two attackers. They were armed with a crowbar, a hammer and a knife. They were waiting for my father in the kitchen and overpowered him when he came down the passage. My mother was behind my father and saw them attack him. She ran to try to help him." George was repeatedly hit with a hammer and crowbar all over his body and stabbed 12 times with a knife, during which his left ear, his index finger and pinkie on his left hand were cut off with a knife. His wife was stabbed with a knife in the face and back. Some of her ribs were broken and her lungs were pierced. The attackers eventually left without stealing anything. "My mother and father were flat on the ground by that time and couldn't do anything. They tried to crawl to the room to get to the phone. "My mother said that as she inhaled, the air went out from her back. She did manage to get her
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phone in the room, though, and called us." The couple were lying in a pool of blood when their security company, the police, the ambulance service and their two daughters arrived at the house. The police spokesperson confirmed that they had opened a case of house robbery. Olifansfontein. Mon 13 June 2008 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2339878,00.html Robbers cut off ear, 2 fingers ROUAN Koen was hauled away at a city dump by Metro Police officers and left the two young children in his care to fend for themselves at the dump at around 13:45. Koens daughter, Ashley, 11, and his nephew, Jason Tetlow, 12, screamed for the officers to release him, but they would hear nothing of it and even threatened to arrest the little girl. "She was screaming hysterically and banging on the Metro Police kombi," said Rouan, "but they said she would be arrested too if she didn't stop it and drove away". He said after leaving the children at the dump, the officers took Rouan to a local police station where one of them, a Sergeant Sebola, issued him with a R2 500 fine for illegal dumping and allowed him to leave. Pretoria/Tswane Tues 26 Sep 2008 'Cops threatened my 11-yr-old child' ROUSSOUW Willie, retired prison officer brigadier aged 76, was attacked, assaulted and kidnapped by a gang of at least 3 men at around 16:20. The police caught some of his attackers the following day by tracing the location of his stolen pick-up truck. One of his attackers pointed out the location where they had dumped his body along a deserted gravel road after they strangled him to death. Hopefield, Northern Cape. Fri 22 July 2008 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2361629,00.html ROUX Derek - retired businessman aged 64 AND his fianc were attacked by an armed gang three days after they had moved into the house he had designed for them at around 21:30 - hours before the time set for the wedding ceremony of the couple. It appeared the gang knew exactly where the safe was, and broke it open. They found it empty and shot Derek in the head, and his fianc in the neck and shoulder before they fled. He died on the scene, and she was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Fourways, Chartwell Agricultural Holdings. 10 June 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2339842,00.html Dhttp://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn2008061306070788 9C665062 SCHULTZ Johan aged 59 AND his wife Maria aged 52 were attacked while they were asleep inside their home at around 02:00 by an armed gang of at least two men who entered their home after breaking open burglar proofing to a window. Both Johan and Maria were slashed on their hands and heads by pangas during the attack. The gang escaped with some cash, leaving the couple behind to bleed to death. Johan was moved from one hospital to another whilst in a coma from his injuries. Maria was treated for her injuries in hospital and released. The investigating officer said that the couple were too
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weak to assist the police in their investigation. A case of house robbery was opened by the Waterpoort police station and the local community were upset that attempted murder was not added to the investigation. Farm Bruilof, Mopani, Waterpoort. Sat 1 Mar 2008. Egpaar in slaapkamer met pangas aangeval SCHUMANN Frans, delivery man aged 48, was ambushed in front of his house as he arrived home from work around 22:00 and was shot dead with a 9mm bullet in his back by a gang of at least two men. He was found with his car door ope and the keys at his feet. Nothing stolen. Strand. 22 Nov 2008 HTTP://WWW.NEWS24.COM/BEELD/SUID-AFRIKA/0,,3-975_2431467,00.HTML SHIPPEY Clive AND his partner Shirley Bishop were approached by two armed men when they arrived at their Northington Farm home in their white Isuzu bakkie at around 22:00. The men demanded jewellery and firearms. The couple were then assaulted with hammers and spanners, and stabbed with knives. The men fled in the couple's pick-up van, taking jewellery and R2 500 ($300) in cash. Both suffered serious injuries and were admitted to hospital. Earlier that day, Linzi-Anne Smith aged 62 was assaulted on her Freeland Farm in the same area as Clive Shippey when a gang of at least three men with pistols entered through the unlocked front door and held her up. Moments later LinziAnne's husband, Robert Melmoth Smith aged 65, and her two friends - Sandra McKenzie aged 60, and Marina McKenzie aged 62 - entered the house and were also held up. "The men searched all the victims and ransacked the house. The attackers then assaulted Linzi-Anne, hitting her head several times with a firearm, and afterwards tied up all the victims' hands and feet with cable ties, and forced them to lie on the bed in a bedroom. The gang fled from the scene in Sandra's vehicle, taking with them a shotgun, cellphone, jewellery and cash. Her vehicle was later found abandoned. Police do not believe that the incidents are related. Dargle, Howick farms. Wed 12 Dec 2008 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=vn20081212054715382C552206 SLABBERT Willie, florist, was found stabbed to death on his kitchen floor. His niece Daleen Kruger died of a heart attack shortly after hearing the news; her brother, Theuns, is a quadriplegic after being shot in the neck and back in 1999. Meyerton farm, Johannesburg south. Tues 1 Mar 2008. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2078012,00.html SMIT Charlmarie aged 22 woke up at around 04:00 from a strange noise in the two bedroom apartment she shared with a friend to find a strange man creeping on the carpet next to her bed. She screamed and he jumped up and hit her three times with a hammer on the head. She related that, the violence with which he hit me, was not to silence me; he wanted to kill me. He pulled the hammer back to behind his head before he hit me. She added that, I can still see his face in front of me. He looked so cruel. He then put his hand over her mouth and said: Cellphone! Laptop! to which she pointed. When he pulled a duvet over her head, she feared he was going to suffocate her, and
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she wrestled with him, after which he grabbed her celphone and fled the scene. Charlmarie required twenty stitches to the head and forehead. Sunninghill. 14 Mar 2008 Vrou oorleef nadat rower haar met hamer oor die kop slaan SMITH Peter - farmer aged 40, was murdered when 4 armed men broke a window to gain entry into his home at around 01:45 at night and found his son watching television. They forced him into his fathers room and shot Peter cold bloodedly in the head. He died en route to the hospital. The attackers took celphones, bank cards, a television and R250 ($30) cash before they fled in the family car. Rooikoppies farm, Brits. 5 Sep 2009. http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t271611-326/: SPIES Johannes Hansie farmer aged 75, went outside his house to see why the dogs were barking at around 05:00 when he was gunned down by a gang of men armed with AK47s. They had two get-away-cars parked nearby, of which one was registered in the drivers name yet the police have failed to have him convicted. The critically injured Hansie managed to shoot one of the attackers and they fled. Hansie walked into his house, bleeding profusely and died within the hour. He sustained various gunshot wounds in his left arm, which was shattered. Hansie was also shot in the chest, and his main artery was severed. His family could not save him. He knew he was dying and said his farewells to his wife. Nothing had been looted. Kameeldrift plot on Farm Gravelotte, Harrismith. Thur 8 Oct 2008 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_A...407128,00.html STANDER Sias, farmer aged 69, AND his wife, Hannetjie ageed 67, were asleep at night inside their home when they were attacked by at least four Shangaan speaking men. Sias was stabbed to death. Hannetjie fought back fiercely while she received 12 stab wounds, eight stab-wounds to her legs, two in her left arm and two in her head, before she was able to reach her gun and shoot one attacker dead who turned out to be a Mozambican. Coligny farm. 7 Nov 2008 http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ZL3Kngb81qo/SRk8gBvtwI/AAAAAAAAEQY/_XIDGVTSOCc/s1600h/SiasStanderMurderAccused_Makgetla_Masibela_Malebo_ColignyNov92008%5B8%5 D.jpg STEENBERG Adriaan aged 45, AND his family were home when they were attacked by an armed gang which gained access to the house through a window in the dining room at around 04:00. The couple's three young children - 11, nine, and eight - had been sleeping when their father was shot. Adriaans wife recalls the attack, stating that I don't know what time it was, but my husband jumped up and said there was someone in the house. Adriaan told me to lie on the floor next to the bed. He also went to lie next to the bed. We heard footsteps on the stairs and my father-in-law shouting: 'Help, help!' Adriaan got up to press the panic button. He was only halfway upright when they shot him. I saw the flash and then Adriaan fell." Their attackers threatened Leonie with a firearm and ordered her to switch off the alarm, while saying: "We're going to kill you,
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we're going to kill." They took her to her 68 year old father-in-laws room, who is an Altheimers sufferer, where they tied up her hands and undressed Dawie before tying up his hands, too. They only left Dawie's shirt on. Leonie said: "One stayed in the room with us and two were outside. My father-in-law rolled on his back and shut the door with his feet to keep them out. He also hit them with his cane. He stopped after they threatened to kill him." Leonie told their attackers they should take what they wanted and leave. She just wanted to get to her husband to help him. When they took her out of her father-inlaw's room, one of the robbers was standing outside with a gun against her nine-year-old daughter's head. She recalls her daughters emotions at that time, stating that, "She wanted to cry, but I calmed her and took her to her grandfather." The attackers then took the wife through the house and stole money, cellphones and a laptop. At one stage, they left her alone in the room with her husband. "I felt for a pulse, but there was nothing. I wanted to do something for Adriaan, but I couldn't." Then she heard more shots outside, apparently fired by a security company, and their attackers fled. "It was unnecessary to shoot him," the wife said. "He believed if he was good to everyone and that no one would hurt us." She added that, This is genocide. We are being targetted because of who we are. Who gives these orders. Why are only young Afrikaner men shot dead. It's a genocide. They came in and shot my husband just to kill him, after they'd already broken in 35 previous times in our homestead...And after they'd shot dead Adriaan, I didn't get the idea that they were going to shoot me dead too. Adriaan was a peaceful man. I often worried and told him they were still going to come and shoot us dead inside our home, but Adriaan always said I should not allow other people to talk me into being scared. Our family breadwinner was taken away from us. He assured us of a future. Now we don't know where to go. We cannot sell the house because nobody wants to buy a home where a man was muirdered." Prize-winning author Andr P Brink spoke about the country's crime crisis after his nephew, Adriaan Steenberg, had been shot dead by an armed gang as follows: "It's unacceptable that South Africa has been left at the mercy of barbarians. We must keep hoping at all times that someone will gain control because it doesn't seem as if the government can govern the country anymore." Leeufontein/Kameeldrift smallholding, Pretoria. 8 May 2008 THEY COME TO KILL US -- SAYS WIDOW: http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ZL3Kngb81qo/SQ25k5fojI/AAAAAAAADmc/oF2pKV8u9UQ/s1600h /MrsLeonieSteenbergWidow_KameeldriftSmallholdingAdriaanMay2008Murder%5B4%5D .jpg STEINBANK Michael was shot to death by an armed gang in the road outside a relative's home. Although his attackers failed to take his car, the police classified this murder as a failed hi-jacking. His attackers fled the scene in their metallic blue Sentra get-away car. Newlands East, Durban. Tues 23 Jan 2008 STEWART Spencer, businessman aged 37, was shot with a single shot to the heart and burnt in his rented Mercedes-Benz hours after he arrived in South Africa from London. "The fact that his damaged diving equipment, diving watch, gun and parts of his burnt-out
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cellphone were found in his car indicate that it wasn't a robbery or a hijacking," said his sister. Atteridgeville, Pretoria. 3 Mar 2008 Man assassinated in SA STEYN Johannes aged 53 stopped at a red robot in town when three men approached him. One pulled out a gun and shot Johannes in his chest to death. They did not take his car but took some items out of the car before they fled the scene on foot. Marlboro Gardens, Sandton. 8 Aug 2008 Drie nader man by rooi verkeerslig, skiet hom dood, vat goed uit kar STRYDOM Francois aged 54 related the attack on his farm, which lasted almost two hours, during which he was tied up with his pants in his mouth and wound tightly over his eyes, and said that, I arrived at around 19:30 at the farm, about 12km from toen. I got out to open the gate. The next moment these five armed men overpowered me. They kicked and hit me, and stabbed me with a knife. I was stabbed thirteen times in my arm while I was protecting my head. They tied me up and wanted to enter the premises. One of the attackers said: Lets shoot the f***ing dog , but some of his mates suggested he wait until they have gotten everything. His attackers bundled Francios into his double cab pick-up truck and blew the hooter repeatedly at the gate. About 15 minutes later, the 80 year old mother-in-law of Francios opened the gate with a remote control. She and Francios were forced into the house while blood was pouring down Francios face. They were covered with bedspreads and were not allowed to move. His wife was busy inside the house when their attackers overpowered her. She was foced to show them where everything of value was kept at gunpoint while the attackers threatened to shoot the family throughout their ordeal. They fled the scene with electronic products, cash and fire arms in Francioss double-cab. Vryburg. 2 Mar 2008 4 uit 5 verdagtes vas n nagmerrie-rooftog by gesin se plaashuis TASCHNER Ludwig, famous rose farmer aged 66 was attacked by an armed gang at around 04:00 which gained entry into his home by smashing a window and then bashing down his bedroom door. Ludwig was shot twice in the right arm, once in the left arm and in the chest. An attacker also hit Ludwig with great force in the chest with his gun. Jewellery, a laptop and a television was stolen. Ludwig, who had been left for dead, was found by his children and rushed to hospital. His lungs had collapsed and there was also blood on his lungs. Haakdoringlaagte farm, Pretoria. 19 Aug 2008 http://www.ludwigsroses.co.za/ TAYLOR Shirley aged 65 AND her sister Gloria Smith aged 67 were attacked inside their home, beaten repeatedly with a cricket bat on their heads, tied up and assaulted. When Shirley did not arrive to pick up her grandson from school he waited hours, finally getting a lift home with a teacher after 17:00. He called for help and with other family members, found Shirley and Gloria in one of the bedrooms. A bag was tied so tightly over Shirleys head that the paramedics struggled to get it loose. She had suffocated to death. Gloria
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was admitted to hospital with her left arm broken in two places as well as her collar bone. Rispark plot, Alberton. 7 Mar 2008 http://groups.msn.com/crimebustersofsouthafrica/farmattacks.msnw?action=get_messag e&mview=0&ID_Message=4316&LastModified=4675663724673420016 THEUNIS Chris, a 44 year old truck driver from Belgium had come to visit his son in South Africa for his 18th birthday when they were attacked by an armed gang of at least three men inside a security complex when the birthday party was nearly over. The gang stormed into the home pointing their guns at the people, shouting orders that they must lay down flat on the ground. Chris, who had been sleeping in a chair, woke up with a fright and jumped up. He was shot in the chest in front of his son and the other people present, and died within minutes. While his son tried to help him, the gang kicked and beat him. Then the son, along with two of his friends and a girlfriend aged 17 were tied up, gagged and assaulted for more than half an hour during which the firlfriend was raped by all three the attackers. They son and his friends were totally covered in blood by the time their attackers fled the scene with a laptop computer, clothes and alcohol. Father of Chris Theunis is Cyriel Theunis aged 81, who reported from Belgium that the South African authorities said they could not release the body of Chris until their investigation is complete, and can not tell if it will take on, two, three weeks or more. After the police had investigated the crime scene, the Belgium mother of the two friends of the son found a bullet casing and cigarette butt in the house which the police had ignored. She then hired a private detective to find the attackers. The detective reported to the Gazet van Antwerpen that, Its unbelievable how the police here make mistakes. Things are spiralling totally out of control in South Africa. We just cant subdue the criminals. As a private company, we try to assist the police, because they cant do the work alone. We handed over the evidence material to the police. The problem is that the forensic investigation can take from four to ten years. Equestria, Pretoria east. Fri 10 Sep 2008. Media berig wyd oor Belg se moord TINGLE Sam aged 48 and his 16 year old son were watching television at about 20:45 when they heard the dogs barking. He went to settle them down. When Sam came back to the living room, he heard something suspicious outside. "The next moment there was a bang in the office (next to the living room)," he said. When he walked into the office, his garden fork, which had been thrown through the window, came crashing to the floor in front of him. "I grabbed the garden fork and tried to stop them (the attackers) from getting into the house through the broken window. I had to use my garden fork as a weapon against a man with a firearm." One of the two attackers pointed a gun at him at the window. Tingle and the gunman were about a metre-and-a-half apart when the gunman shot at Sam. The bullet hit the window frame and ricocheted back. "I should've been dead today," Sam said later. "The weapon was pointed at me. If it had not been for the window frame, it would've hit me in the head." Sam walked backwards and still tried to keep them out of the house with the garden fork. Meanwhile Sams 50 year old mother woke up from the noise, pushed the panic alarm button and screamed so loudly that the
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neighbours heard them. Their attackers grabbed Sams laptop and fled. "I knew if they came into the house, we were dead," said Sam. "They came to kill us." His mother added that if the robbers had come at 03:00 in the morning, the family would have been too late to keep them out of the house. "It's terrible to say you are lucky to be alive after something like this, but we are lucky not to be dead," she said. I should have been dead TOFTE Annicke aged 50 AND 36-year-old Danie Robertze had both been renting separate rooms at the same home where their landlord found them murdered on the same day. Annicke had been stabbed on the head, and Danie was struck with a blunt object. Police later arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with the murders after he was found in possession of Annickes stolen company car. Morningside, Durban. Tues. 27 May 2008 Landlord discovers dead bodies TRUTER Mark, hotel manager aged 38, was tortured to death in his room where cleaners found his corpse during the morning. His hands and feet had been bound and he had plaster taped over his mouth. Police said initial investigations had revealed that Mark had retired to his room shortly after midnight after cashing up the day's takings. The keys to the hotel safe were missing as was an undisclosed sum of money. They added that it appeared that Truter had been suffocated. Three men, of which one was en employee at the hotel, were arrested for his murder and more arrests were expected. Pietermaritzburg. Wed 31 Mar 2008 Three held for manager's murder TRUTER Wayne, university lecturer aged 32, AND about 15 guests were celebrating his fiances birthday inside her house at night when they were visciously attacked by an armed gang of at least 6 men who had shot the car guard on their way into the premises. Wayne explained that he and five others were dancing when an armed attacker walked in and aimed the gun at them. He said: "When I saw it, I immediately raised my hands. It was like a cowboy movie." Wayne ran from the garage to the house to get his panic button. The other attackers forced the other guests to lie down on the veranda. Wayne added that, "I ran out again and wanted to flee from the bottom of the garden to the neighbours to get help, but three of the robbers grabbed me and dragged me to a dark place at the back of the property. They assaulted me, they kicked me in the stomach, where I had recently had a hernia operation, and hit me on my left leg with a brick or a pipe. I fell and then one of them tried to shoot me." When the shot did not go off, the attackers jumped over the wall and fled. Faerie Glen, Pretoria East. Sat 29 July 2008 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_A...365853,00.html Robbers attack partygoers 29/07/2008 08:09 - (SA) Beeld TURNER Susan aged 48, who had immigrated from Britain, was tortured to death in her bedroom during the night. when she did not arrive for work the following morning, her corpse was discovered with its hands and feet tied up and a piece of cloth in her mouth.
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There was an open wound on her forehead and she had been visciously assaulted. A bloody knife was found on her premises. Only her celphone had been stolen. Graskop. Fri 10 Mar 2008 Weduwee se lyk in plas bloed op haar bed gekry TYROPOLIS Yianni - businessman aged 62, was murdered after he had been robbed in his home by a gang of at least five men. "Two armed men approached the man in his garage as he entered his home in Heuwelsig on Wednesday evening," said Superintendent Susan Moseki. She said they then took the man into his house and tied him up in the kitchen. They also tied up two of his domestic workers who were in the house at the time and held them in different bathrooms. "The robbers knew somehow that the man's safe was located in his bedroom. They stole the safe, which contained an amount of R100 000 and jewellery." She said that as the robbers were about the leave his home, they assaulted the man with the butt of their gun, broke his hand, and stabbed him in his neck. In court, it was revealed that Yianni had been severelly assaulted with a screw driver and stabbed repeatedly in the head and neck. His blood splattered high on the walls, and pools his blood were found on the floors of his kitchen, diningroom and passage. After his attackers fled the scene, one of the domestic workers managed to get loose and contacted police. Yianni was taken to the hospital, but he later died from his wounds. Bloemfontein. Wed 8 Oct 2008 Robbers stab man, 62, in neck UNNAMED BAVIAANSPOORT woman who worked for the Prisons Correctional Services was attacked in the morning as she approached her gate to go to work by two men, of which one was out on parole. They dragged her back into her house and raped her in front of her four-year old daughter. They fled the scene with her celphone and some jewellery. The police spokesperson could not tell how many times the woman had been raped, nor by how many men. 19 Aug 2008 2 verkrag DKD-vrou by trunk UNNAMED BELA-BELA woman aged 72 was savagely assaulted and raped in her home during the afternoon by a gang of at least four men. Her handbag and celphone was stolen, her car was used as a get-away vehicle and was found by the police later on. Thabazimbi plot. Sun 16 Apr 2008 1 gewond, 2 vas nadat vrou op hoewe aangeval is UNNAMED BOEKENHOUTKLOOF girl aged 16 was raped during an attack on her family by an armed gang. The family had been tied up and severely assaulted. Boekenhoutkloof plot, Kameeldrift. 28 Oct 2008 UNNAMED BRYANSTON couple were attacked inside their home during the night when a gang of armed men fired several shots at them. The wife sustained a gunshot wound to the left side of her chest and died at the scene. The husband was treated for a head
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injury before being transported to a private hospital for further treatment. Johannesburg. Fri 30 Mar 2008 Robbers attack Bryanston couple UNNAMED CHESTERVILLE motorist was thrown in front of an uncoming truck by a gang of at least four knife-wielding men after they had robbed him while he stood next to his pick-up van which broke down along the N2 highway at around 15:00. The truck driver swerved but still drove over the motorists feet. The same gang attacked another vehicle which had broken down about 500m down the road in which a family were waiting for assistance. They tried to stab the driver in the leg while his shocked family looked on. Durban. 5 Apr 2008 Vies rowers gooi man voor vragmotor in UNNAMED DELMAS man aged 57 had pulled over his pick-up truck to answer a call on his cellphone. Another vehicle stopped behind him with three occupants. Two of the occupants approached him and asked for directions to Springs. While he was trying to assist them, one of the men pulled out a firearm and pushed him over to the passenger seat of his pick-up. Inside the pick-up, his attackers undressed him and covered his head with his jacket. He was also ordered to put his head between his legs. His hands were tied with shoe laces. His attackers dropped him off in a mealie field at Brakfontein Farm, whereafter he was assisted by a passing motorist. Police are investigating a case of hijacking. Wed 17 July 2008 Delmas man hijacked, stripped UNNAMED FORT HARE Professors family attacked at around 18:00 by two men along the road while the husband and father was changing their car tyre. He was shot and left bleeding along the road while his wife and daughters were kidnapped, raped and assaulted during a 6 hour ordeal. King Williams Town. 18 July 2008 http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/news/n13_18072008.htm UNNAMED GEZINA woman aged 60 was held at gunpoint by two men, in their twenties, as she returned home to her rented room on a church property around 21:00. They blindfolded her, tied her hands and raped her repeatedly while they ransacked her room, taking a DVD player and R500 ($80) in cash, before fleeing on foot. Thur 11 Jan 2008 Woman raped during robbery UNNAMED HENNOPS RIVER family were attacked inside their home during the night by a gang of at least five men of which four carried guns. They entered the home through a window of a room in which four children were working on a computer. The children were taken through to the lounge in which their father was. The mother, who was asleep, was woken up and taken to the lounge as well, where the whole family were tied up. The gang then burnt the mother and father in their upper bodies with a clothes iron while interrogating them as to where they kept their money. The gang fled the scene in the family pick-up truck along with R200 ($16), two television sets, a dvd player and an
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MNET decoder. The vehicle was fitted with a Netstar tracker and its movements was being followed by the Netstar security company but no arrests had been made by the time the article was published. Erasmia. Wed 13 Mar 2008. 5 Swart Terroriste roof gesin in huis, brand pa en ma met yster UNNAMED HIPPOS LODGE guest family of six people were attacked inside their chalet by an armed gang of at least six men at night. One attacker pushed his gun through a window at the family while another broke open the door with a brick. They tied up the men and raped the women during which they stole celphones and jewellery. They fled the scene in the family vehicle, which was found abandoned in the Diepsloot informal settlement. Sat 24 Sep 2008 Rowers val gaste aan, verkrag UNNAMED HONEYDEW couple were ambushed at their gate when they arrived home during a power failure at night. Before they opened their gate, a gunman opened fire on them, hitting the woman in the head and her husband in the shoulder and face. Their attacker fled without looting anything. She died on the scene and the husband was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. The attack was called a robbery. Johannesburg. Thur 4 July 2008 Rower skiet vrou in kop UNNAMED JOHANNESBURG woman aged 80 stopped in front of a business premises gate at around 12:00 when an armed man approached her. He tried to open her door but it was locked. He stepped back and fired three bullets through her car window. She was wounded in the neck and shoulders and rushed to hospital where she died from her injuries. Her attacker fled on foot without stealing anything. On the same day, at around 18:00, a 28 year old man arrived home from work and was attacked by two men inside his garage shortly after he parked his vehicle. He was shot in the stomach and arm before his attackers fled the scene without taking anything. His dog, who had come to his aid during the attack, was also shot. The man was admitted to hospital in a critical condition with internal injuries and stomach wounds. Both cases were recorded as failed hi-jackings by the police. 12 Feb 2008 Kaping misluk, maar vrou sterf UNNAMED LEEUFONTEIN, Pretoria family were attacked inside their home at around 20:00 by an armed gang of five men. An elderly couple, both in their sixties, and their daughter-in-law aged thirty five, and her two sons aged five and eight were at home watching television when the gang stormed into the house. The daughter-in-law grabbed her children and fled for safety to a bedroom during which two shots were fired which hit the elderly couple - the grandmother in the stomach, and the grandfather in the leg. Some of the attackers seeked the mother and her children out from the bedroom and dragged them back to the lounge. The attackers asked for the keys to the safe, which the family gave to them. They were not interested in the guns in the safe and asked for cash and jewellery. The family did not have valuable jewewllery nor cash. The attackers looted
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some electrical equipment and loaded it into the family car. Then one of the attackers forced the daughter-in-law into a bedroom and raped her before they fled the scene in the family car, which was found abandoned shortly after by the police in Mamelodi East, Pretoria. 7 May 2008 Bejaarde egpaar op hoewe geskiet UNNAMED KIRSTENBOSCH GARDENS mother of two young children was attacked while she was jogging on the mountain. All that was stolen from her, was her wrist-watch. After spending five days in hospital, her arm was in a sling, supporting her fractured shoulder blade. She had three broken ribs, triple-layered stitches deep into her head, massive swelling and bruising, and a blood clot the size of a golf ball behind her left eye, causing her to see double. If you brought him to me now, I would stab him, she said. She cannot chew because of the blood in her middle ear, but her throat was no longer as swollen as it had been, after all the strangling. While training for the Two Oceans marathon, she saw a well-dressed man approaching along the path. She described him as black, about 30, and friendly. She greeted him, she said, and explained, "But he had seen me coming. As I ran past, he grabbed my arm, swung me around and started punching me in the chest again, and again, and again. I was screaming blue murder. He grabbed my throat and tried to strangle me. He took out a knife and showed it to me: 'You see this knife, I'm going to stick it into you . " Then he grabbed a rock and began hitting my head. I'm quite strong, but I was putty in his hands. He was completely calm he knew who was going to win this battle. He squeezed my throat, and I felt myself losing consciousness. I had tears in my eyes. I was about to die, and hadn't seen my children since finishing a PTA meeting the night before. I kept thinking: 'I've got to do something to stop him from killing me.' I screamed at him: 'I've got a baby in my tummy!' "I thought it might stop him from killing me. But he didn't respond. Then I lost consciousness." When she woke, she is not sure how many minutes had passed - she was lying on the ground. A twisted black rubbish bag had been tied over her eyes, and her hands were bound behind her back. She explained further that, "Then he said: 'Someone's coming!' and he yanked me by my legs down an embankment and into the thick bushes. I lost consciousness again, for who knows how long. When I woke he was pulling my pants off. He's a sicko he'd just beaten me to a pulp, and now he said: 'You've got a beautiful body!' He spoke in clear, perfect English," she remembered. "I lost consciousness again. I woke. I was lying on my stomach. My head was incredibly sore, my face was pressed down in the dirt. I think he attempted to penetrate me. But there was no pressure. He said: 'Wait here, I'm going to my bag to get some Vaseline. He went off. I managed to wriggle my hands free. I stood up, but I was dizzy with the pain. I stumbled, then fell to the left." She scrambled down a precipitously steep bank, down to a stream, splashed through it and collapsed behind a massive log. "I could not take one more step. I lost consciousness again." She awoke, barely 10m from where she had been attacked, but was hidden from the man if he was still there. "I wondered: 'Did I dream this? But I realised it was real. I counted out 10 minutes. I listened, and could not hear him. I heard cars, and realised I must be near Rhodes Drive. I had to make a go for it." She stood shakily and ran. "A group of workers saw me, semi-naked, bleeding, trying to pull my
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vest down to cover myself. Her hair was matted with blood. She was wet, she bled from a dozen fresh wounds and was naked from the waist down, terrified beyond words. "They were horrified. One ran to support me. All they wanted to do was protect me." They called her husband. "I've been attacked. I'm not good" was all she told him. He was at her side within minutes. "I couldn't see, my head was three times its size. I thought I was going to die," she said. Her injuries aside, she felt sick on Thursday - the result of cautionary anti-retrovirals and treatment for possible sexually transmitted diseases. "I have nightmares. I've woken up spitting grass, my face down in the dirt again." Of running again, and the mountain, she said: "I knew there were dangers, but I used to love running by myself. It was my church. "I always thought I couldn't get closer to God than on the mountain. "It was my haven, a time for reflecting, a release from the world. It was my spiritual time alone." She cannot contain a longing for revenge: "If you brought him to me now, I would stab him, so many times, till he pleaded. "But I'd carry on I just want him to hurt." 8 Feb 2008 'If you brought him to me, I would stab him' UNNAMED KLERKSDORP, ALABAMA. Two sisters aged 61 and 67 were attacked inside their house during the night and raped repeatedly in their kitchen, bathroom and bedroom in front of a 4 yr old granddaughter by a gang of 3 men. The eldest sister suffered a stroke during the attack and has become a living corpse, bound to a wheelchair. Their home was burnt down shortly afterwards and their brother died during the fire. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Dra-my-deur-Here-want-dis-te-veel-vir-my20100129 UNNAMED LA ROCHELLE butcher was attacked by a gang of three men shortly after he opened shop at around 08:00. They overpowered him and hit him twice with a butchers axe in the head before they fled the scene with R200 ($9) cash and a bag of meat. One of the blows penetrated his head to the scull. He was admitted to hospital shortly after. Johannesburg. Sat 25 Mar 2008 Slagter met eie vleisbyl aangeval UNNAMED LEEUFONTEIN, PRETORIA woman aged 35 AND her husband aged 37 AND their children, a boy aged 6 AND a girl aged 5 were attacked inside their home by an armed gang. The woman and her husband woke up at around midnight when they heard a strange noise in their bedroom and jumped out of bed. An armed gang switched on the bedroom light, overpowered them and forced them to lay down on the bed. The husband offered them money he had in a cupboard and they went with him to fetch it. He was then taken to the bathroom, tied up, and guarded by one attacker while two other attackers took the children from their rooms to the main bedroom. The daughter was taken to her father in the bathroom and the boy was forced to lie down on the bed next to his mother, before the attackers raped her. After the family was robbed, they were locked
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up in the bedroom before the The father managed to untie himself and get help. 1 Apr 2008 Robbers make son watch rape UNNAMED MIDRAND, JOHANNESBURG woman aged 44, shot execution style while alone in her home around midnight, working on her computer by gang who had ripped the security entrance gate off its rail. Nothing stolen. Smallholding Blue Hills, Midrand. 18 Nov 2008 HTTP://WWW.NEWS24.COM/BEELD/SUID-AFRIKA/0,,3-975_2429401,00.HTML UNNAMED MOOIKLOOFRIF wife AND husband AND their baby were attacked inside their home during the night. An armed gang gained entry to the premises by forcing open a window into the babys room. They picked the baby up and walked with him into the parents room and switched on the light. Each gang member had a gun in their hands when the parents woke up, and ordered the parents to be quiet. The gang tied up the hands of the parents behind their backs with their sheets and left them in their room while they searched the house. One of the attackers returned to the main bedroom and raped the mother in front of her husband and baby before they fled the scene with celphones, jewellery and a laptop at around 06:00. Mooikloof Ridge, Pretoria, Wed. UNNAMED ORCHARDS, PRETORIA husband testified in court of his horror and helplessness when he realised his wife was being raped by a gang of six armed men inside their home. He and his wife were asleep in the early hours of the morning when they woke up and saw the men in their bedroom. One of the men hit him in the face with the back of a firearm, breaking his nose and bashing the back of his head against the wall. He tried to fight them off, but realised it was hopeless when their attackers tied his hands behind his back with a wire hanger. One of the men asked if he had a gun and when he said he did not own one, asked for his wallet, his bank cards and pin number. While some of the attackers were searching the room, the husband tried to free himself, but the whole group returned and tied his feet as well. One of the attackers also pushed a pair of socks into his mouth, apparently thinking he was talking too much. One of the men tied his wife's hands behind her back and the leader of the group ordered her to kneel down. The leader pointed a firearm at the husband and told him to look away. "Where my wife was kneeling, there was a funny kind of noise. I turned around and just saw a man coming from behind and raping my wife," the husband recalled before sinking down with his head in his hands. He said his wife "was screaming like hell" throughout the whole painful, humiliating process. The gang ransacked the house and took the keys to the two family cars before leaving the scene. 10 Nov 2008. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Victim-tells-of-wifes-rape-20110202 UNNAMED OTTOSHOOP, RUSTENBURG middle-aged woman was raped and tortured to death inside her home, where her corpse was found during the afternoon. The local police superintendent said that the woman had burn marks on her stomach and arms which appeared to have been made by a steam-iron. Thur 14 Mar 2008.
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Woman found raped, murdered http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/woman-raped-and-murdered-in-her-home1.393060 UNNAMED PORT EDWARD Woman aged 47 testified in court that she had been terrified when she woke up to find a strange man armed with a large knife in her home. She had begged for her life and told him she would do anything if he spared her life for the sake of her children. The man raped her twice during which he told her he was only doing to her what her forefathers had done to his ancestors. The judge presiding this matter said that the accuseds statements indicated the rape was also racially motivated, stating, It indicates that, in this day and age, he harbours a hatred against our fellow white South Africans, particularly vulnerable women. He poses a danger to our communities, particularly to the white race. He added that the accuseds treatment of the woman as disgusting, demeaning, humiliating and appalling, both during the rape and during the trial. He said the accused felt no remorse and had pleaded guilty only because the evidence was overwhelming. Police had found his fingerprints at the scene and his DNA was found on swabs taken from the victim. The woman told the court she felt degraded, humiliated and dirty after the rape. She still suffered from anxiety and palpitations. The accused also pleaded guilty to attempted theft, housebreaking with intent to rob, and robbery with aggravating circumstances. http://www.peherald.com/news/article/2343 UNNAMED PORT ELIZABETH ITALIAN businessman aged 64 awoke to a loud sound in his flat. He screamed when the intruder jumped on the bed and started stabbing him. A resident in the complex heard the screaming, looked out of a window and saw the businessman lying on the ground. She pushed her panic button and security forces arrived within minutes on the scene. The intruder fled with a laptop and wallet which had been stolen from the businessmans flat, which the police recovered. The businessman had been stabbed twice in the chest and once in the arm, and was admitted to hospital for treatement. 20 Feb 2008 Italian businessman stabbed and robbed http://www.boerevryheid.co.za/forums/archive/index.php/t-11349.html UNNAMED PRETORIA woman aged about 30 years old was found murdered when municipal workers cut grass about 800m from the Erasmia police station during the afternoon on Monday. There were visible stab wounds on her corpse which was naked except for a bra. She was possibly raped and murdered at the scene. Her body had already started decomposing. The police do not believe this case is related to the woman murdered less than a week earlier near Gerardsville, Pretoria. The Gerardsville victim, aged between 25 and 30, was discovered around 07:00 on Thursday morning in a kneeling position along a gravel road, totally naked with her hands tied behind her knees with white rope, and her knees were tied to her feet. The white rope a pieces of material were also tied around her chest and around her neck. She had many wounds to her body
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and she appeared to have been strangled to death. Her head was wrapped in a black plastic bag, and the rest of her body was wrapped in another two black plastic bags. She was not murdered along the path where she had been dumped. 19 Feb 2008 Ng n onbekende vrou se lyk in Pretoria gekry Meisie se vasgebinde kaal lyk, met kop in sak langs pad gekry UNNAMED QUEENSWOOD, PRETORIA couple were watching television in their home at around 21:00 when they were attacked by two men who entered through the kitchen door, and beat the couple with a rock and their fists. The police spokesperson said that after they had looted the couples safe, one of the attackers dragged the wife aged 76 to a bedroom and raped her. They fled the scene in the coup les car. Queenswood, Pretoria. 27 Apr 2008 Rowers verkrag bejaarde vrou http://www.boerevryheid.co.za/forums/showthread.php?12457-Rowers-verkrag-bejaardevrou UNNAMED QUEENSWOOD man aged 70 was attacked inside his home at around 10:30 by a gardener he had employed about 8 months earlier. As the man opened the back door to hand the gardener a plate of food, the gardener took the knife off the plate and tried to stab him in the chest. They wrestled during which the man was stabbed in the left upper arm, hand and leg near the knee. The gardener robbed the man at knife point of some cash the man had planned to go and pay his rates and taxes with that morning. The gardener then dragged him to the bathroom where he tried unsuccessfully to hang the man before he fled. Netcare 911 spokesperson said that, "There was a rope with a noose close to the victim and it was alleged that the attacker had threatened to hang the elderly victim." Pretoria. Fri 10 May 2008 Tuinier val bejaarde glo aan toe hy kos bring Pta man stabbed at home UNNAMED PRETORIA-WEST man aged 44 AND his wife aged 32 were attacked while they were driving home from shopping in their pick-up truck. She related their experience and said that, We stopped at a red traffic light in Van Der Hoff way when a man suddenly jumped into the back of our truck and pushed a gun against my husbands neck. He said that I must not look back and that my husband must keep on driving. He directed my husband into Atteridgeville. While we were travelling, the man took my celphone and phoned his friends. They stopped in Maduba Street near a field. Shortly after two of the mans friends arrived in another car. Of his friends started pulling and shoving me, and I thought they were going to drag me into the bushes and rape me. My husband fought with the two men and tried to keep them away from me. While we were wrestling, a shot went off. They threw us out of the truck and then pushed the truck down the road and disappeared around a corner. A mini-bus which was transporting school children pulled over and took the husband and wife to the Atteridgeville police station, from where the police rushed the couple to the hospital. The husband had been shot in the stomach and the bullet passed through his liver, pancreas and colon. His upper arm
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and shoulder was crushed by another bullet. The pick-up truck of the couple was recovered by the police soon. The police classified this incident as a case of hi-jacking. 13 Mar 2008 Veg om lewe n hy sy vrou teen Swart Terrosriste beskerm UNNAMED RANDPARK RIDGE SCHOOLBOY aged 14 was walking home from school when a couple inside a pick-up truck grabbed him through the window of their moving vehicle. When he resisted, an attacker held him with one arm and snatched his schoolbag with another before dropping him in the road. Another motorist witnessed the scene as follows: :i saw the pick-up truck about 200m in front of me and at first i thought someone was playing next to it. But then I saw how the boy was yanked up and down. His feet were literally up and down on the ground and at one time, his shoulder was also on the ground. The witness saw how the boy nearly fell under the truck and had to roll out of the way quickly. He stopped alongside the boy, fetched his shoe and sock, and took him home immediately. The boy was admitted to hospital with injuries over 60% of his body. 23 Feb 2008 Seun beroof deur twee in bakkie http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Seun-beroof-deur-twee-in-bakkie-20100617 UNNAMED RICHMOND HILL, PORT ELIZABETH woman believed to be in her late 40s was attacked and raped in the street. Witnesses said two men had beaten the woman with a plank and had run away after various residents responded to the womans screams for help. One witness said he had looked out of his window and seen the woman lying on the pavement. By the time I managed to call the police, one assailant had gone around the block, but returned unexpectedly and started to rape the unconscious woman. The man rushed out of his building in an attempt to assist the woman. He said the police had arrived by the time he managed to get outside, but the men had already fled. Police reports said the woman was drifting in and out of consciousness and was unable to provide accurate information on her horrific ordeal. Weekend, 12 Feb 2008 Woman beaten and raped in Richmond Hill attack http://themaxefiles.blogspot.com/2008/02/crime-crime-crime.html UNNAMED RUSTENBURG woman aged 32 was hi-jacked at a street crossing by an armed gang at around 13:00 and was forced to sit on the back-seat of her car while one of the attackers drove. She was raped by the attackers on the back seat. The driver stopped along the road and also raped her before they tied up her hands and left her along the road before they drove off in her car. 13 Jul 2008 Kapers verkrag vrou (32), los haar vasgebind langs pad http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Kapers-verkrag-vrou-32-los-haar-vasgebindlangs-pad-20100617
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UNNAMED SOMERSET WEST, Dutch tourist aged 60 was ambushed in her hotel bathroom at around 01:00. Her attacker forced her into her bedroom and demanded money. After she gave him the R3600 ($400) which was in her handbag, he forced her to her bed, tied up her hands behind her back with the belt from her gown and gagged her with one of her shirts. He raped her repeatedly. At around 03:00 she lost consciousness. He tied her hands with a telephone cord and fled the scene. Somerset West. 11 Mar 2008 Nederlandse vrou in hotel verkrag http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Nederlandse-vrou-in-hotel-verkrag-20100617 UNNAMED SPRUITFONTEIN woman aged 68 was overpowered inside her bedroom at around 16:00 by a knife-wielding stranger and stabbed in the throat before he fled the scene. Nothing was stolen. Fri 16 June 2008. Bejaarde op hoewe oorval http://www.boerevryheid.co.za/forums/showthread.php?13328-Bejaarde-op-hoeweoorval UNNAMED STANFORD woman aged 36 was attacked by two men who stabbed her with sharp objects and slit her throat. Police found her body at a restaurant, where one of the attackers worked. Witnesses saw the two men running away after the crime. Cape Town. Tues 1 Apr 2008 Woman killed at restaurant UNNAMED STERPARK woman aged 27 AND her husband aged 39 were overpowered at gun-point by a gang of at least two men who broke into their home through the back door. After they had tied up the couples hands behind their backs and gagged them with cloth, they raped the woman. They had also overpowered the family gardener and tied him up. they fled the scene in the family car, taking celphones, jewellery and a computer. The police believed that two weeks earlier the same attackers were responsible for the rape of a 38 year old woman in her Flora Park home during which the woman, her daughters aged 4 and 7, and their domestic servant had been tied up and robbed. Fri 8 July 2008 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Dieselfde-rowers-verkrag-glo-2-20100617 UNNAMED TYGERBERG student was attacked inside the hospital parking area by a gang of three men, forced back into her car, and taken to an empty house in Klipheuwel where she was raped. Cape Town. 12 May 2008 Hospitaal verskerp glo veiligheid n ontvoering, verkragting UNNAMED VRYBURG woman aged 80 years was beaten repeatedly by an intruder in her bedroom after he had made himself food in her home while she was asleep during the evening. Fri 3 Mar 2008 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Inbreker-maak-eers-kos-voor-aanval-20100617
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UNNAMED WATERVAL ESTATE, NORTHCLIFFE couple were found murdered inside their lounge at around 01:00. His hands and feet had been tied up and he was full of blood. His wife was found slumped over the backrest of a couch. A woman who lived in the back of their yard, heard shots inside the house at atound 23:00 and ran across the road to call for help from neighbours. Eye witnesses reported that they had seen two men enter the house of the victims at around 20:00, and flee the scene shortly after the gunshots went off. Various items were stolen. Johannesburg. Fri 16 Mar 2008 Moord op egpaar skok rustige buurt UNNAMED WITBANK couple were forced off the road about 1km from a dam by the car of an armed gang of at least 5 men. They overpowered the couple, took them to a closeby ATM machine and forced them to withdraw all the money from their bank accounts. The police spokesperson reported the events thereafter, and said that, The couple were then taken to the dam where the man was locked into the boot while all five the gang members raped the woman. Witbank. 30 May 2008 http://www.beeld.com/XArchive/Mpumalanga/Verkrag-bende-dalk-by-moord-betrokke20100617 UNNAMED WITBANK girl aged 17 and her boyfriend had stopped at a petrol fuel station adjacent the Formula 1 hotel in town at around 19:30 when they were attacked by an armed gang. While some of their attackers held the boyfriend hostage, the rest of the gang turned their attention on her. She was sitting in the car when someone smashed her window with a hammer. She was yanked out of the car and beaten with the hammer before they dragged her about 400m from the fuel station to a dam where she was raped repeatedly by various of the gang members. While she was raped, her attackers also fisted her in the face. This was the fifth attack at this dam in one month, the police spokesperson said. The following night, a man was grabbed out from his car in De Klerk street and kidnapped. His attackers took him to the dam where he was raped by an unknown number of men. 16 May 2008 Afskuwelik verkrag http://www.eblockwatch.co.za/index.php?view=incidentsearchingmap&rowNum=1530&or der=typedescription%20desc UPTON Charlie, semi-retired accountant aged 72, was attacked by two black men inside his driveway at around 22:00 and shot dead. Only thing taken was his car keys. Rondebosch, Cape. Fri 19 Dec 2008 Friend chases after golfer shot This article was originally published on page 5 of Cape Argus on December 19, 2008 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20081219113625199C53 8278 UYS-JOUBERT Koos mechanic aged 35, AND his wife aged 38 - a social worker in the South African Police Service (SAPS), were attacked in their home at about 04:00 after an armed gang of at least three men gained entry to the house through a window. "I woke
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up when somebody switched on the light. One of the robbers was holding a gun to my head, she said, adding that, "They tied our feet and our hands with shoelaces." Suzette said their attackers terrorised them for about an hour. They also walked through the house laughing and consuming the couple's biltong, food, milk and cooldrink. She recalled that when their attackers touched her indecently and asked if there were condoms in the house, "I cried and begged them not to rape me. They told me to shut up. Then they found my police identity card in my purse and they wanted to know where my service pistol was. I tried to explain to them that I didn't carry a gun but they kept asking for the firearm, the safe, money and how many people were in the house. They took her bank card and asked her for her PIN, she said, adding that, "They said they were going to take one of us with them to draw money and if the number was wrong they would shoot us." After their attackers had put various household items, jewellery, R100 in cash and a cellphone in her car, she said that, "They shoved clothing in our mouths and tied us up with Koos's ties. Then they threw blankets and other clothing over our heads and turned up the music on the alarm clock next to my bed." They tried to flee with Suzette's car but drove into a pillar on the property. The car would not start again. "They then fled with only a DVD player, R100 ($12), a cellphone and some of my father's clothes. I tried to untie my hands but I couldn't. Koos rolled off the bed, I think in an attempt to breathe. I heard him moving around on the floor and then it was quiet," she said. When she eventually got her hands loose and could open her mouth, she screamed to the neighbours for help. When a neighbour arrived her husband was already dead. "My husband's life was taken for R100 and a cellphone," Suzette said sadly. Pretoria. 9 June 2008 'Please don't rape me' http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Please-dont-rape-me-20080608 VAN DER GRYP Loffie - 48 yr old manager of dairy farm, AND his wife Linda aged 46, AND his two sons - Bennet aged 23 AND Roelof aged 21, AND his daughter Leandre aged 17, AND Boer Booysen - a local pastor aged 65 from whom the Van Der Gryp family were renting a cottage, were attacked by a gang of 12 black men. Loffie was ambushed while walking to the dairy farms office from their nearby cottage at night before he was tied up, tortured, and bashed over the head with large stones. The gang split into groups, attacking the family inside their home at gun-point. The pastor heard suspicious noises and walked closer to investigate. He was ambushed and engaged in a gun battle, during which he was shot in the leg. While Loffie was lying tied up on the ground and bleeding with head wounds, he was deliberately shot to death. Only 5 celphones were stolen during the attack. This was not listed in the SAPS crime statistics as a farm attack but as a business robbery. Sterkfontein dairies,Tarlton smallholdings, near Krugersdorp, Cradle of Mankind region. 28 Oct 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2459934,00.html http://www.boerentrepreneur.com/farmitracker/reports/view/188 VAN DER LINDEN Retha aged 41 was driving around the school block to fetch her child at around 12: 50 when two young men stepped in front of her car. One of them pulled out
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his revolver and shot her, without saying a word. Retha drove to the school for help. The bullet had barely missed her heart and chest as it struck her in the upper arm and passed through the passenger seat. Secunda. Wed 21 Sep 2008 Koel mis vrou se hart en tref arm http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Koeel-mis-vrou-se-hart-en-tref-arm-20100617 VAN DER MESCHT Sakkie safety manager for a hotel group, was the appointed arms officer for the police up till March 2008. On Friday, the 27th of June 2008, Sakkie was part of a hunting party in the Madikwe-trust area. He was at their camp when two of his company in a pick-up truck were stopped by the police. Although they could produce their own hunting licenses, they could not provide the license of another hunter who was not with them at that time, but whose hunting gun was in their truck. After an agreement with the police that someone would take the license to them for perusal, the police left without taking any further action. Sakkie took the identity document and hunting license of the hunter, as required, to show the police and found them still on the road. He drove behind them and tried to draw their attention in order to show them the license but they ignored him. At a place where there were a couple of police vans parked along the road, Sakkie and the driver of their vehicle stopped. Some of the policemen stormed over to Sakkie, yanked open his door and pulled him out by the arm. When he objected to this treatment, he was thrown into the back of a police van. For more than an hour they drove around with him in the back of the van before taking him to the police station, where they arrested him for intimidation and crimen injuria. Sakkie was put into a crowded police holding cell along with other suspects for the whole weekend who assaulted him repeatedly and Sakkie had to use all his power to fight to avoid being raped. He was also stabbed in the head with a knife and another sharp object. A knife was held against his sex organs while his cellmates threatened to cut them off. After this, he had to sit naked on the cold celfloor for a long time before they returned his clothes. His cellmates ejaculated in the drinking water which was offered to him and the whole weekend Sakkie did not drink nor eat anything. When his wife wanted to visit him on the Saturday, she was chased away and threatened with arrest by the police. According to Sakkie, the police visited the cel only once in the morning, and once at night. Sakkie was threatened to be held imprisoned a further 7 days if he did not pleade guilty to a case of crimen injuria, which he did just to get out of the cells. Since his experience, Sakkie has been suffering from nightmares. His lawyer said that they awaited for the results of the tests on AIDS and other sexually transmittable diseases that has been made on Sakkie due to the knife that was used on him whilst he was inside the holding cell. Rustenburg. 27 June 2008 http://thenewsouthafrica.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/stryd-in-sel-om-oorlewing/ VAN DER WESTHUIZEN Juffie - receptionist aged 64, was asleep in her bed after being released from hospital for double pneumonia inside her apartment in the top storey of a black of flats when an attacker climbed up a gutter to enter her home through a window. She woke up when he sat on top of her and started stabbing her. He also fisted her
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repeatedly and cut her in the face with scissors. She was stabbed twice in the neck, once in the back, and three times with scissors between her chest bone and shoulders. With the scissors still in her back, he threw her out of her room and locked the door. Juffie escaped bleeding and barefoot in the rain, climbing down stairs to people she knew who lived in the bottom level. They phoned for help and tied a towel around her neck to stop the profuse bleeding. Juffie was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Her purse which contained R500 ($70) was stolen. Krugersdorp. Sun 27 Oct 2008 http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2008/10/soek-hulp-met-skr-in-haar-rug.html VAN DER WESTHUIZEN Michael aged 39 AND his wife Charmaine aged 38 were attacked inside their bedroom at around 04:00 when an armed gang of at least 5 men gained entry into their house through a window in the lounge and opened fire on them. Michael was shot 9 times in the stomach, legs and arms. A piece of his big colon has had to be removed due to these injuries. A bullet which hit Charmaine in the neck lodged in her lung. The gang fled the scene when Michael fired back and stole bank cards from the couple. Plot Pyramid, Pretoria. 22 Aug 2008 Rowers skiet oudtaakmaglid 9 keer op kleinhoewe VAN DER WESTHUIZEN Schalk aged 79 AND his wife Marie aged 71 were killed shortly after hosting a party to celebrate her 71st birthday. Marie had been saying goodbye to the last guests and, when she went back into the house, she witnessed a gang of at least two men bludgeoning her husband with a hammer. A neighbour discovered their bodies next morning. Their corpses were found the following morning with various stab wounds in the faces and on their bodies. Schalk was found in the scullery, and Marie was found in the lounge with a bedspread covering her. In the plea and sentence agreement with the State, two men admitted that they had broken into the Van der Westhuizens' home and attacked the elderly couple. They also admitted that neither the man nor his wife offered any resistance. Two cellphones, a DVD player, jewellery, a laptop computer, cameras and an MP3 player sas looted. Kleinmond, Cape Town. 4 Aug 2008 This article was originally published on page 8 of Cape Argus on May 14, 2009 Source:IOL http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20090514110654918C37 3926 The killing was 'senseless', says MEC http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20081111053240820C82 1401 Egpaar tuis vermoor Kleinmond pair sentenced for killings VAN GREUNEN Marius, ex-policeman aged 38, was home alone when he was shot seven times inside his bedroom at around 03:00 and died on the scene. His wallet, celphone and laptop computer was stolen. Kameeldrift smallholding, Pretoria. Sat 29 March 2008 Rowers skiet twee se pa sewe keer
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http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2297626,00.html http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2322634,00.html VAN NIEKERK Jan, trout farm caretaker aged 60, was found lying in a pool of blood at the clubhouse by his daughter when he failed to show up at home after 16:30. A gaping wound to his head led the police to believe that he had been attacked with an axe, but later they picked up a 9mm bullet casing and assumed that Jan had been shot twice in the head. He died from his injuries in the hospital the following day. Two celphones had been stolen from the clubhouse, and nothing more, not even the petty cash box in which cash was kept. Waterval Boven. Sat 8 June 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2337666,00.html Boven geskud deur moord VAN RENSBURG Este dancer aged 19 was murdered by a security guard from the company hired to protect her while her parents were away on holiday. Este was found semi-naked, raped and shot in the head on her parents' bed by their domestic helper aged 50, who was crying while she explained that when she arrived at the house, she unlocked the gate and walked around the house, adding that, "I was about to unlock the door when I saw that the sliding door was half open. I walked in and shouted: 'Morning, Este! I'm here!' The fridge was standing wide open. Then I peered into the garage and saw that her car wasn't there. I started shouting, ' Este! Este!' When I looked into her parents' room, I saw her lying on the bed like a doll and there was a pillow over her face." The helper said she had got a huge fright and ran to the neighbours across the road for help. The local police captain said that a television, a computer and Este's car had been stolen. Her handbag, cellphone, her mother's jewellery and other valuable items in the house had not been taken. The killer was caught after he withdrew the R3000 ($240) from her bank account of which he extracted the secret pin number from her during the attack. He had gained entry into her home by knocking on the door, which Este opened. Faerie Glen, Pretoria. Wed 26 March 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2450568,00.html 'She was my baby' http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2294702,00.html Dancer suspect 'highly trained' VAN RENSBURG Jemima Jackie aged 69 was sitting on her bed during the morning doing needlework and her domestic servant aged 48 was hanging up washing when they were attacked by a gang of at least 3 men. Jackie had got up to see why her poodle was barking when a man jumped towards her trying to stab her with a screwdriver. He told her he was going to kill her. Jackie fell back onto her bed, grabbed her needlework scissors which lay there and fought back while a second attacker started hitting her with a hammer. While her attackers were hitting and kicking her, she managed to activate the alarm. They shoved a knife into her mouth and told her not to shout. The alarm company phoned and Jackie managed to grab the handpiece and shout for help, at which time the attackers fled the scene. Port Elizabeth. Tues 10 May 2008
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Oumagrootjie laat aanvallers les ops VAN RENSBURG Hendrick aged 82 AND his grandson Dean Woodraffe aged 17 were murdered during an attack on their farm in which only a celphone was stolen. The killer was a newly employed farm worker who said in his defence that he was hungry, yet after his killing spree, he did not steal any food from the homestead of his victims. While he was beating Hendrick to death with a spade, Dean rushed out to save his grandfather, and was strangled to death. The killer then stole arms, cash and various items from the homestead, phoned to organise transport and fled the scene. The chairman of TAU-Central region, Scott-Dawkins, called on the local police to investigate anti-white racism as a motive for the murders, adding that, It simply is no longer acceptable that farmers are being murdered in this cruel fashion and that just a cellphone was robbed as the only motive. People dont just get murdered for something as petty as a cellphone. There must be other motives behind this and its high time that the police investigates these underlying motives much more thoroughly. Farm Zusterstroom, Bronkhorstspruit. 10 Mar 2008 http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t482866/ http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/11/old-bronkhorstspruit-farmergrandson.html VAN STADEN Stephan aged 22, was sitting down for dinner inside his home when a gang of armed men stepped inside the door and shot him without warning in the chest. The bullet penetrated his spine and left him paralyzed. Only two celphones and a wallet containing a few rand was stolen before they fled the scene. Queenswood, Pretoria. 19 Nov 2008 HTTP://WWW.NEWS24.COM/BEELD/SUID-AFRIKA/0,,3-975_2429598,00.HTML VAN TONDER Frans South African Breweries worker aged 52, was attacked while he was asleep in his bed at around 02:30 inside his home by a gang of at least 3 men. Frans described the attack, and said that, The next moment they jumped on my bed, and on top of me and started hitting me with a steel pipe. They stabbed me with a knife in my chest, head, hands and arms, but I fought back. I must have screamed very loud, as the noise woke up the couple who live in the flat on my property, and they jumped up to come and help me. The gang then took my wallet and a few things and fled. As Frans i s a haemophiliac, he thought he was going to bleed to death. He added that, My bedroom carpet, which was snow white, was drenched with blood. My bed was also full of blood. Frans also suffered a broken scull and bleeding on the brain during the attack. The couple immediately phoned the police and ambulance services. His sister reported that the police arrived at the scene four hours later. She visited the house the following day, and found garden shears under his bathroom mat which the police had not noticed. Kameeldrift smallholdings, Pretoria. 17 Sep 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2395921,00.html Rowers slaan, steek bloeier
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VAN ZYL Jane aged 52 was waiting in her car at around 22:50 for the electronic gate to open after she returned from taking her husband to hospital, when an armed gang of at least 3 men approached her. One of them shot her through the window in the head with a .22 pistol. Jane died from her injuries in hospital. Only her handbag was stolen. It was determined later in court that the shooter was released on R400 ($55) bail while having 150 cases against him. In court, he laughed in her husbands face. Her husband said that, Its pure luck if you dont get murdered in this country now-a-days, and added that it is the system which is responsible for Janes death. Bergvliet. 13 April 2008 Moord op vrou dryf man se missie. VAN ZYL Susanna aged 77 was attacked inside her home between 17:00 and 19:00 during which she was assaulted, raped and stabbed to death with a fork. Her corpse was discovered with a bloody fork alongside it by her daughter inside the bedroom. Nothing was stolen. Aberdeen smallholding. Sat 15 Jan 2008. http://groups.msn.com/crimebustersofsouthafrica/farmattacks.msnw?action=get_messag e&mview=0&ID_Message=4088&LastModified=4675656570678159893 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2251806,00.html VAN ZYL and his wife survived an attack inside their home which led to the printing of an article which reported the statement of ex-minister Pik Botha stating that the ANC has perfected volksmoord the genocide of a nation, and that the crime in South Africa was actually a form of warfare. Mon 24 March 2008 Die ANC het volksmoord vervolmaak VARELA Jos AND his wife Maria, both aged 81, were overpowered inside their farmhouse, tied up and visciously beaten. They were saved by their farm manager who managed to free himself after he had also been tied up. Pietersburg. 21 Feb 2008 VENTER Hannie aged 25 was refused assistance by nursing staff. After her private doctor had discovered that her baby had died within her womb during the eigth month of her pregnancy, her medical aid would not cover the required caesarean he proposed and she was admitted for treatment in the maternity ward at the Rustenburg city state hospital. The doctor on duty ordered that Hannie be administered an induction pill every four hours, but the nursing staff only administered the pills every six hours while she lay amongst the women with healthy pregnancies. By 22:00 she admised the nursing staff that her labour pains were very severe, and they said they would return to her, but they didnt. Later on Hannie felt she needed the toilet, and on her way there, she saw one of the nurses who were supposed to monitor her, was sitting on a hospital bed chatting to another patient. She stated that, When I wanted to stand up from the toilet, I felt the baby coming out. The light in the bathroom was broken. I only had the light from my celphone to see by. I called and called, but no one came. After what seemed like an eternity, I phoned my friend on his celphone at the house where he was taking care of my other child. He raced over to the hospital but the nursing staff refused to allow him to see Hannie and were adamant that she was in her bed, until he confronted them about
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the phone call he had received from the toilet. Hannie said that she could hear him talking to the nursing staff from the toilet where she sat crying. He explained t hat, When I got to her, she was still sitting there, with the dead baby still attached to the umbilical cord in the toilet. It was not a pretty sight. Hannie was taken back to the maternity ward where a doctor removed the placenta, and gave orders that the nursing staff wash her, but they left her without doing so. When Hannie was transferred to another ward later on, still with her body covered in blood, she saw how some of the nurses lay sleeping on chairs which had been pushed together, covered with blankets; and in another ward, a man walking around totally naked with a drip in his arm. The following morning, Hannie phoned her friend to come to the hospital to wash her. 11 June 2008 Alleen moes sy in stikdonker toilet kraam VENTER Jan-Daniel, male law student aged 21, AND his father, Jan aged 50, were watching a television program inside their house early evening when their dog started barking and a gang of at least 3 armed men burst into their house. Jan-Daniel was shot in his upper body with a 9mm police revolver and died shortly after on the scene. Jan was tied up but managed to escape and call for help. The police found Jan-Daniel with the dog, which had also been shot, stretched out and snarling on top of Jan-Daniel trying to protect him. Various household items had been stolen and the attackers fled the scene in the family pick-up truck. The police spokesperson said that the gang was probably Mozambicans and that they had spoken perfect Mozambican-Shangaan dialect. Five 9mm bullet casings were found on the scene. Farm Blikkor, Komatipoort. 14 July 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2358144,00.html http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2358787,00.html Farmer died to protect father VENTER Piet businessman aged 56 AND his wife Wilma aged 54 were attacked inside their bedroom at around 23:00 by an armed gang of at least two men who entered the home by breaking open a sliding glass door. The gang had pistols, demanded money and asked where the safe was. They forced the couple out of bed to show them where the safe was. The couple slipped into a spare room and tried to hide. The gunmen said that the couple must come out of hiding or else they would shoot the ninety year-old grandmother, who was sleeping in another room. When the couple came out of the spareroom, they shot Wilma in the right thigh. Piet led the gunmen to the scullery, where he unlocked a door which led to the garage. As he turned around they opened fire on him. He managed to push Wilma out of the way while two shots hit their washing machine, one hit his left hand, and another bullet entered his heart before he collapsed dead on the scene. Their attackers fled the scene with three celphones and a handbag, which contained R80 ($10). The polices spokesperson stated that these gunmen were suspected of raping a 38 year old woman in her home the shortly before the attack on the Venters. Flora Park, Pietersburg/Polokwane. 25 June 2008. Sakeman in hart geskiet
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VERMEULEN Ben aged 30 AND his cousins Natasha aged 25, and Yoland aged 22, walked to Natasha's car in Kellner Street in the early hours of the morning after an evening at the Oolong Lounge. Natasha was sitting in the passenger seat and Yoland in the back seat when an unknown man tried to open the passenger door. Ben, who was paying the car guard and was still standing outside the car on the driver's side, saw two men trying to force themselves into the car. He ran to the other side of the car and pulled one of the men away from the car. In the meantime the other attacker had tried to get into the car on the driver's side. Ben went to pull him away too. "Then they were all over me," he related, and the attackers fought and wrestled with Ben. He smacked the car at one stage and shouted at Natasha, "Go Tash go!" The attackers ran away and Ben only then realised that he had been stabbed with a knife. He was cut on his left hand and was stabbed in his back and in his left side, and was admitted to hospital with serious stab wounds. Nothing had been stolen from the car. Natasha said she was very grateful for her cousin's bravery. "If you want to hang out somewhere, you have to do it at home," she said. Bloemfontein. Sat 14 Apr 2008 Man hurt as he defends cousins VILJOEN Anna aged 86, was attacked, violently assaulted, raped and "injured internally" with a small hunting knife by a man inside the home of her children while she was alone at around 17:00. The hospital spokesperson said that Anna had suffered various serious bruises and it appears she had been hit on her throat and strangled. Her knees were broken, and she had knife wounds to her body. Annas whole room had been full of blood, and the carpets, mattress and curtains had to be thrown away. Anna was connected to various apparatus in hospital before she died from her injuries a week later. Nothing was stolen. Annas daughter said the investigating officer had told them the suspect, who previously had been employed by her husband, admitted guilt to the charges, but claimed he had been "under a spell" when he committed the deeds. He had asked Anna for the keys to the safe, and when she could not produce the keys, he assaulted her. He had been in court the previous day in connection with another case of housebreak and rape. Stella farm, Vryburg, Bloemfontein. Sat 1 March 2008 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2537453,00.html Lewenslank nadat hy bejaarde vermoor VILJOEN Mollie aged 83 AND her husband Nier aged 80 had just finished watching the evening news on television when their small dog began barking. Nier had gone to see why the dog was barking when he bumped into three men who were inside the couples cottage. They had guns and a knife. "I don't have much power in my right arm and I hit at them with my left hand, Nier recalled the attack from his hospital bed, adding that, "One man's gun went off and the cartridge hit me in the face. I didn't feel it. My wife began shouting and we asked them to take what they wanted, but not to hurt us." The men wanted to know where the safe was and Nier took them to the bedroom. "Mollie has a can of gas with which you defend yourself. It was standing on top of the wardrobe
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near the door. I grabbed it and started hitting at them. A shot went into the ground. Then I sprayed. The men started coughing terribly and gasping for breath. I also did, so I grabbed a pillow and pressed it over my face." The men began running away and Nier went to see what was happening with his wife. "One man shot and Mollie fell. I thought she was dead. Her eyes rolled. I helped her to an old chair in the bathroom and there was blood everywhere... so much blood. I wondered what next... All that the thugs stole were our cellphones. I took the car keys, locked the house and went for help." Less than an hour after the attack, an unidentified man phoned a neighbour and some of the Viljoens' children on their cellphones. He said to one of the Viljoens' daughters that, "I was very angry this afternoon," and to one of the Viljoens sons that, "The 'oumiesies' is going to die," because the old man did not have any money for him. Rustenburg smallholding. Tues 14 Mar 2008 Man gets dire warning VISAGIE Mary, businesswoman aged 38, was attacked early in the morning by gunmen who had crashed through the sliding doors of her rental home and shot her to death in the stomach in front of her two little girls. Drummond, Pietermaritzburg. Sat 23 Oct 2008 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20081023115606223C58 0816 http://www.dailynews.co.za/ VISSER Andries aged 82, who recently survived cancer and a stroke, was gunned down while saving his wife of 46 years. Deborah aged 70 was about to lock up their kitchen door at around 21:00 when five men - armed with an assortment of firearms appeared and kicked, punched and jumped on Deborah as she battled in vain to keep them outside. Andries, who was getting ready for bed, heard her scream for help and raced downstairs, grabbing grabbed a small axe as he ran to his wife's rescue. Dries Visser described how his father managed to distract the attackers' attention just long enough for his wife to escape. The gunmen then opened fire, shooting his father six times at point blank range - - in the stomach, chest and under his chin - in front of his wife. Dries added that, "Even as he pleaded for his life they just continued shooting him. After he was shot, he hobbled down the passage and collapsed in front of the bathroom door where he "died in a pool of blood". Dries also said that the numerous bullet holes in the walls of the passage testified to the fact that his father had been shot at more than six times. "My father is dead and they stole a cellphone and my mother's handbag containing less than R200 ($24). It's ridiculous," he said, adding that,"It is clear that these guys were watching my parents' home. They knew what time they would go to bed and what time they locked up. They were just waiting for the opportunity to attack and kill them." The Vissers neighbour said he saw one of the men flee, reporting that, "He ran straight for the hole in the fence. We check the fence every day and it was not there when we came home. It is clear that they cut it because they wanted to attack the Vissers." Andries and Deborah's dog had been poisoned a month earlier, and Deborah apparently saw a green car hovering in front of the house three days before the attack. "It's as if
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they've been planning it for months," her godchild said. After visiting Deborah in the hospital the day after the attack, her godchild reported that Deborah was very muddled, adding that, "Ouma repeatedly told the story how Oupa lay in the passage in his own blood." Deborahs children were deeply concerned about their mother because she has heart problems and high blood pressure. Wonderboom South, in Pretoria. Tues 15 June 2008 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2358800,00.html Pensioner killed saving his wife VIVIERS Nelis aged 13 was stabbed seven times in the chest and back by a stranger inside his home while his twenty-two year old sister was bathing her three year old daughter. She went to fetch a towel when she came across a locked door which should never be locked. She thought her brother may have suffered from an epileptic fit and ran around the house in search of him to the other door of entry. She came across blood on the front of this house door and as she entered the house, a stranger held a knife in front of her and ordered her to be quiet otherwise she would look like her brother. Relating the attack, she said that, I became ice cold when I saw my brother. His hands were tied behind his back with electrical cord. Blood was streaming out from the stabwound in his eye and his shirt was full of blood. Nelis told her to do what their attacker asks. She told the attacker he could take what ever he wanted, and not to hurt any more people. He put a celphone and its charger, a watch, a mini hi-fi and a small tv into a bag and told them: Sorry and thank you, but I am coming back with more people with me, before he fled the scene. His sister walked 100m with her child and Nelis to the closest shop for help. At a stage the traumatized and critically injured Nelis said he could not breathe. His father said that when he arrived at the police station about an hour after the attack, Nelis was sitting alone without any help. A police woman had tried to call for an ambulance from a call box. Neliss father took him to the hospital in his car. By the following afternoon, the police had not been to the family home to investigate the crime scene. A knife with which Nelis had probably been stabbed, was kept inside a plastic bag by the father for the police. Bloemfontein. 7 Apr 2008 Seun (13) oorval deur rower VORRICKER Graham aged 40 stopped along the road to change his car tyre at around 02:00 when he was attacked and assaulted cruelly by a gang of five men who bashed Graham on the head and stabbed him in the neck. He died on the scene. They stole his pants and shoes, as well as the car battery, radio and spare tyre. Uitenhage. Sat 25 Feb 2008 Man langs sy motor vermoor VORSTER Juliana aged 55 AND her sister-in-law Bekkie Cilliers a heart sufferer also aged 55, were making lunch when a knife wielding man with a jersey over his head stepped into their kitchen. Juliana recognised him by his voice as a man who had previously worked on her sons cucumber farm. When she called him on his name, he took the jersey off his head and said, Granny, I am looking for money.
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Juliana gave him everything she had in her purse, which amounted to around R160 ($14). He forced the women to the study where he searched the drawers for cash before he forced them to a bedroom. Juliana related the attack on their lives, and said that, He said we must sleep. Then he just started stabbing us wildly. She motioned to Bekkie to be quiet and prayed continually. He opened the cupboard in which the safe was, then returned and stabbed us again. I kicked and hit him and tried to keep him off my sister-inlaw. Juliana was stabbed seven times in her hands, bum, head and neck before their attacker fled the scene. Bekkie did not survive the attack. Brits farm. 2 Aug 2008 Hy het ons wild en wakker gesteek WASTL Anton Toni retired electrician aged 69 AND his wife Margareth aged 67, German immigrants, were attacked inside their home at around 01:45 while they were asleep by a gang of at least two men who gained entry to their home through a back window. The elderly couple were bashed on the head and across their bodies with a spade and a crowbar. Their attackers fled the scene with stolen jewewllery and a handgun. The couple were found by their daughter-in-law who arrived at their home soon after the attack. Anton was admitted to hospital with a broken scull, and they had to wait until the early evening for the swelling to go down before they could operate on his head, Margareth suffered serious bruising over her entire body and cuts on her head, and received stitches to her mouth. Machadodorp. 26 Apr 2008 http://www.lowvelder.co.za/show_story.asp?storyid=10159 2 binne paar uur vasgetrek n wrede aanval op bejaardes WATKINS Trevor aged 57 AND his wife Linda aged 52 AND their son aged 19 were attacked inside their home at around 02:00 by a gang of at least five men. Trevor said he was asleep when the men stormed in. They ordered him and Linda to get onto a bed and tied them up. They then went to their son's room, pulled him out of bed, brought him to his parents' room and ordered him to lie on the floor before tying him up. Four of the rattackers ransacked the house, taking a cellphone, a painting, credit cards, a revolver, a mirror and the keys to the family's vehicle. The fifth attacker then began torturing Trevor with a hot iron, placing it all over his body in a bid to get him to reveal the PIN codes for the credit cards. Trevor gave them the numbers and the men left, only to return another two times to ask for the numbers again. Prior to making their getaway, one of the attackers threatened to rape Linda until he noticed that one of her breasts had been removed. "He kept putting his hand inside my vagina and telling me he was going to rape me. I could not do anything to stop him. When he saw I did not have another breast, he wanted to know what happened to it. I thought he was going to rape me, but the missing breast bothered him a lot. I think this is the reason why he did not rape me, and I am so grateful for that. I was just feeling numb," she recalled. Trevor said: "It was as if what was happening to us had happened before. It was identical to a movie I watched a year ago. They were shouting and screaming at us." Linda said all the men had guns and ordered the family not to move.
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"We did not make any noise. I was scared that if I tried screaming they were going to shoot us. We had to comply." Trevor said that after they left, he helped his wife to untie herself, and she ran to the landlord's house to ask for help. He said the incident had left the family traumatised. "He even asked what would be the effect of cancer if he used a condom. The fact that she (only has one) breast made him ask a lot of questions. I still have all the images (in my mind). After all the trauma they put me through burning me with a iron, they left the credit cards in the rubble," he said. Chartwell plot, Fourways. 13 Jan 2008 Breast op saves woman from rape WERNICH Ludwig a 76 year old emphysema sufferer who needed an oxygen bottle to breathe, AND his wife Rita aged 69 who used a walking ring to move, were murdered inside their home in a complex for the frail during the late afternoon. Their bodies were found lying on their backs trussed up on the floor next to their bed the following morning by a neighbour after Ritas walking ring was seen standing abandoned outside, the garage door wide open and the door to their home unlocked. The breather pipes had been removed from Ludwigs nose and a handkerchief shoved into his mouth. A pillow was tied tightly onto Ritas face and she had either been strangled or suffocated to death. The Wernich family car, a dvd player and some jewellery and bank cards were stolen. Their neighbours had witnessed a young, strongly built man drive out of the Wernich premises at speed wearing a hat which looked like one owned by Ludwig on the afternoon of the murders. At first the police arrested a 33 year old unemployed white fitter and turner who had been begging for money in that area earlier on, but he was released a week later due to lack of evidence, and the fact that this man could not drive a car. A strongly built 30 year old man from Ga-Rankuwa was arrested months later, who is also a suspect in the murder of the wife of a missionery who had been murdered inside her home in Potgietersrus/Limpopo a week prior to the murder of the Wernich couple. Mokopane Fri 17 Feb 2008 Wernich-moorde: Verdagte in arres Egpaar in oord vir bejaardes vermoor WEHMEYER Tertius - sheep farmer/construction company owner aged 64, was attacked by a large gang of men at around 21:00. He was stabbed and then executed while he lay bleeding on the ground. Boekenhoutskloof plot, Pretoria. 5 Nov 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2422445,00.html 20081105 Wehmeyer, Tertius, 64, Boekenhoutskloof AH Pretoria stabbed, then executed WESTENDORF Wolfgang testified in court that he and a friend had been tied up during an attack on his home by an armed gang. At one stage their leader was singing and dancing. After the gang had loaded their loot, Wolfgang was assaulted, and his friend was raped. Camps Bay, Cape 11 Feb 2008 http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/armed-man-s-victim-like-my-mother1.1024773#.UNA8wuTLT90
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http://nolstuijt.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/zulu-thugs-attack-frail-white-granny-withfighting-sticks/ WEYERS Petrus Louwrens aged 76 AND his wife were asleep when a gang of at least three men, armed with knives, broke a window to enter the family home at around 02:00 and beat the couple during which Petrus died from his injuries. A celphone, dvd player and television was stolen before the gang fled the scene. Brummeria, Pretoria. 23 May 2008 Bejaarde tuis doodgeslaan WILKEN Martin mining contractor aged 44 and his girlfriend were attacked inside his home at around 01:30 by an armed gang. They entered his home after one of the attackers climbed through a downstairs bathroom window and opened the door for his partners. Martin stood up to investigate the noise and as he opened his bedroom door he was shot twice in the chest one bullet penetrating his heart - and died on the scene. The gang forced Martins girlfriend downstairs, tied her up and hit her on the head with a pistol. She begged that they not rape her, and when they asked her for Martins car keys, she gave it to them. They loaded a video machine, a laptop and another computer, and two celphones into the car with which they fled the scene. The car was found abandoned along the Soshanguve road, north of Pretoria, the same morning. Hartbeeshoek plot, northern Pretoria. 19 Aug 2008 Rowers se koels eis man in sy slaapkamer WILKES Daphne aged 64, who lived alone, was attacked inside her home during the day by her gardener. Her corpse was found in the bathroom with stabbing wounds to her hand, arm and back. Daphne had been stabbed at least ten times with a butchers knife with so much strength and violence that it sliced through her neck. She had also been badly assaulted and bashed repeatedly in the face. Her celphone, wallet, toaster and tv was stolen. Witbank Mon 14 Nov 2008 Tuinier vas weens moord op vrou http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2431924,00.html WILSON Marge, female aged 53, AND her husband Dave aged 57, head of the geology department of De Beers mining company, were attacked inside their home at around 07:30am by 4 armed men. Marge was shot to death and Dave was shot on the right side of his chest. Nothing stolen. Quellerina, Wes-Rand. 28 Aug 2008 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afr...385121,00.html
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ABBATEMARCO Giovanni, Warmbaths owner, was reported missing on the night of 27th February 2009 and his decomposed body was discovered on the grounds of his Lodge on 25 June 2009. He had been attacked by an armed gang inside his home, robbed, bundled into his own vehicle, kidnapped and murdered. Thaba Monate Lodge, Warmbaths. 27 Feb 2009 http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=nw20090630155309515 C386649 http://news.iafrica.com/sa/393171.html ADAMS Grahame aged 51, was watching television at around 23:00 when he heard a noise at the home of his neighbours, the Fletchers. They were being attacked and robbed by an armed gang of 3 men who had tied the family up. (There were 3 kids in the family). Grahame stood up to see what was going on, and was shot through the window. The bullet hit him in the right side, and he died on the scene. The Fletchers heard the shot and a scream, after which their attackers ran away. Koelenhof smallholdings, Middleburg. Fri 13 Feb 2009 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2470930,00.html http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/02/rowers-skiet-hul-slagoffers-sebuurman.html ANDERSON Sheun aged 18 AND his father Robert aged 47, were shot by an armed gang who gained entry into their home through a kitchen window at around 1:00am. One walked directly to the main bedroom where Robert and his wife Jeanine were sleeping. Robert woke up when the attacker walked into their room and jumped out of bed. The attacker stood right next to the bed and shot Robert in the stomach. Robert was turning to find his spectacles when he was shot for the second time in the stomach. Jeanine was lying on the bed when Robert was shot. The attacker did not speak to her or ask her to do anything. Sheun woke up from the noise and was moving towards the room of his parents as the attacker came out their bedroom into the passage. They wrestled all the way into the kitchen, where the 2nd attacker shot Sheun in the upper back. The attackers then fled through the same window they had entered with a laptop they had looted. Sheun died on the scene. Robert was rushed to the local hospital in a critical condition and then airlifted to another hospital for intensive care. Wag-n-Bietjieskop smallholding, Bronkhorstspruit. Fri 25 Sept 2009 http://bbbeweging.forumotions.com/t81-plaas-aanvalle-nou-n-nasionale-sports-in-die-nsa Hy was net n kind 2009-09-26 ANGELBAUER Dianna, businesswoman aged 64, suffered severe blows to her head and was bashed, presumably with a hammer, to death by a gang inside her shop at around 18:00. Celphones and cash was looted before her attackers fled the scene. Tues 19 May 2009 http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=nw20090520152241239 C481688 Two nabbed for murder
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BADENHORST Wessel Boetie, farmer aged 55, lived alone on the farm he was born. His corpse was found with a single 9mm gunshot to the chest. Nothing robbed. His pickup van was found abandoned the following day Delareyville. 10 March 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/Home/0,,3-975_moreStories,00.htm BARNARD Mathilda, a secretary aged 39, was on a bike ride during the afternoon when she was attacked in a field. En route to meet up with her, fellow bikers first found her water-carrier on the path they were riding on.Her son Morne aged 20, was riding ahead and came across his mother, blood-soaked and unconscious, next to a barbed wire fence and her bike. She had a stab wound to the left side of her neck and blood streamed from her right arm and leg. Only her celphone was missing. The local police station commander said they were investigating a case of theft, but said nothing about investigating attempted murder. Pierre van Ryneveld, Pretoria. Wed 8 Jan 2009 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2450568,00.html BECKMANN Colin, aged 63, AND his wife Pat, aged 60 - a university sports projects coordinator, were attacked by an armed gang during the early hours of the morning. Colin had gone into the garden to put out their dustbin for rubbish collection when 3 men stormed towards him. Speaking from outside Pretoria East Hospitals intensive care unit where his wife was in a serious condition, he said the attack was over within minutes. As I was walking through the garden I saw the men running at me and heard them screaming at me to stand still. As instinct kicked in, fearing for his sleeping wifes safety, Colin immediately tackled and wrestled two of them to the ground. As he wrestled with two of the men the third pointed a gun at Colins head and tried to shoot him, but missed when Colin managed to push one of the gunmans accomplices into him deflecting the gun as it was fired. Hearing the commotion outside their bedroom, Pat jumped up and grabbed a pepper spray gun and ran down the passage straight into the man who had just tried to kill her husband. Colin said when he heard the shot and saw the men fleeing he knew something terrible had happened. When I did not see any blood I thought she was alright, but I began to panic when I saw Pat could not breathe or move. Fighting back tears, Colin said the doctors believed that his wife would be paralysed. The bullet apparently hit her spine which is now damaged, he said. Nothing was stolen during this attack. A few days later their dog was poisoned. Beckmann's daughter said when the family woke up, they found Jacey, a cross between a German shepherd and a ridgeback, lying on the floor. "She was battling to breathe and every time she stood up she would collapse. It was terrible," she said, adding that they found Jacey had vomited all over the garden, and that the police believed their dog had been poisoned with the pesticide Aldicarb, commonly known as "one step". The family were terrified by what had happened. "It is clear that whoever shot my mom did this to our dog and really wants to get into our house. They think nothing of killing, maiming and terrorising. They will do anything and everything to get what is ours, but for what?" she asked, stating that the perpetrators were ruling their lives through fear. "They are dictating how we live. They are ruining our lives and are in complete control. It feels as though we have no say over
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how we live and there is nothing anyone can do about it," she said. Pat is permanently paralized. Constantia Park, Pretoria. Wed 15 July 2009 http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20090720052925455 C177960 http://ebenvantonder.com/2009/07/17/cry-the-belover-country/ BENWETT Michelle, female aged 36, was shot at point-blank range in the stomach by 3 armed men at her front door around 21:30, and admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Waterfall, Umbilo, Durban. 12 March 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2485229,00.html 2009-03-12 Martha Smalberger, Shaun Coetzee, Michelle Benwett, shot, critical, Umbilo, KZN BERRINGTON Wilfred Roddrick aged 60, left the wedding party he was attending to fetch something in his nearby room when he was attacked and killed by two black men. Muldersdrift Avianto smallholding, Kameeldrift 24 April 2009 20090424 Wilfred Roddrick Berrington, 60, murdered at Muldersdrift Avianto rural hotel on smallholding http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2518608,00.html BEZUIDENHOUT Alexander aged 52 was mowing his lawn during the afternoon and stepped inside his house to fetch bags to throw the grass cuttings into, when a two man gang followed him into the house and shot him just below the chin to death in front of his wife in the lounge. They ripped a chain from her neck and grabbed his celphone before they fled the scene. West Beach, Cape Town. Fri 17 Jan 2009 Man shot while mowing the lawn BINGGELI Peter AND his wife were ambushed by gunmen who lay in wait for them on their farm. They arrived at their home at around 23:30pm. Peter was shot 3 times and beaten with an iron bar. He owes his life to his wife. She ran into the bush. The attackers failed to find her and fled, fearing she had called for help. Eiderdowns stolen from a wendy house on the farm were found behind rocks. It was clear the attackers had lain there for days observing the Binggelis before they struck. http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2009/11/farms-of-fear-sunday-timeslondon.html BLIGNAUT Johan - business advisor aged 54, was working as usual on his laptopcomputor in his lapa (a fenced off picnic area inside a garden) at around 05:00 when a gang of at least three men knocked off a single bar on his steel fence. Johan apparently heard noises at the corner of his backyard, and went to investigate. The gang fired several shots at Johan, wounding him in the head and neck before they left him on the ground to bleed to death. The gang fled the scene without taking anything. The laptop computer, usually a much sought-after article for armed robbers, was left untouched, said the investigating police officer. The following week, the Deputy National Commissioner
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said they had noticed the recent murders in Pretoria East and that, "We have noticed that people are being senselessly killed in their homes and the murderers do not even take any of their possessions. We are employing crime intelligence and doing pattern analysis to determine what exactly is motivating these murders." Moreleta Park smallholding, Pretoria. Sat 23 July 2009 Police: 'We have noticed that people are being senselessly killed in their homes' http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2541863,00.html 20090723 Johann Blignaut, 54, shot execution-style at rural Moreleta Park smallholding, nothing robbed http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2541863,00.html
BLONDELL Louis priest aged 70, (who was born in France, moved to South Africa in 1987 after spending his early years as a missionary in Tanzania) AND fellow priest Guido Bourgeois were attacked while they were asleep in their presbytery by a gang of at least five men. In court, one of the gang members said in a written statement he entered the house through a window and opened the door for his friends. They found Guido asleep and woke him up at gunpoint. After interrogation, Guido gave them the keys to a room in which a computer was kept, and told them that Louis also lived on the premises. They went to his room and opened his door and found him standing. He shot Louis in the neck and left him bleeding on the floor while they fled the scene with a computer, celphone, watch and R50 ($4). According to a post mortem report Louis bled to death after being shot in the neck. 7 Dec 2009 One gets used to this evil said priest before murder: http://bit.ly/qA9pYd. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Man-tells-court-how-he-shot-priest-20110727. http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1586 BORSEI Marcello popular building contractor aged 50, was sitting on a building site while writing during the day when he was attacked by three workers who hit him on the head repeatedly with a hammers, and stabbed in the chest with a screwdriver, wwrapped him up and loaded him into his pick-up truck. They dumped him along the Tugela River and set him alight with petrol. The following day, after members of the public joined the search for Marcello using their private helicopters and microlight planes, his only remains were found his scull and the palm of his hand. His attackers were caught after they tried to sell his stolen pick-up truck. His sister said that his attackers were dissatisfied about their salaries, even though Marcello paid them 20% more than the average rate in the building industry. She added that, Marcello would not even hurt a fly. He was a gentle giant. She added that the attack on his life was cruel, barbaric and inhuman. Salt Rock. Tues 17 Mar 2009 Skedel, handpalm bly oor http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2487114,00.html http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/03/skedel-handpalm-bly-oor.html
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BOSCH Marina, female, was working during the early hours of the morning when 3 gunmen stormed into her home AND shot her driver, Charles Smit, twice in the chest, and then shot Marina in her leg. Marina's husband, who managed to hide his children under blankets as the attackers rampaged through his house, said his family was terrified. "These guys shoot without asking any questions. They don't care whether you live or die," he said describing how his wife had pleaded with them not to shoot her. He said the gunmen had surprised them as the driver, Charles, was leaving. "As he opened the door they opened fire. They just began shooting," he said, adding that the worst thing was the feeling of helplessness, and that, "There is simply nothing you can do." Pierre v Ryneveld, Pretoria. 17 Jan 2009 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20090117093640543C97 4277 BOSCHOFF Reinier, a plant nursery smallholder aged 67, AND his wife Daphne, aged 60, a kindergarden teacher, woke up inside their bed during the night as their light was switched on by an armed gang of at least 3 men who had broken into their home. Renier started sitting up and was shot right through the head. They dragged Daphne through the house, demanding money, firearms, jewellery. She didn't have the key to the safe - it's kept by one of their sons - so they hogtied and gagged her, threatened her with rape, and left her lying next to her dead husband where she was discovered 4 hours later. Kameeldrift, Pretoria. 9 Feb 2009 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2467626,00.html http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ZL3Kngb81qo/SZszb6T58rI/AAAAAAAALjQ/AALzPgNcEwo/s1600h/BoshoffRenier_killed_KillerTriedToRapeHerAfterHusbandMurderFeb132009%5B3%5D .jpg BOSHOFF-SERENATA Johan aged 28, who designed and developed sporting fields, AND his seven-months pregnant wife Grazietta aged 29, were attacked inside their bedroom at night by an armed gang. The couple had only hours before completed their move into their new home in Savannah Hills Country Estate - described by residents as the safest security complex in the capital. The men, who were armed with guns and knives, apparently dug a tunnel under the perimeter wall near the N4 highway to gain access to the complex, which is surrounded by high voltage electric fencing as well as CCTV cameras. As the two prepared to go to bed, Grazietta looked out of the window because their dogs were barking and spotted two men climbing through a window. Screaming for her husband to lock and barricade their bedroom door, Grazietta watched in horror as the robbers opened fire, shooting him twice as he tried to keep their attackers out. After kicking open the door, the gunmen continued to shoot, hitting Johan again as he lay bleeding to death on the floor. As she hid in a corner to protect herself and her unborn child, one of the gunmen tried to rip her wedding ring off her finger. Unable to do so, the man tried to bite her finger off to remove the ring. He was stopped by one of his accomplices as Grazietta pleaded with him to leave her alone and allow her to take the ring off. Grazietta managed to suck her ring off her finger and give it to her attackers. As she tried to move towards her dying husband, the men beat her. Grazietta
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said the attack had felt like it was never going to end. "There was so much noise. People were screaming and shouting. I just remember Johan screaming at the men over and over again to leave us alone but they wouldn't. "He was not trying to fight them. All he was doing was trying to protect me and our unborn child, she said. "When they started shooting, he yelled and then fell. That was when they came inside. They carried on shooting before one of them jumped over the bed while the others attacked me. I was petrified. I did not know what was happening. All I could think of was protecting my baby and saving my husband. I tried so hard to help Johan but they would not let me. They kept on stopping me," she said. Following the attack, Grazietta described her husband as the most adoring man in the world, adding that the last thing he said to her was that all he wanted to do was hold his unborn daughter - those were his last words. Grazietta said they had moved to the estate because of its renowned security, only for this to happen. "It is clear that your life is never safe no matter where you live. There is no such thing as a safe place in South Africa. The proof is that I am a widow at the age of 29 and that my child is fatherless because of crime." The attackers had stolen a laptop, three cellphones and jewellery before they fled the scene. Pretoria East. Sat. 21 Feb 2009 'Your life is never safe' http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20090223063445735C61 9718 http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/02/your-life-is-never-safe.html BOTHA Jan, male aged 51 - member of the police forum committee, AND his wife Ronel came under the direct attack of an armed gang in their property at around 19:00. CCTV footage from the Botha's home security system shows a white Toyota Corolla driving past his home several times shortly before the gunmen launched their attack. The gunmen, who were armed with a Colt 45, attacked Jan as he walked towards his carport and shot him in the pelvis at point-blank range without warning. Ronel heard a loud bang and mistook the sound of the gunshot for an accident. The footage shows how the gunmen grabbed the keys of Botha's Opel Corsa, wallet and cellphone as he collapsed to the ground before one of them ran towards his wife, Ronel, as she went outside to investigate the loud bang of the gun she mistook for a car crash into their garage. She found two men standing over her husband. A gun was shoved into her face as they made demands from her, but she darted back inside her home, locked the door and sounded the alarm. Minutes later, the men drove slowly out of the driveway of Botha's home and made their escape. The gunmen abandoned the car and fled on foot when the vehicle's anti-hijacking device stalled the car. The Bothas neighbour said he was in his garage when he heard a gunshot. "As I ran outside I saw two men driving slowly out of the driveway in Jan's car. I did not know what was happening and watched as they drove off," he said. He added that the men were not in a hurry and had watched him closely as they drove off. "It was as though they were not afraid of anything. It was as though they had all the time in the world and were not scared of getting caught," he said. He went to assist Jan, who immediately told him to find his wife as he thought there was someone in the house. The neighbour kicked down the front door and found Ronel, then rushed her outside. "When I found her she was shaking. I grabbed her and a blanket and just ran. I
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did not know if there were more people inside and I wanted to get her out of the house as quickly as possible," he said, describing how they had helped Jan and covered him with a blanket until an ambulance arrived. In a media article titled 'I saw the gun... I went blank' Ronel described how, as she screamed in fear, one of the gunmen charged her down and shoved his weapon into her face as she slammed shut the front door. She screamed to her teenage son, who was inside the house, to run before she grabbed a radio linked to the suburb's CPF and pleaded for help. As mother and son charged into the bathroom, she locked the door and waited, putting herself between her son and what she thought was inevitable death. "I have never been so scared in my life. All I could think about was my son. When I heard the front door being kicked in and footsteps coming down the passage and then stop outside the bathroom I thought we were dead. I thought the man on the other side was going to shoot," she said. She did not then know that the man on the other side of the door was their neighbour who, after hearing the gunshot, had run to the family's rescue. The Ambulance Services spokesman said Jan was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. The bullet penetrated his hip on the one side, and exited the other side, and had sustained severe injuries to his pelvis from the gunshot wound. Pretoria. Mon 20 July 2009 This article was originally published on page 1 of Pretoria News on July 20, 2009 http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn2009072006343 5779C732359 Thugs shoot CPF man BOTHA Tienie, 78 year old mayoress, was found dead in her home after she had been attacked by a gang of at least six men during the early hours of the morning. Her naked body was wrapped tightly in a sheet, and her neck wrapped in a tightened noose. There were bruises on her face. Her clothes, jewellery and guns were stolen during the attack. Louis Trichardt. Thur 19 Feb 2009. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/268359#ixzz1JaNQU5or 5 bly in aanhouding n dood BRAINE Julia, female aged 62, AND her friend Rosaline Posel aged 73, were attacked inside their home around 04:00 by a 4 man gang. Julia awoke to find the men standing over her bed, two of them brandishing knives. They dragged her from her bed, hit her in her face, dragged her outside and continued beating her. Two of the men returned into the house and attacked Rosaline who had woken up from the commotion - in the kitchen and assaulted her in the face. A handbag containing R500 ($65) and some electrical equipment was looted from the victims before their attackers fled the scene. Hilton farm, Pietermaritzburg. Sat 5 July 2009 http://www.news24.com/Content/Africa/News/965/6ce4b93d39d1464abb565535 7bf7e5d2/05-07-2009%2002-07/Robbers_wake_up_woman_in_bed BUITENDAG Louise, a 43 year old mother of four, was in her car on the way back from a business meeting at around 22:00 when she was attacked by 3 gang members. As
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Louise stopped at a red traffic light, her car windows were bashed and shattered with spark plugs. She looked up into a man who said nothing as he pointed his gun at her and shot twice. A bullet lodged inside her mouth next to her jawbone and she required surgery. Pretoria. 13 March 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2485228,00.html BUYS Ben aged 83, AND his wife Louisa Snr, AND his daughter Louisa Jnr aged 40, were ambushed during the afternoon on their smallholding by a gang of at least four men who had planned the attack in detail. They hid in the garden after they had yanked the telephone wires out, and waited for the women to come home while Ben, not suspecting anything, was waiting alone inside his house. When mother and daughter arrived home, the gang approached the women, who took pepperspray out to protect themselves. The gang took the pepper spray off the women, who then ran away while the gang chased after them, caught them and sprayed the women with the pepper spray whilsed beating them on their heads with vatious weapons. When Ben enquired as to what was going on through a window in the door, the gang smashed the window, through which they pulled Ben and beat him with a broomstick. The Buys family were brutally beaten before they were locked up in the bathroom while their home was ransacked. Ben and Louisa Jnr required stitches for serious wounds on their heads and body. Maselspoort Road. 9 Nov 2009 Rowers moontlik 15 jaar tronk toe n wrede aanvalVolksblad http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2010/06/rowers-moontlik-15-jaar-tronk-toe-na.html Rowers moontlik 15 jaar tronk toe n wrede aanval CASSELS Richard had been at home with his 14-year-old son Justin and his adopted son, Eric, 20, when six armed men stormed in, stealing a television, cellphones and a pistol. They stabbed Richard before fleeing. His murder stirred widespread anger in Durban's business community, which culminated in his advertising agency placing a full page advertisement in The Mercury under the heading "why", questioning how life could be taken so easily. "This is not an advert. This is a stand we are taking in loving memory of Richard Cassels. Is this the price we pay for living in a beautiful country? Is this freedom? Is this human rights? Because if it is, you can take them all back." This article was originally published on page 5 of The Mercury on April 21, 2009 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20090421050620778C57 5571 Farewell to 'quick to smile' dad CILLIERS Doppie, a 66 year old lawyer, was murdered inside his home during the early hours of the morning. He lived on the same smallholding as his son, Johnny, who burst into tears as he related to a journalist how he had first 'run up and down like a madman' when he found father lying just inside the front door in a blood-smeared hallway at 08:00. His hands and feet were hogtied together, he had been strangled and he had also been shot in the upper body. His celphone, handgun and a hunting rifle was stolen. No other valuables were touched inside the homestead. . Bronkhorstspruit, Pretoria 16 Sept 2009
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http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2471022,00.html CILLIERS Pieter, a successful fruit farmer aged 57, was unarmed when he rushed out of bed to stop a gang from entering his house at night while his 14 yr old daughter and friends were asleep. Pieter was shot to death right through his kitchen door. He suffered 4 bullets, of which two lodged inside his chest. Nothing was stolen. Loraine, Ceres, Western Cape. 14 April 2009 http://iluvsa.blogspot.com/2009/12/more-farmers-slaughtered.html http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/d4c1074eef764775afaba7c6f42 07b46/06-12-2009-04-14/W_Cape_farmer_killed_ CILLIERS, Willouw de Klerk AND Mrs Loudine van Blerk were ambushed by a gang of 3 men as they arrived home and entered their house around 17:00. Loudine was shot dead. Willouw and the housekeeper were tied up and bundled into his car, which they crashed. The killers fetched another vehicle from the farm and bundled their hostages onto the back, which they also crashed and this killed Willouw. Farm Brandvlei, Northern Cape 18 March 2009 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=nw20090318112516482C7 25117 http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ZL3Kngb81qo/SeR3Ypuf9fI/AAAAAAAANi4/lr3xKWLPptY/s1600h/LoudineVanBlerkandtwodaughters1.jpg CLOETE Gerhardus Hermie - farmer aged 47, who had been reported missing, was found in a field, his chest naked and his trousers torched. His hands and feet tied with shoelaces. The murderers did a very strange thing: they tore off Mr Cloetes cars front and rear buffers, transported these with the body, dumped the body in the field 4km away from the car, and decorated the body with the bumpers. The back window of his car had been smashed, and blood was found on the back seat. Brits. 27 Aug 2009 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/529ec966613542f3981e81dd2715b1aa/27-08-2009%201008/Polisie_wonder_oor_lyk_in_veld COETZEE Eben aged 57, AND his wife, Suretta aged 45, were attacked at their tuck shop. Eben was pistol whipped AND shot to death. Rosashof smallholding, Vanderbijlpark 23 June 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2532461,00.html CUBB Yvonne aged 65 was stabbed 17 times by a gang who entered her home by climbing through the roof. Carolina Farm, between Chrissiesmeer and Warburton. 12 Feb 2009 COOPER John aged 48 AND his wife were attacked by a gang of at least five men inside their home at around 01:00. A paramedic from Ambulance Services said they were called to the scene at about 02:00. "It is believed that Mr Cooper woke up due to a noise in his
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house. He went to investigate and walked into the robbers in the passage. They shot him twice. He managed to run back to the bedroom, but the attackers followed and shot him six more times," said the paramedic. The gang then hit the wife while demanding money, as her husband was dying in the same room. She opened the safe and the gang fled with an undisclosed amount. John died on the scene. The paramedics found the family's Rottweiler lying on the ground. He had all the obvious symptoms of poisoning like foam around the mouth and diarrhoea. The paramedics put two drips on the dog and administered medication used for humans when poisoned. He recovered fully. Pretoria. Sun 24 Mar 2009 This article was originally published on page 3 of Pretoria News on March 24, 2009 Source:IOL http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20090324062636380C46 3382 http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/03/robbers-kill-man-assault-wife-poison.html DE BRUYN Phillip, male aged 30, was opening the driveway gate at his girlfriends home when he was shot to death by an unknown gang. They threw him into the back of his car, and raced off with him for about 100 meters, stopped and ran away to jump into their own vehicle which had been following. Phillip died en route to the hospital. Meyerton. Fri 14 De 2009 http://www.allvoices.com/s/event4802909/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5uZXdzMjQuY29tL0NvbnRlbnQvU291dGhBZnJpY2EvTmV3 cy8xMDU5LzAyYjM4Ym Man shot dead in hijacking DEDNAM Ed AND his wife arrived home while their family were beign attacked by an armed gang of at least 8 men. Their son Sean aged 36, their daughter-in-law and grandchildren - a three-year-old and a six-month-old, were in the house. The gang gained access to the house when a domestic worker was returning from the shops. Two men walked up to her and pointed a gun at her head, demanding that she open the gate to the property. Ed said he and his wife had seen two cars parked in the street and a man standing in the street outside their home. "My wife opened the car window and asked if he was looking for our domestic. He said no. I pressed the remote to open the garage and saw tools lying everywhere," he said. Assuming his son had made the mess, Ed went inside the house. When he opened the door to his kitchen he saw his daughterin-law lying on the floor with a man standing over her with a gun. He slammed the door and ran out of the house with a gunman behind him shouting that he would shoot. "I shouted to my wife to 'go, go, go' because she was still in the car and I ran to a neighbour to ask them to call the police." But his wife was not able to get away immediately. One of the men grabbed her hand and started biting her fingers to get her rings off. Another man came from the other side and bit her on the arm as she was struggling. The gang fled and the Dednams found that their daughter-in-law and domestic worker had been beaten and their son was unconscious in the passage. Ed said four men had taken Sean to a bedroom where the safe was and had asked him to
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open it. Sean had told them he did not live at the house so he did not know the code. They tied Sean up, went to the garage to look for tools, and came back to smash the safe open with an axe. Sean was then brutally attacked. He was strangled, beaten on the head with a blunt object, kicked and left for dead when he became unconscious. "They hit him and chopped four cuts in his head," said Ed. "They also kicked him. There was blood all over the show." Seans wife had been kicked in the head and chest. "It was over in a flash," said Ed, "But everyone is very shocked and my wife has to wait for HIV tests." Passports, laptops, cellphones, jewellery and the family car was stolen. Sean was admitted to ICU in a critical condition. Rivonia, Johannesburg. Sat 4 May 2009 This article was originally published on page 6 of The Star on May 04, 2009 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20090504054059982C15 0427 Rivonia man lying in ICU after attack DE JAGER Pieter, an elderly farmer, was attacked, tied up to a tree, beaten, stabbed with knives, shot and left for dead on his farm. When his wife arrived home, she was tied up, beaten and kicked as well. After the attackers stole cash, they fled the scene. It took her more than half an hour to free herself and call for help. His son reported that his father had been murdered as years of work came to fruition. The family had cleared the bush from their land, by hand and tractor, and planted 7,800 macadamia nut trees Pieter had hand-grafted each one himself. "That morning, we finished the drip irrigation system," his son added. "We said, 'Now we're ready to farm.' I was away from the house. My mother got me on the cell, she said it's a farm attack. I found my father under a tree. He died in my arms." The killers were tracked for 60 km towards Zimbabwe border. This attack was discussed in an article called South Africa - Will the commando void ever be filled? dated 19 March 2010, written by Robyn Joubert, which stated that the ANC government promised that community sector policing would replace commandos, but now the commandos are gone, and rural safety is an ever-increasing problem. The article pointed out that violent farm attacks in Ermelo, Mpumalanga, underlined the issue of rural safety, and asked whether crime is being allowed to thrive in the void left by disbanding the rural crime-fighting commandos. TAU SA regional director Piet Kemp, who farms in the area, said he was surrounded by crime. The article added that, Government promised more police but, in most places, nothing has happened. There are no uniforms, no guns, no training. There has been a big vacuum since the commandos closed. Ermelo. 7 Nov 2009 http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2009/11/farms-of-fear-sunday-timeslondon.html http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2009_11_07_archive.html http://www.yasni.co.uk/pieter+de+jager/check+people DIEDERICKS Thys, businessman aged 52, was driving his pick-up truck in traffic at around 18:00 when he was attacked by a gang of at least 4 men. They threw him onto
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the back of his pick-up and held him hostage while they drove off with him to a field, where he was assaulted further with traditional wooden weapons and left for dead. Heavy rain brought Thys back to consciousness about 3 hours later and he crawled through a field until he found help. Both his ankles were sprained, and the bones inside his hands were broken. He had also suffered a cracked scull and various head injuries which include his right ear torn off. His daughter reported that they were still taking sand out from his ears and from under his nails two days later. Louis Trichardt. Tues 29 Jan 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Kapers-val-man-aan-los-hom-vir-dood-20100129 Kapers val man aan; los hom vir dood DORNING Warwick Anthony aged 55 - doctor and recently retired senior government official, also renown history expert on the secrets of the SA 'bush war, was in his bedroom at around 20:00 when he was attacked by a gang of at least 6 men. They broke into his home through the kitchen and shot him to death. He was found in a pool of blood with a gunshot wound and declared dead on the scene. It was reported later in The Witness that among the three men arrested for his murder had been a Howick Falls SAPS-inspector Michael Sokhela. Adamshurst Farm, Howick. Sat 8 Nov 2009 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Farmer-gunned-down-on-farm-20091108 http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/farmer-killed-in-kzn-identified-1.463965 Ex KZN official shot dead Nov 8, 2009 10:38 PM DREYER Koos, smallholder aged 57, AND his wife Ria aged 59, were sleep at around 01:30 when an armed gang of at least 5 men broke into their home. Koos heard a noise and ran into the hallway where he was attacked with a short knife, hockey stick and a home-made sword. He suffered various wounds and was also chopped in his upper torso. Ria was attacked inside her bedroom where she threw what ever she could find at their attackers until she was able to reach her husbands gun and fire warning shots. Looted: a home-made sword and a pair of binoculars. Eljeesee plot, Tarlton, Krugersdorp. Sat 31 May 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2525340,00.html 20090531 Dreyer smallholders survive siege by five attackers, Eljeesee AH, Tarlton Krugersdorp
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Wednesday, 25 March 2009 7 keer in sy huis geskiet Mar 23 2009 Enkele maande voordat n Pretoriase sakeman vir die eerste keer oupa sou word, is hy sewe keer deur rowers in sy huis geskiet. Mnr. Johan Dreyer (48) is die naweek voor sy vrou, Sandra (44), vermoor nadat hy hul aanvallers ontglip het om n vuurwapen te gaan haal. Sy het vergeefs glase en CDs na die rowers gegooi. Die egpaar se hond is gif ingegee. Dreyer was die eienaar van West
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DU PLESSIS Ellen Moekie aged 70 who suffered from bone marrow cancer, was beaten to death with her own walking stick inside her home at around 08:00 by a gang of at least two young men at around Her celphone and camera was stolen. Worcester. Mon 10 Jan 2009 Kankerlyer met kierie doodgeslaan http://www.news24.com/Rapport/Suid-Afrika/0,,752-2460_2451336,00.html http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/01/kankerlyer-met-kierie-doodgeslaan.html DU PLESSIS Mari AND her mother Lettie Niewoudt were attacked inside their farmstall by a gang of at least 4 men. The women were beaten with a spanner and left for dead. Mari was also stabbed with a knife in the throat, and strangled. Blinkwater shop, Potgietersrus. 1 June 2009 ENGELBRECHT Charles, farmer aged 73, AND wife Violet aged 71, were attacked by a gang of 7 men wearing balaclavas at around 21:00. Their pets had been poisoned the previous evening. Charles was ambushed outside his home and beaten into unconsciousness with hammers, pliers and lucern hooks, and left for dead with broken ribs, nose, and serious bruising all over his body before they entered the home where
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they attacked Violet in her lounge, pulled her through the house with lucern hooks, threatened her with rape, and tied her to a chair, where they held her hostage for several hours. The gang loaded Charles onto his farm pick-up truck and dropped him off in the fields. Magogong, Hartswater. Sun 21 Nov 2009 Volksblad Man op plaas naby Botrivier geskiet ERASMUS Jeff, farmer aged 66, was reported missing from his townhouse in Dec.2009 after his locked-in dog was rescued by neighbours. A month later, anglers discovered a neatly-amputated lower-leg in the deep waterhole at Klippan. Police divers undertook extraordinary work to recover his skeleton in extremely filthy and complicated circumstances about two metres deep, some 10 metres from the shore. 6 men, of which 2 were share croppers and allowed to use his farm, have been arrested. Welkom FS Reported 29 Jan 2011 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Mensbeendere-uit-pan-geduik-20110130 ERASMUS Mark, electrical engineer aged 29, AND his wife Angela aged 29, were attacked in their garden as they arrived home in the evening by an armed gang that first robbed Mark of his wallet and celphone, then beat him and opened fire on the couple. Both needed to be operated on. Mark, who was shot in his leg and neck, is now paralized from his chest down. Vanderbijlpark. 15 May 2009. http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2520931,00.html FELLARS Bruce aged 61, was sitting in his car parked in front of his gate, as he was on the phone with his wife, when he was accosted by a man pretending to be a police officer at 19:40. Bruce had phoned his wife to tell her that a white VW Golf with a single blue light on the car's roof was parked outside their property. One of the two men in the Golf, then climbed out of the unmarked car and approached Bruce, who was still on the phone with his wife. Under the impression that the man was a police officer, he turned down his car window. The man then shot Bruce under his armpit. The two men sped off without taking anything, leaving Bruce to die in his car. Because Bruce was on the phone while the man shot him, his wife heard the shot and knew that something had happened. Bruce managed still to drive up the driveway to the house, where his wife opened the front door. Bruce walked to the lounge and took a seat on a couch, explained to her what had happened, and died moments later from the gunshot wound. Doornrandje plot, Pretoria. Mon 18 Feb 2009 This article was originally published on page 3 of Pretoria News on February 18, 2009 Source:IOL http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20090218063821925C88 1162 http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/02/man-murdered-by-bogus-policeofficers.html Man murdered by bogus police officers FICK Gillie - farmer, AND his wife Sophie were attacked at 05:45 on their farm after Gillie got into his bakkie to drive out to the fields. He looked up into 4 attackers, of which 2 had
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guns pointed at his head. They forced him onto the ground, then started smashing the windows and burglar bars of the house with a pickaxe. "I heard the glass go," says Sophia. "I took my pistol and fired three shots out through the curtains. I wasn't worried for my husband. I thought he was already dead. Then I pushed the panic alarm. The siren went off. They fired some shots and drove off in our bakkie. They dumped it at the tarmac road, where they had cars waiting." She added that, "The farmers put up a roadblock and caught some of them. We got a helicopter from friends and we spotted another in thick bush and caught him. The police were hopeless. They didn't even take fingerprints from my bakkie, though the four of them were in it." Their farmhouse, like others, is surrounded by a high electric fence. "But there's no way you can stop them," Gillie said. "They dug a hole under it. They use aerosol cooking oil or fly killer to deal with the dogs. They smash burglar bars. I've put concrete foundations round the fence. Next time, they're going to have to dig a deeper hole." Nov 2009 http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2009/11/farms-of-fear-sunday-timeslondon.html http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2009/11/farms-of-fear-sunday-timeslondon.html FOURIE Kathrina - female aged 85, was attacked by a gang of 5 armed men at around 07:00 inside her home and was stabbed repeatedly. A laptop and two celphones were looted. Goedverblijf Farm, Soutpan, Free State. Tues 19 Aug 2009 http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/0a60ae7b74314c66a6402cf928 394879/19-08-2009-10-10/5_men_attack_woman,_85 2009-08-19 Kathrina Fourie, 85, fights off five black knifemen, Goedverblijf farm Soutpan, Free State FRANKE Sigi aged 67 was found murdered on his property during the afternoon. His little dog drew the attention of his neighbour to a blanket on the Franke verandah, under which the corpse of Sigi lay with multiple giant cuts to the head. A bloody spade lay next to the blanket on the floor. Undermilkwood plot, Kinibaai. Mon 2 Feb 2009 Teken in op Die Burger http://stage.dieburger.com/Stories/Streek/OosKaap/19.0.1270027413.aspx FRANKISH Tracey-Leigh, sales representative aged 33, was attacked and killed by an armed gang of at least 3 men who had broken into her rented cottage at around 00:45 midnight. Tracey-Leigh was found kneeling in front of her bed, with a gunshot wound in the head. A cheap TV set, hi-fi and a small amount of money were the only things stolen. Johan Burger, senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, who co-authored a report on crime and public security in South Africa in 2008, said the murder highlighted how political promises had not been kept as far as the eradication of farm attacks was concerned. The conclusion we came to in our report was that there was a vacuum [in crime-fighting regarding] rural safety. Burger said this was a result of the phasing out of South African National Defence Force units, or commandos, deployed specifically to patrol rural areas in South Africa since 2003. [The phasing out] was not supposed t o
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happen until sector policing, police reservists and crime-combating units were in place. In almost all [rural areas] we visited in our research, none of this had been done, Burger added. Frankishs murder means that her seven-year-old son will grow up without a mother. Farmall smallholdings, Fourways, Johannesburg. Sun 17 Aug 2009 http://www.newsvibe.co.za/external.php?node=135471 TRACEY-LEIGH FRANKISH, MARIUS LABUSCHAGNE MURDERED, FARMALL AH FLOWER CHILD MOM S HOT DEAD http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ZL3Kngb81qo/SpMbBuLBeJI/AAAAAAAAWJY/OnhUIHAf4kQ/s160 0-h/Frankish Tracey-Leigh murdered Farmall Aug 18 2009 smallholding%5B9%5D.jpg FURRUTTER Dieter, car dealer aged 65, was murdered when he went to help his friend Wolfram Ebel, whose car had broken down on the N14 near the Diepsloot squatter camp at around 12:00. Police spokesperson related that Ebel called Furrutter, from whom he had bought the vehicle a while ago, and asked him for assistance. "While he was waiting, Ebel crawled under his vehicle to try and find out what was wrong. While he was underneath the vehicle, he heard the deceased park his car near his. A few seconds later he heard Furrutter arguing with people. Furrutter shouted: 'Leave me alone, leave me alone!' Then Ebel heard a shot and Furrutter shouting: 'Help, help, I've been shot!'" Furrutter was shot in the neck. He died 45 minutes later next to his Mercedes-Benz while waiting for an ambulance. When Ebel got out from underneath the Jeep, one of the attackers grabbed and searched him. They took his cellphone and wallet and fled over the highway into Diepsloot. 22 Jan 2009 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2455739,00.html http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/01/help-ive-been-shot.html GREIG David, livestock farmer aged 65, AND his wife, Jeanette aged 64, were attacked by 3 men who were part of a 12 man gang during the night. the couple was asleep in their bedroom when they were woken up by a gunman who forced them at gunpoint towards the kitchen, ordering them to open the door for his accomplices. Jeanette couldnt find the door keys and David was shot to death with 2 gunshots in his chest, and one in his head. Jeanette was badly assaulted and stabbed with a knife. She has lost her hearing permanently because her eardrums burst during the beating. Hartzenberg Farm, Walkerville. Fri 23 Jan 2009 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2459970,00.html http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2459983,00.html GROBBELAAR woman aged 80 was raped by six men during an attack on her farm. Magaliesberg. Jan 2009 GUBB Donald, aged 65, AND his wife Yvonne, aged 65, AND their daughter, AND their worker, were attacked on their farm at around 09:30 by a gang of at least three armed men. Donald was outside when 3 men entered the premises and accosted him. They forced him into the homestead, and tied him up along with his wife, daughter and worker.
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Donald was then stabbed in the head, clubbed over the head with a piece of iron and stabbed in the chest. Yvonne was also bashed on the head repeatedly with a piece of iron. Their attackers fled the scene with 3 celphones and R50 ($6) looted. Pemberton dairy farm, Chrissiesmeer. 23 June 2009 http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/1fc1103f4225443ca30d62f269e 104e2/23-06-2009%2010-06/Couple_beaten_for_R50,_phones HAYMAN Eddie was assaulted by 3 policemen inside his garden during the morning after they had assaulted his wife. Eddie was working with the three men he had employed when the police stopped at his home and harassed his employees, searched them, insulted them and accused them of being up the backsides of white people. They were in the process of loading the workers into their police vehicle to profile them at the police station when Eddies 7 months pregnant wife, Marcell, tried to reason with the police. However she was sworn and slapped violently on her breasts and she fell to the ground. Eddie ran over to assist his wife and was attacked by the policemen. While one man was throttling him, the others beat him with their fists and truncheons. The police also threatened to shoot their dogs. A case was opened against Eddy for assaulting a policeman and he was thrown into jail. Eddie was only released and the charge of assault against him dropped, once he had agreed to drop the charge of assault he had laid against a senior police officer - acting Moot police station commissioner Superintendent Solomons. He said he was also threatened that the police would arrest his pregnant fiance if he continued with his attempt to lay charges against Solomons. Moot, Pretoria. Fri 20 November 2009 This article was originally published on page 1 of Pretoria News on November 21, 2009 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20091121083715875C53 6273 'The commissioner slapped me on my breasts' HENERY Linda aged 48 AND her daughter aged 26 were watching television at night when three men, two with handguns and one with a sharp object, appeared in their house. One of the attackers stabbed her dog - a Jack Russell named Peanut - in the neck when he started barking. "My mom begged them to take what they wanted and not to hurt us," her daughter retold their experience. The men made the two women lie down in a bedroom on the top floor of the house and threw a bedspread over them. The daughter was able to press a panic button unnoticed. When her mother asked the attackers for some water, they pulled her from the bed and threw her hard on the floor. "I only heard her asking once, 'Please, I had a heart bypass operation, don't kick me like that!'" One of the men took the daughter downstairs to open the safe. When she came back, she took her mother a glass of water. "That was when I saw that her hands were tied behind her back." Linda had been assaulted so badly that she could barely drink the water. Her face was severely swollen. A man took away the glass of water, pushed the daughter onto the bed and tied her up with her belts. One of the men then took her mother out of the room. "She struggled and was badly injured." The daughter added that it was "only a matter of a second" before the house was dead quiet. She pressed
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the panic button a second time and searched the house. "That was when I saw only her feet sticking out of the room where she was lying on her back." She used scissors to cut the belt around her mother's arm. When she saw froth at her mouth, she turned her mother on her side and wiped it off. She then saw how swollen her mother's whole body was. "When I pressed her mouth, only blood came out. "Why did they hurt my mother so much over a glass of water?" The daughter went to look for help at an apartment building across from her house. An ADT guard came only later. "The security guard only said he was sorry. He was busy with another case." Their attackers had fled the scene with three cellphones, a leather jacket, takkies, jewellery and R50 ($6) in cash. Noordheuwel. Fri 20 Jan 2009 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2455929,00.html http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/01/mom-killed-after-threatening-call.html
HOLTZHAUZEN Saar, widow aged 64, was murdered inside her home during the night, her face and throat slashed. Looting clearly was not the motive; the key to her gun-safe was still in her hand, and her cellphone was next to her when her body was discovered by neighbours. Only a computer was reported missing from her home. Rietfontein Farm, Alkmaar, Nelspruit. Sun 11 Jan 2009 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2452222,00.html http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2455702,00.html HONEYBORNE Piet, farmer aged 50, AND his wife Bella, AND his mother Gerda aged 98, were attacked at around 01:00 midnight by 5 armed black men inside their home. Gerda was assaulted inside her bedroom. Bella heard Gerda speaking and went to investigate when she ran into gunmen in the hallway. She tried to flee but tripped over a step and called for help. Her husband, wearing only his shirt and underpants, ran to her aid and was shot to death in the chest. Bella managed to lock herself in the study and called for help. Nothing was stolen. Farm Goedehoop, Blinkpan. 1 May 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2510004,00.html 20090430 Pieter Honeyborne, 50, killed at farm Goedehoop near Bethal: two of five attackers arrested by Blinkpan police, family terrorised by squatters HOUGH Gawie, male aged 42, was overpowered at night inside his house by three black men who stole his firearm and dragged him about 600m away. They were on a footpath when they shot him at very close range in the left side of his face. He bled to death as they dragged him 15m into the bushes, rested, and dragged him another 15m where they left him under a tree before they dragged him a further 20m to a river bank. He was wearing only his underpants. This happened two months after a former employee of his brother Deon, 41, threatened him with the words: "I'll show you what I can do with a white man." Deon added that the brother of the former employee, who had also been working for him, disappeared after the incident. Both employees are from Zimbabwe. According to Deon, he sacked the one brother a few months earlier because he'd been causing
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trouble. "Two months ago, that worker phoned me and said: 'I'll show you what I can do with a white man.' I asked him what he wanted, and he replied he wanted R600 from me. "I gave the R600 to his brother to give to him. I also asked the brother to get my cellphone back, which the other brother took when he left, but it was never returned." Gawie's murderers fled with his revolver, two radios, two cellphones and about R1 000. On Sunday Deon expressed his dismay that the police did not take fingerprints at the scene. They also did not take his cellphone number in order to be able to contact him. Steelpoort Road, Roossenekal, Mpumalanga Thurs 3 Dec 2009 ] http://bbbeweging.forumotions.com/t81-plaas-aanvalle-nou-n-nasionale-sports-in-diensa http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthA...in_farm_attack JACOBS Martin Tienie, caretaker aged 65, AND his unnamed gardener were tortured to death . Tienies frail, tortured corpse was discovered by lodgers at 08:00. A wire had been tied around his neck and he had been dragged behind a pick-up truck. Nothing was looted. Zwavelpoort smallholding, Boschkop 24 Nov 2009. 20091124 Afrikaner caretaker Martin Tienie Jacobs was dragged by bakkie like a dog with a wire around his neck - Zwavelpoort AH, Boschkop double-murders: nothing robbed JONKHEID Klaas, news madia consumer expert aged 48, was kidnapped during the afternoon from a farm road near where he had been staying, tortured and torched by 4 man gang. His partially burnt corpse was dumped in a churchyard. His celphone, and the battery and spare tyre from the vehicle he had been renting, was looted. Spier wine estate, Stellenbosch. 1 June 2009 http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/b49b941b866a47f4b75a9661bc ca0355/01-06-2009%2007-06/Media_expert_found_murdered
JANSEN VAN RENSBURG Izak AND his wife Marrianne, an elderly couple, were attacked at the gate to their farmstead on returning from a church service during the day by 2 men using a hammer, stick and a hatchet for weapons. The couple were tied up and thrown on the back of their pick-up truck and kidnapped. They managed to escape after the driver made an accident. Marken, Ellisras. Sun 2 Nov 2009 http://www.nuus24.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1479/f743d91d2ce94cf9bdd43854666bdfb4/02-11-2009-0242/Egpaar_oorleef_wrede_plaasaanval KELLERMAN Bartholomeus, aged 29, realised their home was being robbed as he drove into the yard with his wife and child at around 21:00, as the lights of their home had been turned on, and the curtains drawn closed. As he drove back out of the gates, he was shot in the side of his body. Farm Stelkloof, Botrivier, Cape. Wed 21 Nov 2009 Die Burger Man op plaas naby Botrivier geskiet
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KING Candy, female scholar aged 17, was attacked by a group of about 16 schoolboys from another school outside her schoolyard while she was waiting for her mother. She was threatened and attacked with a knife, slapped repeatedly, thrown to the floor, kicked repeatedly and robbed of her celphone. Mountain View, Pretoria. 27 Nov 2009 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/c5472fbee92641aeb71246d5cae385f1/27-11-2009-1233/Leerling_voor_Pta-skool_beroof KINGMA Jacqueline - disabled woman aged 36, was bashed to death, her face crushed, and probably raped, in her home during the morning. Her brother found her bloody corpse at around 12:00 inside their mothers home. The police spokesperson reported that, Her whole face was crushed and full of blood, and her right eye was hit totally closed. The place on the carpet where she was found was full of blood. Jacqueline had been born with a back defect, and also suffered from a syndrome which left her physically and mentally handicapped. Mayfair, Johannesburg. 4 Nov 2009. Beeld KLOPPER Willie aged 51 was attacked while he was asleep in his townhouse during the night by a gang of at least two strongly built men who broke the burglar guards to a window to gain entrance into his home. They forced him to his garage where they tied him to the side mirrors of his car before dousing him with petrol and setting him alight. Willie pulled himself loose and ran through his home into the road where he collapsed. His screams Help me, please! Help me! at around 01:00 woke up his neighbours who ran to his aid.The first one on the scene, reported that, When we heard the screams, we looked through our window and saw someone sitting flat on the road. He was burning terribly. He was laying down when we got to him. He asked for water, but when we gave it to him, he could not take the glas. The skin from his arms were hanging from his fingertips. While he was still conscious, he told the neighbours what had happened to him. His car and items in his garage burnt out. Willie died in hospital the following day due to 100% burns. His celphone and wallet was looted during the attack. Rustenburg. Fri 27 Feb 2009 http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/02/wrede-moord-ruk-inwoners.html http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2477499,00.html KNOX Tjaart Petrus Piet, male aged 84, was attacked inside his bed at around 03:00 by an armed gang who broke a window to gain entry to his home. Piet was hit over the head with a firearm, shot in the chest, and left for dead. Piet lay in his own blood for over 27 hours before he was finally discovered by his daughter. His firearm and two spot lights were looted. Piet was admitted to ICU in a serious condition as one of his lungs had collapsed. Riamarpark, Bronkhortspruit. Wed 14 Aug 2009 This article was originally published on page 3 of Pretoria News on August 14, 2009 Shot man lay in own blood for 27 hours August 14 2009 http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20090814034635420 C481408
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KOEKEMOER Sarel aged 69, was in his garden during the day, where he was attacked and beaten on his head with a spade by a 3 man gang. They then dragged him into his house where he was tortured and stabbed repeatedly with a knife. Sarels daughter (an only child), found his mutilated and dead body lying in a pool of blood in his bathroom. His celphone, gun and cash was looted. Bultfonfontein smallholdings, Pretoria North. 9 Sept 2009 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/4de002454c034b859c2d8b850e127e1c/11-09-2009-0249/Hulle_het_hom_regtig_verniel%E2%80%99 KRUGER Bernadine, schoolgirl aged 15, was riding her scooter to school on a dual carriageway which was empty of cars except for the taxi on her side. Motorists on the other side of the carriageway were sitting in a gridlocked tailback and witnessed the scene as the taxi driver drove up fast behind her, honking his hooter constantly, and reered up against her bumper as he followed her from lane to lane. He then bumped her aggressively, and rode over her body twice after she flew several meters through the air. 23 Feb 2009 http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/1c793dd123234ef7b48ef00a7f0 e526a/10-09-2009%2001-19/Taxi_driver_guilty_of_murder http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2547632,00.html KRUGER Ibele, male aged 56, an IT specialist, AND his wife, Amanda, were attacked by an armed gang at their home late at night. Amanda left Ibele in the lounge watching tv and retired to bed when she heard Ibele screaming 'no, no, no' and then two gunshots. She escaped through a door in their bedroom which leads into their garden, where she was ambushed by a man who pushed a gun into her face and grabbed her celphone away, leaving her traumatised and kneeling over her husband's body, which was sprawled in the garden where he had collapsed. There was a bullet hole through his hand and another in his face and another one in his chest. Magalies Moot smallholding, Brits, Pretoria. Thurs 28 Oct 2009 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=79&art_id=vn20091031083305660C96 4430&newslett=1&em=205034a6a20091031ah KRUGER Neels AND his children were shot at indiscriminately outside their home in the early hours of Tuesday morning by a large gang. The children were saying goodbye to their friends when one of their friends noticed the gunmen who then shot at and chased the kids into their home where they continued firing indiscriminately before fleeing emptyhanded when the house alarm was sounded. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20090117093640543C9 74277
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KULI Jozseph, 70 yr old Hungarian born retired industrial chemist, was gunned down and shot to death by a gang o at least 5 armed men as he fled his bed. Smallholding Johannesburg, 24 March 2009. http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2009/05/1956-hungarian-refugee-jozsephkuli_18.html http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ZL3Kngb81qo/ShEiXjljs7I/AAAAAAAAPzY/N-aROKnQLSI/s1600h/Kuli Jozsef Hungarian immigrant killed in South Africa by thugs May2009%5B4%5D.jpg LABUSCHAGNE Danie, male aged 37, AND his wife Madelein AND their two children aged 12 and 10 were asleep inside their home during the early hours of the morning when an armed gang forced open a door and woke the parents up inside their bedroom by shining torches into their faces before they yanked their blankets off. The couple were told to get up and as Danie got up, he was shot in the stomach. He died a few hours later from internal bleeding. Celphones, jewellery, clothes and a laptop was looted before the gang fled the scene. Brakpan. Thurs 19 Nov 2009. http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/63ed02494f9745879b53ef4f68 555c94/22-11-2009-10-54/We_even_called_them_sirs 'We even called them sirs' LABUSCHAGNE Marius, was attacked and murdered for his celphone. He was living in a caravan on a plot. Only his cellphone was taken, De Beer, who has been keeping track of crime in his area said. He added that, Residents are living in absolute fear every night as the marauding gangs go about their deeds unhindered. His records show that there have been nine armed robberies and 27 burglaries in the area up to the 1 st of August in 2009 alone. Barely half of the 114 plots in Farmall are occupied; residents are starting to abandon their properties out of fear and desperation . We have no means to protect ourselves normal electric fences, beams and alarms are not a deterrent anymore. Even armed response when activated cannot guarantee that you will survive an attack from these ruthless, murdering thieves, De Beer said. And the police, he claims, are not pulling their weight because they have failed to investigate three armed robberies committed on his property alone. Farmall smallholdings, 1 Aug 2009 http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1052518 http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2009/08/tracey-leigh-frankish-33murdered.html LAMPRECHT Renier aged 43 AND his girlfriend Hannelie du Toit aged 39, were attacked inside their bedroom by an armed gang who had broken into their home. Hannelie said that Renier saw four men in the living room when he got up at around 03:30 to go to the bathroom. I woke up from his screaming. I jumped up and helped him close the door. Thats when I heard the shot. The attackers fired a shot through the door while the couple were pushing the door closed. The men then entered the bedroom and tied up the couple s hands and feet and dumped them on their bed. The attackers fled in Reniers pick-up truck, taking 3 cellphones, Hannelies handbag and a laptop computer. When Hannelie heard the men drive off, she used her teeth to free her hands which had
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been tied up with the electric wires from a cellphone recharger, and then hopped to the kitchen to cut the tie and shoelaces her feet had been tied together with. She rushed back to the bedroom to untie Renier from his bonds and to make him more comfortable before rushing out to seek help from the neighbours. She was still at the neighbours when paramedics came to tell her that they tried everything to save his life, but it was all in vein. Reniers pick-up truck was found abandoned in a nearby township by the police. Beeld newspaper reported in an article titled Oh Lord please not again that it was the second time Renier had been shot in a robbery. Three years earlier he had been robbed on his smallholding in Rustenburg, during which he was shot three times in the stomach. The paper added that the Kameeldrift community suffered heavily from serious and violent crime. Pumulani smallholding, Kameeldrift, Pretoria. Tues 23 Dec 2009 SAPS. http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/00091da2d26d4aed83558b37cd01b86c/23-12-2009-0429/Man_sterf_n%C3%A1_2de_aanval Man shot dead in robbery in Kameeldrift LANCHE Robert, a 17 yr old scholar, was shot to death during the day while riding on the back of a bakkie which was ambushed when it came under fire from a large armed gang. Randfontein Quarried. 22 Oct 2009. Read original Beeld report of shooting LE GRANGE Morne, male aged 27, was killed inside his bathroom of a high security complex during the night. His mother said she went to the bathroom at around 06:00 but turned away when she realised her son was inside. At 09:00, she tried the door again but he was still inside she then called to him and tried to speak to him but got no response. The third time she opened the door, and came across her son in the bathroom, seated on the toilet with his upper body hanging halfway across the bathtub. She touched him, realised he was ice-cold, and called the police. His corpse was covered with several bruises. Nothing was reported looted. Disselboom Park, Elardus Park, Pretoria. 22 Oct 2009 Woman finds adult son Morne le Grange, 27, dead in Disselboom Park, Elardus Park bathroom http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/55c4881035f44184bf8c2f8e3c7eb03e/22-10-2009-1151/Vrou_kom_op_haar_seun_se_lyk_in_badkamer_af_ LEGUORI John, aged 52, AND his wife Tersia aged 51, were attacked inside their home on a Sunday evening. Tersia was in bed and John was having a shower when 3 men armed with knives climbed in through a bathroom window and stabbed Tersia 3 times in her chest and John was stabbed in his head and neck. The couple were then tied up and severely beaten, bundled into their own car and taken to a deserted Caledonian river. One attacker climbed out and was studying the area while another tried to pull Tersia out the car. John managed to free himself and the couple fled under fire in their own car. Farm Tripolitania. 10 May 2009
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http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2515393,00.html Egpaar beroof, ure aangehou LEIBBRANDT Bernie - ex-cricketer aged 66, returned from visiting a neighbour at around 21:00. His 80 year old step-mother came across his corpse in front of his garage. "When he arrived at his smallholding, he was shot in the head," said his neighbour, adding that, "He even fell on the bag of potatoes I gave him. They only took his cellphone. Not his new Mercedes 4X4. Nothing, nothing. Bugger-all," said his best friend, adding that, "This was no robbery, it wasn't a break-in, it was just plain murder." Smallholding Mnandi, Centurion. Wed 28 May 2009 http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ZL3Kngb81qo/Sh-7EHe9U6I/AAAAAAAAQY/zzn1JlPOs9Y/s1600h/LeibbrandtBernie66Mnandismallholding%5B2%5D%5B1%5D.jpg LEMMER Faan Snr aged 91, who is deaf, AND his son Faan Jnr aged 67, AND wife of Faan Jnr - Christie aged 60, were attacked and terrorised by an armed gang for nearly 3 hours on their farm at night. Faan Jnr and his wife lived a large flat below the main the house where his father lived. Faan Jnr said that, They beat me to a pulp. There was blood everywhere, in an interview with Beeld. He related the attack, and said that, I had just finished showering and went up to see what was happening at the house. When I walked inside, I saw my father's light was burning. He was supposed to be asleep already. I went to look and there stood four men, Faan Jnr reported. The gang had already attacked his father. He is deaf and can't hear anything. He didn't have a clue what was going on and couldn't understand their questions. They hit him on his left leg, Faan Jnr said, adding that, They didn't say a word when I arrived. One of them took my arm and they led me out of the house. When I reached the back stoep, they started hitting me. I think it was with an iron bar. I passed out. When I came to, I was covered in blood. The men demanded lots of money and warned: If you make a noise, we will kill you. I knew if I didn't play along, I was dead. Christie was also tied up, her hands bound in front of her. The gang helped themselves to a pistol and hunting rifles from the safe, alcohol, a camera and some cash before they fled the scene. Farm workers found the injured Lemmer family at 07:00 the next day. Faan jnr needed 15 stitches to close the wound in his scalp. My arm was yellow and blue for months. I think I tried to block when they hit me. A day later, police arrested a 26-year-old Zimbabwean and recovered three of the weapons. A hunting rifle stolen during the attack was found with rhino poachers in Zimbabwe some months later. Farm Nekel, Mapungubwe. 8 May 2009 Farm attack gun used for poaching http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...ching-20100710 LE ROUX Willem builder aged 53, AND his wife Julie aged 50, were murdered inside their home by an armed gang of at least 5 men during the night. Prelimenary autopsy results show that Willem was killed by numerous blows to the head with a heavy, blunt object and was also stabbed in the heart, possibly with a screwdriver. Julie was shot in the forehead at point-blank range. The police spokesperson confirmed that both the
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couples hands were bound. The woman was found in a bedroom and her husband in a chalet on the property, about 70m from the main house. The house had not been ransacked, with a number of valuables left untouched. Police, however, did find an open safe in the bedroom and a shotgun leaning against a wall, near where Julie le Rouxs body was found. Two laptops, a celphone and a revolver was looted during the attack. The attackers fled in the familys car, which they left abandoned less than 10km from the murder scene. Police arrested two foreign nationals for the possession of the stolen goods. Hogs Hollow smallholding, Kranshoek, Plettenberg Bay. Sat 18 Oct 2009 Alleged killer winks at grieving sisters http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=487661 LABUSCHAGNE Danie, male aged 37, AND his wife Madelein AND their two children aged 12 and 10 were asleep inside their home during the early hours of the morning when an armed gang forced open a door and woke the parents up inside their bedroom by shining torches into their faces before they yanked their blankets off. The couple were told to get up and as Danie got up, he was shot in the stomach. He died a few hours later from internal bleeding. Brakpan. Thurs 19 Nov 2009. http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/63ed02494f9745879b53ef4f68 555c94/22-11-2009-10-54/We_even_called_them_sirs LE ROUX Willem aged 53 AND his wife Julie aged 50 were attacked inside their home, their hands tied beind their backs, and shot in the forehead during the weekend. Their corpses were discovered the following Monday after police traced the address of their old car which had been abandoned by their attackers at a local shopping centre. Two laptops were looted during the attack. Kranshoek plot, Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape. 13 Oct 2009 http://www.timeslive.co.za/news/article148680.ece Plettenberg Bay couple murdered at home LOMBARD Andre was murdered inside his home during the night. Police found a bloodcoated hammer in the living room on chair and a bottle half-filled with petrol next to the bed. A cup of warm coffee was in the kitchen and the bath was filled with warm watter. The kitchen had blood-spatters and there were blood-trails leading to the bedroom. No one was ever arrested in this matter. A year later, a family were murdered inside the same apartment. On the 4th of February 2010, the same room in which Andre Lombard was found murdered, was the scene of a horrific triple immoliation of the Pieterse family: The charred remains of the father, Andr Pieterse aged 40 and their son, Marco aged 9, were found together on a double bed: Marco on his stomach, his dad on his back next to him, torched to death after petrol had been poured over them. Wife Suzelle aged 38, had been battered with a hammer before she was seen by neighbours through a window, crawling around in the smouldering fire at about 06:00. She was found by firefighters on the floor next to the bed, and died several hours later at the Nelspruit Mediclinic where she worked. Police do suspect that it was a triple family-murder because there were no signs of forced entry to the apartment and nothing seemed to be missing. Their theory is
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that the father had battered the mother with a hammer before setting himself and his son alight. However, this is physically improbable as a person who is burning, would not lie still on a bed. Mrs Pieterse's lifelong friend, Mrs Daniella Kilian aged 37, said she could not believe that Andre could have done something like that to his son: 'he adored his son,' she said.Suzelle and Marco always called him 'Pappa Bear' because he was such a loving, calm person. Nelspruit. 4 May 2009 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Pa-40-brand-sy-seun-dood-20110204 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1031 LOMBARD Thyrza - famous landscaper aged 77, was attacked by a gang of at least 3 men, beaten and strangled to death with a shoe lace inside her bedroom during the night. Her corpse was found the following morning next to her bed by her domestic servant. Only her celphone was stolen. In a News24 article titled Paradise for Criminals dated 21 May 2010, reference to the murder of Thyrza was made, and it was reported that the local agricultural community is shocked and dismayed, describing South Africa as 'a paradise for criminals'. This is not far from wrong: more than 50 people a day are murdered and another 40 people a day are killed in violence-driven crime. Edwin Rowles, chairman of the armed neighbourhood watch for the agricultural smallholdings in the region, said that they have lodged countless appeals with the police for better rural security. Their local police station has only two police officers on duty and often when farms are attacked, the police do not show up for hours. Clarens, Free State. Sun 19 June 2009 http://www.boerevryheid.co.za/forums/showthread.php?16840-Verwurg-vir-n-selfoon http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2501194,00.html Verwurg vir n selfoon LOTTER Alice, mother aged 74, AND daughter, Helen Lotter aged 57, were both tortured to death inside their home at night during a 3 hour ordeal by a gang of at least two men using broken bottles, knives and scissors. Helen was stabbed repeatedly with a broken bottle, in her anus and vagina. Her cervix and womb was carved out and her teeth bashed out. Her face and body covered with lacerations and bruises. Both women were still alive when SAPS warrant officer Frederik Meintjies, a photographer for the SAPS criminal records centre, arrived at the Lotter home. At the backdoor he found Helen, her face covered in blood, bloodied t shirt and naked underbody covered in blood. A bloodied knife and scissors were found at the scene as well as bloodied beerglass shards lying near Helens legs. Alice was leaning against a diningroom chair just about to fall over. Their two dogs were found locked in a room. The policeman who found them testified that, Miss Helen Lotter was so badly injured that I found two large pieces of her body fat the size of my hand lying next to her on the kitchen floor where she was found covered in blood. Helen could not speak due to her injuries, and reacted by squeezing his hand. Alice suffered gaping stab wounds to her neck, hands and arms, and died by suffocation from breathing in the blood which entered her windpipe while she breathed several hours later in hospital. Helen died several days later after being admitted to hospital from her wounds. R27 ($3) and a radio which was later found behind a tree on the premises
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was looted. According to an article in the Censorbugbear website, a Kill-Boer slogan was daubed with the victims blood on the wall of the Lotter home, and during the court appearance of the Lotter attackers, the local ANC-mayor had organised a counterdemonstration against a local white farmer who was appearing in court at the same time while totally ignoring the horror these two white women had had to endure. Allenridge farm, Free State 6 March 2009 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Slagting-van-vrou-beskryf-20100602 http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2009/04/odendaalsrust-law-court-scene-ofangry.html LOTTERING Riaan aged 42, was at church choir practice around 19:45 when he received a message on his celphone from his daughter, Lunique aged 16, that there was a gang of armed men inside their home. His wife Cathy aged 41, was attacked in her bedroom, AND son Tyran aged 11 was taken from the loung into his mothe rs bedroom, where their hands were tied up with cable ties behind their backs. Riaan arrived on the scene with other church members and the police force in tow. He was shot by one of the attackers through the door of his vehicle and sustained a bullet wound in his thigh. Montana, Pretoria. 27 Aug 2009 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/5e2ea0b4f89a4fd6a375576b0ed4bbe9/27-08-2009%201208/SMS_aan_pa_in_kerk_red_gesin_se_lewe Link LOTTERIE Wilhelm aged 65, AND his sons Piet AND Neels, AND his daughter-in-law Jessica aged 23 along with her newly born baby, were attacked on their smallholding. A 5 man gang had set alight the field across from their home to attract the men out of the house before they entered the homestead where they found Wilhelm on the porch. He was beaten and dragged into his lounge where Jessica was forced to watch how Wilhelm was attacked and killed. After the elderly gentleman, who suffers from a heart condition and should not lie down flat, was pushed down to the floor, his hands and feet were tied up behind him and his pants were pulled down to beneath his knees. He was kicked, pistol whipped and severely beaten before he was suffocated to death. Piet and Neels were ambushed as they returned home, overpowered and trussed up separately in the bathroom and toilet. Cash, celphones and electrical products were looted before the gang fled in the family car. Doornfontein, Pretoria. 25 Aug 2009 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Rowers-skop-slaan-man-dood-20090825 20090825 Wilhelm Lotterie, 65, beaten to death, Doornfontein smallholdings LUBBE Chris - a 45 year old realtor, AND his life-partner Frikkie Cloete were camping out in a caravan at a farms campsite when a gang of black men, armed with knives and a hunting rifle, started hammering at their door and smashing their windows. Frikkie said when Chris went out the door to find out what was going on, he saw this bright light, heard a shot and saw his life-partner of 22 years shot down in front of his eyes. Chris was lying halfway across the entrance of the camper and probably tried to run back inside when he realised the men were armed, and then was shot in the back. The bullet
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punctured one of the main arteries to his lungs and he bled to death within five minutes. Nothing was reported stolen. Hartbeespoort resort. 4 July 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2536388,00.html 20090704 Chris Lubbe, 45, Boksburg realtor, shot dead Hartbeespoort resort. MAAS Koos aged 74, AND his wife Anna aged 72, were attacked by a gang of at least 3 black men on their farm at around 05:00. Koos walked outside and opened the gate to switch on the water pump where he was ambushed, beaten, his hands and feet tied up, and bashed to death. The killers then entered the homestead and attacked Anna, dragged her to her bedroom, and tied her up. She managed to call for help 2.5 hours later, after their attackers had fled with a firearm and some cash. Fochville farming communitys fire- and disaster committee manager Trevor Slabbert referred to the attack on the Maas couple and said that, Its unacceptable that the government pays so little attention to the suffering of commercial farmers and their families from these armed attackers. We expect someone from the government to now finally stand up after all these years and say, enough is enough, and then also do something about it, not just talk about it. Elandsfontein, Fochville 20 May 2009 20090520 Koos Maas, 74, Elandsfontein smallholder dead, Fochville, NW http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ZL3Kngb81qo/ShlpntzVEfI/AAAAAAAAQUg/UNHUawFYy6U/s160 0-h/Fochville North West on map%5B3%5D.png http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2520500,00.html MARE Chris, dairy farmer aged 44, was sitting down at the kitchen table for dinner with his wife Hildegard, AND daughters Nicolene aged 20, Sune aged 20, AND son CP aged 13, at around 19:00 inside their home, when an armed gang kicked open their back door and opened fire on them. Chris jumped up and tried to grab the nearest attackers gun, allowing his family time to flee. He was shot three times, once in the hand and twice in his torso. The attackers fled with a TV-set, three cellphones and two handbags. Rooikoppies Farm, Brits. Tues 10 June 2009 Chris Mar, 44, fights off Brits farm attackers with bare hands, saves family http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2528491,00.html MCKENZIE Charles aged 60, was walking to a funeral when he was attacked by a gang of men - mostly teenagers - and beaten to death with iron rods and bricks. Pretoria. Jan 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2540117,00.html 3 tieners vas n moord MENTZ Junior, in his twenties and son of Dawid, was admitted to hospital after he had been attacked on his farm and stabbed fourteen times. De Wets Dorp. 28 May 2009 MEYER Billy, a small-scale tomato farmer, was shot dead through the head while he sat in his house with his six-month old baby daughter and in front of his girlfriend's six-yearAttachment 15 Section C, part D
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old son, and his three year old brother at around 19.30 by an armed gang. His girlfriend was preparing the baby's bottle in the kitchen when an attacker entered through the back door. "At first I thought he was one of our workers, but then I saw the gun in his hand. He signalled me to go to the lounge where the children were with Billy. Billy was putting their baby on the floor he was shot. All the children started screaming hysterically. "The baby also started crying. I was afraid the man would shoot my children. I told him I would give him anything as long as he didn't shoot," she said. The attacker fled the scene with about R200 ($24) and her cellphone. Farmers tracked his killers for 60 kilometres towards the border with Zimbabwe but did not catch them. Sat. Nov 2009 http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2009/11/farms-of-fear-sunday-timeslondon.html http://www.boerevryheid.co.za/forums/showthread.php?3666-Farmer-killed-holding-hisbaby-Billy-Meyer MEYER Johan aged 56, closed-circuit security business owner, was shot dead inside his kitchen at night. Nothing was stolen. Mooivallei smallholding, Potchefstroom. 21 Jan 2009 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2458127,00.html MEYER Paul a doctor aged 38, AND his wife Marelise aged 32, AND their baby son Wouter, AND their friends Pierre along with his wife Sue Gallagher, were kidnapped from the Meyer homestead in various vehicles including the Meyer double-cab pick-up truck by a gang of at least 5 Mozambican men. The gang drove at breakneck speed in a 70km chase from Phalaborwa to the Mozambiquan border before they dumped their hostages along the road. The unarmed Paul was shot dead execution-style, and his wife assaulted, before the gang fled the scene in Pauls vehicle . Selati Nature Reserve, Gravelotte, Phalaborwa. 1 Feb 2009 http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ZL3Kngb81qo/SZszdvEShqI/AAAAAAAALj0/V6u9micY4WI/s1600h/Meyer Dr Paul_MurderedFarmerNr3035_PicMeyerFamilyAlbum%5B3%5D.jpg MEYER Willie farmer aged 80, AND his wife Martie aged 70, were attacked inside their home by a gang of at least 6 men armed with pistols, who arrived at the homestead inside a vehicle which carried a blue light on its roof at about 09:00. The men announced themselves as stock theft inspectors, and Willie requested them to wait outside his house, but they suddenly stormed into the house very aggressively and grabbed him by the arm. They threw him down on the ground and bashed him against the head with the butt of a pistol until his head was split open. When Martie saw what was going on, she started screaming. Attackers covered her mouth, cocked a pistol and pushed it against her forehead, the couple were ordered at gunpoint to sit on kitchen chairs while their home was searched for guns. One of the farmworkers called Mr Venter, who hired a part of the farm, for help. When Mr Venter approached, the gang ran out of the house with a celphone and wedding ring they had looted. One of the gang members fired at Mr Venter, but missed. When he tried to fire a second shot, Mr Venter slapped the gun out of his hands. One of the attackers started wrestling with Mr Venter, during which some of
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the gang members fired two shots at Mr Venter, but missed. The gang fled the scene in the blue-light vehicle they had arrived in. Farm between Koster and Lichtenburg. 18 Feb 2009 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2472220,00.html http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/02/plaaswerker-red-straks-2-oues-selewe.html5 in arres n moord op arts in Limpopo MILLS Neville - doctor aged 63, AND his wife Ria aged 61, AND his wheelchair bound son Cival - also a doctor and inventor aged 34, AND his daughter Madie - a lawyer, were attacked by an armed gang inside their home at night. Dr Cival Mills has been unable to move anything except his eyes and the thumb and index finger of his left hand ever since he was injured eight yearsearlier in a traffic accident, as the accidents injuries left him with the locked-in syndrome (a neurological complication whereby a patient loses all voluntary muscle function except for the ability to move the eyelids). Neville had retired to bed when the gang stormed into the family home, where they found Ria and Cival amd shouted, Do you want to die today? to them. They ripped off Civals patented cellphone for paraplegics he had designed himself from around his neck, and pushed a handgun to his head. Madie related the attack, and said that, They told my mom they are going to shoot Cival dead. My mom screamed, and this alerted my dad who was on his bed. He jumped up and rushed to the living room and when the gunmen saw him they shot him down. Then they screamed at my mother Are you happy now? While Neville was lying on the floor, bleeding and critically injured, the gunmen calmly took the family cellphones and laptop-computers and strolled out of the sliding door they had broken through to get into the house. Neville was rushed to Unitas Hospital where one kidney was removed during a six-hour surgical procedure and his stomach, which also was struck by the bullet, required repairs. Evander. 17 July 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2540163,00.html Memoir by Dr Cival Mills Becomes an Overnight Bestseller http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2009/07/dr-neville-mills-of-evandercrically.html MYBURG Anna, AND Daughter-in-law Edri Mynhardt aged 26, AND their housekeeper Paulina Moyana were overpowered from home and kidnapped in the morning by a gang of at least two men. Anna was assaulted, stabbed with a knife, and burned extensively on her face and body with a steam iron when Adri unwittingly walked in on this attack and was assaulted, beaten, her clothes stripped. All three women were dumped into the car and driven 53km before the Myburgs were thrown out. Edri was shot in the mouth execution style, but survived because the bullet had entered between her nose and lip and shattered her left jaw, shattered several bones in her face. It then wedged between her scull behind her left ear.Her mother was also shot in the head, and that bullet also needed to be removed. The men then drove off with the housekeeper, leaving the two women for dead along the roadside. They crashed the car which left Paulina paralysed.
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Speaking about their six-and-a-half-hour ordeal, Edri said she could clearly recall everything that happened. "I remember being pushed next to the tree and the men walking towards us and shooting. Mom tried to ask them to phone Dad to say goodbye, but they would not let her. They didn't say anything except the one who laughed and grinned at me. Then he just shot. I remember my mom turning her head as the man pushed the gun against her head and shot. That was it. I remember the blood. I screamed and begged to live. I remember crying and telling them I have children and then going strangely calm," she said, describing how a surreal deathly quietness descended over her. Praying over and over again to survive so that she could watch her children grow up, Edri said she felt a "white light" surround her as one of the gunmen pointed a gun at her and shot her in the face. "When the gun went off I knew in my heart I was not going to die. I knew I was going to be all right. I knew I was going to survive. I knew it was not going to be my last day on Earth. There was a loud bang and then nothing. Everything was quiet." After regaining consciousness as her attackers fled, Edri saw Annas body sprawled in a bloody heap behind a tree, and she began running. "When I woke up and saw her on the ground I thought she was dead. When I heard the gunshot go off and saw her fall I thought she was gone." Ripping off her T-shirt and pants to stop the bleeding, Edri stumbled, crawled and ran nearly 15km through thick bush to a nearby church for help. A farmer driving to Bronkhorstspruit for a doctor's appointment spotted her and took her and Anna to the local hospital. Describing the series of events as miracles, Myburgh said she should not be alive. "The doctors say it is a miracle that we are alive. We were meant to have survived," she said, adding that many people across South Africa were not so lucky. Describing her lack of anger towards her attackers, Adri said that, "I am not angry because I am alive to watch my children grow up and because the criminals have been caught. I have forgiven them because if I do not, then I will never be able to carry on with my life. I have made peace with God about what happened and now they have to do the same." Asked if she was planning to leave the country as a result of this incident, she said she would not. "Why must I leave? South Africa is my home and I am proudly South African. I am not afraid to say that and I am not afraid to live here." Edri's husband referred to the ordeal his wife and mother went through, saying that, "The death penalty is for criminals. These men do not deserve the death penalty. They deserve life and more." The ordeal felt like a nightmare to him. "I try to believe that this has not happened and sometimes it feels like it, but then I realise it has. Hell has opened up and released this brutality on us," he added, and that one of his wishes was to face the men in court. "I want to see them. I want to know why they did this. I want to know what they were thinking when they did this. I want them to look me in the eyes and tell me." Bronkhorstspruit farm. Sun 15 Feb 2009 This article was originally published on page 3 of Pretoria News on February 20, 2009 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20090220053643381C42 8778 http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/02/death-penalty-too-good-for-thugs.html
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NAGEL Karen, female aged 45, AND her husband Jan, were attacked at their home at night. Karen was shot when she tried to prevent their attackers from entering her home through a sliding door. Jan was shot in his hand as he protected his head. Karen died in hospital shortly after. Nothing was reported stolen. Neighbours, who saw the fleeing attackers, tried to catch them but to no avail. They live in fear and wonder who will be attacked next as such attacks are a weekly event in their area. Krugersrus, Springs. Sat 7 July 2009 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/699abee5aa714c55b7deafc32cda3809/22-09-2009-0707/Ons_sit_en_wag_om_uit_te_vind_wie_gaan_volgende_wees NAUDE Louw aged 47 AND his girlfriend were asleep inside his home at around 02:30 four days after Louw arrived in South Africa from working in Angola. They awoke when an armed gang opened fire on Louw, who was shot three times and died on the scene from wounds in his stomach and shoulder. A celphone was stolen during the attack. Deneysville. Thur 1 Apr 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2496052,00.html http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/04/sterf-terwyl-hy-vakansie-hou-in-sa.html ODELL Marinda - occupational therapist specializing with children aged 47, AND her daughter Alicia aged 17, were attacked inside their home by a gang of men during the morning. Alicia was beaten on her head with a crowbar before she was strangled and left comatized. Marinda was repeatedly stabbed before her throat was slit. Nothing was reported stolen during the attack. Noordheuwel, Krugersdorp. Wed 31 July 2009. http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/1040b827f89f422f8e6fbff49fa0 7bf2/31-07-2009%2009-07/Mom_brutally_murdered ONEAL Alan, male aged 57, AND his new bride, Hennetjie Blom aged 40, who worked at a biltong shop were attacked and brutally killed. Their garrotted bodies had been torched and were found still smouldering in a plantation, charred beyond recognition. Beverley guest-farm, Dargle, Howick. 19 June 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2531333,00.html 20090619 Alan ONeale ; wife Hannetjie Blom, 40, murdered in revenge, Beverley guest-farm, Dargle, Howick PIENAAR family were attacked by 4 armed men during the night inside their home. The attack was interrupted by family members who caught one of the attackers and handed him over to the police. However the matter was not concluded as the investigating officer had not filled in the relevant statements required for court proceedings, and the attacker was released from police custody and let free. The family has now become a hit target for retaliation attacks by the gang members. Mr Pienaar reported regarding the release of his attacker, stating that, "When I heard that the man had been released I could not believe it. I was dumbfounded. When I phoned the investigating officer he was arrogant and did not seem to care. When I told him it was because of his pathetic work that the
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gunman was free he told me he did not care about my opinion." Mr Pienaar had only been informed of the release several days after the fact, when he began asking questions after he heard rumours about the suspect's release. Mr Pienaar said: "They didn't even think to tell us, and they have yet to apologise. How can a policeman not do something so small as to make sure that a vital statement needed to link a suspect to a crime scene has been taken." He added that since the man's release, his family had been uneasy as a group of unknown men had been seen parked outside his and his parents' home twice last week. "These people came into our home the first time to kill us. Their intention was clear then, and it is even clearer now. They know who we are and where we live and they know that we can identify them," Mr Pienaar said, claiming that the police work, especially by the investigating officer, was pathetic. "When the police first started chasing after one of the suspects a lot of them stopped because he was shooting at them. Now, a vital statement linking a suspect to the crime scene has not been taken. Mr Pienaar also claimed that despite repeated calls to the investigating officer to hand over their statements, he had not been available. "The police at the time warned us to be careful about retaliation attacks, but now they have let one of these guys go. Police Sergeant Lynnette Erasmus confirmed that the suspect had been released. "He was let go because no arrest statement was taken at the time of his arrest," she said, and that an arrest statement was usually made by the first police members on the scene, and was used as part of the court proceedings to link the suspect to the crime. "It describes what he was wearing, what happened at the crime scene, the arrest process and whether he was injured or not at the time of his arrest. We will arrest the suspect once the necessary statements have been taken again from the police on the scene," she added. Queenswood, Pretoria. 16 Nov 2009 This article was originally published on page 1 of Pretoria News on November 16, 2009 Source:IOL http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20091116042822513C88 4251 Suspect freed in cop bungle PIRIE Malcolm was shot through his kitchen window in the cheeck and arm. Nothing reported stolen. Vissershoek plot, near De Wildt. 9 Feb 2009 PLOCHL Ernst, Cistercian missionary born in Austria aged 78, had dedicated the last 40 years of his life to the rural mission of Marrion Hill in South Africa, where he was found murdered during the day. Information initially given by the South African authorities was confusing: it was at first announced that he had been shot, while the word later was that he had been strangled. It is also not clear if anything was stolen during the attack on his life, nor what the motive was. Kokstad. Sun 1 June 2009 http://www.rundschau.co.at/rsooe/home/story.csp?cid=8846560&sid=75&fid=55http://oce .catholic.com/index.php?title=Congregation_of_the_Missionaries_of_Mariannhill http://w ww.griquas.com/2007/14/090.jpg
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POTGIETER Andre - journalist and writer aged 72, died from his wounds a few days after he was attacked in his bed during the night by a gang of men who assaulted him with axes, crow bars and knives. Jan Coetzeelaan smallholding, Waterbron, Bloemfontein. 19 June 2009 Skrywer, joernalis Andr Potgieter sterf n aanval http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2531294,00.html POTGIETER Cecile - a respected businesswoman aged 51, was overpowered at the gate of her home, dragged inside her house where she was viciously tortured, stabbed and bludgeoned to death. A video camera, celphone and cash was looted during the attack. Jeffreys Bay. 20 Feb 2009 Trial split of two suspects in Cecile Potgieter murder of Jeffreys Bay http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ZL3Kngb81qo/Sty4jX3UvoI/AAAAAAAAbAo/pKU70KaMxVU/s160 0-h/Potgieter Cecile trial of murder accused Oct 16 2009%5B4%5D.jpg http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2009/09/cecile-potgieterhumansdorp.html POTGIETER Dries Nollie AND his wife Stienie, were hijacked and kidnapped from in front of their home at around 18:15 by an armed gang. As the elderly couple arrived home, Stienie got out their car to open the gate. A delivery van drove up behind them and three gunmen dragged Dries from his car and pushed him up against a pole and the car was stolen. Both Dries and Stienie were bundled into the van and were driven through townships and bushes during the night for hours before they were thrown out along the road. Stienie related their ordeal, and said that, When I saw the trees and the bush, I feared that they would rape and kill us, It was so dark. After they threw us out, I took my husbands hand and told him we should just close our eyes and start walking as we heard them drive off. They found help at the home of a family nearby. Those people phoned both the Silverton and Boschkop police stations, but nobody showed up. Both charge officers responded that it was outside their area of jurisdiction, she said. Eventually they ended up at Acacia police station, whose members phoned their daughter to come and fetch them. Meanwhile their son had already also reported them missing at Acacia police station but nobody was sent from this police station to the Potgieter home to even investigate, the Beeld newspaper reported. The newspaper also established that the Silverton-police station, which initially refused to accept the charge, lies within the jurisdiction area for the Potgieter home. Now, all three police stations are investigating as to why the case was mishandled. The hijackers have yet to be found. Akasia-police station commander Supt. Sam Seleke said he cant explain why a patrol wasnt sent to the Potgieter home as soon as their son reported the elderly coupl e as missing. Apparently they couldnt find the address. Well investigate, he said. Silvertonpolice commander sr. supt. Charles Matji said its the first time hes heard of it. Hell investigate too. The Boschkop station spokeswoman, sergeant Marinda Stoltz, said a police-student was answering the telephones on Saturday-night and didnt convey the message correctly. Heatherdale smallholdings, Pretoria. Sat 19 June 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2532442,00.html
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3 polisiekantore, 1 kaping, geen aksie POTGIETER Jan, a 65 year old caretaker, was shot dead inside his home by a Zimbabwean. Villa Nora,Limpopo farm, near Ellisras/Lephalale. 21 Oct 2009 details:http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/7bbc307538f749 afae9345c95544e201/04-11-2009-12-01/Farm_attacks_may_be_linked http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/d8276acf338448709c64d5cedfc50660/21-10-2009-1130/Opsigter_by_rusoord_deur_Zimbabwi%C3%ABr_doodgeskiet POTGIETER Manie AND his wife, Helene, were attacked inside their fenced homestead at around 04:00 after their telephone wires had been cut by a gang of 4 men. As they broke down the security door of the homestead, Manie walked into the hallway to confront them, and was attacked. He rushed back into the bedroom and he and his wife tried to push the door closed, but the four attackers managed to open it slightly - and fired a shot into the room and pushed their way in. Manie was tied up with neck ties, and a gun was held to his head while Helene was dragged throughout the house while the attackers looked for valuables. One man kept saying to her: "Do you want AIDS, I will give you AIDS...'. Manie was bashed over his head with a crow bar and left for dead. The attack was interrupted by staff members at 04:30 who showed up at the Potgieter homestead to milk the cows, and the gang fled which probably saved the lives of Manie and Helene, they believe. It was found that their telephone wire to the homestead was cut - so the injured Manie first had to repair them before he could alert his neighbours. Their attackers fled with the $15 which was in the wallets of their victims, training shoes, cellphones, some tools and a camera. Many other easy to carry valuables inside the homestead remained untouched - which often is a feature of South African farm attacks: crime researcher Johan Burger of the Institute of Security Studies says the main motive for carrying out these attacks against Afrikaner whites is revenge, terror and murder, not greed. The farmers formed an impromptu tracking team which followed the men's tracks to the tarred highway about 1km away from the homestead, where tyre tracks showed that they had been picked up by a car. Koppies district, Free State. 15 Feb 2009. http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2470892,00.html Boef dreig vrou: Ek gaan jou vigs gee PRETORIUS Chris aged 42 jumped out of bed at around 01:00 when he heard strange noises in his house, and ran into his passage where he was immediately shot in the neck and chest, and died on the scene. Two armed men fled the scene, shooting wildly into the kitchen as they escaped through its window. Nothing was reported stolen. Stonehenge, Nelspruit. 25 Jan 2009 Nelspruit - "Help, they are shooting at us!" http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3975_2459367,00.htmlhttp://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/01/help-daar-wordgeskiet.html
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PRETORIUS Marius an ophthalmologist aged 70, AND his wife Lien aged 68, were overpowered in their apartment by three men armed with guns and knives. They tied up both victims with rope and ties, before trying to strangle Lien. The couple's daughter said they also tried to gouge out her dad's eyes. "One attacker sat on my dad's back and smoked a cigarette while he was tied down. My dad has horrific injuries - he may never have normal vision again." The muscles behind his eyes were damaged and specialists aren't sure whether the muscles will recover sufficiently for him to have normal vision again. The daughter also accused the police of dragging their feet, stating that people in the building where the attack had taken place, and who saw the attackers before and after the incident, had not been approached by police in a bid to gather any evidence. Speaking from his hospital bed, Marius said that since the attack almost six days earlier, police had not interviewed him about what had happened. "They only spoke to my wife. No one has been to ask me any questions," he said. Vereeniging. 15 Dec 2009 http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/99f8ec036115424ea9f00c59aa 271942/15-12-2009-07-46/Brutal_attack_on_eye_surgeon http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/12/brutal-attack-on-eye-surgeon.html PRETORIUS Willie Andries - retired building contractor aged 64, enquired about installing an alarm system into his house the night before he was murdered in his home. Earlier in the year, Willie was tied up on his bed during an attack in his home during January, and since then had suffered 4 break-ins at his house during the 6 weeks preceding the final attack in August. Willie was found on his bed under a blanket with various stab wounds, his hands tied up in front of his throat with his neck-tie. A whiskey bottle had been smashed on his head, and the butt of his .303 gun was found broken, presumably on his head, next to his body. Blood was splattered on the walls inside his house including the passage and some of the bedrooms. His television set and some meat from his fridge was stolen during the attack. During a court case in which 3 suspects were on trial for his murder, the judge said that he could not figure out in the photo of the corpse of the victim if he was looking at his eye, or his face; and referring to another photograph of Willie, the judge said that something like an internal organ was visible. The murder on Willie differs from that committed by someone who was hungry, as the attacker was employed and was not without food. Bergtuin, Pretoria. 23 Aug 2009 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/8acafd674aa3419cae43f12a763670d2/25-08-2009%200108/Gesteek_en_geslaan_in_%E2%80%98haataanval%E2%80%99 PRETORIUS Wynand, male aged 55, AND his wife Lydia aged 52, AND two of their children, Anette aged 27, AND Gerhard aged 30, AND his mother-in-law Doris Engelbrecht aged 72, AND a friend Julian Pringle were attacked and tortured by an 8 man gang during the early evening for more than 2 hours. Wynand was ambushed as he arrived at home and shot at by two gunmen but neither of their guns went off. He was beaten and while lying on the floor he was repeatedly doused with boiling water, which they even poured into his ears. He was also choked. He sustained burns for which he required surgery on his head, neck, back and chest. Doris was watching tv when her
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daughter, Lydia, entered the lounge with an attacker following her. He grabbed Doris by the neck and choked her, then used his gun to push her into the diningroom. Lydia was tortured terribly. Besides being doused with boiling water, she was also beaten with steel clippers, and sustained various injuries, including a broken nose and cheeckbones. The rest of the family sustained lighter injuries. Their attackers stole celphones, laptops, television sets, alcohol and cash and fled in two pick-up trucks, of which one was found abandoned 200m from the scene of the crime. The police investigated a case of armed robbery. Smallholding, Delmas. 25 July 2009 My gelukkige dag: 2 aanvallers se vuurwapens gaan nie af 20090625 PRETORIUS FAMILY SURVIVES BOILING WATER TORTURE IN SMALLHOLDING ATTACK, DELMAS HTTP://WWW.NEWS24.COM/CONTENT/SOUTHAFRICA/NEWS/1059/74FDBB1 7E37F433CAD1E7DDB547B9CFB/25-06-2009%201006/FAMILY_TORTURED_BY_ROBBERS PRINSLOO Johannes aged 84 was overpowered on his farm, tied up, and strangled to death. Warmbad. 18 Jan 2009 PRINSLOO Laetitia aged 54, AND her husband Doctor Duncan Prinsloo - a veterinarian aged 61, were attacked and shot inside their home while they were asleep at around 04:00 by an armed 3 member gang. Laetitia died on the scene, and Duncan had a bullet removed from his spine. Vaalbank farm, Pretoria East. 20 Nov 2009 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2445467,00.html http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ZL3Kngb81qo/SVJAdCdYq8I/AAAAAAAAJOI/jm2SsW_9iSs/s1600 -h/PrinslooDr_VetVaalbank_shotInBackDec232008%5B5%5D.jpg PRINSLOO Louis - male aged 80, came across two men in the process of breaking into his neighbours house. They beat him to death, presumably with an iron pole. Wonderboom-Suid, Pretoria. 10 July 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2537768,00.html Rowers slaan bejaarde man dood Raath Corrie AND her husband Pieter were attacked at their home by a gang of at least 4 men foreign nationals - with previous criminal records. The Raath family woke up shortly after midnight when their five dogs started barking. I saw through the bedroom window how four men were breaking the gate open, shoot our white German Sheperd, Terry, and smash the outside lights with stones, Pieter said. The men tried to smash the security glass of the front door with stones before they broke the door down. Then they held Pieter at gunpoint while physically assaulting him. They cut the electric cord of a fan, tied me up, and threw me into the guestroom, he explained. His wife hid behind a bedroom door with a dog in her arms. She described what happened when an attacker discovered her, that, He grabbed me, cut me in the face with a knife, and then dragged me around by my hair asking for money, celphones, guns and a car. After they had looted the house, the gang took Corrie to her husband. He said we must die and lifted
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the knife to stab me in the throat. I grabbed his arm and begged that he spare our lives. Then he grabbed a hammer with his other hand and tried to hit Pieter with it. I also grabbed his other arm and held him. All I could think about is that we could not die now. The lights of a police vehicle set the gang to flight after neighbours, who had heard the shots, called the police. They were cruel and it was clear that they wanted to murder. After the attack, we found my two kittens dead. We are moving today. We cannot live here any longer. Nothing was looted during the attack. Shortly after the attack, Pieter Raath had identified one of the attackers, a man identified only by his first name, Piet yet this man, who was described as the gang leader, was released on bail on 15 February. One of the other arrested gang-members identified only as Prince, is also a well-known felon who has been arrested many times and has also been granted bail numerous times in fact Prince and Piet were out on bail when they attacked the Raath family. Pieter Raath said when he enquired about the case, he heard to his deep dismay that the case had been closed because the file was empty and the investigative detective did not hold an identity parade. He also never fetched forensic photographs from the police-forensic department, and all four suspects were eventually let go, Pieter Raath said. The first team of investigators which were put on the case from the Hartbeespoort police station had mismanaged the case in a very disgraceful manner: not only was the couple forced to flee for fear of reprisals, but at one stage a stateprosecutor was allegedly bribed to drop the case, and the leader of the four-man attack team - who are illegal migrants - was released on a mere R500 ($68) bail by the Brits magistrates court. In November 2009, Pieter Raath was asked to attend an identityparade after Piet had been arrested again, on another violent crime. And again, he recognised Piet as the leader of their attack gang. The case was reopened because the local station commander and investigating detectives were transferred after the local community forum launched a community campaign to rid themselves of fraud at the police station. One matter which still raises deep concerns amongst the community is the fact that so many violent criminals still get bail far too easily and set at very low bailcosts, after which they can simply stroll out of jail and continue their criminal career immediately. Rietfontein smallholdings, hartbeepoort. 26 Jan 2009 http://www.madibengpulse.co.za/?Task=system&CategoryID=28789&HeadingText=New s+210110+corrie+raath http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2459933,00.html http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/01/hy-het-aanhou-se-ons-moet-dood.html RAUBENHEIMER Ivan aged 75 was overpowered at his home at around 07:00, tied up, and then chopped with an axe on his head and across his body. The local police spokesperson said that Ivan went to investigate why his dogs were barking when he was overpowered by three men who forced him back into his house at knife-point. After they had tied Ivan up with rope, they hit him with an axe across his body and over his head before they left him to die. A quad-bike, some dvds, electrical equipment and Ivans shotgun and revolver were looted during the attack. The police arrested Ivans attackers and retrieved the stolen items, and are searching for a fourth gang member who was
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involved in the planning of the attack. Balmoral smallholding, Bronkhorstspruit. 16 Dec 2009 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/56d0363fd5784f9fab8f237a3989ec13/18-12-2009-0134/Drie_vas_n%C3%A1_byl-aanval,_rooftog_op_bejaarde_ http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/12/drie-vas-na-byl-aanval-rooftog-op.html ROSSOUW George was attacked by a gang of five men on his farm, who burnt his with boiling water on his legs. Magalisburg. 8 Feb 2009 ROWE Alan, male farmer aged 58, was ambushed by a gang of 7 black men as he arrived home at around 20:45. One of them made a noise to deliberately distract Alan before he was attacked. His vehicle was shot at from the front and the back. Alan jumped out and ran to his fence to get to the road, but he was hunted down and shot, once in his arm and twice in his upper body. Nothing robbed,Bloemendal Farm, Rietvlei. Wednesday, 13 May 2009 MEC says farm killing was senseless.http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-71442_2516724,00.html http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=15 415 SAAIMAN Adri, female aged 23, AND her mother Elsa Pieterse aged 52, AND her 4 month old twin babies Megan, female, AND Christian, male, were attacked while travelling on a public road by an armed gang at around 10:15 who opened fire on their car. Both the babies were strapped into their baby car seats on the back seat and Elsa was sitting between them. Adri drove their vehicle after their front tyre had been shot to smitherines for about 2.5km whilst under heavy machine-gun fire from gunmen following them in another car at a high speed chase. Elsa covered her grandchildren with her body and suffered a flesh wound. Bullets damaged both the baby car seats and bedding and ricocheted through the interior of the car. Vanderbijlpark/Potchefstroom crossing. 14 July 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2538484,00.html Kaperkoels mis 2 babas net-net SCHAFER August, male aged 62, was preparing fruit preserve on his porch AND his wife Hannetjie aged 62, was having a nap in her sons bedroom at around 17:30 when they were attacked by 3 armed men. A gun was pushed against his mouth as he was told to keep quiet, and two men frog-marched him into the house as the third attacker walked directly into the main bedroom. Hannetjie heard the shuffle outside, and begged them not to shoot her husband, but one of the gunsmen laughed and said lekker! as he fir ed a shot into the left side of Augusts chest. The bullet damaged his large and small intestines, appendix and hip bone. Villeria, Pretoria.1 Sept 2009
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raise her head, they threw rocks at her, and then the couple were left alone, dehydrated, drenched in blood and weak. Staggering back to the road, they collapsed repeatedly. "There were flies all around us. The blood was caked everywhere." They stumbled across a group of hikers who came to their aid. Hermanus. 24 Dec 2009 This article was originally published on page 1 of Cape Times on December 24, 2009 Source:IOL http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20091224053146203C60 8060 http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/12/friendly-greeting-then-brutalattack.html STEYN Leon AND his wife, Hetta, restauranteurs, were attacked at around 07:00 inside their home by a gang of at least 7 men as Hetta opened the kitchen door. She was shot to death in the kitchen and Leon was shot to death inside his bedroom. Nothing was stolen. Sabie, Kruger national Park, near Nelspruit, Mpumalanga. 30 Oct 2009 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/a3a7ea28303b4f629525d120b9603373/30-10-2009-0101/Egpaar_vir_niks_geskiet Seven in the dock after double murder http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=nw20091116221551328C9 94056 STOLTZ Coen, male security guard aged 53, was attacked, kidnapped and killed while he was working the night-shift at an abbatoir farm. His socks and shoes had been removed, and his hands were tied up with his shoelaces. Coen was severely tortured, his eye smashed in and his body covered in terrible wounds before he was dumped into a river. Vaal River. Thurs. 9 Aug 2009 2009-0809 Coen Stoltz, 53, kidnapped farm guard, found murdered in Vaal River STRAUSS Ohna aged 37, AND her husband Jaco, AND their 14 month old baby girl Anni, were attacked inside their home during the very early morning hours by a gang of five black men armed with guns, a monkey wrench and car jack who told them: You white people live so nicely while us black people are suffering out there. T he Beeld journalist reported that Ohna was then told by the men that, "I am here to rape you.. while their house was being looted. Normally, the race of attackers and victims are omitted from South African news stories however it was mentioned in this case because the attackers had referred to the race of their victims, and giving this as a motive for wanting to rape Mrs. Strauss. While the couple were being tied up and dragged through the house by their hair, Anni fell off the bed and injured her face against a cupboard. One of the men took off his own clothes and put on clothes belonging to Mr Strauss. They then locked Mr Strauss into a bathroom while they took his car-keys and fled in the family car. Kameelfontein smallholding, Pretoria. Fri 18 June 2009 You whites live so nicely here I am here to rape you http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2530995,00.html
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SWANEPOEL Yolandie aged 28 pulled up in front of the school to drop off her daughters at around 07:00 when one of three men, walking on the opposite side of the road, suddenly crossed over, pulled a pistol from his coat and pointed it at her while the other men caught up with him. She begged them to take what they want, but to let her daughters go. Her eldest daughter jumped from the car and ran to the school gate screaming for help. One of the attackers then ordered Yolandie to get out of the car. Another grabbed her by the arm and shoved her into the back of her vehicle before they sped off with her. Two other parents, who were also dropping off their children for school, chased after Yolandies car. After taking many turns the attackers suddenly stopped the car and fled on foot into a squatter camp. Only her handbag was stolen during the attack. Krugersdorp. 20 Feb 2009 http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/02/kapers-gryp-ma-by-skool-se-hek.html http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2473647,00.html SWEMMER Frans aged 89, was brutally attacked inside his garage with a sledgehammer at around 19:00 and dragged into his house where he was battered to death. His 71 year old girlfriend went looking for him at his house after she could not reach him on the phone. She discovered his badly battered body lying sprawled in the passage of his home where he had been dragged from the garage. A blood trail and a brown leather shoe outside the front door indicated from where Frans's killers had dragged him into his house. She said that she had phoned his security company earlier, and that, "They sent out patrols twice but could not find him. I do not understand how they could not see the blood in the open garage or the blood trail. It just does not make any sense, especially when they reported that there was nothing wrong at the house," she said angrily, adding that when the guards arrived yesterday she had already found Frans. His neighbour, who had also telephoned his security company several times and asked them to check on him, said that, "When I spoke to them later they said they could not see anything that was suspicious and that the house was all locked up." His pistol, some clothes and household appliances were stolen before his attackers fled in his car. Waterkloof, Pretoria. Thur 12 Nov 2009 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20091114103909761C88 9821 War pilot pensioner beaten to death TAYLOR Rob chemist aged 53 was shot to death by an armed gang at around 13:00 which had stomed into his chemist and told everyone to be dead quiet. His assistant witnessed that they took Rob to his office where they demanded his safe key. He told them he would give them all the cash and begged them not to hurt anyone, but without replying to him, they shot him to death. They fled the scene with about R2000 ($240) which was on the desk of his bookkeeper. Edenvale. Wed. 10 Mar 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2484568,00.html http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/03/apteker-in-6de-aanval-op-hom.html
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TROLLIP Herbert fitter and turner aged 45, was heard shouting, They have a gun! They have a gun! shortly after midnight. His neighbours heard two gunshots, then another, before it became quiet. They went to investigate, and found Herbert lying in the door to his room, with two gunshots in the chest and one in the head. He died on the scene. Three celphones were stolen from his home. Bronkhosrtspruit. Sun 18 Jan 2009 http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2454517,00.html http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/01/ek-kan-nie-glo-hy-is-weg-nie.html UBSDELL Brian was overpowered on his homestead, tied up and burnt with a clothes iron. Walkerville. 2009 http://koionline.forumotion.com/t2678-mario-s-wife-wendy-shot-and-killed http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Man-val-oor-vrou-se-lyk-20110322 UNNAMED ABERDEEN farmer AND his son were arrested for murder when they shot dead an armed burglar.. The case, considered "high profile' by the SAPS, was handed over to the special Hawks organised-crime unit to investigate. Police said the 58-year-old farmer had taken his workers to Aberdeen at about 17.30 on Saturday. When he returned to the farm about 68km from Beaufort West on the Aberdeen Road, he became suspicious about a light being on inside his homestead and after noticing that there had been a breakin - a window had been forced and the farm was ransacked - he phoned his son, who rushed to his father's aid. While they were having coffee in the kitchen, they saw the shadow of a suspicious person outside. They then switched off the light but noticed that the suspect was pointing a gun at them, according to police. He said that the pair then ran to arm themselves and allegedly shot at the man with a shotgun and a rifle. Police have been unable to identify the dead man. Both the farmer and his 29-year-old son have been charged with murder. Their farm is located north of the Addo Elephant National Park and south-east of Beaufort West. http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bende-teiken-glo-Stellenbosch-plase20100628 UNNAMED ACORNHOEK, a white woman Dutch tourist, who is said to have been a traffic accident victim, was mutilated by a mortuary worker. Her breast and hand was sliced off her corpse with a special knife he carried around with him for that purpose. Mpumalanga 21 June 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Rapport/Suid-Afrika/0,,752-2460_2531627,00.html 20090620 Dutch tourists s body mutilated to make traditional medicine: two Acornhoek men arrested UNNAMED CULLINAN male aged 40 yrs, AND his wife were attacked during the night after the wife went outside to investigate why their dogs were barking and was ambushed by an armed gang of 3 men, who forced her back into her house at gunpoint. Her daughter, who had seen the mother walk into the house accompanied by the strangers, called for her father, who was asleep in the lounge. As he woke up, he was shot in the
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chest and died on the scene. The gang left with two celphones and a laptop computer. Cullinan smallholding, Pretoria. Sun 5 Oct 2009 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/78010d23728b4ace94a585548a394eac/05-10-2009-11-36/Cullinanman_in_sitkamer_doodgeskiet UNNAMED FREE STATE University students - 6 first-year females - were walking from the swimming pool area to their residential area early evening when they were accosted by a group of black student males. The men shouted to the women that they must fuck off their university premises, and that they are white bitches. The men also threatened the women with rape and threw bricks at them. Security personnel on the premises ignored the incident. http://www.volksblad.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/2114/017012f7317d4ea6879fcc168147147d/24-10-2009-04-12/UVmeisies_glo_met_stene_gegooi_en_gevloek UNNAMED GERMISTON woman aged 77 was raped and strangled to death with a telephone cord. Cash was looted from her safe. Soshanguve smallholding, Germiston. Dec 2009 UNNAMED GERMISTON Elderly woman strangled to death with a telephone cord at the Soshanguve smallholding. UNNAMED GLENCOE female aged 72, slightly built, was thrown to the floor, throttled, assaulted and raped by a 31 yr old man during the day inside her home. Glencoe, Feb 2009 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2483000,00.html UNNAMED HAZYVIEW Farmer aged 80, AND his wife were attacked during Nov 2008 and again during January 2009 by the same 3 men, during which his wife was raped both times. But the second time, the farmer was stoned to death. Their farm is located near the Phabeni-entrance to the world-famous Kruger game reserve. Hazyview. http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2452222,00.html UNNAMED JOHANNESBURG, ROOSEVELT PARK, German emigrant, female aged 64, was attacked in her bathroom and bashed over the head and beaten to death. Anton van Wouw Rd., Roosenvelt Park 9 Dec 2009 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/a77e94658c4143c0a563f06a3439763b/10-12-2009-0946/Vrou_(64)_in_haar_huis_aangeval,_vermoor_ Johannesburg Beeld UNNAMED JOHANNESBURG, SANDTON woman aged 58, approached her home in secure complex around 10pm but noticed her door ajar. She turned to run away but was jumped on and repeatedly stabbed in her neck and wrist by the security guard of her premises. Bryanston, Sandton, Johannesburg, 29 Sept 2009
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http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/woman-attacked-in-secure-complex- 1.682405 UNNAMED KLEINMOND wife AND her husband, aged 34, were attacked by two armed men during the morning. The husband arrived home after he had dropped off their children at school and was ambushed inside his home where his wife was being held hostage. A shootout followed during which she was shot and died shortly after being admitted to hospital. Kleinmond, 23 June 2009 Kleinmond wife, and 2 robbers dead in shootout http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2532312,00.html UNNAMED KRUGERSDORP, NOORDHEUWEL mother was shot to death during an attack inside their home by two men at around 03:00 after they had broken into the highsecurity complex in which she lived, and tied up her teenage daughter. Fri 6 Aug 2010 http://www.farmitracker.com UNNAMED LICHTENBURG, Johannesburg family were attacked inside their home in the morning. Netcare 911 spokesperson said it appeared as though four men gained entry through an open gate while one waited in a getaway car, explaining that, "The man's wife heard dogs barking and when she opened the back door to investigate, the robbers pushed her aside. She screamed and her husband and son came running, during which they were both shot in the chest." The attackers demanded she open the safe. However, when she told them there was no safe they told her she was lying because they had broken into the house a short while before and knew there was a safe. The spokesperson added that the family owned a business which they ran on the premises. The men got into the walk-in safe and emptied it, taking with them "a combination of rifles", jewellery and some cash.It turned out there had previously been an attempted robbery at the family's home when about eight used grinding discs had been found on scene, but the robbers had been unable to cut into the safe. When paramedics arrived at the scene, they found the woman's husband and her son lying in a pool of blood, both in a critical condition. The spokesperson said the father, who suffered extensive internal injuries, was out of theatre by late Thursday afternoon. "The bullet was not removed. It will be removed during a secondary procedure," he said. The man's son was in a serious but more satisfactory condition. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2488499,00.html http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/03/robbers-shoot-dad-son.html UNNAMED MANANDI RESERVE, two women who work for an insurance company were hi-jacked along the N2 national highway and bundled into the boot of their car by two armed men at around 16:00. They both sustained injuries during the high-speed chase, shoot-out and accident that followed. Kwa-Msane, KZN 15 Sept 2009 http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=16 823 Two kidnapped women rescued from hijackers car-boot in Manandi nature reserve, Kwa-Msane, Kwa-Zulu
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UNNAMED PIETERMARITZBURG Mpoponmeni farmer in his 50s, was found during the night lying in a pool of blood with a gun shot wound and declared dead on scene. Nothing stolen. Sat UNNAMED POTCHEFSTROOM, MOOIBANK smallholder woman aged 86 was attacked inside her bedroom at about 23:00 by two knife whielding men. She was stabbed, beaten and tied up but managed to escape and lock herself into her bathroom where she was found 14 hours later, dehydrated, covered in bruises and knife cuts. 22 Jan 2009. http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2458127,00.html UNNAMED PRETORIA, MEYERSPARK WOMAN aged 65 was tied up, her mouth taped up and raped inside her home during the morning by a Mozambican refugee. "Are you crazy? We have trusted you all this time. You stay at my house. And you raped my wife shouted her irate 66-year-old husband during the attackers arrest. Beeld journalist said the old man, his eyes streaming with tears, confronted the young arrested man while he was being loaded into the police van. The couple had taken pity on the young refugee, helped him got ID documents and work papers, put him up in cottage behind the house, giving him odd jobs to do around the house, and paid him the going legal wage. He raped the wife while the old man had already gone to work. She had caught the Mozambiquan rifling the gun-safe, so he tied her up and then raped her. We felt sorry for him, gave him a roof over his head, and this is what happens, the old m an said. We gave him a cellphone, had his shoes resoled, drove him to the Home Affairs department for his identity documents and work-papers, and yesterday, I still brought him a large supply of cigarettes he wanted. The man was arrested by the Meyers P ark neighbourhood watch after shed phoned her husband, saying the man had raped her. I found her tied up and with her mouth taped up in our bed, totally beside herself, unable to say anything except his name. She was in shock and terrified. Police found two stolen 9mm handguns, jewellery and $400 in cash on him, as well as a supply of marijuana. Trusted Mozambiquan worker rapes Pretoria employer, 65 http://www.feedblitz.com/t.asp?/84250/13335971/http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XyndT-qAb0/SbtNowjzKcI/AAAAAAAABWc/alb8JY3QRCA/s1600-h/Verkragter.jpg .http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2485227,00.html UNNAMED SECUNDA man aged 36 was found lying on a roadside near Secunda with seven stab wounds to his back, three stab wounds in his chest and two wounds in his stomach. Police said two men, aged 19 and 32, were arrested a short while later but were not in possession of the murder weapon. "They were arrested quite a distance away from the crime scene so the suspects may have thrown it away." Maloka said the motive for the crime was unknown. Mon 2009 http://www.jacarandafm.com/kagiso/content/en/jacaranda/jacarandanews?oid=234017&sn=Detail&pid=75296&---MAN-STABBED-TO-DEATH
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UNNAMED SEEKOEIHOEK, MAGALIESBERG woman aged 80 was attacked in her home while she was reading a book in bed during the night by a 19 year old man. When she noticed him, he told her in obscene language that he wanted sex with her. He was carrying a hammer, knife and a nylon rope with him. Old woman, today I am going to kill you! he threatened while he tied her one leg and arm to the bed before he cut her pyjama pants open with a knife and raped her. While he went to the kitchen, she cut herself loose by using the knives and scissors he had thrown around in the room, and locked herself up in her sewing room. He bashed the sewing room door down with a hammer, bashed her on the head with the hammer, dragged her back to the bedroom, forced her down on her hands and feet and raped her again. During the attack on her, he also bashed her with a spade on the head and raped her a third time, and tried to strangle her with an electrical cord, which she difused by pushing her fingers inbetween the cord and her neck. He tried to flee the scene in her car with her celphone and jewellery he had stolen, but it would not start as he had ripped out the immobilizer cord. Magaliesburg. Sun 14 Jan 2009 Hof hoor hoe 80-jarige vrou verkrag, geslaan, gewurg is http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2508321,00.html UREN Cynthia, AND her children were attacked and terrorized inside her home by a gang of 4 armed men during a 3 hour ordeal. She was assaulted and kidnapped but managed to leap from the car along the road. Pretoria. 17 Jan 2009 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20090117093640543C97 4277 UYS Hettie, widower aged 72, was brutally attacked by a gang of 3 young men while she was visiting the grave of her deceased husband after attending morning church. She was found near her car, the bottom half of her body naked. Her whole body was covered in bruises and injuries. Chaffing was found on her thigh and arm. On her forehead and cheeck were shoe imprints. Her scull had bruise markings and was crushed. There was bleeding on both sides of her brain. Her eyes were swollen and her fingertips were blue. She died shortly after in hospital from her injuries. Kimberley 18 Jan 2009 http://www.dienuwesuidafrika.com http://dienuwesuidafrika.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/slagoffer-het-haar%E2%80%98teegesit%E2%80%99/ VAN BLERK Loudine AND Willouw de Klerk Cilliers were ambushed by a 5 man gang as they arrived home and entered their house around 17:00. Loudine was shot dead. Willouw and the housekeeper were tied up and bundled into his car, which the killers crashed. They fetched another vehicle from the farm and bundled their hostages onto the back, which they also crashed and this killed Willouw. Farm Brandvlei, Northern Cape 17 March 2009 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=nw20090318112516482C7 25117
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http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20090713062113130 C191813 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2538185,00.html Widow locked in torched home by killers VAN DEN BOSCH Johannes aged 63, AND Jacobi Cobi, aged 60, a Dutch immigrant couple were found in pools of blood. Johannes was bludgeoned to death with a steel pipe while in the dairy, tending to calves in the morning. Jacobi died on the floor of her home after being repeatedly stabbed with a knife in her upper body. . Their son, who lived about 100m from his parents, found their bodies. "I don't know if I'm going to stay in this country," he said, adding that "I can't look at that place every day, the place where I found my parents." Their celphones, cash and a bunch of keys was looted. The keys were later fished out of the farm dam by the police. Farm Mooiplaats, Pretoria East, Easter Friday 2009 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Court-hears-of-brutal-farm-murder-20110308 http://www.refdag.nl/artikel/1403881/Brute+moord+op+emigrantenpaar+ZuidAfrika.html VAN DEN BOSCH Wim, son of Johan and Cobi van den Bosch who were killed on Easter Friday, was shot 4 months after the death of his parents by an attacker during the night. Wim and a friend were investigating shots heard fired at a neighbouring house when he was shot in his chest. A farmworker was found dead from a gunshot wound in the pumphouse. Mooiplaats smallholdings, Pretoria east. 23 July 2009 http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/07/man-getref-maande-na-moord-opouers.html http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2541422,00.html Man getref maande n moord op ouers VAN DER HOVEN Anna, a 64 yr old criminologist, was taking tea outside to a casual labourer during the day in her garden when he leapt at her and hit her over the head again and again with a spade. He lay on top of her on her lawn, strangling her and pushing her face into the lawn to suffocate her. He punched her bloodied and bruised face repeatedly and left her for dead. Lyttleton, Pretoria. 3 July 2009 http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20090703053153426 C788267 Beaten academic too traumatised to talk VAN DER POEL Pieter William aged 68 was attacked inside his house at around 02:45. His 65 year old wife said that when she woke up from a strange noise in their house, she discovered that while one man was struggling with Pieter, another man was stabbing Pieter repeatedly. She went to fetch a firearm and returned to find that the two men had fled through a first floor window. The men had used a ladder to reach the window through which they had gained entry. Pieter collapsed and died before paramedics arrived. He had sustained stab wounds to his chest, back, left arm and right arm and had bled profusely. Redhouse, Port Elizabeth. Sun 22 Mar 2009
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http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=nw20090323093009325C7 49412 http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/03/man-stabbed-to-death-by-intruders.html VAN DER WALT Charles computer programmer aged 23, was passing a convoy of black cars while driving on the N12 highway between Johannesburg and Boksburg when someone leaned out of a window of one of the black cars, aimed a gun at Charless head, and without warning, opened fire on Charles whilst in movement. Charles was wounded in the arm, and his car took at least four bullet holes. His mother, who was his passenger, did not get shot. Due to the shooting, Charless car collided with one of the black cehicles in the convoy, which came to a halt in front of his car. After his car came to a halt, the injured Charles was manhandled by policemen from the blue-light brigade who pulled him out of his car, and penned him to the ground at gunpoint. These policemen made no attempt to regulate the traffic which had come to a stand still for many kilometers. A witness to the scene said that, They were certainly more threatening than professional. Charles was admitted to hospital where shrapnel was removed from his arm. It was revealed that the convoy was for the African National Congress president Kgalema Motlanthe. The intial reports of the police were proven untrue, in which they stated that Charles had driven too close to the presidential car, and they denied that Charles had been wounded. They also stated that he tried to flee from the scene and was under the influence of alcohol. The camera footage of a journalist at the scene, as well as his notebook, was confiscated by the police. The film was cleaned of footage before it was returned to the journalist. A charge of reckless and negligent driving was opened against Charles and he was released from the police holding cells on R500 bail. Van der Walts lawyers charged the VIP unit for attempted murder in a civil matter. The whole matter went very quiet, and Charles left town. However, he returned to visit his parents in Benoni two years later en route to Newcastle. The following day, he was found dead, hanging from a tree along the N12. The police reported the matter to the Benoni City Times as a Homeless Beggar aged 26, a local from Benoni, and did not give his name to them to print. The newspaper report read: A lifeless body of a homeless man was found, hanging from a tree branch next to Tom Jones Street near the N12 on ramp, on September 8, 2011. The man was known to local Afrikaner residents; was said to be only 26 years old and apparently came from Springs. He was often seen begging at various traffic lights in Benoni. This report of Charles begging was total fabrication and it is suspected that he was murdered by the blue-light brigade police who had threatened his ife to such an extent that he left Benoni, his home town. 3 Jan 2009 http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/benoni/benoni-newsgeneral?oid=4700315&sn=Detail&pid=40&Homeless-man-found-dead http://www.news24.com/Rapport/Suid-Afrika/0,,752-2460_2451412,00.html http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/01/bbp-polisie-het-blatant-gelieg.html VAN DER WALT Hendrik Petrus Riaan, male aged 44, artisan who worked at smelters, was in a group of friends and family having a braai to celebrate his wifes birthday. A
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VAN ROOYEN Freda AND her live-in domestic worker were attacked inside their home at around 14:30. The worker was overpowered outside the home while she was emptying a rubbish bin, manhandled while they carried her into the house where they threw her on a bed, tied her up and blindfolded her as well as strangled her. Freda was lying on her bed when two men pounced on her. One held her nose and moth closed while another strangled her. A third accomplice locked the family dogs away into another room and they only spoke to her once the dogs had been put away. They demanded her safe keys and the jewellery therein, threatening to kill her. They cut open a pair of her pants and tied her hands and feet with it, then blind-folded her. She related that, They assaulted me and began hitting me with a hammer against the head. This must have happened about ten times. They got cross when I said i did not have the safe keys. After they pulled her through the house, they found the save in her cupboard and forced it open with a garden pick, spade and hammer. They fled the scene with the jewellery they found in the safe. Johannesburg. Fri 13 Mar 2009 Bly stil of ons maak jou vrek, hoor DA-lid http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2487152,00.html http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/03/bly-stil-of-ons-maak-jou-vrek-hoor-da.html VAN SCHALKWYK Henry AND his wife Marinda were attacked by a gang of at least 3 men inside their home during which the couple were tied up and beaten severly. Thereafter, marinda was taken to the kitchen, where she was burnt with a soldering iron in her face, and on her legs, arms and hands. They were robbed of their firearms. Spartan farm, Roedtan. 2 June 2009 VAN VUUREN Gert, farmer aged 68, AND his wife, were victimized by 3 police officers who arrived on their farm in a police vehicle at about 14:00 on a Saturday. They pulled out their guns in a threatening manner, and called him a 'white dog, and cursed his wife and his mother, adding that ALL WHITE DOGS WILL BE KILLED. Hilton. 8 Jan 2009
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http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2450016,00.html VAN VUUREN Jannie aged 39 went outside to see why his dog was barking at night when he was overpowered by an armed gang. He related the attack and said that, I t ook the broom and went to see, thinking it may be a porqupine. When I got to the fence, two men snipped the fence and crawled through. A great calmness came over me. Then I asked them what they were looking for. They shouted to me in English that they would shoot, and then they shot me. The bullet hit Jannie in the thigh. After this his attackers hit him with a monkey wrench against the back of the head and behind the left hear, as well as with the fist in the face, and forced him back inside his house, where they demanded cash and the key to his safe. They took the R1800 ($220) cash Jannie had on him, then tied his hands up behind his back with the shoelaces from his boots. Jannie told them that they could take what ever they wanted. They took his tackies and celphone, and locked him up in the laundry room before they fled the scene. Krauseville, Kameeldrift. Tues 16 Mar 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2486532,00.html http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/03/n-groot-kalmte-en-toe-skote.html VAN WYK Jan retired policeman aged 82, only stayed on his farm over the weekends, was lured outside, bashed over the head with a shovel, dragged back inside the homestead while still alive -- and then mutilated, which included the dismemberment of his penis. The murderer, a Lesotho man who described himself as a traditional healer, was found sweeping the veranda and making food. Jans mutilated body was found in the diningroom. His penis had been cut off. Vierfontein, Viljoenskroon. Wed 1 April 2009. ALSO see Basie Venter. Body deplores farmers' murders http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2494684,00.html VAN WYK Klaas, sheep farmer aged 71, was attacked inside his home at around 21:00 by a 4 men gang. He was stabbed repeatedly, his throat was slit and he was dragged through his house. Klaas was found dead on his bed the following morning. Keerom Farm, Sutherland, NC., 9 May, 2009 http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=15 138 http://jv.news24.com/Die_Volksblad/Nuus/0,,5-83_2509029,00.html Rowers sny skaapboer se keel af VAN ZYL Helene aged 54 AND her husband Willie aged 57 were attacked inside their bedroom at around 02:45 by a gang of at least four black men armed with Parabellum pistols. One of the men hit Helene in the face while the other three assaulted Willie before they tied up the couples hands and feet with broad tape. Willie was also tied up with the cord from a hairdryer, and his mouth stuck closed with the broad tape. When their attackers demanded money, Helene said it was in the office, and he replied: You lie, you white bitch.
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The whole bed was just blood from the way they had beaten her husband, Helene said. She offered them her purse, and because her feet had been tied up, she had to hop to get to it, during which their attackers kicked her down the stairs. They emptied her purse and claimed it was not enough, saying that, We know youve got a lot of money. When an attacker yanked down her pyjama pants, she told them that, I have cancer. You will also get cancer. Dont have intercourse with me. Willie offered to give all the money he owned to them and begged that they leave Helene alone as she is very sick. Three of the men then took Willie to the safe and removed the cash, over which they then argued. They fled the scene with the familys firearms, jewellery, celphones and cash. Helene had been hit on the head about six times with a gun, so hard that the screws which attached her false teeth to her gums, had come loose. Willie required stiching to close a gaping hole in his head. Mooikloof. Fri 27 March 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2492910,00.html http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2009/03/jy-sal-ook-kanker-kry-as-jy-myverkrag.html VENTER VERGENOEG PETRUSBURG farming couple arrived home around 19:00. Upon noticing a broken window, Mr Venter entered the homestead to fetch a torch while his wife waited in the car. As he walked outside again, he was ambushed by 4 men who attacked him and left him for dead. Mrs Venter ran to an outside toilet where she locked herself in and phoned for help off her cellphone. Celphones and clothes was looted. Vergenoeg farm, Petrusburg 8 May 2009 http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=15 265 VENTER Albert, a church minister, was enroute to the church office when he was grabbed at gunpoint by five men at his gate. They manhandled him roughly, even standing on his back while searching him for valuables. When he pleaded with them not to take his wedding ring, one put a revolver to his head, shouting for the dominee to shut up he would not hesitate to kill him. Albert was hogtied and dumped into the boot of his car. They drove around with him in his car at breakneck speed on a dirt road for a while, then returned to his farm house, where they tried to attack Alberts wife at gunpoint. She managed to lock herself in the study and called the police on her cellphone. The gang fled, with Venter still in the car-boot. They then stopped the car in the veld and fled on foot. Farm Bosveldparadys, Marblehall. 16 Nov 2009 http://www.news24.com/Rapport/Suid-Afrika/0,,752-2460_2454871,00.html VENTER Basie aged 65 was beaten to death with an iron pipe, during which his body was mutilated for traditional medicine. His penis had also been severed. Farm Vierfontein, Viljoenskroon. 30 Mar 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2494684,00.html 20090401 Jan van Wyk, 82, and Basie Venter, 65, penises mutilated, then killed on Viljoenskroon farms for traditional
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medicine . http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,9909,2 -71442_2495253,00.html VENTER George, retired entrepreneur aged 78, AND his wife Jakoba Cobi, human rights activist aged 67 - born in Holland, were brutally murdered inside their home after 20:30 by a gang of at least 6 men. Cobi watched her husband being tortured to death before being gang raped and severely beaten, and left for dead against the lounge wall. She died a few days later in hospital. Their son, Andre Venter, described the scene at the house two days later after hed rushed back from overseas. Tears were running down a police captains face; another detective was in a state of shock, and he told me it was the most horrifying murder scene he had ever seen. Blood was on the walls of every single room in the house; it was on the ceilings. It was like evil just exploded there I mean, all eight of the main windows were smashed as well. Andres brother, Eugene, said: You walk through the dining room and look at the objects around the room. There is a fourpound hammer, a large rock, a bloodied golf club, a sculpture of Mozart. You think: is this what they used to kill my dad? Andre Venter said his father had been beaten with the hammer, tortured and dragged by his feet from room to room as the gang demanded cash. Eventually, the main stash was found hidden in a grand piano, and it was there, beneath the instrument, that George was finished off. Cobi was found lying against the lounge wall. She lingered in hospital for 10 days, opening her eyes just once before she died. Cobi Venter spent the first years of her life virtually imprisoned in a chicken shed. Nazi soldiers chose her familys house in a village in northern Holland as their local headquarters and victimised her family because they had sheltered Jews, Andre Venter said. It was only in the past few years that she came to terms with being violated by the Nazis. She told us how a 19-year-old soldier molested her; something that had a major, tragic impact on her life. Its incredible to me that, after decades of service to the community, the end of her life was the same being violated by thugs. Venter said a detective had told him criminals had flown from Johannesburg to hit softer targets in Port Elizabeth. I cannot allow a person like my mother to die in vain something good has to come from this: a wake-up call that we as a society must value human life again, the way she did. Port Elizabeth. Sun 26 July 2009 http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/News/Article.aspx?id=1039709 VERWEY Deon, business man aged 46, was attacked while he was asleep inside his bed at around 02:00. He was stabbed with a screw driver in his heart, and his feet were tied up with telephone wire. From the blood-trail in the house, police say that it appeared as if the injured Mr Verwey had struggled from the living room to the rear door where he managed to call for help. He died en route to the hospital. Wavecrest, Jeffreys Bay 14 June 2009 http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ZL3Kngb81qo/Sty4kj_VwMI/AAAAAAAAbA4/VzfhipnnROY/s1600h/Verwey Deon June142009 Wavecrest Jeffreys Bay tied up and murdered%5B4%5D.jpg
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VILJOEN Anna Suzie Ouma, female aged 86, was found murdered in her home, only 2 houses away from the police station. Suzie had been raped, and beaten black and blue in the livingroom of her humble cottage during the night. There was nothing to steal from her, because she was terribly poor. A neighbour said that her cottage had no electricy and no water, and the pump to the borehole behind her house was stolen recently. He added that she carried her water in buckets to her home. He added that, She wouldnt go to an old-age residence and we kept her supplied with meat and vegetables and helped look after her, because shes lived her most of her life.Reivilo, Stella Farm smallholdings, Vryburg 10 March 2009 http://jv.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2484582,00.html http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=nw20090313070246770C7 35613 VISAGIE Hendrik aged 54 AND his wife Magda were cruelly killed and dumped along the road. An Algerian was on trial for their double-murder because a petrol-station attendant had spotted blood dripping from the man's car when he pulled up to refuel. He also noticed blood on the man's hand - and also noted that he was wearing a woman's ring. When the Algerian asked for soap to wash his hands, a bullet dropped from his front pocket. He also washed blood off the cars backseat at the garage. The Visagies were not wealthy: he worked as a mineshaft-carpenter, and lived in a rental homestead near the mine where he worked. After the petrol attendant notified the police, they traced the car and found a large puddle of blood in the boot. The Algerian claimed that the blood came from a goat which he had hit and then transported. The car he was driving was registered to the murder victim, Mr Visagie. Mrs Visagie's ID-card was found on the Algerian. The SAPS found a broken window, a large blood-stain inside and bloodstained dragmarks inside the Visagie homestead. Mr Visagie's body was found later that afternoon outside Orkney, and Magda Visagie's body was found next to the N12 highway. She had bullet wounds in the head and hands and also was assaulted 'with a blunt instrument'. Farm Weltevrede Vierfontein, Orkney. 15 Dec 2009. Visagie, Hendrik and Magda murdered Vierfontein, Muslim Algerian on trial Parys Court VOSLOO Ciandi, a 5th year female student, was walking home from class at around 13:30 in the city one week before her final exams, when she was attacked by two men. She was carrying her celphone in her hand when she was grabbed and stabbed and with a razor sharp penknife to the bone. They yelled "Voertsek, Voertsek!" while they cut the nerves, two arteries, tissue and all the muscles in Ciandis right arm . She was in the operation theatre for seven hours during which a vein was taken from her left leg and put in her arm. Ciandi related her experience, and said that, "I want to know what I ever did to them. I was innocently walking in the street." She added that, "Because of them I won't be able to write my final exam, which is in a week's time." Her father said they would only know in about 18 months whether she would recover completely. He was even more upset when he wanted to report the matter at the Lyttelton police station and was sent from one end to another. "No one wanted to help me." Centurion, Pretoria. 21 Oct 2009
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WILLS Arthur aged 86, still had a bandage around his head from recent surgery when he was attacked at home by a gang of three men. His family, with whom he was living, attended an afternoon barbeque with friends. Upon their arrival home at around 21:00 they discovered Arthur and his pick-up van missing. With the help of a car tracking company, his van was found abandoned the next day in KwaMakhutha after a bit of a car chase. After three weeks of frantic searching, the first culprit was arrested. A month later, his accomplices were arrested and showed the police where they had dumped Arthurs body in a timber plantation close to his home after they had strangled him to death. They have been charged with kidnapping and murder and await trial in Nov 2011. Sunwich Port, Hibberdene. Sat 29 May 2009. http://www.ecr.co.za/kagiso/content/en/east-coast-radio/east-coast-radionews?oid=6592&sn=Detail&pid=6028&Suspects-point-out-missing-man%E2%80%99sbody WORSELY Norma Scott, female aged 72, was strangled to death with a cord around her neck during the morning inside the lounge of her home during the morning. She was last seen walking her dog at around 08:00. Nothing stolen. Rondebosch, Cape Town. Wed 26 Aug 2009 Rondebosch woman found dead, SAPA, 2009-08-26; URL: http://www.scribd.com/doc/33564237 ZERNA Horst Dieter, male aged 57, was putting up sign-boards along the road when he was attacked by 3 armed men who drove up to him and opened fire. Nothing was stolen. Horst died several hours later in the operating theatre. Pinetown. 22 Oct 2009 This article was originally published on page 3 of Daily News on October 23, 2009 Source:IOL http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20091023104440957C26 2807
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shooting, the couples baby son was seated in his pram near his mother at the counter. The injured attacker ran about 60 meters, trying to make his escape, before collapsing on the street corner and died of his injuries. Hendrik was rushed to the nearest hospital in Ga-Rankuwa where he underwent emergency surgery that night and another operation at 11:00. Pretoria-North. 7 Oct 2010 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/624 2010-10-07 Hendrik Gerhardus Aucamp critically injured in gunfight with armed gang, Pretoria North Skote-klap-om-baba-toerowers-toeslaan-20101007 AUCAMP Hein, 57 yr old owner of the farm where the Aucamps run a holiday resort, AND Anton Greeff, 50 yr old manager, AND Heins wife Erika aged 54 AND their son Aucamp Jnr were attacked by 5 armed men during which Hein and Anton were seriously injured. Around 19:00 Aucamp Jnr walked into the office where two men held his mother, Erika, at gunpoint. Jnr fell to his knees and begged them not to shoot. He was hit in the face with a pistol, and pretended to be unconscious, while secretly using his celphone to call his father for help. Hein and Anton stormed into the office. A fist fight followed and shots were fired before the gang ran off and jumped into their get-away car. One of the gang members jumped onto the boot of the car, and Jnr grabbed onto the back of the car and wrestled him down, hanging on to the vehicle as it sped through the night. Like a scene from an action movie, they struggled for about 400 meters on a farm road while both clung to the car. Jnr broke off the cars number plate. I knew it would at least give us a clue for finding the vehicle, he said. At the main road between Ermelo and Hendrina, both fell off. The attacker disappeared into the night. Shortly thereafter, two suspects were caught after about 60 pick-up vans full of farmers reacted to a mayday call. Spitskop, Middleburg. Wed 25 Aug 2010 Farmers in bakkies fight back http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...-back-20100825 BADENHORST Jan, farmer aged 75, was found dead in the veldt about 2km from his homestead wearing only his socks and shoes after he had gone to check the fence at 05:00. His clothes were neatly folded on a pile near his body, about 30m from his pick-up van. The keys were still in the ignition. The police suspect suicide, but a 75 yr old man does not go into the veld and take off his clothes to commit suicide before breakfast. Suffocation was not ruled out. Louis Trichardt, Levubu. Fri 2 Oct 2010 http://www.farmitracker.com/admin/reports/edit/6082010-10-02 http://www.rapport.co.za/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bejaarde-boer-dood-in-veld-gekrymet-net-skoene-aan-20101002 Afrikaans link BECK Heinrich, boilermaker aged 43, held hostage, assaulted and shot dead by 3 black men cursing you white dog, nothing robbed. Ifafa smallholding, Hartebeestpoort, 7 Oct 2010 http://www.farmitracker.com/admin/reports/edit/633 2010-10-07 BECK HEINRICH, Heinrich, 43, Crocodile River Mine boilermaker, shot dead Ifafi smh Hartbeespoort
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BENADE Corene, female aged 42. Was attacked in a strickingly similar manner to that in which her mother-in-law, Hannetjie Botha, was attacked during 2008. A gang entered her home at around 9:00 and she was threatened with rape and being burnt with a clothes iron, to have holes drilled into her neck with a drilling machine, and her home torched during a two hour ordeal. They also pushed a gun against her head while her home was looted. The gang ran away after a neighbour rushed to their aid when her husband called him to check why he was not able to reach Corene on the phone. Money, cellphones, jewellery and her husbands three hunting rifles was looted. Rietspan smallholdings, Vaalrand. Bid, want ek skiet jou nou, s smalende rower (Beeld; 18 March 2010) http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2010/03/afrikaner-families-cruellyattacked.html BENADE Hennie aged 48, was ambushed as he walked into his home shortly before 13:00 by a gang which included his gardener. When Hennie arrived home, he spoke to his gardener about chores, and then walked into the house. As he passed the bar, one attacker jumped out from behind the fridge, with Hennies brand new pick-axe handle in his hand, and another attacker came from round the corner with an old pick-axe handle in his hand. They took turns in beating him to the ground. Every time he tried to get up, they beat him some more, breaking his right arm, and stabbing his left hand with a knife. Then they dragged him upstairs to the main bedroom, demanding money. Hennie was forced to open the safe for them, and was then thrown aside. They took his firearm from the safe, and complained that the cash was too little. The beating resumed, and he was dragged to another room to open a second safe. Once again the money they found in the safe was not enough for them. At this stage, the gardener walked in, took the firearm, and shoved it into Hennies mouth, cursing him as a white dog. Hennies wife Ann aged 54, AND their maid walked in and were forced to lay down on the ground before they and Hennie were tied up. For more than 6 hours the gang rummaged through the house. They discovered Anns handbag and took the cash from it. During this time, one of the attackers found a bottle of brandy, opened it, and drank from the bottle. He then pushed the bottle into Hennies mouth, saying that Hennie should be intoxicated at the time he is shot dead. The bottle was also pushed into Anns mouth, and so the couple were forced to finish the brandy within minutes. At around 19:00 the gang left the scene, taking their loot along with them in the couples pick-up van. Hennie managed to untie himself, and then untied Ann. They managed to get help from the neighbours. At the hospital, more than 100 stitches were used to close the hole in the back of Hennies head. The police confirmed that a case of robbery was opened. Nothing was mentioned about assault or attempted murder. Honingnestkrans smallholding, north of Onderstepoort Nature Reserve. Mon 8 Nov 2010 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/710 'Jy wou mos, wit hond' BERGMAN Jack aged 86, was found lying semi-conscious in a pool of blood on his kitchen floor by security officers at around 02:00 after the house alarm was activated,
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and died in hospital after being attacked in his bed while sleeping, by a gang of 5 men who had gained entry to his house after breaking a window and unlocking the back door. Jack suffered severe facial injuries and numerous stab wounds to the chest. A police source described the crime scene as horrific, with blood in the bedroom, lounge, kitchen and bathroom. St Albans plot, Port Elizabeth 2 Aug 2010 http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=593558 http://www.boerevryheid.co.za/forums/showthread.php?24560-Man-86-attacked-onsmallholding BEZUIDENHOUT Bossie and his family had barely moved into their new home in a security complex when he was murdered. Bossie had listened to his 11 year old daughter saying her prayers before he went downstairs to tuck his son into bed. His wife heard him shout Julle bliksems! and then a gunshot. Bossie was shot in the neck after which his attackers fled. Bossie died on the scene. It appears that he had been shot with a .38 revolver, and footprints of two or three men were found. Nothing was reported stolen. Shandon Estates, Nelspruit. Sat 1 Feb 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Julle-bliksems-toe-word-pa-van-2-doodgeskiet20100201 BIRCHHALL Brian aged 65, was found dead after a security company on patrol raised the alarm when they noticed smoke coming from his home at around 21:45. The gates to the yard as well as the houses doors were locked and no signs of forced entry could be found. Two vehicles were pushed from the yard while the fire was being extinguished. Only then did they discover Brian, who was hearing impaired, lying near a closet in his bedroom, facing up. He had been wearing slippers and his body was covered with clothes and a beam which fell from the ceiling. Only his legs from below the knees, his hands and a part of his chest sustained burn wounds. He had a deep wound in his neck below the ear, as well as stab wounds all over his face and in the back of his head. Apparently no sharp object or weapon was found near him which could have injured him during the fire. It was suspected that the fire might have started in the living room as its ceiling was the first to collapse. Sabie. Mon 29 March 2010 http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t271611-591/ Fire victim found with stab wounds BLIGNAUT Elsa aged 83, was found dead inside her home, strangled with her pyjamas. Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria. 26 Jan 2010 Vierde vrou in maand in haar huis in Pta aangeval 2010-01-28 10:28 BOOYSEN Daniel Danie, university student aged 22, was walking with a girlfriend in the city at around 3:00 when they were attacked by 3 men. It appears that they wanted to rape her, and that he died from a stab wound in his neck while defending her. A passing motorist came to his aid the attackers fled. Danie died on the scene, and his girlfriend was taken for medical treatment. Stellenbosch 17 Sept 2010
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http://m.news24.com/dieburger/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Matie-vermoor-toe-hy-vriendin-woubeskerm-20100917 BOOYSEN Joshua aged 61 AND his wife Esme aged 42 were ambushed and murdered inside their home. Two men were sentenced to double life for their part in the planned attack wherein two workers were overpowered at the couple's property, forced into the house and tied were tied up. When the Booysens returned from an outing, the attackers assaulted them with stones, killing them. They then ransacked the house and fled in the couple's Mercedes-Benz, which was later found burnt out about 20km from the house. One of the two guns looted from the homestead was found in the debris. The police said the two workers managed to free themselves and walked to the nearest police station. Zaaiplaas farm, Tinmyne, Mokopane, Limpopo. 19 Feb 2010. 2 get life for stoning couple to death 2011-07-28 BOTES Hennie, aged 74, was asleep at night when he heard a noise in his house. When he opened the security gate between his bedroom and the rest of the house, he found all the lights were on, the cupboards were opened up and the house had been ransacked. He walked outside to investigate, and then locked the door behind him when he walked back inside again, keeping the house keys with him. Only then did he notice that someone was hiding underneath the kitchen table. I ignored him - pretending he wasnt there, he said. He then fetched a garden spade and confronted the stranger asking him to get out from underneath. But then he beat me and threw a milk-can at me. The intruder grabbed a knife and stabbed Hennie several times in his head before breaking a window and climbing through it to flee. There was blood everywhere. The mans hair was stuck to the broken window-pane, said the old man. However his ordeal had only started then: he tried phoning the Modderrivier SAPS three times and got no response at all there. I phoned my son and after a long 90 minute wait I was bleeding all the time the police showed up. The attacker, who was also injured by broken glass while fleeing, thus left his DNA behind on the window-pane, and also his shoes, jacket and knife in the homestead. Smallholding Ritchie, Free State Fri night 28 Feb 2010 http://www.volksblad.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/2114/9d8a9ea72611432988bf537b55b7cdf8/02-03-2010-1229/Kleinhoeweboer_aangeval http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2010/03/horrendous-slaughter-details-oflatest_02.html BOTHA Alice aged 71, AND her husband Jack aged 75, were attacked inside their home during the night by a gang of at least 3 men who had broken their way in. Their daughter and her boyfriend arrived home at around 23:00 and found it strange that the garage door was open, and blood on the door handle. The daughter went into the house and found her father on the kitchen floor. An unknown man came walking from one of the rooms inside the house into the kitchen on his route out. His attitude was self-assured, as if he had the fullest right to be there. Outside, the boyfriend confronted him, but he offered no resistance. The daughter had started screaming hysterically, and her
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boyfriend, realising that she was alone inside the house, ran inside, and the intruder escaped. In the passage to the bedroom they came across the body of Alice sprawled on the floor, where she had been struck on the head with a gun. Both Alice and Patrick had been stabbed repeatedly during the attack. Benoni police spokesman said the couple had endured a horrific ordeal. "They were attacked with sharp objects and had blood all over them. The house had been ransacked and was upside down." According to their daughter, Jack was unable to care for himself as he never recovered from his injuries. "He was like a baby; he had minimal brain function and needed to be fed." He died from his injuries in hospital five months later. Three men were initially charged with murder, attempted murder, house robbery and rape. Two of the men have been remanded in custody while the third is out on bail for medical reasons. One of the two attackers arrested in this incident admitted to the raping of Alice, but not the murder. Apparently Alice was assaulted and robbed in her bedroom before the gang proceeded to the second bedroom, where they assaulted Patrick. A plastic bag containing celphones and jewellery from the home was later found in the garden outside the house. Airfield, Benoni. 12 Feb 2010. http://praag.co.za/nuus-magazine-402/suider-afrika-magazine-400/10332-bejaardesaangeval-man-sterf.html http://www.security.co.za/fullStory.asp?NewsId=15273 http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/benoni/benoni-newsgeneral?oid=19156&sn=Detail&pid=3971946&Northmead-resident-Jack-Bothasuccumbs-to-his-injuries-five-months-after-attack BOTHA Kitty, 83 yr old granny, was attacked between 19:00 and 21:30 inside her home in which she had lived for 55 years, before it was set alight. The neighbours heard a loud noise when a window burst due to the heat. They went to the house to investigate. Kit tys grandson explained: "The neighbours tried to put the fire out with their garden hoses. A policeman who happened to drive by the house tried to go inside to look for my ouma, but the flames and smoke were too overwhelming." The fire brigade arrived shortly thereafter and was able to put the fire out before it spread throughout the entire house. Kittys body was found in the hallway, in front of the room where the fire was started. She was partially burnt. There were marks on her face, and signs that she had been strangled, her hands tied up, and a rag stuck into her mouth. According to the autopsy report, Kitty had died of head wounds. Kitty's Dachshund, Moomoo, presumably went to hide behind the couch during the attack, where he smothered to death due to the smoke. The attackers ransacked the entire house. "The content of every drawer and cupboard was thrown out. They also tried to open the safe which contained my ouma's firearms, but failed. Then they started the fire in the room next to my ouma's bedroom and fled." According to him, nothing was stolen. Lyttleton smallholdings, Pretoria. Fri 12 Jan 2010 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20100114042644891C31 8712 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Woman-83-tortured-for-nothing-20100111
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BOTHA Robert aged 58, was attacked by a gang of at least 3 men inside his home at around 15:00. His toypom dog named Louis, sat on his masters chest and guarded his body until the police arrived after he had watched helplessly while Robert was stabbed in his face, arms, and 5 times in the heart. There were also many cuts on his arms, presumably self-defence wounds. His cousin, who surveyed the scene, said: I think Robert saw the three men approaching and ran to his bedroom to open the safe and take out his .22 gun. They must have been too quick for him and attacked him in the bedroom just after he opened the safe. They overpowered him near his bed and stabbed him. The trail of blood illustrates how he tried to flee from his attackers and looked for a place to hide from them. Robert stumbled from his bedroom to a workshop next to his room. If you look at the trail of blood, you can see how he ran to the workshop. There he must have stumbled, because he lost a shoe there. Robert then stumbled around the corner to an awning next to the workshop, where he tried to hide on an old mattress under the rubble, leaves and branches. Thats where the dog went to sit on his chest. Robert loved that dog very much. His late grandmother let the dog in his care when she died. Roberts body was discovered ten minutes later by a man he shared his house with. He then called the police. The police were soon at the scene, but they werent able to get the dog off Roberts chest. My sister had to come and take the dog away. During their investigation, the police discovered a puddle of blood on the side of the smallholdings fence, and suspect that the blood belonged to one of the attackers whom Robert presumably injured. Two licenced .22 rifles were stolen during the attack. Kameeldrift smallholding, Pretoria. 10 May 2010 http://news.iafrica.com/sa/2408481.h...Latest+News%29 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...aster-20100511 Dog guards dead master BOWYER Jean aged 93, was admitted to Olivedale hospital, after receiving extensive injuries while in the care of a retirement centre for the frail, called The Village of Golden Harvest Care Centre. Her daughter received a call from the hospital at 05:45 to inform her that her mother was at the casualty department in a critical condition and that the family should come to see her immediately. She wrote: At that stage, no one from the Care Centre had contacted us to inform us of her condition. When Golden Harvest eventually called, they said that my mother was severely demented and senile and had a bad fall. They claimed that she was running around, throwing things at them and that she tried to get out through the window! When we visited her on Thursday, she was hardly strong enough to get out of her chair on her own! Once the medical staff examined her, they raised their concerns, stating that her injuries did not coincide with that of a fall. Through the course of the morning it became evident that her injuries matched that of someone who had been severely battered and assaulted! The various blood tests, scan and x-rays revealed the following: - 6 bilateral rib fractures - fractured tibia - fractured clavical - extensive bruising all over her body
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- scrapes and lacerations on her legs and arms - a 5cm laceration above her left eye - a 12 cm laceration on the scalp that revealed the skull She had lost a lot of blood and struggled to remain awake. Her blood pressure and heart rate kept dropping and blood had to be transfused. We have talked to the Ambulance crew, who stablised her and moved her to hospital. The crew confirm that the staff at Golden Harvest were evasive and scarce and were not forthcoming in answering their questions. They failed to inform the crew of the 12cm scalp laceration, which they concealed with taped bandages. The crew further confirmed that when they arrived, her unit was in complete disaray, with bloodied sheets lying on the floor. At 3pm, when we went to get some basic essentials for her, the place reeked of strong detergents (like bleach) and all the furniture had been moved around into different places. The Sister at Olivedale casuality confirmed that when no family had arrived after 30 minutes after the ambulance arrival, she called the Golden Harvest staff to enquire whether we were informed. She was told that they could not get hold of us. This is an outright lie, as neither of us have had any missed calls from them! The Olivedale Sister, called us and immediately got hold of us. Further, on Golden Harvest's claims regarding the dementia: We visited her on Thursday and she was a little slow to respond, but definitly not demented. The Matron claims that at 15h00 on Friday, she was horribly demented, but a family member visited her at that exact time and can not give any reports of her having dementia! It has become quite apparent that there is a cover up story. My Mom-in-law has stablised and is out of immediate danger. Her injuries will take months to heal, if they ever do. She has woken up and spoken a few sentences. She has explained to us that she had a disagreement with 2 of the nurses at Golden Harvest about putting on another nightie. When they got frustrated with her, they slapped her until she fell. They then kicked her and dragged her around. She has given a name of one of the nurses. She is very afraid of what will happen and has begged us not to say anything! Her words were, "it will only get worse if they know I told someone..."! We are now seeking advice as to our way forward, but we will not let this horrific abuse of a frail 93 year old be covered up. We will do all we can to ensure justice is served. I have attached some photos of her injuries - please do not look if you are sensitive. I am hoping that this email will circulate and eventually land in the hands of someone who can help us. We have sent this information to Carte Blanche as well. We, as the family, cannot thank Netcare Olivedales' doctors, sisters, nursing staff, radiologists and ambulance crew enough for their support, professionalism and humanity enough. If only there were more of you around! Thank you so much for what you've done - we truly appreciate it. Johannesburg. 12 June 2010 http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/244317-Old-Age-Home-Nurse-Beats-up93yr-Old-Woman BREEDT Johanna aged 64, was torched with 100% burns in a field and died shortly after. A worker at a private residence right next to the field went to investigate why their
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dogs were barking so much and when she saw the burning woman, she alerted her homeowner, the SAPS and the fire department. A member of the Bloemsec-private security company who was patrolling the street also rushed in to help douse the flames. The homeowner said that initially he did not recognise the burnt woman until he noticed her car parked nearby, and her cellphone near the scene, and realised that it was Mrs Breedt a close family friend. She was still alive when paramedics from ER24 rushed her from the scene to the Bloemfontein MediClinic with 100% burn wounds: she died shortly after 21:00. Medical personnel said her burn wounds were the worst any of them had ever seen. Her distraught and crying husband, Reverend Johan Breedt, stood helplessly at the scene and was reportedly inconsolable. It appears as if a flammable liquid was poured over Johanna. Police said that her death may not be crime related as it appears that nothing was stolen. Bloemfontein. 27 July 2010 Afrikaner woman torched in Bloemfontein http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Aan-brand-gesteek-vrou-sterf-in-veld-20100728 BREYTENBACH George aged 78, AND his wife Leonie aged 75, were attacked at their homestead at around 11:00. George was taking a walk with their dog when two men, armed with a golf club and knives, stormed down on him. They beat him so hard that the golf club broke on his head. The broken club, the bloody dog and a pool of blood bore silent witness to the drama. They hit me and I fell, bu t I was not knocked out, I am too tough for them to knock out, he said. One of them climbed on me and hit me with a blunt object on the head six, seven, eight times. The attackers then dragged him into the house with a knife against his throat, where they held Goerge and Leonie hostage in the bedroom. The couple were forced to open the safe, from which a pellet gun and a shot gun was taken. An attacker loaded the shotgun with one of the two bullets that were in the safe, and then threatened to shoot the couple should they make any trouble. After taking what little cash the couple had on them, the gang rummaged throught the house for valuables. When they were finished, the couple were tied up with the electrical cord from the vacuum cleaner. Leonie was locked up in the bedroom and George in the bathroom. Leonie managed to free herself, climb out through the window, and seek help. The Rest, Uitkyk smallholdings, Nelspruit. Fri 4 June 2010 . http://www.lowvelder.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16 81:wrede-aanval-laat-kommer-toeneem&catid=34:news&Itemid=75 BRITS Jannie shot in stomach with .765 gun while at home. He died the following day. A gang of 4 men have been arrested in connection with this attack. Witbank 17 Dec 2010 Jannie Brits, shot in stomach with .765 calibre-gun, home on Leeuwpoort prison grounds, Witbank Dec 14 2010 BRITZ Hettie, 29 yr old therapist, AND her husband Louis, a gospel singer, were attacked by a gang inside their security complex home at night. Hettie had gone to bed and Louis was still working when an armed gang stormed into the house. They took him to the bedroom where Hettie was, and forced the couple to lie on the floor. Louis told Hettie that if this was the end, they would see each other again in heaven. Later the
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robbers took him away. One stayed with Hettie where she lay with her hands tied, half under the bed. She said while she was lying like this, she realised that she was going to be raped. After an attacker had raped her, Louis was forced to drive their attackers out of the premises. He pleaded for his life, and was set free nearby. The examination which Hettie had to undergo in hospital afterwards was bad, she said. She had to drink medication that made her very nauseous. She was also given anti-retroviral treatment to fight HIV infection. Centurion, Pretoria. Monday 11 Feb 2010 - Beeld http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/God-told-me-Id-be-raped-20100210 BRONKHORST Chris - disabled stroke victim aged 67, was tortured by 4 armed men using melting plastic, was whipped with a sjambok and endured other tortures so horrific that the news media is still unable to publish it. The attack was only confirmed to the news media after the family had told the news media about it and the police were pressured into releasing the information four days later. However this did not end his torture. Shocking images have since emerged of Chris Bronkhorst's maltreatment in a public hospice. He continued to suffer due to the maltreatment and neglect at the hospice where he was moved after his wounds were healed at the Milpark Hospital a month earlier. When he arrived at the hospice, all his wounds had healed: Family friend Magda Cracknell wrote that while Chris was mentally traumatised and uncommunicative' after his transfer from hospital, his wounds had completely healed: There were no pressure sores on his body when he was moved to the hospice, yet within weeks, a leg had to be amputated because of untreated pressure sores. He was surrounded by uncaring staff. The great many pictures taken by family to record the neglect at the hospice showed the extent of Chris Bronkhorsts continuing suffering: his buttocks were blackened from untreated pressure-sores, his limbs and back showed festering, puss-filled, gaping wounds. He suffered constant pain and was kept sedated and thus uncommunicative with morphine injections. Chris died in hospice during May 2011. Walkerville smallholding, Johannesburg. 29 Sept 2010 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/687FarmiTracker www.farmitracker.com BRUWER Andre, father aged 53, AND wife Laurenza aged 51, AND daughter Luandri aged 20, suffered two attacks inside their home within one week. The first attack took place after the family had forgotten to switch the burglar alarm system on. Electrical items were looted but some items of value were not taken. Andre reported the case to the local police station, and also stated that the second safe had not been stolen from, as well as the fact that he was planning on installing security cameras in the home. A week later, while the two women were alone at home, two men in police uniforms came knocking at their front door, claiming that they were investigating the house -robbery; that they had arrested three suspects; and that they wanted more information. Laurenza invited them in one man immediately pointed a gun to her head, and three more armed men, all in police uniforms, then walked in. One demanded to have the code to the second safe and demanded to know where the security cameras video materials were located. They threatened to repeatedly rape Laurenza and her daughter
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until she gave them the code. Terrified, Laurenza told them truthfully that only her husband had the code. Luckily they believed her and tied the two women up, demanding their jewellery. These men in uniform arrived, and asked for very specific items and the coincidence is just too big that exactly those same items were mentioned to the police when we reported the first robbery, she said afterwards. The men then fled with the second safe, jewellery and money. Centurion, prretoria. Sun 28 Sept 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Polisie-roof-wat-boewe-agterlaat-20100928 BURGER Chantelle, aged 18, AND her sister Zaria aged 12, AND two of their best friends, AND her mother Elaine were attacked in the early hours of the morning. Chantelle, who was 7 months pregnant, had fallen asleep on the couch in the lounge while they were watching tv. Her sister walked their friends out as they were leaving to go home. These three girls were then confronted by a gang of armed men. Chantelle awoke to her sisters screams. One killer stood over the girls as they lay face down on the ground, and the others were about to break into the family's home. Chantelle ran to the rescue of the three girls, but was shot at as she opened the door. Bullets struck the wall centimetres from her head and shoulder, the hot metal fragments tearing into her stomach. Elaine awoke to the sound of her daughters screams and rushed down the passage, taking her personal firearm with. As she opened fire on their attackers, the gunmen who were still shooting at Chantelle turned on Elaine and fired five shots at her. Miraculously the bullets, which struck her in the chest, side, right arm and elbow, missed all her vital organs. Nothhing was looted. Pienaarspoort smallholding, Pretoria. Sat 5 June 2010 Family's miracle escape during armed raid http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2010/06/familys-miracle-escape-duringarmed.html BUY Dave - businessman aged 59, was attacked by 2 members of a 4 man gang as he was walking to his garage to go to work at around 08:00. They started wrestling, and one man pulled out his gun. Dave was shot twice in the shoulders and once in the heart. He ran to the back of his house and collapsed on the lawn. His 80 year old mother-in-law was in the kitchen, and saw the entire attack through a window. Dave told his wife that he was in a lot of pain, and could not carry on. He died soon after he gave an accurate description of his attackers to the police on the scene. They discovered more than 20 unused bullets in front of the Buys garage. Nothing was looted. Garankuwa, Pretoria North. 13 April 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Ek-het-seer-t%C3%A9-seer-20100412 CANNAERTS Etienne - Belgium farmer aged 61, went missing after taking workers to their homes around midday. Neighbours later found him in the veldt with his hands and feet tied up, and his throat slit. The organised crime unit later arrested a 29 year old and a 20 year old man in connection with this crime. It appears that Etienne was attacked by a gang of men as he opened his gate. He was then kidnapped in his own vehicle, and taken to a dam where he was murdered with his own pocket knife before they dumped
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his corpse on an isolated road. Nothing was stolen from him. Corn Hill Farm Lephaphale, Villa Nora area, Ellisras. Fri 1 March 2010 Ellisras/Lephaphale http://www.100megspop2.com/crimebusters/FarmVictims.html CILLIERS Chris aged 63 - recovering from chemo therapy for cancer, AND his wife Susan aged 63, were sitting on their verandah during the afternoon, before Chris went into the house, where he was attacked by a gang of at least 3 men, tied to a chair, and beaten with their sticks and fists. Susan was attacked on the verandah, dragged to the bedroom and thrown onto the bed face down. Her hands and feet were tied, and her head was smashed with 16 pound hammer, after which she died. Nothing was reported stolen. Koster, NorthWest, 10 Dec 2010 http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?171964-SA-Farm-Murders/page21 CLOETE Rita, AND her sister Lida Prinsloo aged 76, were both injured 8 hours apart by separate attacks from armed gangs at Ms Prinsloos house. In both, the attackers were very brutal and aggressive. They yelled at the women in Afrikaans that they were going to get shot and one had tried to run down the injured Rita with her own car. Rita told the Beeld newspaper that, The next moment this man was at my car, screamed in Afrikaans: I am going to shoot you, ripped the keys from my hand, jumped in the car, turned it around and then nearly ran me down as he drove off. She had been beaten with a rifle-butt and both her wrists were broken. The gang attacked the family a second time when Mrs Prinsloo and her husband showed up to offload a cupboard at her sisters house. As the murderous gang drove up to the Cloete house for the second attack, they fired two shots at a family friend. Lida died from her injuries sustained during the second attack. The armed gang then tried to attack the family members who had all fled inside - locking the security guard door behind them - while one had pushed the button activating their security systems very loud siren, after which the gang fled the scene. Throughout the double-siege, Chanelle Rebello aged 4 - Lidas granddaughter, hid away in the shower and the little girl would only come out from behind the shower-curtain once the police and ambulance people showed up. Credit cards and cellphones were robbed. The extended family members also said they were grateful that they were still alive. SEE PRINSLOO Lida. Springs, 27 Oct 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Susters-gekaap-op-dieselfde-plek-dag20101029 http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/10/afrikaans-women-targets-ofblack.html COETZEE Jacoba Jakkie, female aged 62, was murdered inside her home soon after she had attended a Bible study group with her friends. She left them at around 11:30. Her husband Gert aged 66, arrived home at about 12:30 an d discovered his wifes maimed body lying in a pool of blood between an axe and her Bible in the master
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bedroom. She had at least one hack wound to her face. The police could find no signs of a forced entry into the house, and only her celphone was missing. Ermelo 23 Sept 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Body-found-between-Bible-and-axe20100923 COETZEE Johannes Jakobus Hendrikus, male aged 60, was found dead in a muddy stream in Parys at sunset after he went missing while doing business in town. There was at least one stab wound found on his body. Sasolburg 16 April 2010 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Man-%2860%29-dood-in-spruit-gekry-nadathy-verdwyn-20100416 COETZEE Mickey, female aged 48, brutally beaten in her face, forced to walk over body of her dead friend. ALSO See Du Toit Christina. Smallholding Uitzicht, Pretoria. 23 Sept 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Galleries/Image/Fotos/Vermaak/Hy%20skop%20werkgewer%20se %20lyk%20na%20kopskoot COETZER Jay-P aged 24, was murdered inside his home. His corpse, with a bullet wound, was discovered by his cousin after Jay-P did not turn up for work. His phone, television, jacket and watch was stolen. A reward is offered for the capture of his killers by his family. Potchefstroom. 23 July 2010 http://www.potchefstroomherald.co.za/6412/news-details/vermeende-moordenaarsteeds-soek COOKE Gordon aged 27, AND fiancee Bianca Barrand AND their 8 month old baby girl Abigail, were asleep when a 4 man armed gang broke into their rental cottage at midnight on Xmas. At around 00:30 Bianca heard some noises and woke Gordon up. He walked to the laundry and found that two men had already removed burglarproof guards from the bathroom window, and another man was inside the house. Gordon shouted at them to try to scare them but that didnt scare them at all. The intruder fired a shot and hit Gordon in the neck. Gordon then shouted at Bianca to call for help. She asked for help on the two-way radio, then took their baby, wrapped her in a blanket and hid on the floor between the bed and the wardrobe. One of the men walked in and saw Bianca. She asked him not to kill her and her baby but that he could take everything. Another man then called back the man in the bedroom. On their way out they picked up the Speed Queen washing machine and threw it on Gordon, lying injured on the ground. The gang managed to get away with their loot just before the neighbourhood watch arrived on the scene. The bullet which hit Gordon hit his spine and lodged in his neck. The damage to his nerve system caused permanent paralysis. Gordon died a year later in hospital from complications caused through this bullet. Blesbok Country Lodge, Witbank agricultural holdings. 26 Dec 2010 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001566674423 http://www.facebook.com/benita.dewinnaar
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COWAN Renske aged 75 was alone at home when she was attacked by a man who had bent open the security gate to her backdoor to gain entrance into her home. She said that, It was just before 13:00 that I sat watching television, when I saw a movement and his arm grabbed me round the throat. I had a terrible fright.When I screamed, he grabbed the house telephone, and hit me in the face with it, breaking my nose. He then yanked me off the chair and pushed my face into the carpet. In the meantime, blood streamed from my nose and mouth into my throat and I could not breathe. Her attacker then dragged Renske through the house to her daughters bedroom where he tied her hands with a chord. She remained very still, too scared to look up in case he hit her again while he rummaged through the house. He fled the scene with the little bit of jewellery and cash she had, as well as the family dvd player and a computer monitor screen which he carried in a suitcase. Renske managed to free herself and get help from her neighbour, who called the ambulance and police. Renske had suffered broken bones in her hands, an injured throat, extensive bruising to her face, neck and shoulder, a broken nose, and the inside of her mouth was badly damaged, whereafter she could only eat with a straw. Primrose, Germiston 28 Oct 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Oue-se-vrees-Net-nie-verkrag20101028 http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/10/afrikaans-pensionerbrutally-beaten-in.html CRESSY Eddie, male aged 65, was overpowered in his house by 4 men on Heritage Day. One of the men pressed a saw against Eddies throat while another shoved the barrel of a .22 rifle into his mouth, demanding money. He was also kicked and hit. Only his camera was stolen before they crossed the border into Lesotho. Farm Beginsel, Clarens. 27 Sept 2010. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...acked-20100926 CROESER Erica, wildlife lodge supervisor aged 32, AND her husband Morne, police constable aged 34 from the SAPS dog unit, were attacked at their Msinsi Game Reserve homestead. The same knife which was used to stab Morne in the stomach, was used to slit Ericas throat and she died on the scene. More than 300 guests were attending the annual bass-fishing tournament, and were upset about the gruesome murder attack on the couple. Albert Falls Dam, Pietermaritzburg. 28 Aug 2010. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Womans-throat-slit-in-nature-reserve20100829 http://www.msinsi.co.za/albert-falls-dam.php CRONJE Cornelius, farmer aged 83, AND his wife Anna Marie aged 85, AND their daughter Petronella aged 53, were attacked and robbed during the day on their farm by a gang of 8 men. The gang, armed with three guns, arrived on the farm in a pick-up van at around 12:00, under the pretence of buying cattle. Cornelius, and one of his farm workers, accompanied the gang to the cattle kraal near the homestead. There they were overpowered, beaten with an iron pole, and tied up with plastic rope. The gang then went into the house where they found Anna Maria and Petronella. The women were assaulted,
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made to lie down on the diningroom floor, and tied up. Meanwhile, the farm worker managed to free himself, escape, and call for help from the neighbours. While some of the gang had gone to fetch Cornelius from outside, the rest of the gang rummaged through the house. They discovered the safe keys, and stole cash and two pistols. The gang fled the scene in their van. Upon their arrival, the police found the two women and untied them. Cornelius was found in a bedroom with serious wounds to the face and head. He and Anna Maria were rushed to hospital. Doornlaagte, Welkom. Wed 17 Feb 2010 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=nw20100224192417773C3 02439 FARMER, WIFE, WORKER INJURED IN FARM ATTACK http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t271611-568/ CRONJE George, area manager aged 48, AND Charles Slabbert, male aged 45, were shot while asking for directions along the road during the day on a business trip. According to police, Charles told them that they had lost their way en route to a guest house, and that a vehicle pulled up right next to them and that a number of shots were fired at them. He chased to the nearest house to try and find help. George died from 2 gunshots in his chest. Charles suffered face, chest, arm and hand injuries. Komatiepoort, Limpopo 2 June 2010 http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/07/george-cronje-48-shot-deadkomatipoort.html http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Pa-doodgeskiet-en-kollega-gewond-toehul-verdwaal-20100603 DAFFEU Koos farmer/ building contractor aged 46, and a fellow worker, were en route to work at about 05:45 when they were ambushed at a low water bridge on a dirt road, where several shots were fired from the side of the road at their vehicle. Koos kept on driving but his vehicle overturned near a T-junction approximately 600m from the bridge. Their attackers ran after them and shot them to death. Police believe that Koos was shot another five times after his vehicle overturned.He was found dead on the scene with bullet wounds to his upper body. Five spent cartridges from a 9mm pistol were found on the scene. Addittional spent bullets cartridges were found at the low water bridge. Ellisras, 3 Aug 2010 Daffeu, Koos, 46, 2010-08-03, farmer/contractor at Medupi electricity plant, executed in ambush, farm Lith, outside Ellisras. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001108447359&v=wall&story_fbid=1244421 57602732#!/walltowall.php?id=100000098292518&banter_id=100001108447359&ref=nf DEEZ Jakobus, farm worker who went missing was found chopped to pieces. Villiersdorp farm. 3 July 2010 Deez, Jakobus, farm worker missing July 3 2010, found chopped to pieces Villiersdorp farm
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DE JONG Albertus, Dutch male aged 66, was hacked to death with an axe, his body left under garden plants, and the murder weapon, full of clear finger prints, lay next to him. His house had been ransacked and his corpse was guarded by his dogs for three days before he was discovered by his lady friend. Perdefontein smallholding, Pretoria North 23 Oct 2010 Nederlander, afgeslacht met bijl op kleinhoeve Perdefontein, Wallmansthal, Kameeldrift Pretoria-Noord 2010-10-23 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Dog-guards-murdered-Pretoria-mans-body20101025 DEL FABBRO FAMILY attacked inside their home, while their two year old baby was sleeping in the bed with her parents. Eight spent bullet-cartridges were later found outside the bedroom window. Marco father aged 35, told Beeld newspaper that they had just fallen asleep when they heard sounds at the window and the shooting started just like that, from the outside. It is ludicrous to wake up because you are being shot at, he said. When I realised we were under fire I grabbed the little one and put her in the hallway. As I grabbed my wife and pushed her into the hallway too, my wife was shot in the foot and I was shot in the back. By that time they had already fired bullets into my hip. Their twelve-year-old daughter Anya woke up from the shots in her bedroom. Four armed men then climbed through the couples shattered bedroom window and ordered Marco at gunpoint to stand up and lie on the bed to be tied up. He said he couldnt walk because bullets were fired into his legs and thigh. Another man then walked into An yas room where the two girls were cowering, pointed a gun at their mother and ordered her back to the main bedroom. The two girls were left behind weeping and terrified, alone in the room while the gang plundered the main bedroom and fled. I would not wi sh this on my worst enemy, said Marco. Mooiplaats smallholding 25 Nov 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Pa-4-keer-deur-ruit-geskiet-20101128 Antonella del Fabbro, (2) shot at while asleep between parents: Mooiplaats smallholding Nov 25 2010: DENEEGHERE Louis aged 63, was kidnapped in his own car from the Morningside Country club on 18 Sep 2010. He was very likely murdered on the same night he was kidnapped, his vehicle stolen and his Kensington home ransacked. The original Missing Person poster issued by the SAPS stated that his vehicle was found abandoned in Kensington on Sunday-morning, the day after he was seen last: leaving the country club. His corpse was discovered in the veldt on a smallholding south of Sebokeng on 16 Oct 2010, with a gunshot wound. Cape. http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=50876 DENNIS Peter, was murdered on an unnamed farm near Sterkfontein Caves, Cradle of Human Kind World Heritage Site Farm. 31 April 2010 http://christsassembly.com/watchman_reporters/index.php?topic=221.0
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DERCKSEN Jan aged 62, who went missing on Oct 25, was found murdered days later along the road. His corpse was found naked, the lower body severely bruised. His shoes, socks, pants and shirt folded neatly next to him. Smallholding, Kempton Park 5 Nov 2010 http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/kempton-park/kempton-park-newsgeneral?oid=540340&sn=Detail&pid=490119&Missing-man-found-dead-in-veld DE WET Cornelia, 32, woke up to the smell of smoke around 22:00 at night. She looked into a wall of fire and her bedroom curtains were in flames. Her two children, Cornelia aged 11, and Joey aged 2, had been overcome with smoke. Caroline found the doors wired shut, and was shot at while she leaned out the kitchen window to untie the wire around the latch of the door. They were bent on killing us. This had nothing to do with theft, she said afterwards. She called her parents for help over the two-way radio, which had been installed barely two weeks prior to the attack. When they came out of the house, shots were fored at them from the dark. Her parents used their service pistol to shoot back into the dark from where their attackers were shooting at them. Attempts to contact the police in Carolina, about 12km from the farm, were initially fruitless because they didnt answer their phone. Cornelia then phoned her brother, who farms near Belfast. He rushed to the farm. When I got there, the shots were still flying, he said. He also started firing in the direction of the attackers. The shooting then died down. The attack was well planned in great detail and they came prepared with enough ammunition, he added. The police picked up 9mm and shotgun shells as well as a few rounds near the two houses. One of the rounds was of a strange calibre that is not known to the police. Farm Kwaggafontein, Carolina. Sat 19 April 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...nside-20100419 DIESEL Willie, mining shift boss aged 49, died shortly after he had been stabbed in his back and heart by a gang of at least 3 men while withdrawing cash early in the morning at 04:18 so that he could pay for a sheep which he and his workers were planning to braai at work that day. Virginia, 11 Dec 2010 http://www.volkstaat.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=766:south-africawhite-genocide-killed-willie-diesel-11th-dec-2010&catid=56:latest&Itemid=82 DOREY Elizabeth aged 64, was overpowered early in the evening after a gang removed a window from her house. Her corpse was found lying in the passage with severe bruising all over her fragile, small body and face. Her hands had been tied behind her back, a rag stuffed into her mouth, and she was strangled to death with an electric cord in her dilapidated farm house, Hilltop smallholding, Nelspruit.Thur 2 Sept 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vrou-wou-nie-hoewe-los-toe-word-sy-vermoor20100902
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DU BUISSON Theuns, AND fellow students Wessel Wessels, Pieter Cockeran AND Johnathan Bosman were physically assaulted, dragged around by their arms and legs, kicked in their faces, harassed and racially insulted during an illegal initiation to the university campus hostel conducted by a large crowd of black students, and punished afterwards by authorities to whom they complained - for participating in the initiation after they had made all hostel staff swear to secrecy. Villa Bravado hostel, University of Bloemfontein. 6 Aug 2010 Black students humiliate Afrikaner youths at FS University VIDEO http://www.beeld.com/Galleries/Video/Videos/SuidAfrika/Nog%20%60n%20UVvideo%20ontstel/3ccb398de178497f8419402a0538f309/Nog-%60n-UVvideo-ontstel DUNN Paul, a Citrus farm manager aged 49, died from an attack inside his home during the early hours of the morning by a gang of at least 3 men and was shot in the chest, neck, right arm and back. Letsitele District, Tzeneen. Sat 26 Feb 2010 http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/07/farm-murder-death-list-1994-july15.html DU PLESSIS Quentin aged 30, was walking home the 500 meters from his mothers when he was accosted by policemen. "Monday was my day off from work and I went to my mother's house to paint her gate. Over the course of the afternoon I had three beers. I left for home just after 20:00. A police van stopped next to me at the corner and the one police official got out and said that I'm drunk. He told me to get into the back of the van. I asked him if I could just drop my bag off at home. That's when he slapped me." The second police officer then also slapped him a few times, after which they loaded him into the back of the van and sprayed him with pepper spray, Quentin said. He was thrown into a cell at Brakpan police station and was again sprayed in the face with pepper spra, after which more police officials came to hit and kick him. "A while later one of them came to the cell, poured a bucket of water over me and gave me a piece of paper which said I had been 'drunk in public'." The next morning he was taken to the Brakpan Magistrate's Court along with other detainees. "When the prosecutor saw me, she immediately said I should lay a charge. I paid my R300 fine and went home." Later, when he went back to the police station to lay a charge, a police official in the charge office told him to "get out of here before we **** you up again". Brakpan. Mon 25 Feb 2010 http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t271611-568/ DU PREEZ family were falsely arrested when thirty SAPS members in 15 vehicles descended on their farm, with the station commander Mayila shouting: I order you to shoot dead anyone who resists.... Fortunately, the entire violent incident was recorded on video, and the magistrates court, after viewing these horrendous scenes, was able to rule that the family had been framed by the SAPS, and that the six Du Preex family member were innocent of all wrongdoing.
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Jan and Frances du Preez have been treated like dogs by the SAPS over the past six years, the Sondag newspaper reported. The first attack by the local SAPS came on the evening of the 8th of May 2004, when Jan was kidnapped from his farm and taken to Pretoria and as it was later described by a black judge kidnapped by a reckless police force. To this day, Jan does not know why he was arrested because after he was kidnapped, the SAPS had suddenly dropped their case against him. On the 5th of March 2009, Jan won his case of illegal arrest and the court ordered the SAPS to pay him R500,000 in damages. An SAPS commander had driven personally from Pretoria to apologise to Jan. Scarcely two months later, Jan suddenly started receiving visits from an arrogant SAPS inspector, Pieter Booyse of the Nylstroom police, who arrived for a socalled routine-inspection and demanded the right to arrest all his farm -workers right there on the spot. Booyse allegedly claimed the workers were illegal aliens before even checking their documents. However, each of his workers was able to show legal documentation so Jan chased Booyse and his comrades from his farm. Several days later, he heard that his workers were set upon by the SAPS at Pienaarsrivier and badly beaten up. On the 10th of August 2010, Sondag newspaper reported that the Nylstroom SAPS had descended with a huge horde and amidst loud cheering on the farm of Jan du Preez, and arrested the entire family this time Jan,his wife Frances, and four children Anton aged 30, Yolandi aged 27, Tanya aged 23, and Werner aged 21. The SAPS had no arrest warrants and beat the bewildered father so badly that he had to be rushed to Pretoria for emergency surgery. What evil did this family commit to deserve this? asked Sondags journalist; replying: Nothing. That was the courts decision this week after viewing a videorecording showing howthe SAPS bullies descended on the Du Preez family, and bashed Yolandi and Frances around. The charge sheet contained 30 charges all pure thumbsuck, ruled the court. The court also ruled that this family was as harmless as gingerbread. However, the court in Nylstroom heard that the SAPS threatened the family with rape, threatened that they would be shot dead, and committed purjury in a court of law just to frame this family for non-existent crimes lodging 30 thumb-suck charges against them. Writes Sondag newspaper: Fortunately, this animal-behaviour by these cops was recorded on a video camera. Thats why the court ruled in favour of the family and discharged them. While the family was being bashed about and attempts were made to load them into police vans, one detective surnamed Nienaber had casually strolled up to Jan Du Preez and told him that the easiest way out would be to cooperate with your family and get into the police vans. When Du Preez asked him why they were being arrested, Nienaber shrugged: I dont know what the story is all about These facts were recorded on the video which we are still trying to obtain a copy of. Nylstroom Afrikaner family not guilty of trumped-up charges http://www.sondag.co.za/artikels/Nuus/ERG-GEKNEUS DU RANDT Steven Peter Seun aged 35, AND Jasper Slabbert aged 39, were walking home at night through a field when they heard the footsteps of a gang behind them.
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While running away, they were overpowered and stabbed mercilessly. Jasper related the attack to the Volksblad newspaper from his hospital bed, and said that, I felt how I was being stabbed from behind. I told them I have no money. His attackers searched him and took his cigarettes. Then they stabbed him again. Jasper managed to get up and run, but got dizzy and passed out. When he got up, he fled the scene, wondering where his friend was, and sought help at a nearby house. They contacted an ambulance and the police, who came across the body of Seun, who had died in the field from 28 stab wounds. Jasper had suffered 5 stabwounds. Bloemfontein air base, 18 Jan 2010 http://www.volksblad.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/2114/b42e2e6fed3c4f35b4e0d711261fd2db/18-01-2010-0504/Aandjie_uit_eindig_in_%E2%80%99n_bloedbad DU TOIT, Christina Christa had just opened the electronic gates to her gardener at around 08:30 when he overpowered her in her home. The housekeeper heard Christa scream and saw she was being throttled, rushed to the adjacent flat of Mrs Coetzee, and warned that, Mrs Du Toit was being held hostage. Mrs Coetzee told the housekeeper to lock the door, and just as she did so, a shot was fired right through the door. The attacker came in, pushed a gun against Mrs Coetzees head and forced the two women into the bathroom, continually demanding money before taking them to the main house. Mrs Coetzee related that, When we walked into the hallway we saw Christa on the ground. We had to walk over her to the bedroom. He forced us to walk four times across her body. The first time we walked over her body, I asked him whether Christa was dead. He kicked her body and told us to shut up. After the fourth time, he pushed the women out the back door. The housekeeper then grabbed the gardeners gun, throwing it into the air. As it fell to pieces on the ground she rushed away to seek help from a neighbour. In the meantime Mrs Coetzee was being so brutally beaten with the first in the face by the murderer that she lost consciousness. When she came to, he was gone. The warrant officer on duty said that while their attacker appeared to have been demanding money, he did not get any and nothing else was robbed either. Swazina Park Uitzicht Pretoria, 23 Sept 2010 .http://www.beeld.com/Galleries/Image/Fotos/Vermaak/Hy%20skop%20werkgewer%20s e%20lyk%20na%20kopskoot Killed with headshot, gardener Nyasha Mabure, 19 being sought DU TOIT Jan aged 80, was attacked while he was in his bed at around 02:00 in bed by a gang of at least two men who kicked down his bedroom door, pulled a blanket over his head, and shot in Jan in the stomach. The bullet also shafed his arm. A small portable radio and a celphone was looted before his attackers left him for dead and fled the scene. Jan struggled 50m to the house of his married daughter before collapsing. He was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Kameeldrift, Pretoria Fri 1 May 2010 http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/05/norway-daily-highlightskameeldrift_28.html http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/80jarige-geskiet-vir-klein-radioselfoon-20100501
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DUVENHAGE Alta, female aged 64, was attacked and killed in her house by a gang of at least 6 members a few months after she went on retirement. They rolled her body up in a carpet and dumped it in a sewerage manhole. There was blood found in her home, and it appears that she had been strangled. Nothing had been stolen from her home, and there was still jewellery on her body. Her attackers fled the scene in her car which was recovered soon after by the police. Alberton Fri 24 May 2010 Beeld http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2010/05/lyk-in-mat-toegerol-in-mangatgekry.html Lyk in mat toegerol in mangat gekry EAGER Thys - retired army colonel aged 78, AND his wife Barbara aged 74, both hard of hearing, were in their bed at around 03:00 after a gang of at least 2 men broke through the roof of their townhouse. Barbara related the attack that followed, as follows: I woke up when two bodies fell on top of us on our bed. One attacked me immediately, while the other attacked him (Thys). I screamed...so loudly did I scream that my neighbour heard me. Then the struggle and torture started. According to Barbara, one of their attackers pushed a knife against her throat after which they threw her off the bed, and tied up her hands and feet. She was stabbed several times with the knife, and was also physically assaulted. Thys had also been thrown off the bed, kicked and beaten. I asked them in their own language if the wanted food, or money, or what, he said. All reaction I got, was to be hit against the cheek with something blooming hard. In the meantime, one of their attackers had grabbed Barbara by the throat and threw a blanket over her head to smother her further. Thys was also strangled. He lost consciousness twice. I began gurgling and knew I was going to die now, he recalled. My husband stopped moaning. I thought he had already died, Barbara added. After a while, she realised it had become quiet. The next moment, someone started untying her. When she opened her eyes, she looked into the face of a policeman. The attack had been interrupted when police arrived at the scene. After hearing her screams, their neighbour alerted the police and also phoned other occupants in the complex. The attackers fled with two celphones and Thyss wedding ring which they had taken off his finger. Centurion, Sat 11 June 2010. Slagoffer van huisrooftog dink man is dood toe hy ophou kla EARLY Christopher male aged 69, AND his wife Jennifer aged 62, both UK citizens, were murdered in their home during the afternoon by a gang of at least 3 men. Christopher was attacked after he arrived at home while Jennifer was held hostage by the gang. Their corpses were discovered that evening after a passerby saw their family car in a ditch about 6km from their home. There were boxes on the back seat, and initially the matter was thought to be a car accident, until the police discovered Christopher, dressed only in a t-shirt and underpants in the boot; Jennifer lay naked beneath him. Christophers body had been chopped with a panga and he also carried
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wounds caused by a blunt object, such as a hammer. Jennifer had been shot in the chest with a gun. In their home, blood trails from room to room witnessed how the victims had been dragged around. Three men were arrested on July 22, 2010. Police confiscated two firearms one belonging to Mr Early - and six stolen cellphones, two identified as belonging to the murdered Early couple. The one suspect had been released a few weeks earlier from prison for housebreak. The three men were released on R500 bail on Monday July 26 2010 at the Hibberdene magistrates court. Thurs 16 July 2010. Hibberdene Woodgrange smallholdings, KZN KILLERS CAUGHT, RELEASED ON BAIL R500 EACH (+/- $32USD) http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Drie-vas-vir-Hibberdene-moord-20100723-2 16 July 2010 Inbreker moor glo n vrylating 2010-07-24 11:32 ELS Fanie AND his wife Tos, both retired, were attacked at sunset inside their garden by a masked man with a knobkierrie (traditional wooden stick weapon). Both sustained serious injuries. Klerksdorp. Thur 13 May 2010 BEJAARDE EGPAAR OORLEEF KNOPKIERIE-AANVAL ELS Nick, male aged 63, AND his wife Elsie aged 58, were attacked and beaten to death inside their home. Their gardener called for the police when he arrived at their home and found blood on their front door. Their housekeeper arrived shortly after and unlocked the door for the police. There were signs of a struggle in the living room where Nicks lifeless body was found. Elsie was found dead in their bedroom . The police said that the couple were murdered with a blunt object similar to a road-hacking tool, two days before their bodies were discovered. There seems no motive police were unable to establish whether anything was stolen. Swellendam. 5 Feb 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/15cb5f42ed784e58a8167580deb03f9e/05-02-2010-0653/Egpaar_in_stil_dorp_vermoor Retired Afrikaans couple Nick and Elsie Els murdered in Swellendam near George theyd moved from Phalaborwa to be safe *ELS Kosie - a popular teacher of school for disabled pupils, had withdrawn R140,000 ($15 000) from a local bank in the afternoon after he had sold his house, and was driving away in his car with a woman friend just outside town when he was pulled over by a car with a number of gunmen and was shot at point-blank in the face. The gunmen then accosted his woman-friend and demanded that she 'hand over the cash'. After they took the cash, they fired another shot into Kosie before they drove away. Police suspect he was followed from the bank. Dundee, 1 March 2010. A Facebook page for the the murdered teacher has been set up in his name. http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2010/03/horrendous-slaughter-details-oflatest_02.html http://www.radiopretoria.co.za
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ENGELBRECHT Charles - fruit farmer aged 73, AND his wife Violet aged 71, were brutally attacked by a gang of 7 men wearing balaclavas at around 21:00 on a Sunday evening, after he had found four dead cats earlier and their family dog had been poisoned. Charles took a torch to investigate why their dog was barking when the gang overpowered him. Charles was beaten with hammers, pliers and farming tools (reference is made to a lusernhak a steel hook shaped tool, used in cultivating lucerne) and lost consciousness. He suffered a broken rib and nose, serious injuries and bruising to his body and face. Violet was overwhelmed in the TV room, pulled through the house with a lusernhak, threatened with rape, tied up to a chair and held hostage for several hours. The gang loaded Charles onto his farm pick-up truck and dropped him off in the fields before they fled with a little bit of cash they found in the house. Charles hired a private detective who helped the police apprehend 6 of the attackers. However the court set them free as the public prosecutor had asked for a postponement whilst awaiting evidence. The medical fees for attending to the injuries Charles suffered during this attack amounted to more than R120 000, and the couple suffer from recurring nightmares. Magogong, Hartswater. 17 Jan 2010 http://southofzambezi.blogspot.com/2010/01/farm-couple-attacked.html http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Landdros-skrap-saak-teen-6-aanvallers-oorstaat-vra-om-uitstel-20100712 ERASMUS Chris, male aged 63, recovering from chemotherapy for cancer, AND wife Martie aged 63, were sitting on the verandah during the afternoon when a gang of at least 3 men sneaked into their house. Chris went inside the house where he was ambushed, beaten up with fists and sticks, then tied to a kitchen chair, and threatened with his life while his home was plundered. Marthie was overpowered on the verandah and dragged to the bedroom, thrown onto the bed face down where her hands and feet were tied up tied before she was bludgeoned to death with a 16pd hammer against the head. Chris suffered serious head injuries which include damage to his left eye, where he had been ebaten with a piece of wood and with fists. Hartbeesfontein, Moedwil district, Koster, 3 Dec 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/16-pond-hamer-eis-vasgebinde-vrou-6320101203 ERASMUS family, who live in two houses a stones throw away from each other, were surrounded by a heavily armed gang who fired a number of shots a the family in what sounded like a little war. Kobus aged 40, said he and his son Corrie aged 18, had to run from the bullets which were fired at them from all directions. The father and son had gone outside from the one house to investigate why their dogs had started barking at around 21:30. At that moment, Kobuss father, Lukas aged 64, came out of the other house to investigate as well. As Corrie came around the corner of the garage, their family dog grabbed a stranger, and another stranger - about 5 meters from Kobus - started shooting at the Erasmus men. Kobus related that, Suddenly there were more than four peo ple shooting at us. I yelled at my father to run back to his house. While he and Corrie ran
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home, the rain of bullets continued. Meanwhile, the Erasmus wives and children hid in the house. Corrie and I ran into the house, switched off the lights, drew the curtains and lay down on the floor. We lay there for a while until it was absolutely quiet, said Kobus. He said it was a miracle that nobody was shot. One of the bullets hit his farm pick-up trucks mud flap. The police found 9mm pistol and shotgun shells. Jakkalsdans Farm, Moloto, Pretoria. Sat 29 Mar 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Man-son-flee-hail-of-bullets-20100328 FERREIRA Callie aged 52, AND his wife Tina aged 48, were attacked inside their home by an armed gang of at least 2 men. As the gang stomed past him into the kitchen, Callie was hit with a pole and fell to the ground. The hands of both Kallie and Tina were tied up behind their backs with shoelaces while they lay on the kitchen floor with for more than 3 hours while their home was ransacked. Callie suffered broken ribs from a beating during the attack. After that first blow I expected them to shoot us dead any minute. One cant really ever know what they will do. We just prayed because there was nothing else we could do, he said. After the men had eaten their fill and looted the place, they locked the couple in their bedroom and fled. Callie bit through the shoelaces his wifes hands had been tied up with -- and the couple also started screaming loudly to alert the neighbour who woke up and alerted the police. Farm Uitzicht, Kameeldrift, Pretoria Wednesday, 14 July 2010 http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/07/ferreira-couple-escapes-alivefrom.html http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Rowers-smul-wyl-egpaar-op-vloer-le20100714
FISCHER Karel aged 86 - who was recovering from a recent stroke, AND son, Adriaan were attacked and extensively tortured by a gang of at least 4 men at night on his farm, during which Adriaan was shot in both his legs. They were saved when a large group of farmers arrived on the scene, after they were informed of the attack by the son of the housekeeper, who saw his mother being overpowered and tied up by the gang. Upon arrival at the homestead, the farm-watch members heard blood-curdling screams coming from the farm-house and realised that the old farmer was being tortured and that he had to be rescued. A gunfight between the farmers and the gang followed, after which the gang fled the scene, hiding behind Karel, who they dragged along as a human shield. The attackers were hiding behind Fischer the entire time while they were fleeing, one of the farmers who were forced to stop shooting when they saw Karel might get shot. They dumped him a long distance from the homestead and fled on foot, he added. When the farmers went into Karels home, they were greeted by a gruesome scene, described as follows: It really looked like a slaughterhouse, the house was covered in blood, with the injured Adriaan Fischer lying in a puddle of blood. Both men had been extensively tortured. Fischer senior had left the key to the gunsafe in Pretoria however in a house where he
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lived while recovering from a recent stroke. Fischer junior said the gunmen didnt want to believe him and kept bashing him in the face with a pistol, and also breaking his crutches on him. Adrian was discharged from hospital after surgery to his legs, however Karel remained in the intensive-care unit at the time of the media report. Morgenzon, Mapumalanga. Fri 4 Sept 2010 http://www.rapport.co.za/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bejaarde-boer-as-menseskildgebruik-20100904 FOURIE, Andrew aged 62, retired teacher and tenant on a farm, was attacked inside his bedroom at around 21:00 and severely tortured by a gang of 3 men. His wife reported that, They kicked him terribly and tied him up in a bedroom in the house. There was blood everywhere, on the walls and also the curtains. His hands, which were crooked from arthritis, were beaten to pieces. His beloved Jack Russel dog Snottie, was brutally kicked and beaten and then shot dead in front of him. After the gang tried to flee in Andrews farm pick-up truck, he wriggled himself free and crawled back to the bain bedroom where Snottie lay dead. He said that a while later, the men came back, pushed a pillow over his head, and tried to smother him. Andrew lost consciousness, and they left him for dead. He lay unconscious for ten hours next to his dead dog until he was found by a neighbour. Andrew died from his injuries in hospital on the 1st of December 2010. His celphone and firearms were stolen. Boschpoort farm Vaalwater 18 Nov 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Man-sterf-2-weke-na-rooftog-20101201 FOURIE Barries - male aged 35, arrested a drug dealer who tried to peddle drugs to him, and took the drug dealer along with his drugs to the police station. However, the police refused to take his statement nor speak to the drug dealer. The seargent on duty cursed Barries, sprayed him with pepper spray and beat him in front of the drug dealer. Bloemfontein, 2 Aug 2010 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Man-glo-aangerand-toe-hy-dwelms-aanpolisie-wou-gee-20100802 Barries Fourie attacked by Park Road SAPS, Bloemfontein: he tried to hand over a suspected drug-deal with the drugs FOURIE Liesel, aged 28, mother of two young children, went to the shop to buy bread and milk on Friday, but never returned. Her car was found with blood on it 4 days later in a nearby town, its back window smashed. Her corpse was found 500m from the car, stuffed into storm water drain, her hands tied behind her back with her pants, and her face crushed. Brakpan, 16 April 2010 http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Jong-ma-se-lyk-in-afvoerpyp-gevind-20100424 FOURIE Theuns Whitey tow-truck driver aged 46, was ambushed at the gate to his smallholding at around 21:00 by a gang of 5 men wearing balaklavas, and armed with pistols. His corpse was found with the hands still tied behind his back to a tree, where they had chopped and slashed him with pangas and axes. Before Whitey arrived home, the gang had also gang raped a woman, and put her body into the boot of his family car,
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after which they made themselves a meal in his house. She managed to wiggle herself free and escape, and walked a kilometre in the pitch darkness to the closest neighbours for help. A colleague of Whitey said that, Everywhere in the house there was a lot of blood. A cabinet next to the safe was also smeared with blood. The gang had gained entry to Whiteys house after they bent open the security gate to the backdoor. They stole the celphones of both Whitey and the woman they had raped, as well as some electrical equipment. Tzaneen. Fri 12 Aug 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Man-aan-boom-gebind-vermoor-20100811 GAIDUSCHEK Karl aged 80, was beaten for 3 hours, strangled with tv wires, and left in a pool of blood for dead whilst having an afternoon nap in his home by a gang of at least 3 men. See ALSO his friend, Ursula Arkner, female aged 76, who was tied up and listened to his assault. She died a few days later from a heart attack. Germiston, Dec 9 2010 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001566674423 White Germiston couple endure brutal attack Dec 9 2010 GEBHARDT Lourens - star pupil aged 18, was beaten into a coma on at around 13:30 while he tried to stop an adult man from attacking a school-friend just outside the schoolterrain of his high school with a baseball-bat. Although known by name and address, the police were still looking for him at the time of the media report. The fight was a continuation of a fracas between two pupils the day before, and an adult man who was closely related to one of the pupils had tried to hit the other pupil in revenge, writes Beeld newspaper. When Louwrens tried to stop the man, he was bashed with a baseball bat over the head. Bystanders said the man had stood outside the school gates, waiting for the pupil, armed with a baseball bat. Louwrens uncle Cobus Gebhardt said his nephew had not been involved in the previous days fight but went acros s the road to try and help. Pupils who witnessed the attack alerted the teachers who in turn contacted his parents, who rushed Louwrens to a general practitioner. He was still conscious when he was at the doctors practice but while he was taken to hosp ital in the ambulance he lost consciousness. Tests revealed that he suffered severe bleeding of the brain. Beeld newspaper reported that Cobus died at 11:00 on the 6th of November 2010 in Krugersdorp private hospital when his life-support machines were turned off after he was declared legally brain dead. Westonaria, 6 Nov 2010 Louwrens Gebhardt, 18, Westonaria HS, Nov 6 2010 dies from beating with baseball bat - hed tried to stop a man from attacking a fellow-pupil GEMBALLA Uwe - a German car tycoon, was kidnapped, and his body found in a field 9 months later. His hands were tied behind his back, and he had been shot in the head, his body wrapped in plastic. 9 Feb 2010. http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/uwe-gemballa-found-dead 2010-10-04 Gemballa, Uwe, German tycoon, found murdered in veldt, kidnapped 9Feb2010 . more on Farmitracker.com http://www.wemotor.com/blog/2010/11/uwe-gemballas-killer-tried-and-found-guilty/
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GIOVANNI Peripoli - male aged 74, had returned from the bank at around 10:30 and closed his gate when a stranger jumped over his fence in broad day light in a busy street. The stranger stabbed Peripoli three times in the stomach with a brand new butchers knife. Each stab was twisted and his entire stomach was sliced open from side to side. The stranger jumped back over the fence and left in a waiting get-away car. Nothing was stolen. Peripoli died shortly after in the hospital. Virginia. Sat 1 Aug 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Mans-stomach-sliced-open-20100801 PERIPOLI, GIOVANNI 74, DEAD: STOMACH SLICED OPEN, VIRGINIA, FREE STATE KNIFE ATTACK
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GEYER Ryan, father of two children Nathan aged 4, and Morgan aged 2, was shot at point-blank range and bundled into a cupboard. His wife, Bronwyn aged 33, was overpowered and bundled into the cupboard on top of her husbands corpse. Their homestead on a rural smallholding was entered by an armed gang firing shots through the locks of the front door. Nothing was robbed during the 19:00 attack, but the Boschkop police station commander described it as a robbery.Swavelpoort, Mon 26 July 2010 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786185924 http://www.beeld.com/SuidAfrika/Nuus/Skurke-druk-vrou-in-kas-by-man-se-lyk-20100726 GIESSEKE Ernest, 69 yr old retired chemistry scientist, was attacked around 05:00 and murdered by 7 men who hit him on the head with rocks, stabbed him and slit his throat with a blunt object. His wife, Eve, was attacked in her bedroom. When she asked them where her husband was, they told her that, You dont have a husband anymore. She managed to push a panic button and the attack was interrupted. The gang fled with a celphone and a handbag, which contained about R50 ($8). Farm Goodhope,Ficksburg Sat 25 Jan 2010 http://www.volksblad.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/2114/8a4dbddf1bf1425dba96ff9123f7a9ed/25-01-2010-0514/Filantroop_vir_R50_vermoor http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/95fa77587ec54e5e95d2bd15e108dc21/24-01-2010-1142/%E2%80%98Jy_het_nie_meer_%E2%80%99n_man_nie,%E2%80%99_s%C3%AA_ boewe_aan_vrou GIOVANNI Peripoli, male aged 74, had returned from the bank at around 10:30am and closed his gate when an attacker jumped over his fence in broad day light in a busy street. Peripoli was stabbed three times in his stomach with a brand new butchers knife. Each stab was twisted and his entire stomach was sliced open from side to side. The attacker jumped back over the fence and left in a waiting get-away car. Nothing was stolen. Peripoli died shortly after in the hospital. Virginia. Sat 1 Aug 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Mans-stomach-sliced-open-20100801
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Peripoli, Giovanni 74, dead: stomach sliced open, Virginia, Free State knife attack nothing stolen GRANAT Peter, male aged 63, managing director of Autozone spares chainstores, was what appears to have been in a kneeling position, when he was shot into the top of his head outside his car along the road he had been travelling at around 22:00. His wallet with bank cards, celphone and handgun was still in his vehicle when his corpse was discovered lying in a large pool of blood alongside. A security guard saw the vehcle of Peter stop along the road, and a second vehicle pull up alongside him, shortly before the shot went off. There was a lot of blood across the road. Nothing was stolen. Parkwood, Johannesburg http://haasdasnuuskasza.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_archive.html GREYVENSTEIN Johan, mining contractor aged 54, AND wife Annelise aged 53, tortured and murdered on their smallholding, and their bodies were found in their farm pick-up truck along a deserted road under a train bridge on their smallholding about 1km from their home - two days after they had disappeared. Johan was shot executionstyle behind the left-ear. His body was lying halfway across his Annelises blood-soaked body. They were both barefeet. Shopping bags with groceries were next to them and they were covered up by a canvas. The chief suspect in this matter was a Zimbabwean who worked on their property, who had gone missing since the double murders. Mussina, 2 Nov 2010 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/692 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus-Daar-was-baie-baie-bloed-20101104 GRISS Conrad, male aged 23, was attacked by a gang of at least two men at around 02:00 which had broken into his home through a window. They beat him to death with hammers before they fled the scene. Nothing was reported stolen. Houtbaai, Cape. 16 April 2010 - Sapa http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Houtbaaiman-%2823%29-in-huisdoodgeslaan-20100416 GROBLER Naas aged 56, was attacked and shot at at least 3 times inside his house at the sliding door of their stoep as he went to see why their dogs were barking at around 04:00. His wife grabbed her cellphone and locked herself in the bathroom of their house when she heard the shots. Their attackers calmly stole a cellphone and jewellery from the house after the shooting. "When my mom heard the robbers flee, she phoned the security guard at the complex's gate and started screaming," said her daughter. A rural security complex on the Lekker Lag, Denysville Farm, Vaal River 5 Sept 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Man-shot-dead-in-Lekker-Lag-home20100908
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HALL Desir aged 42 AND her labour brokerage business partner Madeleine Bezuidenhout aged 52, were killed and injured in a racist attack a week after co-ruling Cosatu trade union in 2010 launched a campaign to get all whites out of the labourmarket, demanding an end to white-labour brokers. The women had just paid out the wages to workers in Enterprise Street, Hamilton when two black men accosted them on both sides of the car. One reached inside and shot Mrs Hall at point-blank distance. Mrs Hall was armed with a stungun and Mrs Bezuidenhout said when she heard the shot she initially thought that Mrs Hall had fired it. Desire screamed at me to drive away fast. I chased away and when I looked oer to my left I saw Desiree fall forward, making gurgling sounds. The emergency staff tried to revive Mrs Hall but she was declared dead. Mrs Bezuidenhout said the bullet was removed from her arm and she was discharged from hospital. The women had to pay out the wages of some of their workers in cash because some do not have bank accounts, said Mrs Bezuidenhout. The murderers did not even try to steal a cellphone or the envelope containing R254 in cash. She has lost her life for nothing, the heartbroken Mrs bezuidenhout said. I am angry with the government for allowing such terror. I am angry with South Africa, she said. Their labour-brokerage business i.a. supplied staffers to Volksblad newspapers distribution company On the Dot and NND. 27 Jan 2010. Bloemfontein. http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Sakevrou-doodgeskiet-20101227 HARMZEN Chrissie, aged 70 was viciously killed while stepping outside her farm house to catch a bit of sunshine at around 11:00. During the vicious bashing away at her face and chest, her lungs burst. Her daughter said her parents just lived only for one another, they were close partners for life. On the morning of the attack, she had phoned her mother, but an unknown man had answered her cellphone instead. She referred to this call, and said that, I couldnt make out what he said. So I phoned him back and he said he was Lucas. I then called my dad who confirmed that my mom had just been attacked. I called her stolen phone again and told the man who answered it that he was a coward. Why didnt he just take her phone? My mother is a tiny woman who was bent over from rheumatoid arthritis. They could just have taken the phone. It wasnt necessary to assault her so viciously. During the attack, Chrissie was able to press the security companys panic button, which was attached to her house keys. The company called her husband immediately. I phoned her once or twice on her cellphone, but the call was rejected each time. I knew she would never do that, he related the incident. The security company went to the farm and he raced home from his work, about 20 minutes away. When I arrived I saw her lying there and the dogs were sitting on her, he said, adding that his wife tried to describe the attackers before she was taken by ambulance to the hospital, and that, She spoke a little, but her eyes kept rolling back in her head. Chrissie dies shortly afterwards in hospital from her injuries. Chrissies husband of 50 years said that, It wasnt a robbery or theft. It was just plain murder. It was a sadist who came here to murder.Only her housekeys and celphone was stolen during the attack. Farm Dresden, Burgersfort 7 Aug 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Jack-Russels-protect-battered-owner20100810
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Aug 6 2010 Mrs Chrissie Harmzen, 70, rental farm Dresden, murdered Burgersfort,Mpumalanga HECK Heinrich - boilermaker aged 43, his wife and two children were watching TV in their mine-owned house where they had moved in two months earlier at around 19:30 when two armed men walked into their living room. They had cut open the wire-fencing around the garden. One man pushed a handgun to the 14-year-old boy's head. Mrs Heck jumped up, screamed and ran away. Heinrich threw the glass he was holding at the gunman threatening to shoot his son - and the gunman then shot the father in the chest, shouting You white dog! The gunmen left without stealing anything or making any demands. Paramedics tried for 45 minutes to stabilise Heinrich before he passed away in the ambulance en route to the hospital. Ifafa smallholding, Hartebeestpoort, 7 Oct 2010 http://www.farmitracker.com/admin/reports/edit/633 Heinrich Heck, 43, Crocodile River Mine boilermaker, shot dead, Ifafi, Hartbeespoort HENNING Amelia, police reserve woman aged 36, was walking through a field in the early hours of the morning, when she was accosted by at least two men, described in court as, unfeeling, cruel murderers, who raped her twice, stabbed her 34 times and then cut out her eyes. In her summary, the Judge referred to the two accused suspects at trial, and said that, After they had stabbed her repeatedly in the left-chest, they also cut out her eyes while she was already laying still. Why would they then try to remove her eyes? While it was his comrade Thabo Mokoena who did it, the other witnessed this. She added that, Mrs Henning must have been traumatised and frantic with fear when she struggled and screamed when she was dragged through the veld near Pasteur Drive in Hospital Park where she was gang-raped and then murdered. And then you left her half-naked and walked away as if nothing had happened, she summarised. The violence used against Mrs Henning was cruel. She was stabbed 34 times. The murdered womans sister, SAPS lt-col Hannelie Duvenhage of Bloemfontein, testified to the permanent trauma which the family endured, said the judge. To receive the message of death is not pleasant and then to hear that your was raped and murdered, is horrific. She noted that the murdered womans mother, her sister and her two children needed trauma-councilling from medical experts and that the horrific shock also badly affected the health of her other two sisters. The judge quoted from Lt.Cols Duvenhages testimony: The fact that I had to bring the message was very bad for me. I laid awake many nights and cry myself to sleep. Her children and husband also suffer from Mrs Hennings loss. The Judge also quoted from their testimony: The two murderers families can still see them in prison. We will never spend Christmas together or celebrate her birthday. They have silenced her. http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Twee-was-sonder-genade-se-regter20110901 HENNINGS Daleen, aged 51, was leaving her office at around 10:30 when she was accosted by two men who tried to grab her handbag. She resisted, and they shot her to
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death with two bullets in her upper body. Her 52 year old husband referred to the murder of his wife, and said, Why didnt they just grab her handbag? There was no money in it and they didnt even take her celphone. An eye witness said that her attackers fled the scene on foot, crossed the road and ran towards a squatter camp. Boksburg North, 2 Dec 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Seuns-skiet-vrou-toe-sy-nie-sak-gee-20101202 HODNETT Evelyn aged 86, shared an apartment with her 57 year old son, Tyrone Quinez. Tyronne related the attack on them during Boxing Day after being released from hospital, where he had been treated for two broken ribs as well as cuts and bruises, as follows: That morning I had stepped out for a walk in the building and when I came back, the door, which I had left unlocked, had been locked and it was the suspect who opened it and let me in. Inside, I saw my mothers bloody body laying on her bed not moving and I knew then she was dead. Quinez said the intruder then attacked him with an iron pipe before he could confront him about what had happened. I do not remember what happened after that because I blacked out and woke up at the hospital. The family said a neighbour, who heard the altercation, found Tyronne and called the police. Tyronne said he knows the identity and address of the assailant, who lived in the area. However, police have not yet made any arrests and refused to say if they had followed up on the lead. The police spokesman said the murder had taken place at about 06.40 during which Evelyn was raped and beaten to death. His colleague said she would never forget the images that flashed through her mind when she was told that her aunt had been raped. She is as thin as a rake and all I can think ab out is all the terrible things he did to her in her frail state. She added that she was convinced the assailant did not want money or valuables because her aunt was a poor pensioner struggling to pay rent and had no valuables in her home.Durban. 26 Dec 2010 http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/pensioner-murdered-in-her-flat1.10059 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/912 HOEKSTRA Jan Gerrit, a 61year old country club manager, was shot in the stomach during an attack at around 10:00, which the local police spokesperson described as follows: A shot was fired by the suspect who tried to hijack his (Jan Hoekstra) Opel Astra and he sped away. His car hit another motor vehicle slightly, he swerved to the side and hit a tree on the corner of 8th Avenue and Heugh Road. The incident was first treated as an accident scene, until paramedics noticed that he had a gunshot wound in his upper body while they were treating him. He later died on the scene. She added that nothing was taken from Jan as his money and other valuables were found in the car. Walmer Beach, Port Edward. Mon 22 Nov 2010 http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/man-killed-in-attempted-hijacking-1.875715 Jan Gerrit Hoekstra, Walmer Country Club manager, killed 9th Avenue, Walmer, PE drive-by shooting, nothing robbed, Nov 22 2010
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HOLTZHAUSEN Monya aged 23, AND her one year old son AND her husband were attacked by a gang of at least two men in their home during the morning, who sneered at her praying for help from Jesus while she was being brutally raped by them that, Your Jesus cannot help you now. The Volksblad newspaper, who interviewed the traumatised, deeply religious, redhaired mother, described her as frail and terrified. She told them that she now has a terrifying feeling of hatred towards my rapists. I am terribly frightened now, the reality of what happened to me is only now beginning to sink in. Her fiancee reportedly also is very quiet and their little boy also is very scared. Monya gave permission to have her name to be published after her female family members started receiving threatening phone calls from her stolen cellphone, saying they would be next. Her older sister said that, emotionally and physically, my sister is trying to be strong but she looks very poorly. Not one member of our family can sleep. Our lives have been immersed into chaos. Since that threatening phone call, which warned me that me and my other sister would be next, we have been unable to go to work, she said. Estoire smallholdings, Bloemfontein. Fri 21 Oct 2010. Smallholder brutally raped, Bloemfontein http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Sy-is-ontsaglik-bang-vertel-slagoffer-vanverkragting-20101028 MONYA HOLTZHAUSEN, 23, RAPED BY TWO BLACK MALES 2010-10-28: MOM OF TODDLER, ESTOIRE SMALLHOLDINGS, BLOEMFONTEIN HOON Ernst, male matriculant aged 18, was shot through window from outside the homestead whilst asleep at around 03:00 in his bed by unknown number of gunsmen before they stole his laptop and fled the scene. Ernst stumbled through to his parents bedroom and said that, I am shot, and struggled forward to the bathroom where he collapsed. His mother and sister tried to revive him, but he died on the scene. His laptop was stolen from his room. Leeuwfontein smallholding, Pretoria. 5 April 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Kameeldrift-Man-op-sy-hoewe-doodgesteek20100511 HOPKINS Marianne, a mother of 4 children, was found by her teenage daughter, strangled in her bath at around 11:45. Her corpse was found tied up in a bath full of water in the en suite of the main bedroom. The family dogs had been locked into a bedroom and the back door stood open. All the bedrooms had been ransacked. Stellenbosch 10 Sept 2010 http://www.dieburger.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Ma-van-vier-tuis-in-bad-vermoor-20100910 HUMAN Dirk, male smallholder aged 41, was found unconscious at around 07:45 in the dressingroom of the master bedroom, his bloodied head in the cupboard, just out of sight of his 2 yr old son who was in his cot. Dirk had been hacked in the head and stabbed in the face. Once subdued, his hands were tied with shoelaces, and his head tied up in the dressing room of the master bedroom, before he was shot at point blank range in the
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right temple on Freedom Day. Their housekeeper had been locked up in her room outside the main house by the gang when she heard a noise and somebody shouting, Shoot! Shoot! She screamed, and a neighbour, who heard her, called for help on a CB radio. Paramedics tried to resuscitate Dirk, but he died on the scene. Two weeks earlier, someone also tried to break into the house. Dirk was not able to report this to his local police station - which is less than 200m from his home - as it was closed. Destroyed furniture, wall hangings, broken photographs and blood stains bore silent witness to the senseless murder in which nothing was stolen besides Dirks pick-up truck, which had been used as a get-away vehicle and was found abandoned nearby later on. Mooiplaats smallholding, Boschkop. Wed April 27 2010 http://news.iafrica.com/sa/2382294.htm Boy calm in cot as dad dies Day: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn2010042904403675 3C569731 HUNTER Robert, a 68 yr old pensioner was hacked to death with a panga in his home by three armed men shortly before 05:00. His son, who lived in a nearby house on the same property. Woke up to find 3 men stealing Roberts car. He called a security company who found a hunting rifle and a shotgun next to the car. His son searched Roberts house and in the guestroom - where the safe door was standing open - he saw his fathers bare feet sticking out from where his body lay in a pool of blood. I suspect my father suffered from Parkinsons disease, the son said. He walked step by step and would have fallen over if someone bumped him lightly. He added that Robert restored old cars with shaking hands. Roberts daughter-in-law asked why the attackers could not have merely tied frail people up rather than murder them to take what they wanted. Bags of groceries from Roberts home were found later in a neighbouring field, and his television was found outside. A shotgun, celphone and jewellery Smallholding Mullerstuine, Vanderbijlpark Fri 6 March 2010 VdBijlpark http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_South%20Africa&set_id=1&click_id= 13&art_id=nw20100305183841831C578999 SAPA http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthApensioner murdered on farm JANSEN Neels, aged 61, had an operation on Friday, and was lying in bed next to his wife Irma, on Sunday morning 04:30 when an armed gang broke down burglar proofing to a window to their home. They tied Neels and Irma up. Gavin Coetzee - a jockey who had been staying at the house was found and also tied up. While some of the gang members were beating Neels up and assaulting Irma indecently, some of them found Neels 16 yr old grandson, Armand, and forced him into his grandparents room at gunpoint. Then they shot Neels in the stomach and forced Irma to show them where the family kept their money. Not realising that Neels had been shot, and still tied up, Irma got up to show them where the money was kept, when she saw her bloodied husband laying on the bed. She first thought that his operation wound had torn open, but then realised he had been shot. She asked permission from their attackers if she could help him, but was told to leave him alone, and in perfect English, one of their attackers told her, Dont worry, we have already phoned an ambulance. During the attack, gang members
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outside the house spoke to more gang members on celphones who were not present on the scene. The gang took three celphones and some cash before they fled the scene in a family car. Neels died on the scene. Rhoodia smallholdings, Venderbijlpark. 11 July 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Rower-Moenie-worrie-nie20100711 http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2010/07/neels-jansensmallholder-shot-dead.html http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/229 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Nick aged 57 AND Shawn Strydom aged 33, AND Rory Menzes aged 40 (whose death left 4 orphans between the age of 13 21), AND Bruce Edwards aged 57 were killed, AND Shawn Edwards injured after an Indian man followed a white man into the toilets of a restaurant during a football match and remarked on the size of his penis. Race related insults were hurled which culminated into a brawl. The Indians left the pub and 5 off duty Indian policemen returned but were refused entry. They forced their way into the restaurant and opened fire during which 5 patrons were shot with police pistols. Restaurant looked like a gruesome slaughterhouse. Umbilo, Durban 29 Sept 2010 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2461005,00.html http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20080912055859285C43 6717 http://www.themercury.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=1.682307&fFeed=region_46 Why did the armed brothers force their way into the pub? http://www.themercury.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=1.682307&fFeed=region_46 http://www.iol.http://www.themercury.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=1.682307&fFeed=reg ion_46co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/penis-killers-get-205-years-1.682447 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2461005,00.html Racist cops who massacred 4 whites sentenced to 205 years JONES Herman was tied up and left to die. His nephew wrote the following open letter to the South African president Zuma: Dear President Zuma, My uncle's body was found in his home on his farm near Alma, outside Warmbaths. His hands were tied behind his back. So decomposed was the body that we still don't know how he was murdered. It appears that he was still alive when the murderers left his home. With his hands tied he died a lonely death. My uncle is now a part of the statistics. He even has a number, number 1 647. This is according to a list the Transvaal Agriculture Union keeps of farmers who were murdered and of which they have record. The number may very well be higher. What I find so distressing is that he is just another number in the statistics. He is now number 1 647, the number that comes before 1 648. No shock waves are sent across the country because yet another farmer was murdered. He gets counted, that's all. Something is profoundly wrong in a democracy when coldblooded murders become normal. I have personally delivered the letters of tens of thousands of South Africans to you expressing concern about crime. However, the murders continue. This time it is my uncle who was murdered, next time it will be another South African's uncle, brother, mother or sister. I am still asking how high crime is really
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rated on the government's agenda. Are you really furious about the ghastly murders? Do you feel the pain we, the families who are left behind, feel? The government's agenda is reflected in your state of the nation address. I am making an urgent appeal to you to give recognition in your address to the pain and suffering of families who will be listening to you in the absence of their loved ones. I am appealing to you to communicate to us the government's serious intention about crime. I am appealing to you to turn intentions into action. Violent crime is something all South Africans can mobilise against. However, we expect of the president to be the leader against this type of crime. Mister Zuma, I will be listening to you in anticipation. We want to know where violent crime is on your agenda. Thousands of South Africans in pain will want to hear. With gratitude. Dr. Dirk Hermann Issued by Solidarity, February 9 2011 Farm Klipplatsdrift, Alma, Standerton. 21 Jan 2010 http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71654?oid=220763&sn =Detail JONKER Stuart aged 81, AND his life partner Tina Muller aged 82, awoke at around 02:00 in their home from the noise when a gang of at least 3 men broke down their front door. The elderly couple were beaten with iron poles and wooden sticks, tied up and left for dead between their blood sodden underwear. They suffered severe bruising all over their bodies, their faces unrecognizable. During the assault which left the frail Tina unconscious, she had also been raped and suffered a broken jaw bone, as well as bleeding on her brain - for which she required an emergency operation to have the bleeding lifted. Although everything inside their home had been thrown on the floor, only their two celphones were looted. The police confirmed that although some of the gang members fled in the family car, which was found abandoned soon after, footprints proved that some of the gang members fled the scene by foot. The couple were found the following morning at around 07:45 by their gardener, who sought help for them. Farm Ooswes Boerdery, Sterkspruit, Nelspruit. Tues 22 Oct 2010 http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t271611-591/ http://www.dieburger.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bejaarde-vrou-80-oorleef-mesaanval-inSedgefield-20100222 KARG Lorraine, a 58 yr old farmwife, went to fetch their 65 year old helper to put out the fire which an armed gang had started on their farm while her husband rushed out to kill the blaze. En route they were accosted stabbed and their throats slit. Her body was found in the garage, his body was found outside the kitchen door. The 34 yr old domestic worker was shot several times inside the kitchen. The KwaZulu-Natal Agricultural Union (Kwanalu) is demanding urgent intervention from the government. Koos Marais, manager of Kwanalu's safety desk, said the community was outraged by the murders."We are shocked that such violence persists in our country. It is totally unacceptable that lives can be taken with such ease. This indicates a total disregard for the law and human lives," he said. Marais said farmers were extremely vulnerable to such attacks because of the
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openness of their premises."We call on government to halt the senseless killing of our nation's food producers and to show seriousness in dealing with these senseless acts (of violence) which our country cannot afford."The family were well-known and respected among the Midlands farmers, and the union expressed its deepest sympathies to the relatives of the victims, he said."We expect police to give their full attention to the case and we wish to see arrests following soon," he added. Marais said Kwanalu was addressing the issue of farm killings with the police every day. He said there was a provincial police committee that dealt with farm killings and the union was in communication with them. "We are in constant communication with all farmers regarding their safety and that of their employees. When six people are murdered within six months, we have to address the issue of farm killings every day," he said. He said the community needed to bring forward the criminals who were killing farmers. "We are vulnerable because we cannot put electric fences and gates up as we operate on huge land and are in and out all the time. Why are they killing us when we are providing them with food?"If we all die who is going to make the food?" he asked. dasen.thathiah@inl.co.za Mooi River, 22 July 2010 http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/outrage-at-mooi-river-farm-killings-1.670507 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne,,,thing-20100722 KILIAN Cornelia, frail woman of 84 yrs, was strangled to death inside her bed at a retirement village during the late hours of the night or early hours of the morning. The burglar proofing had been torn off a window and her cottage was overturned inside. Durbanville. Sat 20 Nov 2010 Mrs Cornelia Kilian, 84, strangled to death, retirement home Huis Aristea, Queen Street, Durbanville Saturday Nov 20 2010 NOTHING APPEARS ROBBED http://www.dieburger.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vrou-in-tehuis-vermoor-20101121 KLEINHAUS Madeleine, female aged 21, shot by 2 gunmen during the day while sitting in the car with her mother at a street vendor. Centurion, Pretoria Friday, 18 June 2010 Geskiet toe pa stop om iets te koop Oorsprong:Beeld KOEKEMOER Ryno, a paraplegic male aged 36, AND his wife Rina aged 34, were attacked outside their home around 21:30 after they investigated a noise from their garage. A stranger suddenly stormed towards Ryno, who grabbed him from within his wheelchair, which tipped over during the struggle during which Ryno was stabbed in the chest, barely missing his heart. Ryno shouted at Rina to flee, but when she got to their open kitchen door, a man stabbed her from behind in the back and cleaved open her shoulderblade before he fled the scene while she screamed for help. Rina then phoned the national police emergency number, but the operator informed her that her local police station could not be reached. She then phoned her brother, who arrived at her home shortly afterwards with the police. Welkom. 22 March 2010
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KRUGER Floris Johannes - male smallholder aged 60, was attacked at his homestead by a gang of at least five men from the Transkei, before they abducted him in his own car, tortured and murdered him before they dumped his corpse into bushes on the side of the road, where he was discovered by workers fixing a farm fence at about 11:00. Floris had been tortured and stabbed at least 9 times in the chest, tied up by the feet, all his ribs smashed. He was taken into the bushes in his car, where his head was bashed in and he was also shot twice in the head - with a cloth over his head. One bullet went between his eyes. The local police spokesperson said detectives suspected Floris Kruger had been the victim of a botched house robbery, and that, It appears he was attacked by five people inside his house early on Wednesday. Once they had what they wanted, we believe they put a cloth over his face, tied him up and loaded him into his car, a silver VW Polo. We presume he was still alive as there were no signs that he had been shot in or around the house. Various household items were recovered from the homes of his attackers and R500 ($65) had been withdrawn from his bank account after his corpse had been discovered. Floris was a neighbour of Jack Bergman, aged 86, who was brutally beaten by five men inside his home in July 2009 - and died in hospital days later.Albans area, Eastern Cape. 1 Sept 2010 http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=601961 boerenuus.blogspot.com/.../kruger-floris-johannes-60-smallholder.htm . KRUGER Marzanne - baby aged 1 year old, was pistol whipped and bashed against the wall. Marzanne suffered serious brain damage when she and her minder, Francina Sekhu, were brutally assaulted at their home by a gang of at least three men during the day in Robinvale, Pretoria. 2 May 2010 MARZANNE KRUGER (1) BASHED BY THREE_MAN GANG INSIDE ROBINDALE HOME still in a coma http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Baby-Marzanne-is-special-20100502 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Polisie-gesin-slaags-20110102 http://nolstuijt.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/disabled-boer-couple-assaulted-by-saps-diemoot LAKIE Walter, male aged 60, was reported to have been attacked on his farm Makaya near Brondal and his celphone stolen, in an article called: Farm attacks now a national sport in the new South Africa. 25 March 2010 http://bbbeweging.forumotions.com/t81-plaas-aanvalle-nou-n-nasionale-sports-in-die-nsa EJ Hill. LANGE Gert a hard-of-hearing cattle farmer aged 67, was watching television in his home at night when he opened his door for his dog and was attacked by 3 men wearing balaclavas. He was stabbed repeatedly with a knife in his face and chest, and kicked in his ribs, face and head, left lying in his blood for dead. Gert pretended to play dead to save himself from being killed. It looked as if a sheep had been slaughtered, he recalled afterwards, and when the men walked passed him again to check if he was dead, he lay
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very still. After they fled the scene in his old farm onte-ton pick-up truck, he crawled to his farm workers for help, and they called the police. Its the second time that Gert was attacked that year. The second attack was much more dangerous, he said, adding that, They want to kill all the Boers. The more cruel the killing is, the more enjoyment they get. He said that things are getting too rough now hes planning on selling up everything and moving in with his children at Upington. The second time around, there was nothing left to steal in the homestead. They took all my guns and money in January. Everything I ever owed has already been stolen, Gert told the Volksblad journalist. The police spokesperson claimed that police were investigating the matter. They however didnt dispatch a team of trackers to trace down the farm attackers after they found Gerts vehicle along the road where it had run out of fuel. Nobody had been arrested by Oct 2010.Vaalbank Farm, Bethlehem, Free State. 22 July 2010 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Boer-tweede-keer-in-huis-oorval-20100723 LAYNES Willem aged 72 was driving his car on new Years Eve with passengers - his wife Willemina aged 69 AND her son Adriaan Strydom aged 44, his fianc and her 16 yr old son en route to Jan Niemand Park when a marked SAPS vehicle suddenly pushed in front of the Laynes car, and stopped short at a crossing. As Willem detoure d past he said to them:You should at least look where you go before you drive. He continued driving but the next minute the same SAPS vehicle flashed their lights and ordered Willem to pull over. However there was no place to pull over safely right at that spot so Willem tried to pull over into Michael Brink Road. At this crossing the SAPS official climbed from his own car and grabbed Willems keys from the ignition. Willem climbed out and tried to grab his keys back. The official then attacked him. Meanwhile Willemina got very scared and climbed from the car with her crutches. The officer pushed her over and she fell onto the curb. This angered Willem, who only has the use of one arm due to an old injury. With his healthy arm he hit the two officers with a crutch. Suddenly more police vehicles showed up and men jumped out and started kicking and beating both Willem and Adriaan, sprayed them with pepper-spray and handcuffed them. Willem struggled to get into the van so they kicked him into it. The two men were held overnight in Die Moot s police cells and were released the following day after they signed admission of guilt statements and had paid R500 bail each ($50). The frail Willemina had to be rushed to hospital to reset her hip which had broken in two places, and treat her knee cap which had cracked during the fall. They lodged complaints of assaults against the police members involved in the fracas. The police spokesperson claimed that the police officers had pulled over the Laynes vehicle because it was overloaded (four adults and a teen in a Nissan Maxima) and didnt want to pull over right away. Rietfontein, Pretoria. 31 Dec 2010 Willemina, 69 hip broken; Willem Laynes 72, son Adriaan Strydom, 44, brutally assaulted by SAPS, Die Moot, Rietfontein Dec 31 2010.http://www.beeld.com/SuidAfrika/Nuus/Polisie-gesin-slaags-20110102 LIZAMORE Graham aged 62, AND his wife Kate aged 50, both journalists, were murdered in their home. Phone calls by family members remained unanswered since the
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previous Wednesday, and a sister of Kate went to their home on Friday (two days later), where she made the gruesome discovery at about 14:30. She was severely traumatised and is currently being hospitalised.Their bodies were found in a state of decomposition, slumped in the toilet. Grahams hands and feet were tied behind his back with a rope, and Kates head was covered with what looked like a refuse bag. The local police spokesperson said that there were blood stains on the curtain of their flatlet, and that they were still investigating and had not established the cause of death. It was not clear if they had been strangled. "Because of the level of heat their bodies were already in a state of decomposition but they were fully clothed. Nothing was stolen from the house. There is also no evidence of forced entry". A TV and even a handbag remained untouched in the lounge. Pinetown smallholding. Durban. 23 July 2010 http://www.themercury.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=vn20100724091601884C761363 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/340 Lizamore newspaper couple founders of Barberton Times brutally murdered LOUW Jurie, farmer aged 38, was attacked by a gang inside his home during the night. He was in a coma when his neighbour found him laying in his farm pick-up truck, which had a flat tyre on the farmroad to his homestead. Jurie had sustained serious facial, leg and back injuries during the assault on his life with hatchets and knobieries. The local police could not say whether anything was robbed but they were not investigating attempted murder charges, only armed robbery. Jurie died from his injuries suffered during this assault on his life while being treated in hospital on 13 December 2010. Kromdraai, Rietfontein farm, Krugersdorp. Fri 27 Nov 2010 LOUW, Jurie, dies 13Dec2010 from assault 28Nov2010, Kromdraai, Rietfontein farm, Krugersdorp: nothing robbed http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Boer-erg-geslaansukkel-om-te-praat-na-aanval-20101128 LOUW Jurie http://nolstuijt.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/disabled-boer-couple-assaulted-by-saps-diemoot LUBBE Joey, female aged 75, was stabbed repeatedly to death by two young men aged 15 and 17 inside her home during the night. Her corpse was discovered at around 09:00 by her elderly sister. Nothing was stolen. Jan Kempdorp. Fri 22 March 2010 http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t271611-591/ http://www.volksblad.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/2114/4040346858ae4e65a5a50a0708e4c289/22-03-2010-0116/Moord_op_bejaarde_skok MAGUIRE Robin, male aged 47, AND his family, were attacked and tied up on their farm near Brondal on Thursday 25 March 2010. Two hours later, Walter Lakie - aged sixty was also attacked on the farm Makaya, just a few kilometres away from the Maguires farm. Earlier in the day, an unnamed Afrikaans couple also was attacked Thursdaymorning near The Rest rural area of Nelspruit. The previous day, on Wednesday 24 March 2010, an elderly couple Stuart Jonker aged 81 AND his partner and partner Tina Muller aged 82 were brutally assaulted on their Sterkspruit farm also in the Nelspruit
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region. Very little was actually robbed besides cellphones. Nelspruit police inspector believed that the same gang may be involved in the attacks. Of these four attacks, only the one on Stuart and Tina was announced in the public media. http://bbbeweging.forumotions.com/t81-plaas-aanvalle-nou-n-nasionale-sports-in-die-nsa MALHERBE Okkie - farmer aged 63, AND his wife Emmerentia aged 53, AND his son WD aged 34, AND his daughter Zia AND her daughter Kaycee aged 5 were attacked by 8 men impersonating police officers. Relating to the attack, WD said it lasted about two hours, but it felt like forever. There was murder in their faces. WD said he had come for supper to his parents home on that evening. Shortly after 19:00, a pick-up truck and Toyota Corolla car with a blue light on the roof, had stopped in front of the family farmhouse. Three of the eight men were wearing police uniforms, and the rest were neatly clothed like detectives. We thought it was the police and I opened the door, WD said. The men told them they were police officers from Gauteng and were investigating illegal firearms. His father asked to see identification and the men quickly waved about a piece of paper and cards. We could see these werent police IDs and said we were going to call the police. Then they pulled on their Balaclavas. They informed the family that they wanted money and the keys to the safe, and tied up their hands and feet. They told me to lie on my face on the sofa. We werent allowed to speak and every now and then I felt a firearm against my head, WD recalled, adding that their attacker shocked them, but not Kaycee, several times with stun guns. The men took his father to a nearby building from where the family ran a meat packing business, where he gave them the keys to the safe. They took his shoes and pulled a plastic bag over his head. They removed the R120 000 ($15 000) from the safe, then forced the father back to the house, and took him, and his wife, to their bedroom, where a plastic bag was also pulled over his wifes head before they were tortured and shoched with cattle prods. They were choked. I felt like I was going crazy when I heard that but I couldnt do anything, WD said. Employees of the Malherbes who stayed in a flat near the main house, suspected something was wrong, and activated an alarm. The gang took the family pick-up truck when the alarm went off, but left it later on a farm road. Besides the cash, only two celphones were looted. The attack, which had carried on for about two hours, left the family emotionally shattered. WD added that, We feel vulnerable, what should you do if people with police uniforms and a blue light stop near you? How should you know who you can trust? Farm Olem farm,Doelen, Mokopane, Potgietersrus. January 28 2010 http://www.scribd.com/doc/26063669/ Malherbe, Okkie, cattle farmer Potgietersrust, attacked by police with cattleprods, tortured Jan 28 2010 MARAIS Marius - smallholder aged 44, AND his family were attacked while they were having a barbeque at their home at around 19:00. They had gone inside their house to watch a rugby match when their daughter Chantel-lee, aged 20, heard their dog barking, looked outside and shouted that people are jumping across our wall. Marius stormed out to take a look but turned back in his tracks when he saw four black men, each armed with a gun, storming towards the kitchen-door, said Mrs Marais. The attackers were on
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us like a flash, she said. Her husband and two of their children ran from the front -door but she and Chantel-lee ran too slowly and the men pushed guns against their heads. When my husband turned back to try and save us they attacked him. I heard three shot s fired in quick succession. Then the men turned back to us, demanding our cellphones. Marius sustained two bullets in the brain. She said her family didnt realise he was dead and chased with him in a car to the hospital, where he was declared dead on the scene. I dont understand why these four men didnt just empty out the house and leave us alive, she said. Looted were five cellphones, a laptop computer and a camera. Warrant officer Sam Tselanyana said that the police will investigate a case of residential robbery and murder. Kroondal, Waterval, Rustenburg. Sat 26 May 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vermoor-n%C3%A1-Bullsfees-20100526 http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/05/marius-marais-smallholder-gunneddown.html 2010-26-05 MARIUS MARAIS, 44, SMALLHOLDER, RUSTENBURG, NW . MARALLICH Kevin - an off-duty policeman aged 53, AND his companion Kathy Potgieter aged 59, were fishing at a dam on Ashill farm when they were attacked at lunch time by a gang of at least two men, who stoned them and then stole Kevins light pick -up truck as well as other items. The couple were found by farm workers at around 15:00 who sought help. Kevin died at the scene, and Kathy was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Nyoni. Sun 3 Sept 2010 http://www.feveronline.co.za/details.asp?StoNum=8286&from=index.asp%3F MARAIS Charl AND his family have received many death-threats since he became the main state witness in a high-level corruption trial involving nine leading ANC-members in a fraud case. One attack on his life was thwarted after Charl and his wife were first alerted by a bird in the garden making very strange noises, they said. Only later did they realise that four armed attackers were whistling like that to communicate with each other. The couple were also alerted by the fact that their usually calm little dog was jumping up and down and barking loudly near some bushes in the front garden. When he walked closer he saw a man pointing a firearm at him but Charl was faster, fired off a shot and ran behind a wall to hide running smack-dab into three other gunmen who fled. He yelled at his wife to lock the front door while he rushed inside through the backdoor and immediately raised the alarm on the farm-security radio network. Neighbours arrived within five minutes and other farmers also set up road-blocks, capturing the four armed attackers within half-an-hour about 2km from the homestead. R1000 ($12) cash was found on each one of them, and they admitted that they had been paid to kill Charl so that he would not be able to testify at the corruption trial. Signed and sworn statements from specific, well-informed prisoners at Odendaalsrust confirming that a contract-killing was taken out against Charl was also handed in at court. Charls testimony was back up by an SAPS inspector who testified on the say day that he himself was threatened with contract-killers if he pursued his investigation of the attacks on Charls life. During an earlier attack, six (unidentified) men on trial for corruption - four police officers, one expolice officer and the brother of an ANC-MEC in the Free State legislature - had shown
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up at the Marais farm dressed in police uniform, and attacked the family, holding them up at gunpoint. Newspapers first described the attacks as having been carried out by bogus police officers. Charl has since spent thousands of rand to secure his home and has witnessed in court. Free State police spokesman said in reaction to the contract-killers attack on Charl Marais that he had already called on the SAPS months ago to provide protection and security for besieged farmers like Marais and that he was then accused of suffering from paranoia by certain politicians. Wesselsbron farm, Virginia, Free State. 4 Oct 2010 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Boer-glo-aanval-op-sy-plaas-was-om-sygetuienis-te-verhinder-20101004 Marais family, Wesselsbron targets of cops, hired killers MAREE Martin, smallholder, was attacked when gunmen invaded his home at about 02:50 on Xmas night, pushed the gun-barrel of a .765 pistol against his stomach, and simply fired a shot. The local police captain said that the same caliber firearm was used in three similar attacks, for which the SAPS have formed a task force to investigate. Martin was admitted to hospital in a critical condition, and it is suspected that should he survive, he would be permanently bound to a wheel chair Kromdraai plot 132, Witbank. 26 Dec 2010 Martin Maree, Kromdraai plot 132, Witbank, shot in stomach Dec 26 2010 with .765 calibre-gun http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Rowers-se-koeel-verlam-man-dalk-20101229 MCLAUD Collin aged 63, was making tea in the early hours of the morning when he was attacked, forced to open his safe and was shot twice in the chest in his kitchen where he died. A flashlight and an airgun was found next to his body. Four hunting rifles were looted from his safe. Nothing else was missing from his property. Meyerton smallholdings. Fri 8 Feb 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Man-63-op-kleinhoewe-vermoor-20100207 MCLEOD Jean, female farmer aged 79, was overpowered and attacked by a man when she arrived home with groceries in the afternoon during which she was severely beaten. He dragged her out of her house to an old shed on the property, threw sand into her eyes and mouth, gagged her with masking tape and her bound her legs. Jean was robbed of her groceries, R500 ($78) cash and jewellery before her attacker fled the scene in her farm pick-up truck. Although she had suffered broken ribs, Jean managed to free herself and crawl to a neighbouring farm for help before she was taken to hospital in a critical condition. Her abandoned car was found on a nearby road. The crime statistics for Stutterheim show that there were 17 murders plus 5 culpable homicides in the March 2008 - April 2009 reporting year. Stutterheim Wed 16 Jan 2010 2010_1_16 Mrs Jean McLeod, Stutterheim farmer, assaulted, sand stu ffed in her mouth and eyes, gagged, bound, in hospital inserious condition , http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=519502
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MEINTJIES Dawie aged 85, AND his life partner Maria de Beer aged 81, were attacked inside their home while their son Jannie Meintjie aged 60, AND Jannies wife Mariaan aged 53, were sleeping in a different room in the same house. An armed gang of at least three men broke down the kitchen door of the Meintjie homestead at around midnight, which triggered off a silent alarm to Dawies security company. The security company called immediately, but after I made sure there was nobody in the house I told them they dont have to come out, said Jannie. He returned to his bedroom where he and his wife first heard a shifting sound and then a thud. Meanwhile, Maria got up from bed to use the bathroom in their passage at around 01:00. On her way, she walked into a gunman, who forced her back to her room. When Dawie saw gunmen following Maria into the bedroom, he reached for his revolver under the pillow. A gunman immediately opened fire. One bullet went into the mattress and Maria was struck by shrapnel on three places on her leg. A second bullet shot off the tip of Dawies left pinkie and he was also stabbed in the arm while the gang assaulted him physically during which he sustained bruises and scratch marks all over his body. Jannie recalls hearing his father shouting He lp, Jannie! The donners have shot us! and says that, While I was running to help him, my wife pressed the panic button. All the robbers were gone by the time I reached my dads room. They fled with his fathers firearm and celphone, a laptop, television and Jannies wallet. Soutpans Drift, Brits. Sun 30 March 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Man-85-fights-off-3-robbers-20100330 MEINTJIES Janine, widow and single mother of two children aged younger than 6 yrs, went to bed alone on Xmas eve when she was brutally attacked by a man with a knife and a hammer. He had loosened a window from its pane earlier in the day to gain easy entrance during the night. After the attack, Janine drove herself to a neighbour who rushed her to hospital where she died while waiting for help on Xmas day. Only minor items were stolen from her home. This case was not reported in the local media. Dundee smallholding, 25 Dec 2010 http://www.facebook.com/n/?profile.php&id=100001907972931&mid=383e8f9G5af3528b d07fG4149e7G0&bcode=XxE_b&n_m=kalahariannie%40live.nl http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/892 MEYER Janet aged 55, who lived in a caravan, was attacked, stabbed, raped and killed by 4 men on Hill farm. The same farm was the site of an earlier farm attack. According to the Dispatch online, on December 31 six men stole pigs and cellphones from farmer Ross Hartman, aged 71. East London 13 Jan 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Man-up-for-raping-killing-woman-20100301 MINNAAR Flippie, professor aged 83, AND his wife Louise aged 77, were attacked inside their home on a Saturday night when a sixteen or seventeen year old youth withwild eyes stormed in through their kitchen door and started beating Flippie on the head with a stick. Louise tried to protect Flippie when she jumped up and told their attacker: Dont hit grandpa. He has cancer and is very sick. At one stage she was able to grab the stick from the youth while he was beating and shoving Flippie around, but he
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grabbed it back from her. The youth also threatened to rape Louise if she did not drive him with her car to a nearby squatter camp, but she managed to calm him down. After he looted the family safe, celhones and a leather jacket, he forced them to lie on their bed before he fled the scene. According to the couple, their attacker was constantly speaking with someone on his celphone, taking instructions on what to do. He was an amateur and totally iexperienced, Louise observed, adding that, He was following someone elses orders. The couple were badly traumatised. Dan Pienaar, Bloemfontein. 22 Mar 2010 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Aanvaller-vlug-toe-egpaar-bid-20100322 MOUTON Christo 54 year old accountant, went to bed at 21:30 and was shot to death inside his bed at around 22:00 by a gang of at least three men who broke a window to gain entry into his home. They then got the keys to his safe from his 6 year old daughter before they fled the scene. She guarded over her father until the following morning, hoping he would wake up. The family television and dvd player was looted in the attack. Drie Riviere plots, Vereeniging. 30 Sept 2010. 2010-09-30 Mouton, Christo, murdered, Drie Riviere AH Vereeniging, daughter, 6, guards his body all night more on farmitracker.com http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/6-jarige-10-uur-by-pa-se-lyk-20100930 Muller Alicia - scholar aged 16, was taking a 10 minute walk through an orchard to catch her lift to school at around 07:00 when she was raped and stabbed to death. Liesbeth Ambros, who had raised Alicia since she was four, said she had heard loud noises that sounded like an animal in pain, saying that, "It sounded just like a jackal." Liesbeth said she had run out of the house to go and see what it was. "I called for Alicia three times but there was no answer, so I told my husband to go and look." Alicia's foster father, Daniel Ambros, said he had run out towards Rooidakke farm and found Alicia in a ravine in a river with a man sitting on top off her. "I screamed: 'Hey what are you doing?'" Daniel said, adding that the man then jumped up, pulled out a knife and tried to stab him. Daniel dodged the knife and the man ran away. Daniel picked Alicia up out of the water and put her down on the bank, leaving her there to call an ambulance and the police. Liesbeth added that, "I went to the river where she was lying. I slapped her across the face a few times (to bring her around), calling her name but she didn't answer. I think she was already dead when we found her. "She had bleeding stab wounds all over her body." Nothing was stolen. Her killer was arrested 5 days later on a nearby farm. Rooidak Farm, Villiersdorp. Mon 21 April 2010 www.liveleak.com/view?i=b5b_1272236143&c=1 MURATAVA Sviavlana/Svetlana, a Russian strip-artist, disappeared on the 20th of November 2010. Police discovered her body where it had been dumped in a ditch near Hannaskraal and put her in the morgue on 23 rd of November 2010, but told nobody about her - not even a report to the news media. Only when her employer reported her missing early in January, did the Garankuwa police contact the Rustenburg police to let them know they had her body in the morgue. Her body had been found fully dressed. It
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appears she was lying on her back while someone sat on her chest, holding her by her hair and bashed her head repeatedly against a hard surface. The back of her skull was completely bashed open. Only her bedroom keys were reported missing. Rustenburg 20 Nov 2010. http://www.facebook.com/pages/CensorbugbearReports/116752351671946#!/photo.php?fbid=202358513111329&set=a.1179640748841 07.20843.116752351671946&theater http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1066 MYBURGH Anna Jacoba aged 65, AND her daughter-in-law Edri Myburgh aged 28, AND their housekeeper Paulina Moyana, were attacked by 2 men inside their home, tortured, kidnapped, robbed and left for dead along the road. The vicious assault occurred after Anna's husband, Hans, got involved in an argument with the gardener over household items that went missing the prior week. The gardener and his friend, both armed - with a .38 special revolver and 3.65mm Browning, firearms the gardener had stolen earlier in the week - launched their assault shortly after Hans left for work. After gaining entry into the house and overpowering Paulina, the two confronted Anna in a passageway. She tried to fight back before she was overcome and stabbed repeatedly. She was then tied up and burnt with a hot clothes iron as the men demanded guns and money. The men were disturbed when Edri stopped outside the house to visit Anna. She eventually got into the house after refusing to leave, despite Paulina - being forced at gunpoint told her that Anna was not home. The men hit Edri repeatedly over the head until she collapsed, then tied her up and tortured her as well. Her husband later referred to the attack, and said that there was blood everywhere in the house, "In the bedroom, the lounge and the kitchen. Everywhere you looked there was blood. You could see that they had put up a hell of a fight." He added that, "They tortured them with hot irons and knives. They beat them. They made them beg for their lives. Not even animals do this." After the two attackers stashed their loot in the family's car, they forced the three women into the car, moments before Hans arrived home. Hans had come home when he could not raise any of the three women on their cellphones or the home telephone. Greeted by blood smears throughout the house, he telephoned police who started a massive search. Informers told the police that money had been drawn from the victims' accounts in Witbank. Unbeknown to police, until nearly three hours later, was that after drawing money, the gunmen drove their victims to an old farm road near Spitskop where they shot them. Anna was shot behind her left ear while the gunmen stripped Edri, and shot her in the mouth. They left both women for dead and forced Paulina back into the car. They lost control of the car on a dirt road, during which Paulina fell out of the car, which then rolled over and crushed her to death. A farmer, who was working in his field next to the road, unwittingly helped the gunmen escape when he ran to help them. He became suspicious and alerted police when he spotted a gun lying next to the car as the men walked off to call "friends" for help. Edri, after regaining consciousness and seeing Anna lying "dead" next to her, walked 12km through thick bushes and fields to a farmhouse for help. Gaining consciousness, Anna was able to crawl to a dirt road where she flagged down a passing motorist. Both women were taken to hospital in a serious condition. Anna
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died 8 months later from the traumatic after-effects. In court, both men admitted to torturing, kidnapping and shooting the women but gave no explanations as to why they had done this. Bronkhorstspruit 18 Feb 2010 http://www.boerevryheid.co.za/forums/archive/index.php/t-16991.html http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=79&art_id=vn20090219055525556C87 1455&newslett=1&em=14626a1a20090219ah NEL Arrie - security guard aged 29, was shot in front of a fuel station while on duty by a gang member who followed him out of a shop. The first shot hit him in his chest. After he had dropped to the ground, the gunman grabbed the money bag from Arrie, and then shot him in his head. Arrie was shot at least three times and died on the scene. The gunman fled in a get-away car. Pretoria West. 23 Aug 2010 http://www.bravoland.co.za/forum/index.php?action=post;quote=72445;topic=4608.240;n um_replies=346;c9fc411c=ffd2c92a0ca00f48b4ae0735f8b66a0f NIEMAND Phillip - 40 year old police captain of the K9 (dog unit), was shot in the head while feeding his doves at about 06:30 at his house. He was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Wilgeboom smallholding, Potchefstroom 2010 http://www.nuus24.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1479/f0bbd1873134469f9c56724bc251bdd3/12 -01-2010-1104/Vrae_rondom_kaptein_se_kopskoot http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/01/news-reports-january-12-2010.html NIENABER Lorna - teacher aged 49, AND her daughter Win-Ellen aged 23, were shot at their back door when they went to investigate a noise. Lorna was shot to death, and WinEllen was shot in her stomach, shoulder and leg. Nigel. 3 Aug 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Rowers-skiet-vrou-dood-wond-dogter-20100803 NORTJE Danie - widower aged 58, was asleep when he was shot through his bedroom window with a shotgun. Bullets penetrated his right side back and buttocks. Nothing was stolen. Farm Potchefstroom. 15 March 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/0114fabe6e884fe1aebbba12e0f6c678/14-03-2010-1031/Boer_met_kopskoot_vermoor O DELL Alicia - a 17 yr old girl, AND her mother, Marinda - labour broker aged 48, were attacked inside their home during the night by a gang of at least 2 men. Alicia was attacked in her room, hit on her throat with a crowbar and strangled until she lost consciousness shortly before Marinda was attacked in her bedroom and thrown down a staircase. A policeman from the dog unit who arrived on the scene, witnessed in court that Alicia was making gurgling sounds and spit was running from her mouth when he found her sprawled on her back in her bedroom. Marinda was found on the last step of the staircase, her face full of blood. There was a large hole in her left shoulder, and her throat had been slit from left to right. He also witnessed with regards to the blood found
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on the walls of the main bedroom which led them to the roof of the house, in which they found one of the suspects who appeared on trial, hiding, and arrested him. This suspect sentenced with 15 years imprisonment for housebreak with the intent to rob, and robbery with extenuating circumstances. Krugersdorp. 29 July 2010. Beeld http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2010/05/grutonele-beskryf-waar-mavermoor-is.html OELOFSE Johannes aged 55, was alone in his home at around 19:00 when an armed gang of at least 3 men attacked and shot him to death before they stole his television. Vaalpark, Sasolburg. 25 May 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Man-sterf-in-sooveelste-huisrooftog-20110525 OFRIEL Garth, AND his girlfriend Bernadine Le Roux aged 30, AND his son Brendan aged 16, were sleeping when an armed gang broke into their home at around 06:00. Garth woke up when he heard his son shouting: Get off me, get off me before gunshots rang. As Garth ran down the passage to help his son, he was shot at, but missed. Before he could find his way back into his own bedroom, Bernadine was shot in the chest, after which their attackers fled the scene. Garth pushed his panic button and loaded Brendan into his car. The police and ambulance arrived shortly afterwards. Bernadine was taken to hospital by ambulance and Garth rushed Brendan to hospital. Both required emergency surgery for gunshot wounds to the chest. Only a television was stolen from the OFriel home. Alberton. 23 Feb 2010 http://dienuwesuidafrika.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/hy-hoor-eers-gille-toe%E2%80%99n-skoot/ OLIVIER Fredrick Chrisjan, male aged 46, AND his brother, Koos Petrus Olivier aged 43, were jailed indefinitely whilst awaiting trial for shooting dead one of the 3 men who were breaking a window to enter their homestead. Their guns have been confiscated and their wives and children are vulnerable to revenge attacks from the perpetrators. One of the gang members wanted for questioning before the matter can be finalized, has fled to Zimbabwe. Smallholdings, Kameeldrift. 20 Sept 2010 2010-09-20 Olivier 2 smallholders arrested for self-defence killing of black attacker, Kameeldrift Sept 20 2010 DENIED BAIL HEARING 2010-09-20 more on farmitracker.com http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Ons-lewe-in-vrees-20100923 OLIVIER Martie AND her husband Sarel were attacked by the SA Police Service during the night. Two uniformed police officers bundled Sarel into the back of a police van after they had pulled him off the road for turning into the driveway of a Kempton Park house and reversing to make a U-turn. When he was let out of the back of the van about 30 minutes later, Martie who had given birth two months before was in a state of shock. Her underwear was torn, she was trembling and bleeding between her legs. She said one of the policemen had pulled off about 150m from the police station and raped her. Sarel lost it completely and was detained at the police station after a brawl with on-duty policemen. During the fracas, one of the cops returned to the car, bashed
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Marties head onto the dashboard and took the semi-conscious woman to a house where she was repeatedly raped. Martie was eventually dropped off on a patch of grass at a nearby college. Sarel found her at 07:20 the next day wandering the streets barefoot about 3km from the Kempton Park police station. He barely recognised her. Her lips were swollen and split, she had a large bump on her head, was suffering from concussion, her eyes were bruised, her knee badly injured, her underwear in tatters and her dress soiled with blood and semen. The couple and their three children went into hiding after receiving death threats for reporting the matter. Now, not even their lawyers know where they live. The Oliviers have lost everything since then and Martie still hasnt found justice. Her husband, Sarel Olivier, has become severely disillusioned with the justice system and believes that the SA Police Service and the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) are working together to sweep the matter under the carpet. The experience has changed our lives forever. Its been six months and things are still incredibly difficult for us. Since the attack, weve lived in three different places and Ive had to change jobs four times. I wouldnt wish this on my worst enemy. The ICD says its probe is nearing completion and DNA samples were sent for testing. But the Oliviers lawyer, Delia de Vries, says the case is going nowhere. I wont let this one go, this is such an atrocity, its worse than torture, she said. Kempton Park/Beno ni. 2010 http://www.citizen.co.za/index/article.aspx?pDesc=120684,1,22 http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2010_02_01_archive.html#153619397824845133 1 Cop rape victims trauma ORBELL Miles, a 53 yr old pilot, was driving through a remote area known for hi-jackings and passed through a stop sign without coming to a dead standstill. Suddenly shots were fired at him bursting all four his car tyres, and a bullet struck his seat. When he saw the vehicle behind him from which the shots came, flashing its lights, he thought he was being hi-jacked and raced across a field to the safety of his sons employ. It was only when he climbed out of his car that he realised it was the metro-police who had been following him, and that they had shot at him because he would not stop for them. Miles was handcuffed in front of his son and fellow employees whilst being sworn at and shoved around by the police officers, who accused him of being a criminal, and was told that it was because he was white that he thought he could do what ever he wanted. Miles was released from prison 12 hours later only after a Justice Project South Africa organization intervened on his behalf. The whole matter shocked me terribly, Miles said, and added that, Now I cant sleep and have no more faith in the law enforcers. Babsfontein. East Rand. Mon 29 March 2010 http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t271611-591/ PEDERSON Anne - retired teacher aged 74, was attacked at her home by several men, of which one was her gardener, shortly after her husband went to work at 08:00. Anne had opened the gate for him to enter the premises before he slashed her repeatedly with
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a panga. During the attack, Anna managed to push her panic button. The gardener later admitted in court that after he got the keys to the family safe from her, he removed her husbands firearm from the safe and shot her in the head. The police arrived shortly after at the scene but could not resuscitate her. They also started following a trail immediately with tracker dogs. The gardener was arrested for this attack when he appeared on a nonrelated case of assault laid against him. Irene Park, Klerksdorp. Mon 29 Nov 2010 http://longwalksincefreedom.blogspot.com/2010/11/afrikaans-teacher-murdered-in.html http://afrikaans.news24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Tuinier-vas-vir-moord-op-oud-onderwyser20101207 PERIPOLI Giovanni, male aged 74, was walking in a busy road during the day around 10:30 when he was stabbed in his stomach by a man who had newly acquired a butchers knife the carton container in which he had bought it, was found on the crime scene.Giovanni was stabbed three times, and each stab was twisted so violently that his whole stomach was cut from side to side. His wife reported that she was busy in the kitchen when Giovanni returned home from town, where he had also been to the bank. I heard him call my name a couple of times and went to the backyard, where I found him in a big puddle of blood on the cement. I tried to help him, but had to run back to phone the ambulance and police. His last words to me were to ask for a cushion the ground was very hard and cold, she said. Paramedics stabilized Giovanni before they transferred him to hospital, where he died at 12:20 from his injuries. The police spokesperson said that according to an eye witness, a young man jumped over the gate after Giovanni arrived home and closed the gates behind his car. The man then left the same way he came, and jumped into a waiting car to flee the scene. Nothing was stolen. Virginia. 31 July 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vermoor-met-nuwe-mes-20100801 PESTANA Mandy aged 66, was ambushed inside her home by an unknown number of assailants who had taken off her roof tiles to gain entry, and disconnected the alarm while they waited for her to arrive home. It appears she became suspicious upon entry to her premises and tried to run away, but was followed, grabbed from behind, and her throat slit. She died on the scene. Nothing was reported stolen. Her corpse was found by her neighbours at around 18:00. Linbropark smallholding, Johannesburg North. Sun 18 Oct 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vrou-sterf-waar-aanvallers-haar-keel-oopsny20101018 PETERS Andrelette aged 19, left home with a friend to purchase airtime. Her mother began to worry about Andrelette when she did not return home for supper that Friday evening. She would never stay away from home and I began to worry when she didnt have her supper, she said. I never slept a wink that night and the Saturday morning early I fetched her friend Lynette and we began searching for her. A friend of hers said she was dropped by a blue taxi with tinted windows at the Clocktower here in Lentegeur.
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Sick with worry, the mother opened a missing persons docket and provided cops with a recent photograph of Andrelette, unaware that cops had found her mutilated remains the day before. Andrelettes blue jeans, Levi takkies, red scarf and black tracksuit top had been stripped from her body, leaving her naked when she was dumped at the Wolfgat Nature Reserve. On Tuesday, the mother became suspicious when she noticed a news report which said the body of an unidentified woman had been found on the beach. On the Wednesday, her worst fears came true when detectives informed her the body may be her daughters. When (the detective) fetched me to take me to the morgue, he never told me what her injuries were, she said. They pulled out her left arm where she had the tattoo with the word Ponkies and then I knew it was my child. Andrelette had been mutilated beyond recognition. She was stabbed 120 times and her face was in pieces, the flesh was ripped out, explained her mother. Cape Town 8 Oct 2010 http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Tiener-120-keer-gesteek-20101018 http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/teen-stabbed-120-times-1.687082 PIENAAR Willie, male aged 24, was killed by a gang of at least 3 men outside a shopping centre around 17:00. Willie had just climbed into his car when he was grabbed around his neck and shot in the head. His body was thrown out his car and searched for valuables before the three gang members ran off in different directions, but were apprehended by the public. The whole incident had been recorded by security surveillance cameras which the police did not collect. The attackers were released from police custody because they had not been read their rights at the time they were apprehended. Kwaggasrand, Pretoria. 12 April 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Helfte-van-my-is-dood-20100411 2 vry oor polisiefout PIETERSE Mannetjie, male aged 69, AND his blind son Johan aged 27 and their guests were having a barbeque in their fenced-in garden at night when a gang slipped into the farmhouse through an open kitchen door. Johan, who is blind, went to the bathroom where he was pistol whipped three times over his head by two attackers, who then stormed down the hall to confront the rest of the family. They shoved past me . One went out the open front door. The other came into the room and stood still. The next moment I saw how he lifted his firearm, Mannetjie reported. Mannetjies chased after the gunman into the diningroom as the gunman fired a shot and fled the scene. Farm Houtvolop, Schweizer-Reneke. Monday night 1 Feb 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/9f8b451da08e47b7911c2f91e26c2280/04-02-2010-0246/Boer_dink_eers_plaasaanval_is_%E2%80%99n_flou_grappie http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t271611-554/ PITOUT Coenie - fertiliser-factory representative aged 35, was woken by his wife Tania, aged 33, around 02:30 after she had heard suspicious noises in their house. They had only moved into the house six weeks earlier. The family had watched TV earlier that night and their two daughters had fallen asleep in the living room. Coenies brother -in-law told
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Beeld newspaper that Coenie got up to investigate. Tania wanted to go and have a look but just before reaching the kitchen-door she felt uneasy and turned back to fetch Coenie, he said, adding that, He believed that it was probably one of the kids and didnt even take his gun. Just as he reached the hallway leading to the kitchen he was shot at point-blank range the shot was so close that his face was blackened, and the shot strafed his cheek and shot off half-an-ear. The injured Coenie didnt hesitate: he attacked the gunman who dropped the weapon, which was then picked up by a second attacker while a third attacker rushed into the fray and stabbed Coenie with a knife in his rightside. Coenie was shot a second time, this time in the left-side. Meanwhile, the girls woke up and little Anton managed to reach her mom in the hallway, while Imk was grabbed by one of the gunmen. Coenie tore Imke from the mans grip and shoved her down the hallway towards Tania. Tania ran with their two daughters to the living room, locked the door behind her, smashed a window and ran for help with the girls. Coenie was shot again - through his left shoulder, and fell on his back, pretending to be dead, praying that the terror would end. An attacker walked up to him, kicked him in the face and shot him in the chest - that shot broke one of his ribs. Coenie has lost an awful lot of blood. The doctor will operate as soon as he gets a bit stronger, his brother-in-law said. The family cannot understand why the injured Coenie kept being attacked, stabbed and shot while the attackers could have fled at any time he posed no threat to them whatsoever. The attackers never spoke to him at all and did not make any demands for money or carkeys or whatever. The family was also attacked in the previous home they had lived in shortly before they moved out, and the only things stolen then were Tanias car -keys. The three men who attacked Coenie the second time were described as very sturdily built. SAPS spokesman merely confirmed the attack during which nothing was stolen. Koster. Sun 28 Sept 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Man-maak-of-hy-dood-is-maar-rower-skiet-homin-bors-20100928 POTGIETER Attie, farm manager aged 40, AND his wife Wilna, aged 36, AND their daughter Willemien Willemientjie aged 3 were attacked during the day at their homestead by an armed gang of at least 6 men. Attie was ambushed outside the house, hit on the back of the head with a panga and stabbed with a garden fork. His body was found outside the house, next to a fence at the back door. Wilna was brutally assaulted and shot in the back of the head in her bedroom. Little Willemientjie was picked up by her hair and taken to an outside room, shot in the back of her head, then dumped on her mothers body, a little pink ribbon still tied into her hair. A chilling message written in Sotho on a piece of cardboard saying "We have killed them. We are coming back", was found on the gate to their farm. In the house, a plate of food was still in the microwave. Suspects were arrested after swift action by police members of several Free State units. Credit cards covered in blood as well as a 9mm firearm, which was also covered in blood, were found in a shack near Lindley. Another firearm was found on the scene. According to information, the suspects arrested in the townships had paid the farm workers R500 each for information about the family's movements. The trial covering this
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attack commenced 22 March 2011, and was dubbed the One Bullet One White Infant trial. Farm Tweefontein, Lindley, Free State. Fri 1 Dec 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...-note-20101203 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Sesde-verdagte-se-naam-bekend-20110301 POTGIETER Lourens aged 50, lay preacher and mine worker, was found murdered along the road, where he lay on his stomach, dressed in a black suite. Lourens had been shot in the stomach, chest and between his eyes. Two sharp stab-wounds were also found on his back, which, according to the local spokesperson, appeared to have been caused by someone standing on his back. His car was stolen. Sybrandts Kraal, KwaMhlanga, Mpumalanga 4 Jan 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Lekeprediker-se-lyk-langs-pad-gelos-20100104 PRETORIUS Gert - retired fire-chief of Nigel aged 67, was feeding his livestock at around 09:00, AND his wife, Anet, was rubbing the colic-pains from the one-week old baby of one of their farm-workers who entered her house, put a gun to her head, beat and tied her up. He cut open and robbed their safe, walked outside to Gert, and shot him dead at point-blank range in the chest. The worker then fled with his wife and baby in the Pretorius familys pick-up truck. Anet managed to free herself from her bonds - and rushed to the barn where she found her husband shot dead outside the pigsty. Holgatfontein plot, East Rand. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuurmoor-20100414 http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010_04_14_archive.html RETIRED FIRECHIEF GERT PRETORIUS, 67, MURDERED AT SMALLHOLDING PRINSLOO Lida aged 76, died a few months later from trauma related injuries suffered when she AND her sister Rita Cloete, were both hi-jacked, robbed, severely assaulted and threatened 8 hours apart at Lidas house by armed gangs. SEE CLOETE Rita. Springs, 27 Oct 2010 http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/10/afrikaans-women-targets-ofblack.html PULZONE Louis aged 60 AND his wife Christa aged 50, were exhausted after moving furniture. Louis went to bed and Christa fell asleep in front of the tv in their lounge. She awoke around 01:00 and looked into the barrel of a gun as a gang of at least two men were standing over her, after they had broken into the house. They tied her hands with a kettle cord and rummaged through the house. Louis heard a noise and walked into the lounge to investigate. One of the attackers turned round and shot Louis from a short distance in the chest. He didnt even have a chance, Christa said afterwards. Their attackers fled the scene with Christas handbag, a dstv decoder and three celphones. After they left, Christa was able to free herself, and as the celphones had been stolen, she had to travel to the closest filling station to phone for help. Louis was declared dead on the scene. President Brand Avenue, Bloemfontein. Thur 8 Oct 2010
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http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bloem-man-60-in-sy-huis-doodgeskiet20101008 RALFE Nigel, was unarmed at his family farm when four men appeared asking to buy milk. When he told them he had none to sell, he was shot at point blank range. The bullet went into his left arm, disabling him, and he was then badly beaten. While demanding money, the men forced him to his house at gunpoint. He watched helplessly as his wife Lynette, aged 64, opened the door for him and was shot 3 times at point blank range as she turned, and died while running to press the panic button. Nigel was forced to his knees to be executed. He ducked and the bullet lacerated horizontally across the back of his neck. As all of this was happening, Nigel's three small granddaughters entered the room and saw him covered in blood - he had to persuade them to stay calm, go to their bedroom and shut the door. Their attackers suddenly left, leaving Nigel able to summon help. Nothing was reported stolen. Colenzo dairy farm, Nigel. 16 Mar 2010 RALFE THE RALFE MURDER: RALFE LYNETTE 20100316 (64) farm wife, Colenso dairy, died, husband Nigel survived 2 shots. RAMSAUER Johan, male aged 45, AND his brother Eugen aged 44, AND a friend Mano Gerber aged 27, were attacked by an armed gang on their farm inside their fenced backyard at around 17:15, during which Eugen suffered a broken foot, hand and head injuries; Johan suffered spinal injuries and a broken shoulder; Mano required stitches for the knifewounds in her arm. The attack took place when Eugen Ramsauer stepped out to investigate why their dogs had started barking at their back fences gate. There he was attacked by two men who smacked him with a plank, while other attackers also arrived and attacked his family with knives and butchers knives. In the fierce struggle which followed, one of the attackers knives was slapped out of hand and the family daughter grabbed and fled with it, said Johans wife Liesel, aged 41. The attackers fled and tried to hide among the farm workers cottages however the workers and their family members all joined forces, chasing the attackers through the vineyards. During this impressive community effort, they managed to capture four of the unknown number of attackers. It was hell, said Eugen, adding that, Its harvest time and one never knows when those people are let out on bail and come back again. I cant stay (and guard) the homestead all day, I worry about my people. Farm Driefontein, Wellington. Sun 24 Jan 2010 http://www.dieburger.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1708/8e5313fc04144dba98fd8a8eccb64508/27-01-2010-1253/Vier_in_hof_n%C3%A1_aanval_op_plaasgesin_by_Wellington REYNEKE, Gert aged 71, had gone to visit his granddaughter to make a wrought-iron bed for her 14th birthday, but was shot by unknown gang on the Kameeldrift smallholding. Gert and his wife Johanna aged 67, had arrived on his sons property four days earlier before the attack, which started when Johanna awoke at around 01:00 from a strange sound in the flat they occupied next to the main house. The next moment she heard glass break. Gert woke up as well and looked through the window. The last thing I said
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to him was to be careful and watch out, Johanna related. My husband walked to the room next to ours. The door was closed. Just as he opened the door and walked in a shot went off. I looked around the corner and saw him lying on his face outside the door. All I could see was blood. I spoke to him but he didnt answer. He just groaned. She locked herself in the bedroom and called for help. Gert had been shot from a distance of about one meter and died on the scene. Nothing was looted. Kameeldrift plots, Pretoria. Mon 17 Oct 2010 REYNEKE, GERT 71, 2010-10-17 M, murdered Kameeldrift smallholding, Pretoria, nothing robbed ROHRS Anna-Marie, schoolteacher and farmwife, was brutally murdered in cold blood by a gang of at least two men. Estcourt. KZN. 26 Oct 2010 Farm wife murdered, Pretoria court burns down 2010-10-26 Anna-Marie Rohrs, farm wife Escourt KZN, murdered DISBANDING OF FARMCOMMANDOS HAS LEFT FARMING COMMUNITY VULNERABLE
http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global%5B_id%5D=49821 ROSS Margareth aged 80, was attacked and stabbed repeatedly inside her bed during the night. During the attack she managed to push her panic button but her attacker/s had fled the scene before the security forces arrived. She was admitted to hospital in a serious condition. Knysna. 28 March 2010 http://www.dieburger.com/sendToFriend.aspx?iframe&aid=0662fe85-2c38-4209-b374ae26f4471b42&cid=1708 Bejaarde vrou (80) oorleef mesaanval in Sedgefield 2010-02-22 23:41George ROTHSCHILD Loius, businessman, was having supper with his young family when a gang of at least 4 men attacked them inside their home. Louis tried to push the panic button and was shot in the chest. The gang then strolled out again, only taking Louis wallet and a celphone, leaving other easy-to-steal valuables behind. His cousin Lance said the family was shocked and devastated. He was the most awesome young man. It is senseless and it is theft of life. There was no need to kill him. The people who do this take away so much more. A father of a one-year-old boy shot for nothing. SAPS spokeswoman Cynthia Mogoai blamed the victim: she said he was shot when he tried to push the panic button. They shot him in the upper body and he died on the scene. Blairgowrie, Randburg. Sat 7 Aug 2010. 2010-08-07 Unarmed Louis Rothschild, father of one-year-old boy, murdered, Blairgowrie, Randburg http://bit.ly/91Iu0X andhttp://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Inbrekers-skietman-in-huis-doodhttp://longwalksincefreedom.blogspot.com/2010/08/crime-reports-aug-9-2010.htm http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global%5B_id%5D=49821 SCHOEMAN Riana systems manager aged 35, arrived home after collecting her children aged 4 and 6 from creche during the late afternoon when she was accosted by
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an armed gang. Riana tried to close the glass sliding front door to the house by pushing agianst it when they opened fire on her and a bullet shattered the glass payne as it passed through, and cleaved open her chest in front of her two children. When she fell behind the door, her attackers stormed across her body towards the children, demanding that the children hand over the money and bank cards. The murderers then rifled through Rianas pockets, from which the lifted some cash, and stole her laptop befored they fled the scene. Her husband, aged 44, told the Beeld newspaper that, Just as I stopped the car, the little ones came running from the front door, and said Mamma is geskiet (Mommy has been shot). The oldest one was covered in blood. I stormed into the house and found her behind the front door. She no longer had a pulse-beat. He rushed Riana to the nearest hospital, but she was certified dead on arrival. He added What kind of human being shoots dead a woman in front of her little children? Its horrific to me that they have seen and experienced everything. My children saw it all. I hope I will be able to raise them to become the kind of fine person their mother had been. And that they will get over this. He said he couldnt understand why the attackers demanded money and bank-cards from the children who didnt know about such things, and moreover its well known amongst their workers that the family does not work with cash at all. I dont understand. We dont work with cash at all and we have good relations with our workers to stop this sort of thing from happening. And then this happens. The SAPS spokesperson confirmed that a case of murder and house -robbery was being investigated. Cullinan smallholding, Rayton. Thur 5 Aug 2010 http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Pappa-hulle-het-Mamma-geskiet-20100806-2 SCHOEMAN Tolstoi - farmer aged 86, AND his wife, Gudryn were asleep in their bed when 2 armed black men, one with a machette, the other with a knife, gained access to their house - the police suspect with a duplicate key - and attacked them in their bedroom. Toilstoi was beaten, his hands tied up behind his back, and his feet tied up before he was strangled to death with his pajama pants. Gudryn was forced into her car (the attackers knew exactly where the car keys were kept) and kidnapped. They forced her to withdraw cash from an ATM bank at a nearby town, before they sped off with her in the direction of another town. However, they rolled the car en route and then fled from the wreckage, leaving the injured Gudryn inside. When police arrived at the scene, she told the police that she suspected her husband was murdered in farm attack. The police went to the farm and found Tolstois body. Gudryn was admitted to hospital for treatment. Only a celphone had been robbed from the family home. Farm Vygeboom, Badplaas, Carolina. Fri 15 Dec 2010 HTTP://WWW .BEELD.COM/SUID-AFRIKA/NUUS/BOER-VERMOOR-EN-VROU-ONTVOER-20101217 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/871?l=es_UY http://www.africancrisis.co.za/Article.php?ID=87833& SERFONTEIN Willem Jacobus, AND wife Anna, farming couple in their sixties, sustained serious injuries during an attack in their homestead. While Willem was outside to turn on his water-pump a gang of at least three men had entered their home and attacked Anna. They were trying to strangle her to death with an electric cord when Willem returned. He
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was bashed over the head with an iron bar and sustained heavy bruising across his body as well as an injured hand and arm while trying to save her life. Ficksburg, Free State. 27 Dec 2010 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/904 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Soveelste-plaasaanval-in-Oos-Vrystaat20101228 SLABBERT Jasper, male aged 39, AND Seun Du Randt were walking home through a field at night when they heard the steps of a gang. As they were fleeing, they were overpowered and stabbed mercilessly. Jasper suffered 5 stab wounds, and Seun died from 28 stab wounds. Bloemfontein air base, 18 Jan 2010 SEE ALSO Du Randt Seun http://www.volksblad.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/2114/b42e2e6fed3c4f35b4e0d711261fd2db/18-01-2010-0504/Aandjie_uit_eindig_in_%E2%80%99n_bloedbad SLATER Rene farmwife aged 50, left her homestead around 08:00 in her farm pick-up truck, which was found crashed along the road about 13km away at 10:00 after it had passed through a gate and crashed into a fence. After a two hour search, members who had previously belonged to the farm commando corps found her gruesomely mutilated corpse, which lay covered by twings about 100 meters from her home. Police suspect Rene had been kidnapped before she was murdered, and her killers crashed her vehicle while they were fleeing the scene. Farm Vaalkrans, Uitenhage, Eastern Cape. Mon 15 Feb 2010 2010_02_15 Vaalkrans Uitenhage East Cape gruesomely mutilated after kidnapping http://www.nuus24.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1479/e10fb65c78934730a975ccb7c94ed51e/16-02-2010-0207/Boervrou_van_Uitenhage_vermoor http://www.landbou.com/nuus/nuus-artikel/boervrou-van-uitenhage-vermoor SMIT Anika - scholar aged 17, stayed home from school as she was suffering from an ear infection. Her father, aged 54, had arranged for medicine to be delivered to Anika, who was his only child. At lunchtime the chemist phoned him to say that they had been to his house, but that no one had answered the door to receive the medicine. During the afternoon he phoned home, but when she didnt answer, he thought she was asleep. He arrived home from work at around 16:00, and found her scooter standing in front of the door, the door open and its locks missing. The diningroom table was askew and the chairs had been upturned. Her father went to her room, and reported that, She lay on the floor, without clothes. Both her hands had been cut off and was missing. The people (Anikas murderers) must have taken them with. Her hands had been severed from the arms between the elbows and pulses. He immediately went to his neighbour and phoned the police from there, and they arrived on the scene quickly, he said, adding that, The police told me she was stabbed in the neck six times with a knife. They are also investigating the possibility that she had been raped. Pretoria North. 12 March 2010
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there the whole night and was only found the next afternoon. The pain he must have been in..." Only his cellphone was missing. Bedfordview, Johannesburg.Tues 25 Feb 2010 http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t271611-568/ 'This time they killed him' SMITH Jan, male aged 62, AND his wife, Elizabeth Lilly aged 62, were tortured to death. Their decomposing bodies were found inside their house, both were heavily bruised all over their bodies and bound with rope. Elizabeth was found in the lounge, impaled on a garden fork; Jan was found in the bedroom, where he had suffered many stab wounds on his body, and had been bashed on his head repeatedly. Their celphones, camera, jewellery and some clothes had been looted. The local police spokesperson described the crime scene and said that, It was an extremely gruesome murder and the house was a mess." Jongensfontein smallholding Stilbaai 6 Oct 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Gruesome-murders-shock-town-20101015 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/643 http://boerenuus.blogspot.com/2010/10/afrikaner-smallholders-jan-elizabeth.html SMITH Manie, Volksblad newspaper IT chief, AND his wife Caroline were both shot during an attack by a gang of at least two men who entered their home by destroying door locks. The Smith daughter aged 22 went to drink water in the kitchen at around 01:15 when she discovered armed men in their living room. She screamed loudly and ran to her parents bedroom. Caroline said the two men who stood at their bedroom door both were dressed in black and wore white gloves. They opened fire on the Smiths the family dogs were let loose and the gunmen fled the scene. Manie had been shot in the upper-right leg and left-hand; and Caroline had been shot in the left-knee and right-foot. Although nothing was robbed, police say its a house-robbery and are not investigating attempted murder charges - the SAPS does not like to put such charges on their annual statistics if they can help it. Fleurdal, Bloemfontein 23 Nov 2010 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Volksbladman-vrou-geskiet-20101123 Afrikaner newsman Manie Smith attacked in Bloemfontein SMITH Ron - Canadian engineer aged 70, had spent 50 years in South Africa during which he had built the government complex in Pretoria; worked on projects with the African National Congress before the fall of apartheid; was very supportive of the dismantling of the segregated, white-ruled political system; and worked hard to improve the country. His son, Johnathan Smith who moved to Canada in 2008 because South Africa had become too dangerous - reported in the Ottowa Citizen on the 5th of March 2010, that Ron had been five foot 6 inches tall and frail, and was found murdered in his home after he had been tied to a chair, tortured, shot in the leg and left to bleed to death. Homicide is so common in South Africa, Johnathan said, that he held out no hope the crime will ever be solved. Your life is not worth more than a cellphone, he said, adding that, And thats exactly what they took from my father. They took a cellphone and a laptop. The report explained that South Africa has one of the worlds highest homicide
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rates, with 37 murders per 100,000 people each year nearly 20 times the rate in Canada which in effect meant that more than 18,000 people are murdered in South Africa every year. Jonathan Smith said officials with Foreign Affairs and International Trade are trying to get more information for him on his fathers death, stating that, Foreign Affairs will make sure this one is not swept under the rug like so many oth ers (in South Africa). The departments website warns travellers to South Africa to be extremely careful there. Canadians should be aware that South Africa has a very high level of serious crime, the site says. Violent crimes, including rape and murd er, routinely occur. Less than two months before Rons murder, his wife had died of cancer. Ron was planning to leave South Africa and to move back to Canada, Johnathan said, adding that his father was very worried about safety. A number of other propert y owners in the area were murdered in recent months and such attacks are a problem across the country, he said, explaining that, Most of his money was invested into the farm and he couldnt retire without selling the farm. He just didnt get out on time. Droogekloof gamefarm, Bela Bela, Warmbaths. 2 March 2010 2010-03-02 Droogekloof-game farm tortured to death BelaBela Warmbaths Sunday, March 7, 2010 Canadian Tortured & Murdered on Farm in Limpopo, 3rd Farmmurder in Limpopo in 4 days.... http://whatisyourrrintelligence.blogspot.com/2010/03/canadian-tortured-murdered-onfarm-in.html SNYMAN Kobus aged 42, had fallen asleep in front of the television in his lounge while his wife, her mother and sister, and a friend of theirs plus his three children were socialising on the adjacent porch when three men, wearing blue jackets similar to police uniform, scaled the wall to enter the Snyman property and pushed their guns against the heads of his two ten year old twin sons at around 22:30. The family started screaming before his 16 year old daughter, Lenika, threw herself across the twins to protect them, wrapped them in her arms, looked the gunmen in the eyes and said NO! before she called her father. Kobus jumped up and ran to the porch but before he could open the glass sliding door, the gang opened fire on him in front of his family. A bullet penetrated his heart but he turned around towards his bedroom before he dropped to the ground and died on the scene. The gunmen took a laptop and celphones before they calmly strode away. Glen Austin, Midrand. 18 Jan 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/649fbfe798bc4416b0e649ac2b7f2b59/18-01-2010-1101/Man_voor_sy_2-ling_vermoor STADLER Marius - carpenter aged 31, left the company of his wife and 4 friends at a restaurant where they were having supper to buy cigarettes. His corpse was found later on the pavement with stabwounds in his back. His wallet and its contents as well as his identity documentation was strewn around him, and nothing had been stolen. 1 March 2010
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http://www.volksblad.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/2114/9b669577fdda44ddbbba37d82a44dfaf/01-03-2010-0542/Lyk_van_vermoorde_man_l%C3%AA_ure_op_sypaadjie_in_Bfn http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2010/03/horrendous-slaughter-details-oflatest.html STAPLES John, retired mechanic and smallholder aged 79, was murdered by a gang of at least three men who broke down a door to invade his home during the night. It appears that John was overpowered in his bed before he was forced to open his wallsafe for them, from which they stole cash and his firearm, bedore they ebat him to death. Bronkhorstspruit plot. 26 Sept 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/3-rowers-vermoor-bejaarde-op-hoewe-20100928 2010-09-26 Staples, John, 79, Bronkhorstspruit smallholder, murdered2010-09-27 more on Farmitracker.com STEENBERG Suna, business woman aged 43, heard her mother-in-law scream as she was attacked inside their home by two men dressed as policemen. Suna grabbed her gun from the safe and ran to her aid. She was grabbed from behind by the throat and shot twice at point blank range in her head. After 6 months in a coma, she passed away. Smallholding Kameelfontein 16 April 2010 more on Farmitracker.com 20100516 Suna Steenberg, STILL IN COMA May 24 2010 Montana Pale and Lapas supplies head-shots from men in uniform, Leeufonteinhttp://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20100417080 252815C910568 http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/bloodbath-ends-bid-to-save-mom-in-law-1.480902 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vrou-in-koma-na-kopskoot-Sy-sterf-20101010 STEENKAMP Francois retired heart surgeon aged 71, was beaten to death inside his home at a retirement village during the night. His corpse was discovered the following morning at around 08:40 when his housekeeper walked into his room and saw his feet sticking out from under his bed with his hands tied behind his back. Francios had been brutally beaten and his head bashed open. His killers fled the scene in his car. It is not clear if anything was looted from the house. A case of murder and house robbery was being investigated. Pretoria. Tues 3 Feb 2010 http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t271611-554/ Dead doctor found under bed STEYN Barend - smallholder aged 73, was tortured to death during the afternoon inside his home. His corpse was discovered by his son, who arrived on the scene shortly before 16:00. Steyn Junior told Volksblad newspaper that he entered his fathers house through an open kitchen door and found the house in disarray, and said that, Then I saw my father in the second bedroom in the ground. My first thoughts were that he had been shot, for I could only see blood. Barend was lying on his stomach in the room which ha s a safe. A piece of cloth had been tied around his head and neck. His hands had been
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tied p behind his back. I turned him around, removed the cloth and looked to see if he was still alive. I felt for a pulse, but he was cold, he added. Next to the corps e lay a pickaxe and stood an electric iron, which was still plugged in. A crowbar stood against the bed, and an angle grinder was also found in the room. In the passage stood bags with electric equipment and groceries, ready to be carried away. Bloemspruit, Bloemfontein. Fri 8 Nov 2010 http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bejaarde-boer-vermoor-20101108-2 2010-10-05 Barend Steyn (73) Bloemspruit smallholdings, murdered Volksblad STEYN Magdel aged 24, was pushed away from her car during the day, pulled and shoved around, thrown violently against a vehicle, sworn at and insulted, and jailed for 15 hours without food and water by the metro police, while being falsely accused of bumping another vehicle. Everything is shown on a video to be used in court. Pretoria. 20 March 2010 http://www.rapport.co.za/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/2315/7fe821d2dc1d44859215632e4d2b95d6/20-03-2010-1129/%E2%80%98Die_w%C3%AAreld_moet_weet_van_di%C3%A9_polisiegeweld%E2% 80%99 STEYNBERG Cecilia, farmers wife aged 51, whose husband was away on business, woke around 03:00 by the barking of their two small dogs. She fetched her firearm from the safe, and climbed back into bed. An armed gang of 3 men cut the burglar guards of the tv room, and broke down the security gate in the passage leading to her bedroom. As the armed intruder barged into her room, he pulled the trigger but gun misfired and she shot him in the neck. Wesselsbron farm. Wed 30 Sept 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Farmers-wife-shoots-robber-20100929 STRYDOM Johan - farmer aged 40, was tortured to death by a gang of at least three men after he had recently caught a robber in a house on the neighbouring farm where his aunt lived. Shortly after the robber was released on bail, Johan started receiving strange phone calls - each time he answered, the phone would be put down. On the day of his death, Johan was bashed over the head at his gate at around 12:00 with an iron rod, and a chain was tied around his left ankle, whereby the gang dragged him behind his own farm pick-up truck, while he was still alive and with his face in the ground, until his liver burst. Flesh on his shoulder had torn down to the bone and there was no skin left on his back. There were cuts and abrasions all over his body and the back of his skull was crushed. His attackers dragged him into the shed, where they hung him by the feet with the chain from his leg, head down, before they closed the door and fled the scene in his truck, taking Johans celphone and wallet. Guests who arrived at his home for a barbeque later that day found his corpse in the shed. Johans pick-up was found abandoned in a nearby town. The police arrested a 21-year-old suspect on a neighbouring farm, the local police spokesperson said. The suspect then pointed out to the police where he had thrown his bloody clothes down a pit latrine. The spokesperson could not confirm whether this man is the robber that Strydom had caught earlier. One of
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Johans killers, Jonathan Sekgone, told arresting officers that he was proud of what he had done. Sekgone had been released by the court on R2000 ($250) bail only two weeks before the Johan Strydom murder, as a suspect in the attempted murder of sleeping farmer B J Nortje on 13 March 2010. (Someone had fired a shot with a stolen shotgun through the window of the Nortjie homestead, injuring the farmer.) Another member of Sekgones gang which murdered Johan Strydom, Mr Tueng, indicated that the previous charge against him was illegal possession of a firearm and not attempted murder. The trial was repeatedly potponed since their high-profile appearance on June 8 2010 when protesting members of the Afriforum civil rights group were forcibly removed from the court-room and the outside premises: the authorities had intervened because the trial was threatening to give unfavourable publicity for South Africa during the World Cup 2010. On the 9th of June 2010, AfriForum Youth civil-rights group lodged a formal complaint against FIFA with the SA Human Rights Commission because they were barred by FIFA from demonstrating against Johan Strydoms murder outside the courtroom. Afriforum complained that it was a blatant contravention of the South African Constitution, which guarantees all citizens the right to free speech.FIFA and the SA government announced a moratorium against all public demonstrations for the duration of the World Cup 2010 . That is in direct contravention of Article 17 of the Constitution, which gives citizens the right to hold peaceful deonstrations, said Ernst Roets, AfriForum Youths national chairman. The case about which we want to demonstrate, deals directly with the most unimaginable forms of violence with which the Afrikaners are being targetted. To infringe upon our basic constitutional rights just because a sports tournament is taking place, is inconceivable. Farm Buffelshoek, Potchefstroom. Sat 14 May 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/3-in-hof-wat-boer-glo-sleep-agter-kar-20110228 SWART Piet aged 58, AND his wife Ria aged 53, were attacked during the morning by a gang of at least five men armed with an AK47, a R1 automatic rifle, and a 9mm pistol. Piet was overpowered, repeatedly forced to the gound at gunpoint while he was assaulted and kicked. His son related the attack, and said that, They pushed the pistol against his head and then tackled my mother. Ria was also severely beaten on her head and tied up with cable ties. Piet was shot in the leg before the gang fled in an old family car taking celphones, jewellery and firearms. The car was found later that morning, abandoned in Khurma near Stilfontein. It was said that the attackers had a piece of paper on them, with the address of the Swart family written on it, as well as the address of Piets brother who lived about 500 meters away. It was also said that the attackers were out on bail. Ria, who suffered from a heart condition and high blood pressure, was also treated for concussion in the same hospital where Piet was given a blood transfusion before his shattered leg could be operated on. The provincial police spokesperson confirmed the attack, and said that, I dont know if the suspects are ou t on bail. They have not even been arrested yet, so I dont have that information. We are investigating complaints of house robbery and attempted murder.
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The provincial leader of the Democratic Alliance expressed his concern about the latest farm attacks, stating that, The farm attacks are unusually violent and single people or aged couples are usually assaulted and tortured by a number of armed robbers, usually three or four. The repeatitive attacks in which trial awaiting suspects - usually set free on bail while case awaiting on previous attacks - are involved, is disconcerting and calls from the targeted farming community that the justice system has increasingly become part conspirator, can no longer be ignored. Kafferskraal smallholding, Klerksdorp. Fri 28 May 2010 Beeld My pa moet my net in die kerk kan inbring... TERBLANCH Rudolph aged 47 spoke from his hospital bed about the attack in which he AND his lifepartner Elrene Jones AND his friend Gerard van Jaarsveld was shot. The three friends had held a barbeque on June 11, the start of the Soccer World Cup, at Rudolf's house. "We had a good time, made a fire and chatted. We weren't thinking about murder and death," said Rudolph. "I had often braaied in the garden despite reports on TV and in the papers that this was where criminals overpowered you. Because that was what happened to other people." They were in the kitchen when two criminals walked in through the open security gate. "All I saw was firearms. I thought there was still a chance to talk to the men and to tell them to take what they wanted, but they just started shooting. They didn't say anything," Rudolph explained. One of the men shot Elrene in the shoulder while Rudolph jumped at the other one and grabbed the hand holding the gun. "A shot was fired and I was man down," Rudoph recalled, adding that, "Then there were screams, pleading and gunshots. I lay flat on my face and could not move a finger for the rest of the evening. I thought that was how it feels to be shot dead. After a while, the dying process started feeling a bit drawn out. Rudolph only found out afterwards that there had been five attackers in the house, and that Gerhard was shot dead and Elrene was shot in the shoulder and lower leg. His doctor said Rudolph was shot in the neck and that a vertebra had been hit, "which shook his spinal cord so much that it was permanently damaged". Rudolph said that he only had feeling up to his breastbone and in parts of his forearms, and that, "If someone cut off my thigh with a butcher's knife, I wouldn't feel it." He did have ghost pains in all the limbs and the torso, however. Hs rehabiliation was estimated to take 3 months: but his medical-aid plan would only will pay for 27 days of it. He also needed a wheelchair which he could not afford. I didnt plan for this, he said. Three months after the attack, Rudolph passed away due to bleeding on the brain after his blood pressure had become very unstable after the attack on his life. He had also lost the ability to speak. According to his life partner, the way Rudolph was the last few months of his life is not the way in which he should be remembered, and she said he had suffered terribly the last two days, adding that, Rudoloh was the bravest man that went through a hell of a lot of suffering, Actually they (the attackers) had already killed him on 11 June. He is now released of his body. This is certainly better for him, as it is mercy. It just hurts a lot. Crime Reporter published an article on page 4 of Pretoria News dated 18 June 2010 with reference to the attackers of Rudolph and his friends, which stated the following: Police have arrested a man suspected of killing a Pretoria homeowner and leaving his
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close friend paralysed and his girlfriend injured during a robbery at his house. The suspect was caught an hour after allegedly attacking a cyclist in Equestria several hundred metres from Friday night's bloody attack. Friday night's attack left Gerhard van Jaarsveld dead and his friends, Rudolph Terblanche paralysed and Elrene Jones injured. The three, who had to beg for their lives before they were shot, were having a braai when five men attacked them at their Libertas Street smallholding, stealing cellphones and other household electrical appliances. The attack took place less than 1km from where German pensioner Ute Maria Wiing, 70, was found murdered in her Silver Mists security estate home earlier this month. Seven people, including a security guard, were arrested in connection with Wiing's murder. Willowbray smallholding, Pretoria. 11 July 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Roof-slagoffer-verlos-van-sy-liggaam-20100927 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Man-paralysed-after-attack-20100714 TERREBLANCHE Eugene Ney aged 66, Reknown Afrikaans political leader of the AWB, was hacked and bashed to death 2 young men, aged 16 and 21, while he was asleep during the afternoon inside his bedroom. His body was found by the police at about 18:00, where it layed on its back on the bed on which he had been murdered, a panga and a knobkierrie next to him. The front of his pants had been unzipped. According to the AWBs spokesperson, Eugene was beaten so badly he didnt look like Eugene anymore. The youths had planned his murde r and entered his house through the kitchen door. Immediately after they had killed him, they went to the homes of the farm workers on Eugenes farm and told them that they had killed Eugene. They also phoned the police and told the police that they had killed Eugene. The 16 year old attacker had been working on Eugenes farm in the garden once a week and lived in a room Eugene had given to him to use. The other attacker had been a casual worker who had worked on the farm for about two weeks. Initially the attackers claimed that they had murdered Eugene after Eugene had tried to assault them sexually, and they acted in self defence. Forensic tests proved that this was not possible due to the fact that Eugene was asleep at the time of the attack, and by the manner in which the blood splattered above his head on the wall, it was clear that he was laying down when he was bashed to death. The two attackers also claimed that Eugene had not paid them their wages. However, witnesses proved that Eugene had always paid all his workers timeously. Villanna farm, Ventersdorp. Sat 3 April 2010 http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/9099cbce944245f3bfefc515572 52256/03-04-2010-11-02/Eugene_Terreblanche_murdered THOMAS Hester aged 79 was attacked during the day on the porch of her house by a tall man after he asked her for money, and she said she had none. He stabbed her with a knife just below her left eye, cut her belt off and used it to strangle her with. He beat her further as he dragged her around the house and stamped on her chest before forcing her into her house. Inside her wardrobe he found various articles with which he tied her up and locked her into her bathroom where he had left her to die. It took many hours for
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Hester to free herself before she used spare keys she had in the bathroom, to unlock the door and seek for help. Her attacker had fled the scene with some cheese, cold meat and possibly some clothes. Afterwards Hester said from her hospital bed that she was very grateful that he had not raped her. The local police spokesperson confirmed that the police were investigating a case of house robbery. Bloemfontein. 25 March 2010 http://www.nuus24.com/Content/SuidAfrika/1435/1ecafbfc4e2c4c3da501c9a99570c7d1/25-03-2010-0259/Bejaarde_%E2%80%98dankbaar_sy_is_nie_ook_verkrag%E2%80%99 UNNAMED ADDO ELEPHANT PARK German girl aged 15, was raped repeated by 2 men who gained entrance to the holiday chalet she was sleeping in by breaking the back window at around 06:00 while her 4 year old brother watched helplessly. Their parents were sleeping in another bed and breakfast nearby. The attackers looted a camera and some other personal belongings before they fled the scene. Addo Elephant Park, Eastern Cape. Sat 25 July 2010 German teen girl, 15, raped, robbed by two males, Addo Elephant Park EC July 25 2010 http://www.eastlondonpanorama.co.za/november%202010.html#012 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/350 UNNAMED ALBERTON man aged 33, was shot in his stomach while driving along the road during the afternoon. The man explained that he drove off after the shooting and pulled over a few blocks further along outside an office block. Workers from the office block then called the emergency services after noticing him. He was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Wed 23 June 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Man-shot-in-Alberton-20100623 23 June 2010 UNNAMED BLOEMFONTEIN hospital doctor aged 35 was attacked by a 24 yr old man and a 16 yr old accomplice inside the hospital in the early hours of the morning. One of the men hit the doctor on the head with a brick and proceeded to rape her in a ward that was being renovated. Sat 30 Oct 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Bloemfontein-doctor-raped-at-hospital20101030 UNNAMED BOKSBURG Witfield woman aged 34 was attacked inside her house around 12:00 midday by 4 men who had been employed to replace her thatch roof. They beat her and tied her up with wire coathangers, stabbed her in her neck with a broken knife and stuck their fingers into her mouth to drag her by her cheeck and jawbone through the house from room to room, while taking turns to rape her in the bathroom. Her legs were bruised, broken and blue, her eyes bloodshot and she has lost partial sight in her one eye. There was blood coming from her ears, and they had bitten her arms. The attack was interrupted and the men fled the scene when her husband arrived home unexpectedly. 12 Feb 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vrou-geslaan-gebyt-verkrag-20100212
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UNNAMED BOSCHKOP Family was attacked around 22:00 by a gang of at least four attackers. Unbeknown to the family, the gang waited in front of the family home for father, aged 50, to arrive home from Kuruman. When his family heard him arrive, his 16 year old daughter unlocked the front door for him, and rejoined her mother, her 18 year old sister, and two other women in the lounge. Shortly thereafter they ehard two gunshots, after which the father stumbled into the lounge, covered in blood. He collapsed and died in front of the women and children. Aparrently he had been shot in the right shoulder under the arm. The local police spokesperson said that, Shortly after the man stmbled into the lounge, three attackers stormed into the lounge. They spoke little, but were very aggressive. A fourth man joined them and tied the women up next t o the murdered father. The gang then took the two teenage daughters to an outside room in the garage and took turns raping them repeatedly. One of the attackers then took the girls into the house and raped them again. The gang took a television and a radio, loaded it into the family car, and fled the scene. The family car was found the following day where it had been abandoned in Diepkloof, Soweto. Beeld newspaper reported that police arrested four Mozambiquan citizens in Soweto within just hours of the gruesome murder and gang-rapes. Bolton plots, Meyerton. Fri 28 May 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vier-vas-nadat-pa-vermoor-dogters-verkrag-is20100602 http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vier-vas-n%C3%A1-pa-vermoor-dogtersverkrag-is-20100602 http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2010/12/farm-murders-victim-names1994-2010_24.html UNNAMED DAMADA Family attacked by a gang of 15 armed men who entered their house around 03:30. The gang tied up the 40 year old father and beat him to death. Five men raped the mans wife before turning on the couples 4 year old daughter and seriously assaulted her. The police spokesperson said that the motive for the attack was unknown and nothing had been stolen from the house. Dalmada plot, Polokwane. Sat 17 April 2010 http://www.news24/SouthAfrica/Ne...illed-20100417 UNNAMED DOORN, WELKOM, smallholdings orphan girl, 12 years old, who was living with her grandparents, fought like a tigress against an attack gang of at least 3 men at night to save her family. The men, armed with a firearm, a panga and metal pipes, broke into the familys grocery shop, which is inside their house. The grandfather was tied up and brutally assaulted, and the grandmother pistol-whipped. While the attackers were inside the house her aunt, ageed 25, and her friend had arrived from North West and walked right into the gang the male friend was attacked with a panga and the aunt was forced into a room where she was gang-raped. The girl flew into a rage and assaulted the rapists, trying to drag them off the woman. She was side-handed and also was cut on a hand but she kept on assaulting the men. The girl dragged her grandfather, who had been hacked with a panga and lay in a puddle of blood, out of the way and covered the
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injured old man with a blanket before she grabbed a kitchen-knife and stormed the attackers again. The gang fled with R1000 ($125) and some celphones in the grandparents older-model car, which was found abandoned alongside a school in Thabong township by the SAPS. Thurs 7 Aug 2010 http://www.farmitracker.com/reportsSouth African orphan, 12, fights like a tigress against attack gang UNNAMED LIMPOPO elderly couple and one of their workers were killed during the day. The body of the woman, in her 60s, was found inside the house, her hands tied up, and the family car was noticed missing. The police discovered her husbands body tied to water pipes leading to their dam, and the family car 20 meters away from the body. Vivo, Limpopo farm, Tues 16 Nov 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...-farm-20101116 Three found dead on Limpopo farm UNNAMED MARKEN husband was tied up and locked in an out-building when the family was attacked at 09:00, after which his wife, aged 66, was gang-raped inside the homestead. He managed to free himself and alert the farm-watch and the farm-watch immediately threw up roadblocks and a gang of three men involved in this attack. The farmers then handed the rapists - all from the Steylloop region outside Potgietersrust/Mokopane - over to the local police. The farmer's wife was treated for trauma and administered antiretroviral drug-treatment at hospital to prevent HIV-AIDS transfer. Agri-Limpopo chairman Francois van den Berg said she 'is badly traumatised. It's barbaric. No civilised person would do something like that'. Marken, Limpopo Sun 19 Sept 2010 Afrikaner farm wife gang-raped; three black males arrested by farmers Marken Limpopo http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/575 UNNAMED MEYERTON security guard aged 49, responded to an alarm at a farm around 11:30. His corpse was found behind the house, his hands tied up behind his back, and two bullet holes in his head. Meyerton 14 July 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...erton-20100714 UNNAMED MOTHERWELL male aged 54, was attacked inside his home by a gang of at least 3 men who bashed him repeatedly on the head with a hammer, before they fled the scene, taking his celphone. Motherwell, 20 June 2010 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=nw20100628175309647C4 49629 3 Robbers beat 54 year old male with hammer in Motherwell UNNAMED PARAMEDICS were called out on a medical emergency to Durban Deep township at around 22:30, where they were treating an 18-month-old burn victim in an ambulance when three men attacked them, dragged them into the veld and assaulted them, forced them to perform oral sex and raped them as well. A man who was walking past the scene where they were being raped, was called over by the armed men who
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then assaulted him and told him to rape the paramedics. The man only pretended to rape them, while their attackers laughed and joked around. In court, one of the paramedics said her husband was divorcing her as he couldnt get over the fact that his wife had been raped. She said she had been traumatised by the incident and was unable to do her job. The Beeld newspaper reported that the bystander also testified in court, confirming the paramedics account of events and saying he had been traumatised by the experience and never wanted to go through anything like that again. Two men have been charged on 15 counts of rape and a charge of compelled sexual assault. http://www.citypress.co.za/SouthAfrica/News/Paramedic-tells-of-horrific-rape-20111007-2 Paramedic tells of horrific rape UNNAMED PINELANDS, CAPE TOWN woman aged 65, was raped in her home by an attacker who had planned the attack by sawing through her trellidoor while she was out earlier the night before the attack. He made her cover her face so that she could not identify him, and forced her to wash herself to get rid of DNA-evidence. Cape Town. 7 Aug 2010 This article was originally published on page 5 of Cape Argus on August 07, 2010 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20100807084136489C33 2744 UNNAMED PORT ELIZABETH woman was murdered after she had suffered a blunttrauma head injury, and bruises all over her body. Described as young with short, blonde hair, her partially clothed corpse was found on the beach, her clothes nearbly. She had a black rose tattoo on her neck and dragon on her back. Noordhoek, Port Elizabeth 14 Feb 2010 (Valentines day) Blonde, tattooed woman murdered Noordhoek PE beach Feb 14 2010 http://www.thestar.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=nw20100214151506743C966036 UNNAMED PORT ELIZABETH Mother woke up from strange voices in her home after a gang of at least 5 men opened a window and entered her cottage at around 03:00. The local policespokesperson said that, The next moment the men pushed her down on her bed. They pushed a pistol against her head and demanded her bank cards and pin numbers; before they took turns to rape her while her son had to watch this in the room. A knife was also held against the throat of her four year old son to force his mother to cooperate. The gang threatened to take the son hostage when they went to the bank to draw the money, but the mother managed to convince them to leave her son behind. Three of the men were armed with pistols, while a fourth man carried a toygun. Some of her attackers left the premises through the door to the cottage, while the others fled the scene through the window they had come in by, but made a noise which the landlord on the premises heard, which he investigated. He found the woman crying on her bed and called the police for help. Both the woman and her son were highly traumatised after the attack. Morningside, Port Elizabeth. 17 June 2010 Praag Vyf swartes verkrag vrou voor haar seuntjie
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UNNAMED PRETORIA ORCHARDS mother was assaulted with a pitch-fork by an attacker who was constantly yelling shut up, shut up! at her. When she realized he was going to rape her in front of her 7 year old son, she told the kid to hold on to his puppy and put a blanket over his head. The little boy offered the attacker his R30 ($4usd) pocket money, which the rapist snatched before bundling the mother into her car and speeding off with her. At one point she remembers seeing lights and when she started screaming he hit her over the head. She managed to jump from the moving vehicle: she cant remember what happened: she was found next to the road with a broken jaw and arm. By the 9th of August 2010, nobody from the local Acacia police station had arrived to take a statement from the injured rape victim. The investigating officer, a male constable, also refused to talk to her family when they called to enquire as to why he hadnt started investigating the case yet - starting with taking her statement and viewing the crime scene. Eventually her own sister-in-law, who was a SAPS-member, was granted permission from her superior officers to take her traumatised sisters statement. Yet a week later, it had still not been fetched by the investigating officer. 25 July 2010 http://longwalksincefreedom.blogspot.com/2010/08/crime-reports-aug-9-2010.html UNNAMED PRETORIA unarmed smallholder aged 58 was shot at close range, hitting him in the shoulder, during the early hours of the morning. Paramedics on the scene said that the man was awoken by noises outside his home at 02:30, and that, "An unknown number of suspects were outside a window, and shot the unarmed man through a window at close range, hitting him in the shoulder. The man then fled deeper into the house where the suspects pursued him. The man explained that as he fled was being pursued, more shots were fired, but he was lucky not to be hit again." The gunmen strolled away several minutes later just as the police arrived. Nothing was robbed. His wife and teenaged-child were traumatised but physically unharmed. The smallholder was taken to a nearby hospital. The SA police referred to this attack as a 'thwarted robbery' even though no attempt had been made to rob anything from this house by the attackers. 11 Oct 2010 http://ping.fm/Yi8tm UNNAMED RANDBURG, Robindale young man aged 16, was asleep in his bed at around 02:45 when he woke up to see two men crouching in the hallway. One of them entered an adjacent bedroom with a weapon in his hand, and another stealthing him on all fours towards his bed. The young man screamed and a fight broke out between him and the intruders during which the young man was struck o the forehead with a panga. His attackers fled the scene taking a celphone and a set of kitchen knives, which were found strewn about in the garden. It was the second attack on this home within 7 hours. 24 March 2010 Case 879/03/2010 WWW.Eblockwatch.co.za
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UNNAMED SASOLBURG community volunteer aged 26, was raped by the local police chief brigadier in his office. She was working temporarily in his office on a project in which the police brigadeer 'informed her of his duties and she in turn informed the community about crime'. Feb 2010. http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Oudbevelvoerder-het-vrou-verkrag-20100625
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UNNAMED VAALRIVIER COUPLE were attacked by a gang of at least 8 men inside their house at night. The couple were tied up and severely beaten all over their bodies. The husband reported that, We told them profusely that there was no money in the house. I had to help them open the safe, and when they saw that it contained no money, one of the blacks started hitting me continually, until I was on my knees. I still have shiners... Electrical equipment was looted from the house before the attackers fled the scene. Vanderbijlpark. Fri 5 Nov 2010 Armed attack at house next to the Vaalriver - Vanderbijl Park VAN AARDE Edwil, retired radio and tv presenter aged 71, was attacked inside his house at about 11:30, while his wife had gone shopping. Edwil opened the kitchen door after he heard a strange noise, which turned out to be an unknown, tall young man working on his security gate. The stranger said that Edwils wife had sent him to fix the lock. He had with him a garden fork, rusted steel file and a wheel spanner. When I asked him where my wife was, he said that she was in the garage at her yellow car she was coming. Then I thought but she does drive a yellow car, Edwil said, and he unlocked the door. Without warning, the stranger stormed into the house and attacked Edwil, who recalls that, He hit me until I fell down flat on the floor. Then he dragged me by the feet down the passage, the whole time kicking and hitting me. Initially Edwil tried to fight back, but soon realised he did not have enough power. The knife in the hand of his attacker also scared him off. He dragged Edwil into the bedroom and began looting the drawers and cabinets for jewellery. He also took a camera and binoculars. Edwil managed to push the alarm, and the attacker let out a swearword then fled the scene. Edwil recalled that, I asked so nicely that he not take my camera, because there were photos taken of my grandchildren and puppies. The police and paramedics arrived quickly on the scene, and treated Edwil for chest pains. I am but destroyed. I dont have marks on my face, but have tremendous body pain. Yet I am grateful that I did not get injured further. He added that, What I will never forget, is the look in his eyes. At the
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beginning, he was still making friendly conversation. But once he came in, there was only hate in his eyes. Krugersdorp. 29 March 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/a2e935bd23c74a2c99c72666c61a8196/29-03-2010-0945/Edwill_in_sy_huis_oorval VAN AS Jan Assie - electrician aged 49, AND his wife were woken up in their beds at around 03:00 by a gang of at least 3 men. The wife related that, The next moment I saw the three standing, each with a firearm. They told us to keep quiet, and asked for money and firearms. Assie immediately unlocked the family safe and gave them the R4000 ($500) which was in there, as well as four celphones. When he wanted to close the safe, one of their attackers grabbed the keys. Assie tried to grab it back, and at that mo ment he shouted at one of them: Are you not the one who was in my yard yesterday? Then two shots rang out. She pulled the duvet cover over her head and prayed out loud. While Assie was fighting off his attackers, he managed to pull the bedroom door of their five year old son closed. Then another two shots rang out. Then it was quiet for a while as he bent the burglar proofing to the lounge window closed again, which the attackers had bent open to get into the house. Then another shot rang out, she reca lled. She and their son knelt down next to Assie where he lay next to the couch, bleeding. Assie spoke to their son, saying Dddas big boy, you must look nicely after Mamma. I love you, and also told his wife that he loved her very much, before he gurgled. She called for help through the window, and a neighbour and police woman, who happened to be in the street, came to their assistance. I stuck my fingers into his wounds to try and stop the bleeding. I shouted at him you survived the first time when t hey hi-jacked you and shot you, and you can do it again, but it did not help, she added, referring to the time when Assie had been shot during a hi-jacking a few years ago. He passed away on the scene. Pretoria, 25 March 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/d04a41cf59af4c0d97772d265fbd8026/25-03-2010-1050/%E2%80%98Jy_moet_mooi_na_Mamma_kyk_%E2%80%99 VAN DEN BERG Andries aged 82, was found dead on his bedroom floor by his son at around 19:00. The son said the house had been locked from the inside when he went to investigate why he had not heard from his dad. He broke open the kitchen window and found his dad on the floor - murdered. He slept on the floor at times because he suffered from back problems."The right side of his face was crushed in and one ear was torn off. Two baseball bats and a knob-kierie were next to the body. Andries had been trussed up with his feet tied and hands tied in a praying position on his chest. He was dressed in his pyjama pants, and his scrunshed-in face was covered by a jacket. The SAPS believe the killers broke in through a living room window and attacked Andries in his sleep the night before. It was later discovered that thousands of Rands were drawn from his bank account since that time and spent at luxury shops at the Vaal-Rand. Knoppieshoogte smallholding, Rikasrust, Randfontein Sun 31 Sep Nov 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bejaarde-op-hoewe-vermoor-20101107
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VAN DEN BERG Catharina Hendrika Ria, Dutch born female pensioner aged 65, was murdered in her home during the day. Her badly bruised and battered body was discovered in her lounge yesterday by her husband Jan aged 56. Unable to reach his wife on her cellphone, Jan phoned neighbours and asked them to go and see if they could see his frail wife in the garden. When they called him back and said they could not see her, he raced home. Unable to unlock the gate and seeing the kitchen security door standing open, Jan scaled the garden wall. He walked through his ransacked home and found his wife's body sprawled in the lounge, a kitchen dishcloth clasped tightly in her hand. It is believed she was washing the morning dishes when she was attacked in the kitchen before she was dragged through to the bathroom where she was tied up. Police Inspector Louis de Bruin said Ria had been tied up and beaten in the bath, stating that, "As well as finding ropes, which Van den Berg managed to undo, investigators also found blood smears in the bath. Investigators believe the blood may be from injuries caused either when she was beaten over the head or when she fell in the bath." He added that it was not yet known whether Ria was finally killed in the lounge after being dragged from the bathroom, or whether she was attacked there when she tried to escape from her home to raise the alarm. De Bruin confirmed that detectives were looking for a man who had been doing maintenance work on the roof of her home, as well as the family's gardener. He said it appeared as though only Ria's cellphone had been stolen in the attack. This article was originally published on page 2 of The Star on January 14, 2010 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20100114042644891C31 8712 VAN DER LITH Pieter Blomerus aged 65, AND his wife Hennie, were attacked and murdered by an armed gang which pretended to be interested in buying livestock from the farmers. The body of their farm worker Edward Ndou was found with gunshot wounds inside his workers cottage. The Transvaal Agricultural union spokesperson said that, It appeared as if Ndou and other workers attacked Van der Lith while they were in the veldt while he was selling livestock. Vd Lith was tied up to water-pipes near a dam, and the rubber floormat from a car was tied around his head. He was bludgeoned to death with several blunt objects, she said, and that, Mrs Van der Lith was bashed with blunt objects and then stabbed with knives. All her jewellery and wallet were found untouched in the house and nothing whatsoever was robbed from the homestead. The cruelty with which these murders were committed is horrifying, she added. Louis Trichardt farm, 13 Nov 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Egpaar-en-hul-werker-op-Limpopo-plaasvermoor-20101116 VAN DER WALT Henry, male aged 50, was at a shopping center when he noticed two men assaulting and robbing another man. They turned on him and shot him in his spleen. This is the second time he had been shot at during the same year; and he had suffered 4
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bullets during an attack at his sisters house 6 years previously. Centurion, Pretoria. 1 April 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vyfde-koeelwond-in-ses-jaar-20110401 VAN DEVENTER Albert Frik aged 64, was shot in the face at close range around 19:00 when he went outside to move the sprinkler. It was the second time he had moved the sprinkler that evening, which led his family to think his attackers were lying in wait. After the attackers killed Albert, they ran to the kitchen, where his wife Hannetjie was. She had heard strange voices shortly before the shot rang out and two armed men stormed into her house. They tied her up, blindfolded her and dragged her around from room to room, threatening her throughout. "They asked for the keys to the gun safe where my dad kept his hunting rifles. They also wanted money," daughter Liza said, and referred to her mother, when she added that, They later took her clothes off. She feared that sh e would be raped, and begged the attackers not to do it. They then laughed at her and left her like that. The attackers fled the scene taking the familys celphones in the farm pick -up truck, after putting the gunsafe on the back. Hannetjie managed to free herself and ran to her husband in the garden, but he was already dead. She then ran barefoot for about a kilomemter in the pitch dark through the field to their neighbours for help. The police found the truck, with the safe unopened on the back, where the attackers had rolled the vehicle on the road near Nylstroom (Modimolle). Liza explained that her parents had retired to the farm two years earlier, and that, Ever since they moved there, there were problems.The nervous feeling amongst the farmers in the area was contagious. My parents heard about the one gruesome story after the other about vandalism, farmers which were denied the rights to their farmland, and murder. In the preceeding eight weeks, eight people had been murdered on their farms in Limpopo. Game farm Langwater, Vaalwater, Limpopo. Sat 15 Mar 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/9cc9f6cb40194109817dc64f3485fbae/15-03-2010-1131/%E2%80%98My_pa_het_geweet_iets_gaan_gebeur%E2%80%99 http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/game-farm-dream-becomes-a-bloody-nightmare1.476472 VAN ECK Colleen aged 59 - public relations officer at Sun City Casino, was attacked by a gang of at least 5 men inside her home at the resort staff quarters, the fifth attacker arrested all the way from Bothaville in the Orange Free State. It appears he had been a gardener for the contracting company of the resort. Colleen had been beaten severely and was thrown hard against the wall of her flat before she was strangled. Only her celphone had been looted before her attackers fled the scene. Rustenburg. Sun 20 Oct 2010 http://www.thestar.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=nw20100227143738257C900677 http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2010/03/horrendous-slaughter-details-oflatest_02.html http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=32792
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2010-02-20 Colleen van Eck, 59, Sun City public relations manager, beaten and strangled - Rustenburg tourist flat VAN NIEKERK Sylvia - Afrikaans poet aged 45, was gruesomely murdered between 15:00 and 17:00 during the day. Her husband came across her corpse in the kitchen when he came home from work. There were multiple stab wounds in her neck and stomach; her stomach had been cut open, and her throat slit. A 17 year old youth, who worked for the guesthouse, was arrested in connection with the murder the following afternoon. Only her celphone was looted in the attack. Guesthouse farm cottage Boplaas, Danielskuil Fri 10 Sept 2010 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Rowers-slaan-2-keer-toe-op-Danielskuil20100910 http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/09/farm-murder-two-robberiesdanielskuil.html http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=419&jid=24 055 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Grieving-husband-opens-his-heart-20100913 VAN RHEEDE VAN OUDSHOORNS Karien aged 28 opened the door for their 28 year old gardener to give him the newspaper he had asked for at around 15:00. He stormed in and stabbed her repeatedly with a garden fork. She suffered multiple wounds, including on her neck. During the attack, he had demanded money from her, and she gave him everything there was in the house. Heuwelsig, Bloemfontein. Friday, 4 June 2010 http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=111574382205718&topic=220 Volksblad Vrou van Bfn met tuinvurk aangeval VAN STADEN Koos - warrant-officer aged 36, was in bed watching tv, his two children aged 10 and 12 sleeping peacefully with him, when a gang of at least 3 gunmen entered his room at around 22:00. He said that he suddenly saw a movement in the room, and knew immediately what it was. They pointed a pistol at me. I tried to stay calm. I lifted my hands to show them I had nothing in my hands and also moved slightly in front of my children. I asked them to please do nothing because my children were with me. Then they shot me. One pulled me off the bed and pushed my face against the tiles. I felt the pistol against my head. I was terrified they would shoot my children. The gang then fled the scene, taking Kooss wallet and dvd player. The children slept through the incide nt right up to the point where he was shot. When they woke up, Koos stood up and told them someone had lit a firecracker and that he was going to go to uncle Hennie his brother, who also lived in a garden cottage nearby. I tried to remain strong so that I would not upset the children, but knew I needed help, he recalls, adding that, It really felt as if I was dying, genuine. Hennie rushed his injured brother to hospital, where he underwent an emergency operation to remove part of his liver and gallbladder, damaged by a bullet. The police confirmed that a docket for house-robbery and attempted murder had been opened. Knoppieslaagte smallholdings, Centurion, Pretoria. Tues 17 Aug 2010
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http://ping.fm/a5Kvd SAPS MEMBER KOOS VAN STADEN SHOT AT CENTURION SMALLHOLDINGS WARRANT-OFFICER KOOS VAN STADEN WAS PLEADING FOR HIS CHILDRENS LIVES WHEN HE WAS SHOT AND INJURED VAN STADEN Koos - medical doctor aged 55, was attacked at the back door of his home by a gang of at least two men at around 20:00. While he was physically assaulted by one attacker, another attacker opened fire and shot Koos four times in the chest at close range, and also shot his accomplice in the leg. A neighbour, who heard the shots, called the police. The second attacker fled the scene and jumped into a get-away car nearby. Koos died on the scene. The wounded attacker was treated on the scene before he was taken to the hospital. The neighbour recognised the wounded attacker as one of the gang members who attacked himself and his wife two months earlier in their home. Both attackers were said to be illegal aliens. Kempton Park. Fri, 24 Jan 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/34f1f78e38874f89a804fe1075d35073/24-01-2010-1142/Boef_skiet_Oos-Randse_dokter_dood,_wond_makker_ VAN STADEN Koos aged 77 AND his wife Henriette aged 66, were in their bed watching television at around 21:30 when they were shot at from the outside through the bedroom window. A bullet struck Koos in the neck and he died on the scene. Henriette managed to shoot back and their attackers fled the scene without taking anything. The number of suspects involved is not known and neither is the motive for the attack. It was not confirmed whether the couple was the owners of the farm or just living there. Glencoe Sugar Estate, Hoedspruit, Limpopo. Thur 4 Feb 2010 http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/6381b4a8663342f3a807f246c0 2298bc/05-02-2010-01-12/Elderly_farmer_shot_dead African Eye http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Elderly-farmer-shot-dead20100205 VAN STADEN Koos - vegetable farmer aged 60, AND his wife Heleen woke up after their hose alarm went off at around 00:45 and Heleen heard voices in the house. Their security company called immediately and Heleen said they must come help. Although their bedroom door was locked, the intruders kicked the door open. Koos and Heleen tried to push it closed from the inside. Koos asked Heleen to fetch his revolver while he tried to prevent their attackers from entering the room. While she fetched it, their attackers shot Koos through the door. When she gave Koos his revolver, he opened fire on them and they fled the scene. Koos then stumbled to the bathroom and said he was feeling bad. A bullet had entered just below his chestbone and went out through his back. He was bleeding profusely. His son, who lived 5km away, rushed Koos to hospital, but he died en route. The police arrived about three-quarters of an hour after the attack on the scene, and about eleven hours after the attack, they used tracker dogs to search
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for the attackers. The police opened a case of murder. The family dogs had also been poisoned during the attack. Kleinfontein farm, Brits, North West. Sat 19 March 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/NWest-Farmer-shot-dead-20100321 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/a9b3072ecbd046bf9c50634ec86532b3/21-03-2010-1018/Groenteboer_sterf_n%C3%A1_skote_deur_slaapkamerdeur VAN STRAATEN Wally aged 46, related the attack on his family from his hospital bed where he was being treated for the injuries he suffered during an attack on his home. He suspects that two men, one armed with a screw driver and the other with a gun, slipped into his family home through the door while his wife, Margie aged 43, was seeing off guests at around 23:00. Wally had already gone to bed. After Margie had seen the guests off, she was helping her 78 year old mother - who was recovering from a back operation - to bed when the two men walked into her room, bringing the 13 year old Van Straaten daughter in with them while holding a gun against her neck. Wally referred to this treatment of his daughter, and said that, It is not real people who do such things. They could have pulled her by the hair, or taken her by the shoulders, but a gun against the throat? Its barbaric. The intruders than asked Margie for money and where the man of the house was. They forced Margie and the daughter to the main bedroom and told the daughter to stand in the corner. Wally woke up and saw his wife, then realised she was not alone. He jumped up and grabbed the man with the gun. The gunman pushed the gun against Wallys neck, and pulled the trigger in front of his wife and daughter. After their attack on Wally, the intruders fled the scene. While Margie drove Wally to hospital in their pick-up truck, his arm went lame. He also suffered 2 broken ribs during the attack. Only 3 celphones were looted during the attack. Elarduspark, Pretoria East. Sat 8 June 2010 http://plaasmoorde.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/rowers-skiet-pa-voor-dogter/ VAN TONDER Gert - manager of a security company aged 36, AND his wife Lizette aged 37, were having a barbeque in their garden when a gang of 5 men of which one was armed with a gun - stormed down on the couple. Lizette saw the intruders first and screamed. Gert wrestled the gunman and was first shot in his wrist, and then in the stomach before the gang fled the scene, not taking anything with them. Rietvalleipark, Pretoria East 11 June 2010 Beeld http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2010/06/rowers-val-gesin-in-teikenhuis-2keer.html VAN TONDER Killian aged 75, had bought a set of nuts and bolts from a hardware store moments before he was gunned down next to his light delivery pick-up truck by a gang of at least two men in the street, and bled to death. Car guards and shop owners, who heard Killian scream for help as his killers shot him, rushed to his rescue. Car guard George Waldeck said the shooting had happened within seconds. "I was helping a customer when I heard the gunshots. At first I thought it was crackers, but when I heard the screams I knew something bad was happening. When I looked down the road I saw
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two people trying to pull an old man from his car before running away. That was when I gave chase. I did not know that they had shot the man, but I was not going to let them get away. Dozens of us gave chase. We were all so angry," he said. As several people tried to stop Killian from bleeding to death, others, including hardware store owner Nick Coetzee, chased after the gunmen. Mr Coetzee said he was standing behind the counter when he heard Killian scream. "As I looked up I saw him looking straight at me. He looked terrified. The two gunmen were standing next to him when his body lifted up twice and then he collapsed. When I heard those shots I just grabbed my gun and ran to help. There is no way that you cannot help someone. It does not matter who they are. When you hear those screams and see that look of fear you have to help," Coetzee said, recalling how the gunmen shot at him as he opened fire on them as they fled. They cornered the suspects in an outside toilet of a nearby house where they were hiding. Searching the toilet, police recovered an unlicensed 9mm pistol the suspects had hidden inside the cistern. Police spokesperson confirmed that a 16-year-old boy and 21-year-old man had been arrested for the attack. "The two will appear in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on charges of murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm," she said. George Waldeck said he was haunted by Killian's screams. "I can still hear him in my head begging and screaming for help. It was so scary. I can't understand why they did this. The man had no chance against them. He was old and they were so big. He would not have hurt them," he said. Pretoria, Tues 25 May 2010 This article was originally published on page 3 of Pretoria News on May 26, 2010 http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/2010/05/pensioner-killed-in-botched-hijacking.html VAN VUUREN Francina aged 77 AND her husband Boet - aged 80 and in a wheelchair due to due to Guillain-Barre-sydrome (a spinal viral infection), AND their two sons, Marius aged 44 also in a wheelchair due to a car accident, AND Marthinus aged 35, AND their nephew Juan aged 13, were attacked inside their home by a gang of men armed with knives and spades on a Sunday night. The family were watching television when Francina heard someone knocking at the back door. She was surprised when she opened the door and 6 men stormed in. They hit her with a spade, then tied her hands and feet tied with wire. Juan, who was in another room, was also assaulted. The men moved into the room where Boet and his two sons were, using Francina as a buffer. Boet always carried a .22 pistol with him and wanted to shoot the man holding his wife but was terrified of hitting her. An attacker broke Boets finger as he wrestled the gun off the cripple man. Boet testified later in court that he and Marius were watching a religious programme in his bedroom when they heard Francina screaming. The next moment a stranger stormed into their room and turned over beds; followed shortly by 'a taller man' who turned Marius over in his wheelchair while the first invader was assaulting the disabled man with a garden-spade. In court, Marius testified that as one of their attackers came storming in, he said: "We will kill you, you Boers! He then hit Marius' arm, injuring it gravely with a garden spade. Marius was defenceless, on the floor, trying to ward off the blows with one arm. Boet testified that he whispered to Marius: "Pretend to be dead. These people are here to kill us. The fist invader held a knife against Boets throat, threatening to kill him if he did not give him money. Boet opened the family safe and the
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invader took cash from it. At that point Tienie van Vuuren entered the bedroom - and was immediately attacked. Tienie fell down bleeding: and it looked as if he was choking from his own blood: his eyes were closed up by the blood. Tienie also testified in court when he referred to the attacker who tried to stab out his eyes with a knife, that, "I will never, ever forget his face. That's the person who ruined our lives. Tienie suffered cuts to his eyelids, and bleeding on the brain afterwards due to the injuries during the attack. In court, testimony was given on how Boet begged their attackers to take anything but please not hurt his wife. "I was married happily for 55 years. Then I was pushed into the soil by fate. I lost my wife, he testified. Francina was beaten and thrown against the wall so violently that she suffered brain damage and lapsed into a coma. In the melee, all the family members were beaten, kicked, stabbed with knives and bashed with shovels on their heads and bodies. Blood coated the walls and floors of the homestead, and the furniture was turned upside down. The local policespokesperson said the men fled the scene with a .22 revolver, six cellphones, digital cameras and R38 000 ($3500) in cash. Francina and her son Marius were initially transferred to Pelonomi hospital and both underwent operations for broken limbs. Francina never regained consciousness and died 8 months later in hospital. Marius suffered serious head wounds and a broken arm. Two of their attacker were caught, and charged with four counts of attempted murder, housebreaking and armed robbery. Jagersfontein, Bloemfontein. 24 March 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Woman-77-attacked-with-spades-20100324 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Gesin-wreed-aangerand-20100322 http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2010/03/cruel-attack-on-5-member-freestate.html http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2011/10/we-will-kill-you-boers.html VAN WYK Johan - church minister aged 48, AND his mother Alida van Buuren aged 71, AND his 5 year old daughter Lindie, were brutally attacked inside their home at night while they were asleep by a gang of at least three men armed with wheel spanners and crow bars. The men entered the home by unlocking the back door with keys they had taken off the housekeeper. Lindie was in Alidas bedroom when the gang entered the bedroom and forced Alida to call Johan so that he would unlock his bedroom door. They pushed Alida into his bedroom and pulled Lindie into the bedroom with a crowbar. The family was thrown to the ground where they were repeatedly kicked and bashed with the crowbar and wheelspanner. Johan tried to keep his hand over Lindie to keep her calm. Throughout the attack, the gang threatened that, We are going to kill you, and to Alida they said that, We are going to rape you. The attackers tied up the hands of the family with electrical cords behind their backs, then said that the ADT security guard told them that they have a lot of money in the house, and wanted to know where the dollars and weapons are. The family did not belong to ADT security services. Johan showed their attackers where the safe was, then the family suffered another assault during which Alida tried to keep her leg over Lindie to protect her.One of the attacker brought the housekeepr and her two children a teenaged daughter and a two month old baby into the bedroom as well. Johan managed to push the panic alarm and their attackers fled the scene. When you lay there, you feel powerless, Johan told the newsreporter after the
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attack. You lie down there as a father and son, but can not even protect your child and mother. You cant even put your arms around your child. You dont worry about mon ey and gold, and just wonder if you are going to live. Amongst other injuries, Johan suffered injuries to the head and back. Alida suffered injuries to the head, arms and legs. After the attack, Lindie drew pictures at school of her father and grandmother, laying on the ground with blood coming out of their heads. They (the attackers) dont care about children and the aged. They are selfish; they are animals, Johan reported. Northcliff, Johaneesburg. Wed 27 April 2010 Jy l daar as n pa, maar kan nie jou kind beskerm http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Jy-l%C3%AA-daar-as-n-pa-maar-kan-nie-joukind-beskerm-20100427 VAN WYK Jaco AND his wife Mona were brutally assaulted at gunpoint and wrongfully handcuffed and arrested while their 3 small children watched from the car they had been travelling in on Xmas day, had been forced off the road. The Freedom Front Plus councillor Ms Lourens, who spent many hours trying to get the arrested couple released from the police cells, has issued a detailed statement with visual evidence. After her intervention, the police dropped the charges against the couple. She released evidence in the form of pictures and video material taken of the incidents. Ms Lourens said the Van Wyk couple were first pulled over in a police roadblock because their numberplate was not attached to the front; however it had fallen off enroute and Mr Van Wyk had put it in clear view in the front window and told the officials at the first roadblock that he would have it re-attached upon their return home. In that first roadblock the police official also assured the family that it would not be a problem as long as the numberplate was clearly visible which is was, according to photographs given in evidence. However when the Van Wyk family car was stopped at a second roadblock, a black police officer started cursing Mr Van Wyk for a white bastard and cursed the entire Afrikaner family with foul and very crude language while writing a ticket. Mrs Van Wyk, angered by these crude insults, tore up the ticket and they drove on. A few kilometres further down the road, the Van Wyk vehicle was suddenly surrounded by a large number of police vehicles and forced off the road. Mr Van Wyk was physically dragged from the car after he told the police he did not want to abandon his family in such an unsafe place and would rather follow them to the police station. Mr Van Wyk was then assaulted, and forced at gunpoint by a police officer to lie down, wrote Ms Lourens. Ms Lourens continued: One of the small Van Wyk children then jumped from the car, thinking that they had killed her father, and beat at one of the officers with a small plastic toy golfing stick, shouting that they had shot her daddy. Mrs Van Wyk was in hysterics and tried to get out of her seatbelt while the officers were assaulting her, trying to drag her out of the car. Mr Van Wyk then jumped to his wifes defence, shouting for them to leave his wife alone. Family friend Lee Mark was meanwhile sitting inside the car, holding the little Van Wyk boy close to his chest to protect him. Another police officer then stuck a gun inside the car, and held it to Lees head, ordering Lee to shut the children up. An eye -witness at the scene who was taking photos and videos with her cellphone also was threatened that they would confiscate her phone: and they broke her keys when trying to rip them
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out of the ignition while Mr van Wyk was still being beaten repeatedly in the face before he and his wife were handcuffed and taken to the Brits police cells. He was there forced to undergo blood-tests which will only be available in July, the police claimed at the charge-office. Mr Lee then took back the family car to Brits with the three Van Wyk children, taking them to a family-member for safekeeping, wrote Ms Lourens. She spent hours on Christmas Day, trying to get the Van Wyk couple released from the Brits police cells. Initially the SAPS even denied that the Van Wyks were arrested and inside. It took her three hours before she could reach officials at the cells by phone. Ms Lourens wrote further that, While driving to the cells, one official had pushed Van Wyks head outside the window while other officers were constantly beating him against the ear and his head while cursing him constantly. He then was taken to Cell 11 of the Brits police station where the black officers told the 15 black detainees inside that they had brought them a Paulina for the weekend and that Van Wyk would be raped until he had learned some manners. Van Wyk said he then was subjected to a constant stream of threats of rape and also called Paulina by the detainees who demanded that he send out for cigarettes for them or he would be gang-raped. Meanwhile Mrs Van Wyk was also accosted in the female-section cells because the black women detained there tried to rob her jewellery. She hid her earrings underneath her tongue. Ms Lourens said that she tried to reach the police station at Brits from 20:00 to 23:00 by telephone that night, and finally obtained some confirmation from officials at the cells after the complaints-officials had repeatedly denied that the Van Wyk couple were inside the police station, and had denied all knowledge of the incident. However, the official at the holding cells told Ms Lourens at 23:00 that the Van Wyks had already been released and were in the complaints office. The Van Wyk couple denied this, saying they were held until well after 23:00 and that throughout their arrest and incarceration, they were not informed under what charges they were being held. The Brits police also vehemently denied they had carried out acts of brutality and had shouted racist abuse at the couple. Early the next day, the councillor went to the Brits magistrates court where Mrs Van Wyk had been ordered to appear purportedly to face charges of interfering in an arrest and malicious damage to property. While she waited in court, Mrs Lourens obtained the video material and photographs from an eyewitnesses there and went to the Brits police station commander with it. A person in civilian clothing at the Brits police station then tried to convince me that the Van Wyks were distorting the case and that there had been no police brutality, she said. However, when I informed him of the visual evidence he fell silent. I informed him that it even looked from the videos as If an article was taken from the vehicle and placed inside the pocket of an official. I also told him that when Mrs Van Wyk was plucked from the car, her cellphone had fallen out of her pocket, and that an official, dressed in black civilian clothing, then put it in his own pocket. Mrs Van Wyk then demanded her cellphone back and fought with this man who then returned it. The official then left. Within ten minutes the Van Wyk couple phoned Ms Lourens informing her that the case against them was dropped. What is so worrying is that whenever there is a real emergency, the police claim that they have no vehicles available or officers to respond to the scene. However it was clear
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that there was no shortage of officials nor vehicles. And the racist comments coupled with the brutal behaviour of the police is not in line with the official Batho-pele policies of the SAPS, which claims that they put people first. Clearly these Batho Pele principles posted above the door of this police station, hold no meaning for those officials. She called on the community to inform them of any police violence and racist actions by officials. the Freedom Front Plus posted a statement on their Facebook page, Know your Rights, in Afrikaans. Brits. 25 Dec 2010 Van Wyk couple dumped in Brits SAPS cells, racially abused, threatened with rape: Statement by Brits Freedom Front Plus councillor Elsa Lourens http://www.facebook.com/pages/CensorbugbearReports/116752351671946#!/video/video.php?v=477503396215&oid=187645864452&c omments VAN WYNGAARD Christiaan farmer aged 43, AND his wife Marie aged 55, were attacked inside their home during the night. Farm workers found them the following morning at around 07:00. Marie was found on the couch in the lounge with a blanket thrown over her, her hands tied behind her back with plastic bags. After untying her, the workers found the bloody corpse of Christiaan in his bedroom. He had been stabbed repeatedly with a sharp object. The workers called the police, who found no forced entry to the home, and nothing looted. Valuable possessions such as his wallet and celphone were also not taken from the scene. They investigated a case of murder. Marie was taken to a doctor to be treated for shock trauma. Farm Goedehoop, Warden, Free State. Tues 26 Oct 2010. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Werkers-kry-vermoorde-boer-in-huis-20101028 Farmer Christiaan v. Wyngaard stabbed to death Warden farm VAN ZYL Carel aged 74, AND his wife Hetta aged 70, were attacked at around 09:00 at their home, where they were found at around 15:00 the following afternoon on Carels birthday - by their neighbours. Carel, who had been recovering from a heart attack 8 months previously, lay lifeless in a pool of blood in their guest bathroom. He had been severely assaulted and stabbed three times, and had passed away due to head injuries. Hetta was found comatosed where she lay on a little carpet inside their bathroom. It appears that Hetta had been gardening when she heard strange noises coming from the house. She went to investigate, but was violently attacked during which her attacker looked her in the eyes and said: I will slaughter you if you dont tell me where the safe keys are! She lapsed into a coma due to various bruises on her face and brain, her eye was swollen closed and her check bone was fractured. She regained consciousness when she heard the neighbours calling them through the window the following day. Their attacker later testified in court that he entered the Van Zyl home when he saw the front door standing open to steal things to sell for money to use to travel to another town. Carel found the intruder in the house and they wrestled in the bedroom through to the bathroom, where they both slipped and fell. Various items, including the three ring
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wedding set from Hettas fingers, were looted during the attack. Hetta carries facial scars and now suffers from epteliptic fits. Florapark, Upington. 13 May 2010 http://m.24.com/afr/FullArticle.aspx?aid=14f8c4e5-cf59-4cf5-bd23a674cbe60a66&cat=Volksblad&sh=Hoof%20Stories http://m.news24.com/volksblad/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vrou-70-getuig-oor-haar-man-semoord-trauma-daarna-20110323 VAN ZYL Manie aged 74, AND his daughter Elmarie aged 44, were attacked by a man with an angle-iron at their home during the day. Elmarie, describing the attack, said Manie was feeding the chickens when he was overpowered by their attacker and that, "My dad fell and the man stormed into the homestead. My dad followed, shouting warnings at me. The attacker then bashed my dad and he fell across the table. As I rushed into the living room, the attacker grabbed a chair, getting ready to strike my dad with it. When the attacker saw her, he threw a glass-cover of a cooking pot at her, which struck her underneath one eye and broke her glasses. The man said he was looking for a wallet, she recalled, and said that, He beat me with his fists and threatened to shoot me dead if I did not give him R100. He was rummaging in a pocket apparently getting out a gun. Elmarie managed to shove him out the door and lock it. The attacker ran in the direction of the nearby Malebogo suburb. Nooitgedacht Farm, Hertzogville, Bloemfontein. Fri 9 Oct 2010 http://ping.fm/ZRAQR LONG WALK SINCE FREEDOM NEWS OCT 11 2010 MANIE VAN ZYL, 74; DAUGHTER ELMARIE, 44, ATTACKED, FARM NOOITGEDACHT, HERTZOGVILLE DAUGHTER PUT UP SPIRITED DEFENCE - NEITHER BADLY INJURED VAN ZYL Koos aged 64, AND his wife RETHA aged 66, were tortured before they were murdered by a 27 year old employee they had fired the previous day. The local police spokesperson said that the attack took place during the early evening. The worker had turned off the generator which created electricity to the homestead, and Retha went outside to turn it on. Their farm was not supplied by Eskom with electricity. The worker ambushed her outside the kitchen door and slashed her with a meat hook, especially across her chest, as well as in her neck. Koos, who was very ill, was overpowered shortly after in the kitchen, and chopped in the head as well as twice in the neck with a meat hook. Community members said that Koos was very weak, and would not have been able to resist an attack. The worker also stabbed the couple with a screw driver during the attack. He tied Rethas hands with bayling rope and dragged her through the kitchen to the passage of her house. She was still alive at this stage. He found the family shotgun in their room and shot both Retha and Koos from a close distance in the chest fto death. He fled the scene, taking their celphones, in their daughters car. En route, he loaded a sheep from their farm into the boot, and gave someone a lift. Retha, who had recently retired after being a teacher for 42 years, was described by her sister as a calm, good person. Koos was described as a humble, hardworker. Judge Wright described the double-murders as barbaric and cruel. He said despite the extenuating circumstances submitted, namely that the unmarried Ndaba had a nineAttachment 15 Section C, part D
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year-old child, could not soften the damning evidence of the cruelty of his deed. Ndaba denied his guilt through his trial however co-workers testified that he was very unhappy at being fired. During the trial, he admitted that the murdered couple did not owe him any outstanding wages, as was first reported when he was arrested while driving the car of their daughter, at which stage he had claimed that they had owed him R250 ($32). During his trial, the public prosecutor said the worker would be considered for parole within 25 years when he had reached the age of 52, commenting: Apparently it wasnt enough for Ndaba to await his former employers and stab them with a screw-driver. He also dragged them into the homestead and shot them with their own shotgun in the chest. Mrs Van Zyl, an osteoporosis-sufferer, was still alive when she was shot. The Volksblad newspaper reported that the farmworker had leaned arrogantly across the accused bench while listening to double life-sentenced pronounced, and the investigating police inspector whose skills in field-tracking led to Ndabas sentencing, said Ndabas arrogance when hearing the sentence was extraordinary. It seemed as if he took the sentence with a smile and had no remorse. Poortjie Steynrust farm, Senekal, Free State. 5 Jan 2010 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Egpaar-wreedaardig-vermoor-op-hul-plaas20100107 VELLOEN Riaan Petrus - security camera technician aged 37, was murdered after he had been falsely arrested. Beeld newspaper reported that Riaan was beaten up so brutally by the Florida police in Roodepoort that the healthy man died in the police cells within just hours. Nobody was charged for the murder, and the police offered no regret, nor condolances, to his grieving family. His mother-in-law stated that, Police claim he was drunk but he was not a drinker. We dont know why he was arrested and there have been no formal charges lodged through the charge office. She added that, Its so heartsore, because he was a kind, loving man who always tried to make you happy even if he had to put his own needs last. The police should be there to protect people one cannot trust them any longer. His son Kevin was devastated about his fathers death. He always listened to everything I ever told him and I will miss all the special things we did together. The SAPS would not say whether any of the arresting officers would be criminally charged or prosecuted in an internal hearing. Florida police cells, Roodepoort, 28 Nov 2010 HTTP://WWW .BEELD.COM/SUID-AFRIKA/NUUS/MAN-DOOD-IN-SELLE-NA-POLISIE-GLO-AANRAND20101128 Afrikaners tortured, killed by SAPS VENTER Fanie - farmer, AND his mother Hannetjie aged 79, were attacked by a gang of at least 3 men on their farm during the morning. A friend of the family, Sakkie Pretorius, said their ordeal started at about 08:30. He says Hannetjie saw the gunmen apparently three of them - and tried to warn Fanie who was busy elsewhere on the farmyard. "He probably didn't hear her. One of the men put his hand over her mouth." Fanie, who always carried a firearm, was caught unawares and was shot in the head.
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"When she got to him, one of the men said her son was just sleeping. But there was blood everywhere and she could see that he was dead," Pretorius said. Their attackers held a gun to her head and forced her to unlock the safe. "She asked: 'Why don't you shoot me as well?" The farm attackers could have looted all the contents of the homestead at their leasure but they only stole a shotgun, cellphones, money and Hannetjie's handbag. Francois van Dijk, a neighbour, says because the robbers stole the Venters' cellphones and Hannetjie can't drive, she and their dog walked about 4km to Van Dijk's house to get help. "She got here at about 10:00. She walked all the way. It was very traumatic for her." Van Dijk immediately alerted the police and neighbours, but the men - who'd arrived in a car - were long gone. Bethal. Sun 6 Feb 2010 http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/60b201281fb34a4f9adce8ae2c 9fdea5/07-02-2010-11-18/Farmer_dies_from_single_shot_to_the_head http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2010/02/us-preacher-on-40-day-fastbecause-of.html VENTER Johannes aged 59 AND his wife Rentia aged 60, were attacked on their farm during the early hours of the morning by a gang of at least two men. Their 22 year old son, was in his bedroom when he heard his father shout and then a shot rang out. His mother started screaming, after which another two shots rang out. He stormed to their bedroom and found his father had been shot in the head, and his mother had been wounded in the stomach and arm. Their attackers had fled the scene without looting anything. They had entered the home by bending open one of the windows in the main bedroom. Farm Keerom, Middleburg, Mpumalanga. 23 Jan 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/c96f53a15d5749e08abf1b575192846d/23-01-2010-0222/Boer_sterf%2C_vrou_ernstig_gewond_toe_2_toeslaan http://www.rsg.co.za/nuusbulletins.asp http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2010/01/crime-report-jan-232010_23.html VENTER Theuns aged 85, AND his wife Suzie aged 83, were murdered inside their home during the night. Their bodies were discovered by their grandson when he returned from his night shift as a security guard at around 06:15. Although the couple were very security-aware, the front gate, security gate of the front door, the front door and the back door were open. It did not appear that the doors and gates had been forced open. Seeing that his grandparents' 1984 model minibus was missing, the grandson ran into the house. He found his grandfather in the living room. "He was lying on his stomach and his hands and feet were tied with electrical cables believed to have been cut from appliances in the house. We suspect he was hit over the head with a blunt object," he said. The grandmother was lying in the passage. She was not tied up. It is believed she was raped and then strangled with a piece of cloth that was found nearby. "The auntie had a stroke a few years ago. She walked with a lot of difficulty, holding on to objects. Oom Theuns used a wheelchair for her when they went anywhere," one woman said.
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The grandson spoke to police officers, informed family members of the tragedy and then suddenly fell to his knees on the grass, crying. "You don't want to know what I saw in there," he said as he pointed to the house. "I am trying to be strong, but the way they looked..." he stopped in mid-sentence, overcome with emotion. His sister said they lived with their grandparents when they were young, with her grandfather accompanying them to the school across the road every morning. "They were supposed to be at my 30th birthday party next month. I can't imagine the fear they must have gone through in their last moments," she said. The couple's minibus and the grandsons PlayStation were the only things that were looted. Their murders brought the number of pensioners killed in Pretoria to eight during the first two weeks of that month. Mayville, Pretoria. Thurs 12 Feb 2010 http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/another-elderly-couple-killed-at-home-1.473349 VERMEULEN Riaan, AND his wife Jackie, AND their two sons had fallen asleep in their lounge while watching television. Jackie woke up at around 02:30 to a living nightmare. She related their ordeal, and said that, Two men were already in the house and pushed a gun into my eldest sons face. Their eldest son was 16 years old at the time. The burglar showed us to keep quiet, but my husband woke up, she said. Riaan jumped up and chased their attackers away. One ran away, but the other shot him in the passage in both his knees. Riaan called out for help, and the eldest son wrestled the gun off the shooter, and shot their attacker with the attackers own gun. The attacker fled the scene but collapsed in the neighbours yard, from where he was taken to hospital in a cri tical condition. Jackie said that she thought the gunman was going to shoot her whole family, and that it was a very traumatic experience for them. She added that her son is now receiving trauma councilling and is unable to complete his exams, and that, He is still every emotional, but says that should he be in the same circumstances, he would shoot again to save the lives of his family members. Since then the family has been terrorised by gang members, who have painted a red cross in the tree at the gate to the familys property. Naudeville, Welkom. Fri 19 Nov 2010 Seun (16) skiet inbreker met eie wapen nadat hy pa wond Inbrekers teister glo jong held nadat hy gesin red VILJOEN Hennie petrol-station owner aged 51, left to cash up his shop at around 17:30 as usual and removed some cash before the night shift took over. He also withdrew some cash from a nearby ATM cash point in order to pay wages the following day. Hennie had about R4000 ($500) cash on him when he returned home. The gate which usually stood open had, unbeknown to him, been closed by a gang which lay in ambush in the long grass next to the road for his arrival. As he stepped out from his car, they attacked and stabbed him in the chest and arm before they bludgeoned him to death with rocks. They fled the scene in Hennies car, but rolled it several meters down the road, then fled on foot. His neighbour came across his abandoned car where it lay on its roof along the road at around 22:00, and found Hennies battered body in front of his
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gate. He notified Hennies wife, who tried to revive Hennie by applying mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while the neighbour massaged Hennies heart. I realised that he had already passed away, yet I carried on, she said. She found Hennies celphone in the veldt and tried to phone the local police station with it. The first couple of calls she made went unanswered. When her call was finally answered, the police constables on duty said that they did not know where the smallholding was. Another smallholder drove to the police station, where he was told that there was not a police vehicle available at that stage. He offered to take a police member to the scene, but this was rejected. He waited until a police vehicle became available, and then led them to the crime scene. Hoeveld Smallholding, Bloemspruit, Bloemfontein. Mon 27 Dec 2010 .http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bloemfonteiner-met-klippe-doodgeslaan20101228 VILJOEN Hennie, M Bloemspruit smallholding, Bloemfontein Dec 27 2010 bludgeoned to death with rocks VINHAS Carlos car salesman aged 48, was murdered opposite the famous Phumalani Lodge, about 2km from the Numbi gate of the Kruger Wildlife Reserve. His body lay about 100 meters away from his pick-up truck. He was dressed in a t-shirt and underpants: his upper clothing and shoes were missing. There were numerous assault marks across his body. It looks as if he was running away from his attackers when he was shot dead, said the local police spokesperson. A passerby came across his body at around 14:00 when he went to investigate the abandoned truck left about 300m off the road in the thickets. Hazyview. Tues 21 April 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Man-se-lyk-gekry-by-Krugerwildtuin-20100422 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/65 VISSER George, AND his life partner Zelda Keulder aged 36, AND their son Zane aged 6, were attacked at their home at around 21:00 after George arrived home. George was shot in the neck through the windshield of his car just after he had fetched Zane from a birthday party. After he was shot, George grabbed his little boy and told him to hide in the back of the vehicle. Zane hid in his dads Land Rover while the armed attackers dragged his injured father from the vehicle. Zelda was working inside the house when she heard five shots fired in rapid succession. An armed man ran in through the front door, pistol-whipped her and threw her on the floor of the bedroom.Two men then followed and dumped the injured George next to her. The couple was brutally beaten and pistol-whipped. They told us we were not going to make it, recalled Zelda, speaking to the news media at the hospital where George was being operated on. I started praying out loud. One of the attackers yelled that I had better pray louder because none of us will see tomorrow. I prayed and asked Dear Jesus to please help these attackers and to forgive them for what they were going to do to us. The attackers then asked them: Where is the child? and went outside to drag t he terrified little Zane from the vehicle. Zane was caught and hurled into the room with his parents as a vehicle arrived at the homestead: it was Georges mom Leona, who had
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stopped by to fetch some pain-medication. This scared their attackers away who fled the scene empty handed. The family is convinced that they would have been murdered if it hadnt been for his mothers timely arrival. Zane needed trauma-counselling for his ordeal. This was the fourth attack against families in the Boschop police district within a month. Boschkop plots, Donkerhoek, Pretoria. Sat 28 Nov 2010 Zane Visser, 6, hides in dads landrover during vicious attack, Donkerhoek Pretoria Nov 28 2010 Pretoria. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bid-maar-julle-gaan-nie-more-sien-nie20101128 VISSER Kotie distributor of Beeld newspapers, was gunned down in her light delivery van on the N2, en route Port Shepstone, four years after her husband Schalk, aged 56, had been gunned down on the same road after his vehicle had broken down while he was delivering newspapers. Kotie was on her way to pick up newspapers at the Pavillion stadium near Durban in the early hours of the morning when a gang opened fire on her. A bullet hit her chest beneath the armpit, damaged a lung and lodged in one of the vertebrae of her spine. She managed to use her celphone to call on her son for help while her attackers searched through the back of her van. He had been travelling minutes behind her, and arrived on the scene about 10 minutes later. Her attackers fled the scene taking only her handbag. Her lung and spine damaged by bullets, she was left permanently paralysed and on a life-support system, only able to communicate by flicking her eye-lids. Kotie passed away due to these injuries 6 weeks later. Port Shepstone. 14 Dec 2010 Visser, Kotie and Schalk snr. Beeld distributors gunned down on N2 Port Shepstone 2006 and 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/vrou-van-beeld-sterf-na-aanval-20110126 VON BRANDIS Ben - stone mason aged 54, AND his wife Gail aged 50, were attacked at around 04:00 when a gang of at least 3 men of which 2 wore balaclavas - gained entry to their bedroom by breaking open the lock of the security door of their lounge. One of the men grabbed Gail and told her he was going to rape her. He tried to remove her pyjamas but was not able to as she wrestled with him. He then dripped hot plastic on her legs and dragged her to the diningroom where he cut the telephone wires. He also tried to smother her by pressing a cloth over her face. He then tied her hands behind her back with the telephone wires. In the meantime, two other attackers attacked Ben with an axe in the bedroom, demanding money. The attackers removed the family safe from the cupboard in the room, but could not get it open. It appears that the Von Brandis household was known to their attackers, who asked where their son, who lived on the same property, was. He did not come home that evening. Gail managed to escape and hid in the garden before she went to call for help from their neighbours. The gang tried to flee the scene in the family car, but the security system was activated. They then took the light delivery truck, loaded the safe which contained abour R12 000 ($1500) and a .22 firearm. A farmer found the truck at around 07:30 where it had been
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abandoned on a gravel road. Ben was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. A neighbour of the family said that it was outsiders that caused the problems in the area, which amounted to millions lost due to damage caused by stock theft, and that complaints at the police station fell on deaf ears. Sometimes police vehicles are not available to investigate complaints, and at times case numbers are not issued to complainants. Broekmansfontein, Rietvally, Groot Marico. 12 Feb 2010 20090926 Anderson, Sheun, 18, Bronkhorstspruit ah, shot dead , 2 two black assassins; Fr Robert, 47, critically injured at Wag-n Bietjies-Kop http://www.beeld.com/Content/SuidAfrika/Nuus/1928/34ab57e58a4e488b84b2c023bc145f30/26-09-2009-1244/%E2%80%98Hy_was_net_%E2%80%99n_kind%E2%80%99 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Egpaar-met-byl-oorval-kortna-polisie-klagtesaanhoor-20100212 WALFORD Russell wood craftsman and dairy farmer aged 73, was attacked on the farm where he had lived for 35 years. His sister became concerned when she could not reach him on the phone on Sunday evening, and asked their brother to go in search of Russell. Russells corpse was found at around 09:30 the following day under a tree to where he had been dragged there from his cattle shed. The local police spokesperson confirmed that Russel had been attacked in his cattle shed, and suffered severe head injuries caused by a blunt object. A former employee, aged 25, was arrested the following Monday in connection with the murder when police found Russell's car key's, cell phone and computer in his possession. Russell's wife, who now lives in London, was also attacked and shot during a robbery on the same farm five years ago and is now paralysed. Farm Peacevale, Pinetown. Sun 4 July 2010 WALFORD, RUSSELL, 73, 2010-07-04, Dairy farmer bludgeoned to death in his cattle shed http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/07/russell-walford-dairy-farmerkilled.html http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001108447359#!/photo.php?pid=1 429721&id=1389050771&fbid=1533483342225 WARTINGTON Jakobus farmer aged 78 AND his wife, Anna Maria aged 72, attacked in their homestead between 20:00 and midnight. Their electricity had gone out and Jacobus went to check on the generator which was in an outside room, where he was overpowered and beaten to death. Anna was assaulted inside the house in the pitch black darkness, tied to a chair, and sustained head injuries and a fractured forearm. Their attackers fled the scene in the family farm pick-up truck. A family member said Anna Maria "crawled" to the telephone after the attack to phone her son on a nearby farm, explaining that, She has had a hip replacement. I don't know how she managed to reach the telephone. It was pitch dark and she was tied up with shoelaces." According to the family member, Anna Maria said their attackers wanted money from her. "She didn't have any money. She's an elderly lady, why did they have to beat her
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like that?" Anna Maria sustained a head injury and a fracture to her forearm. The couple have been living on the farm for the past three years. They are South African citizens, but formerly lived in Zimbabwe. After being forced to leave Zimbabwe they returned to South Africa. Farm Disselskuil, Phillipstown, Karoo. Sat 6 Sept 2010 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Couple-who-fled-Zim-attacked-on-farm20100906 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne,,,sault-20101227 12-28-2010#322 Source http://sarahmaidofalbion.blogspot.com/2010/09/more-south-african-farmattacks.html WEILBACH Marie frail farming woman aged 79, was sitting in her lounge watching television when a gang of at least 2 men attacked her so viciously that she died comatozed the following day. Maria had suffered multiple open wounds on her body from a sharp object. Her daughter said that the fingers of both her hands were broken, and were hanging by their skins as she tried to block the blows. The attack was interrupted when her 26 year old grandson, Eon, arrived on the scene. Her attackers, still being in the house, then attacked Eon as he walked in through the back door. When one of them shot at Eon with a shotgun, he returned fire with his grandmothers 9mm pistol which he was bringing home for her, killing both the gunman and his accomplice - who was branishing an iron rod in his hands towards Eon. Eon then found his grandmother sitting in her chair where she was watching a religious television program. Her head was split open in several places, and she made a gargling noise. Eon was charged with a double murder case. The attackers had been trouble makers and had scared away the other farm workers. They had stolen from the Weilbach farm previously and were unhappy because, although they had already received their wages, they had not yet received their Christmas bonus by the 23rd of December. Eon, who was farm manager on behalf of his grandmother, had explained to the farm workers that the bonuses were running late because payment from the clients of the farm were making late payments, and he had borrowed money to pay their salaries in the interim. De Deur, Vereeniging. Wed 23 Dec 2010 WEILBACH Marie, female aged 79, ARIE F 79, died Dec26 2010 brain bashed in by berserker workers Dec 23 Mhlushwa Khoza, Mbongiseni Hornsby who attacked her grandson and were shot dead by Eon Viljoen 26 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bejaarde-sterf-nadat-oudwerkers-haar-slaan20101226 WHEELER Jan farm manager aged 65, was attacked inside his bedroom in the early hours of the morning by a gang of at least 5 men. They had gained access into Jans house by breaking the back door. Jan was stabbed repeatedly before he was shot several times and died on the scene. Marble Hall, Limpopo. Polokwane. Fri 12 March 2010 http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthA...led-in-Limpopo
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2011 ALBERTS Japie ex-prison official aged 43, was murdered inside his home during the night. His corpse was found by his neighbour the following morning, with numerous stab wounds to the chest and back, lying on his stomach in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor after he had been shot to death. Japie was 'already cold and dead' when he was found. There was a hole in the tiled roof and ceiling to his house. His laptop and celphone was stolen. His attackers fled the scene in his double-cab vehicle, which was found abandoned in Carltonville township that same morning. His friends and family started getting odd phone calls from Japies phone since the night of his murder, saying that, We started getting calls from his phone even during the early-morning hours. Whenever we called back the phone would go off. Vanderbijlpark. Tues 15 Feb 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Pa-van-vyfjarige-in-huis-vermoor20110215 ARMSTRONG Malcolm courier business owner aged 34, was attacked by a huge mob of anti-white labour brokers mobilized by Cusato workers union. On the 20 th of December 2010, the co-ruling Cosatu declared war on labour brokers who were still able to get contract-jobs for whites, announced its general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi. He warned that the workers had to be ready for a mother of all battles in 2011 to get all labour brokers banned. Vavi also said that more than 1 million workers had lost their lobs in South Africa since January 1009, and blamed labour-brokers for the fact that so many whites were still able to hold down jobs. The mob attacked anyone who was driving a truck. Malcolm and his assistant were driving in his truck at around 17:30 when they were attacked underneath a pedestrian bridge in Isando, Johannesburg. While his assistant fled, Malcolm was dragged from his truck and viciously assaulted. The mob used stones, bottles and iron-pipes and crushed Malcolms scull, nose and cheeckbones. A surgeon worked on him until 02:00 removing embedded soil, chunks of steel, rust and glass from his scull. Isando. Mon 14 Feb 2011
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http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2011/02/armstrong-malcolm-mutilatedracist.html http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1054 http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Trokstaking-Betogers-vermink-koerier20110215 BEKKER Charlotte - retired school teacher aged 60, AND her husband Martiens farm foreman aged 68, were attacked during the night by an armed gang at their rented homestead. Their attackers gained access to the humble home by breaking open a glass-door, despite the presence of four large dogs. According to blood stains at the scene, it appears Martiens managed to escape to the outside, but was overpowered and forced back inside. Both Martiens and Charlotte were tied up during the attack in which the inside of their house was vandalised - tables and beds had been thrown asunder, cabinets ripped out and drawers tipped out. After the safe had been opened, Martiens was stabbed several times in the chest, and left to die on the floor next to the safe in the bedroom. Charlotte, her hands bound with wire, was tied to a chair in the lounge and suffered stab and cut wounds to the chest and the rest of her body. Their attackers fled the scene in the family car, taking a rifle from the safe, celphones and wallets, as well as a computer which was linked to the security-cameras monitoring the farm compound. Valueable articles such as TV set were left untouched. They crashed the car about 8km down the road. At around 05:00 a passerby alerted a vehiclerecovery service that a car had been in an accident. Upon investigation, the recovery service found a celphone in the grass alongside the deserted car and re-dialled the last number called, which connected them to the daughter of the murdered couple. Her husband raced to the Bekker home and found their mutilated bodies. Houtpoort farm, next to theN3 highway, Heidelberg. 1 July 2011. http://www.news24.com/Tags/Topics/farm_attacks http://www.rapport.co.za/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Moordenaars-steek-vasgebinde-egpaar-inplaashuis-dood-20110702 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Twee-na-moorde-op-plaas-gevang- 20110703 BEZUIDENHOUT Pietz restaurant manager aged 36, was walking home after work at around 04:15 and was stabbed to death at his gate by a gang armed with knives. Pietz routinely walked the two blocks home and his attackers had planned the attack. As he crossed a bridge, they blocked his path and asked him for cigarettes. Pietz told them that he had none and they searched his pockets, taking his celphone and the R450 ($60) cash he had on him. Pietz managed to break free and run home, but while he was waiting for his electronic gate to open, they stabbed him six times in the back and head with a knife. After Pietz fell onto the pavement, one of his attackers stood on his body while another stabbed him at least another four times with a bigger knife. The autopsy confirmed that his right collar bone had been severed during the stabbing attack. His corpse was discovered at around 08:00. There were no marks on his arms which indicated that he did not have time to defend himself. Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder. The public prosecutor said during their trial that, It is
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different to rob someone, stab them once with a knife and run away, but to stab someone ten times is brutal. Potchefstroom. Sat. 8 Oct 2011 http://www.potchefstroomherald.co.za/7426/news/article/vermeende-moordenaars-vas Potchefstroom eatery manager murder suspects denied bail http://bit.ly/oUgerg BIELL Barbara missionary aged 72, was on the farm belonging to the Strydom family at the time that an armed attack on the homestead took place. Her niece Karen Johannsen Lange reported her concern on Facebook as follows: I am truly battling since my 72 year old aunt, who is a missionary, was in a farm attack last week in Vereeniging FEB 9 2011 on the Vaal River. I am aware of what is going on but this hit home. Fortunately they only tied her and the other missionary up, as the man and woman whose farm it was (the Strydom couple) told the attackers not to touch them as they were Women of God and missionaries. The Strydom couple, husband and wife were savagely beaten and she was about to be raped when she asked her attacker "would you do this to your mother". They were then all tied up in a walk-in closet and the attackers left with everything including the cars. This really hit me hard as my aunt has never had a man and imagine if she had been raped and killed. I honestly believe God had a big hand in their protection! All I know is that the Strydoms owned the house. Once the criminals left, the servant went into the house and phoned the police. I looked on google to see if there was anything but could not find any news reports on it. The police then came and unlocked them where they had been locked in a walk in closet. My aunt was miss Barbara Biell and I am not sure of who the other missionary was as my aunt's cell was stolen and we can't phone her yet. I will keep looking. All I know was they all survived (only through Gods intervention) and when my aunt managed to let my other aunt know on Thu night, she was still very shaken up. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1344580699 BIER Pieter was shot and killed in front of his 15 year old son at around 03:00, when assailants entered their house and overpowered him in his bed. Aerosand, Middleburg. Tues 8 Nov 2011 Reported to Facebook by Izak van Zyl. BONTHUYS Nickie female bistro patron aged 28, took photographs of the actions taken by a group of about 50 heavily armed South African metrocops, who stormed into her business premises, supposedly on a drugs-raid. They found no drugs but hardhandedly terrorised the patrons. The cops then beat her and arrested her illegally for taking photographs in a public place. She was shoved so hard by a cop that she stumbled upon which they arrested her on a trumped-up charge of 'crimen injuria'. Nickie was thrown into the back of a police van so roughly that she broke her toe. She was held incarcerated for 17 hours in a filthy, cockroach-and-mosquito-infested Lyttleton-police station cell. And all night long, she had to endure racist taunts and threats - such as "must I paint my face white so that you can listen to me? snarled at her by a captain named Plaatjies. Another black police officer threatened her with: "Now
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you will see how a black man locks up a white woman. Her shocked fiancee and two friends had jumped in their cars to follow the police van to make certain that Nickie would be alright. Then the cops arrested her finacee when he tried to give Nickie an energy drink while she was still being booked in at the cop-shop, and the friends were also arrested outside the police station after they had been shoved around and beaten. They all appeared in Centurion court on the following Monday, where the magistrate then threw out the case with the comment: "the police is silly. Five days after their nightmare ordeal, Sondag tabloid journalists noted that Nickie's upperarm still had blue-black finger-mark bruises, and she walked with difficulty. She had become so terrified of the cops that she broke out in tears whenever she saw one. Centurion, Pretoria. Fri 18 Feb 2010 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/1075/ http://www.sondag.co.za/artikels/Nuus/METROMANIAK BOOYSEN Shirleen aged 59, was found at around 21:30 in a blood soaked house by a friend, after he went to check why she had not taken the telephone calls from her daughter. Shirleens hands were tied up and a black belt was tied around her neck. Sh e had also been shot twice - in the forehead and right arm. The friend notified the police and ambulance whereafter Shirleen was rushed to hospital in a critical condition. Her attackers had fled the scene with three celphones, a gun, and cash from her handbag. This was the second such attack in the past four days in the same area. Three men were arrested in connection with the attack on Shirleen the following Friday, the local police spokesperson said, stating that, "Thorough interrogation of the suspects revealed that they were also responsible for another farm attack on October 8, also in Grabouw." He added that the stolen cellphones and gun were recovered. Farm Blaukrans, Western Cape. Mon 23 Nov 2011 http://blog.afrikanervryheid.org/2011/11/23/wes-kaap-loop-deur-onder-plaasaanvalle/ BOSCH Cornelius, reknown South African artist and philosophist aged 55, disappeared from his home without a trace and was found by a passer-by two weeks later in a field near his smallholding, his body so badly burnt that dental records had to be used to identify him. An autopsy revealed he had been shot in the head. His celphone and double-cab pick-up truck was looted. Buffelsdrift smallholding, Pretoria, 24 Feb 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Kunstenaar-se-verbrande-lyk-gekry-20110309 Body of missing SA painter found SA painter disappears mysteriously BOTHA Charles aged 56 had walked to his gate after the bell at his gate was rung at around 02:00. He spoke to two people, and when he turned around to walk back to the house, they shot him twice in the back. His wife recalled that, I was in bed when it happened. My husband said he would go see who it was, perhaps there was trouble. My mom is ill, she has cancer. Shortly afterwards, her 10-year-old son came running into the room, saying: Mommy, theres trouble. He and a friend were playing computer games and he heard the shots. I dont know if he saw my husband but I locked him in the room. When I got outside my husband was lying there. He said: Bokka, someone
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has shot me. He had lost a lot of blood. It appeared that the attackers had tried to climb over the palisade fence to gain access to the house as it had been bent and a piece of cloth was stuck to the gate. Charles was rushed to the hospital where he was operated on. Doctors told me he would never walk again, his wife said, adding that Charles spoke to her after the operation, and said: Love, what did we do wrong to deserve this? We have only been good to everyone. Stilfontein. Sun 9 Oct 2011 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Man-shot-twice-in-the-back-20111010 BOUWER Robert Robbie aged 40 owner of Birds of Africa in Pomona, was reported missing by his family on Monday after he had not returned home from an optometrist appointment in Boksburg. His partially burnt corpse was found two days later with a gunshot wound to the head, where it lay behind his partially burnt car in a field, just outside the Serengeti Golf Estate, on the rural High Road of Pomona between Kempton Park and Benoni. Police opened a murder docket. Wed 31 Aug 2011 http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/benoni/benoni-newsgeneral?oid=4668632&sn=Detail&pid=800&Burnt-body-found BRENNER Heinz - German aged 71, was home alone at around 15:00 when he was attacked by a gunman and was brutally assaulted during which he sustained serious brain injuries. The gunman dragged Heinz through the family bungalow and dumped him in his garage while he waited for Mrs Brenner and her daughter to return from the shops. Heinz suffered a heart attack in the interim. His daughter recalled coming home after running their errands that day, and said that, When we returned about an hour later, the front door was locked from inside. Moments later an unknown man opened the door shouting something is wrong in the house. She explained that they were too shocked and confused to react as the man wore white gloves drenched in blood. The stranger yanked both the daughter and her mom into the house, where he demanded their valuables, before locking them in the bedroom cupboards. "When I heard silence, I escaped from the cupboard, let my mom out and began looking for my dad," she said. She found her father in the garage lying in a pool of blood and gasping for air. "He was so badly beaten up, I barely recognised him," she said. Heinz suffered severe bleeding on the brain. Two days after the attack, he underwent emergency surgery to relieve the bleeding, but lapsed into a coma from which he never regained consciousness before he passed away two weeks later in hospital. Linden, Johannesburg. Wed 9 Feb 2011 http://m.news24.com/beeld/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Hart-gee-in-na-roof-Man-sterf-20110223 http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/randburg/randburg-newsgeneral?oid=3749106&sn=Detail&pid=217566&71-year-old-Linden-resident-murderedduring-a-house-robbery BRIEDENHANN Marnus rugby player aged 23, was hi-jacked along the road by an armed gang during the night. His attackers tied Marnus up and blindfolded him, and drove with him for many hours in the city, often hitting him on the head with the butt of a
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gun while threatening to kill him. They forced him to tell them the secret pincode of his bank card. After they withdrew money from his account at an ATM cash point, they took him to the Naval Hill Nature Reserve, and aimed for his head when they shot him. At the moment they shot at him, Marnus turned his head, and the bullet struck him in the neck. They left him for dead and drove off. When he was sure they had left, he rolled down the hill. Still tied up, Marnus clamboured through wires and over stones and rocks until he got to a road. At around 04:00, emergency services which had attended to an accident, found Marnus in the middle of the road, notified the police and took him to hospital. Bloemfontein. 15 July 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Al-Debbo-se-nefie-geskiet-20110717 BRITS Kobus, security guard aged 60, locked the gate at work and climbed into his vehicle at around 18:15 when his door was pulled open by a gang of five men, one of them demanding cash. Kobus was threatened with a firearm and he attempted to push his attacker away but was shot, at which point the men fled. Kobus said it took the summonsed police an hour to arrive, after which he was taken to hospital for treatment. A police constable was arrested two days later in this matter and charged with attempted murder. The same constable was allegedly also part of a gang which carried out an armed robbery the previous Friday at the Hazyview Hypermeat. Hazyview. Fri 5 Aug 2011 http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/lowveld/lowveld-newscrime?oid=4558114&sn=Detail&pid=490171&Cop-charged-with-murder BRUMMER Douw, wild life and livestock farmer aged 50, was murdered on the farm Goedgedacht in the Dwaalboom area near the Botswana border, where he lived alone. Douw had returned to his farm at around 22:00 after delivering cattle to an auction: workers heard his vehicle drive in, and they also said they heard a very loud bang. He had climbed from the truck and walked across the lawn to his homestead when he was shot in the back of the head from behind. The attackers then took his keys, unlocked the house and the government-registered gun-safe and stole his guns. Even his cellphone was cut from his belt, said the Transvaal Agricultural Union security representative, and that from all the traces, it appeared as if the killers were laying in ambush waiting for Mr. Brummer. "It was cold-blooded murder,' he said. His farm workers discovered his body where it lay on the grass the following morning at around 06:00. Mr. Brummer had had two break-ins at his farm - and also gave a picture of a specific man to his neighbours and said that 'if anything happened to him, this would be the man responsible'. The suspected man was not one of his workers. The photograph was shown to the investigating police. Mr Gaven Holden-Smith, an expert at a private fieldtracking company, said they traced the tracks of the attack-gang together with local police.Tues 13 Oct 2011 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Limpopo-farmer-shot-in-the-head20111013?mid=5012
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CARTON-BARBER Devlin, professional hunter aged 27, was accompanying a couple of tourists on safari in South Africa. Whilst they were unpacking their belongings at night, two men emerged from the bushes and without saying a word, fired a shot and killed Devlin. The two men took the wife's handbag and fled. Rural guesthouse, White River. Fri 8 Aug 2011 Phasa: Hunter's killing shocking 2011-08-08 COCKCROFT Dian - school principal, was left with a bruised face and black eye after she had been attacked by two men while opening her school at around 06:40. Furtunately for her, the attack was interrupted by the approach of another school staff member. Dian recalled that she was unlocking the front office when a man approached her coming out of nowhere. She asked if she could help him, but the man pushed her to the ground, directing her to "shut up" or he would kill her. When she fell to the ground, her laptop, handbag and school keys fell with her. "I started screaming and calling for help," Dian said. "I kicked the school keys under the table to stop them from using them to gain access to the rest of the building." The man started hitting her and continued to tell her to keep quiet or he would kill her. A school staff member arrived and heard her screaming. He looked through a window from the other side of the office, but could not get in as that door was locked. He started banging on the door to make the attackers aware of his presence.The other intruder then joined his co-attacker and they both grabbed what they could, and fled the scene with Dian's handbag and laptop. Her handbag contained her personal valuables, such as her ID book, wallet, driver's licence, and a camera with school photos. Benoni. 27 July 2011 http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/benoni/benoni-newsgeneral?oid=4562745&sn=Detail&pid=40&Benoni-principal-attacked-and-robbed-atschool COETZEE Christo, tow-truck driver AND his colleague Christo Coetzee, AND Lucas Hattingh, a qualified paramedic, had stopped at the scene of an accident along the N1 near Petroport. Lucas asked a policeman present if anyone was injured. When he pointed to a woman who was standing next to a second policeman, Lucas approached to see if he could help, but the second policemen became agitated. When Lucas insisted on speaking to her (the accident victim), one of the policemen grabbed Lucas and threw him in front of a car travelling on the highway. If that driver had not braked and swerved, Lucas would have been hit. When Christo tried to help Lukas (from the road), three policemen turned on him. One of them pushed Lucas backwards; another other cocked his R5 semi-automatic assault rifle rifle and pushed it into Lucass face. When they backed off, Lucas phoned the police 10111 emergency call centre and told an officer what was happening. This call enraged the policemen and two of them attacked Lucas, punched and pushed him around, demanding to know who he was giving their vehicle details to. The call was still active when he was hit with a rifle butt but managed to hold on to his phone. He could hear the operator asking if he was all right, assuring him help was on the way. Lucas then called his brother-in-law, Louis Strydom. When Louis arrived and asked the policemen what was going on, he was
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arrested on charges of interfering with police duties and put into the police cells until the following day, when the charges against him were withdrawn. Tshwane metro police arrived and advised the men to go to the nearest police station for their own safety, which they did. Christo tried to open a case against the policemen at the Sinoville police station, but a policewoman manning the charge office laughed at him and told him good luck, as they dont open cases against fellow policemen. It was only after he started phoning 10111 again that she changed her attitude, but even then it took nearly an hour to get her to write a statement. Police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said a case of assault and pointing of a firearm had been opened. Mon 2 May 2011. Pretoria News http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/paramedic-attacked-at-scene-1.1064543 COETZEE Kobus aged 46, AND his wife Linda aged 43, AND their son Ruaan aged 21, AND his girlfriend Rozanne Oeschger aged 20, were shot during an attack inside their home shortly before 20:00 by a gang of at least 4 men. The Coetzees had moved into their home in three weeks earlier. The gang had climbed over the wall to enter the property and entered the house through a door while the family were in their bedrooms. The family had planned on going on vacation the following day. The gang first went into the main bedroom, where they overpowered Linda and Kobus, tied them up with ropes, and forced them into the passage. Linda was slapped and asked for the safe keys. She tried to argue with them and was shot three times - in the head and both arms, after which Kobus, also still tied up, was shot three times in the stomach. Ruaan and Rozanne ran into the passage to investigate, and turned to flee but they were also shot in the passage. Ruaan received 6 bullets - in his lower body, both arms and leg. Rozanne was shot in the upper thigh but managed to escape and call for help from the neighbours. As their eldest son arrived at the house shortly after 20:00, the gang drove away. The family was rushed to different hospitals. Ruaan was kept under sedation and died a few days later. Linda lost an eye, and died a month later in hospital from her injuries sustained. Kobus was released from hospital some weeks later. Only celphones were stolen during the attack. Pretoria. Sat 11 Dec 2011 http://afrikaans.news24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Pta-gesin-in-huis-oorval-20111212 COETZEE Lina aged 85, was brought to hospital in the morning with a broken hip. A man walked into the womens ward past the other patients straight up to Lina, and brutally beat her up. One of the male patients from an adjacent ward saved her by grabbing the attacker from behind, and restraining him by locking his arms around the assailants arms and upper body. Linas family members restrained the assailant thereafter until the police arrived. The journalist of the local Die Ghaap newspaper noted that there was no sign of any of the usual security guards at the hospital, and that it took the SA Police Force an extraordinarily long time to show up and arrest the assailant. A family spokesman said: The police showed much more concern about the welfare of the black assailant than they did towards the victim and asked lots of
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questions about the way he was arrested. They showed little interest in taking any statements from any of the witnesses on the ward. Postmasburg. Fri May 7 2011. http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2011/05/black-racist-assaults-old-boerwoman-in.html COETZER Ettienne Gert - builder aged 66, was kidnapped from his home, assaulted, bashed over the head, throttled to death, and then his body was dumped without any identification in a veld in Soshanguve extention 12. His torched pick-up truck was found Saturday-morning along the Rosslyn road north of Pretoria at around 02:00, and later that morning his body was also found. When the murdered mans colleague then also disappeared without a trace, the SAPS launched a search for him and located him in Soshanguve. After questioning the worker, he and another two suspected accomplices, also from Soshanguve, were arrested. All three arrested for his murder, were colleagues of Ettienne at a construction company in Capital Park, confirmed w/o Patrick Zimu. Ettienes son Mark, aged 39, said that, The first arrested worker had worked with my father for the past six years and they were very close. His arrest has shocked my mother tremendously because he was the very last man we would have suspected of participating in my fathers murder. Mark added that the suspect was like a son to Ettiene. Marks mother, Dawn aged 63, had last heard from Ettienne on Friday -evening when he phoned her. Claremont, Pretoria. 29 Jan 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Drie-vas-na-man-se-lyk-gekry-is-20110201 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1020 http://afrikaans.news24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Drie-vas-oor-witte-se-lyk-in-Soshanguve20110131 CONRADIE Chris aged 23, AND his friend Werner Buhr AND another friend were travelling on the N14 highway near Diepsloot when Chris climbed out their vehicle to remove an obstacle which blocked the road. Shots were fired from a bush and hit him in the chest; and Werner was hit in the leg. Their friend managed to help the two men back into the vehicle and rushed them to hospital. Chris was declared dead on arrival. Nothing was stolen. The Verkennersbeweging van Suid-Afrika noted this attack in their media article dated 7 November 2011, wherein they pointed out that from the information gathered, this attack had been planned as obstructions placed in the road served to create an ambush. The shooting from out a bush proves that the incident was no mere hi-jacking, and could not lead to financial gain to the attackers. The article claimed that this incident was an example of the racial hate which is instigated by racist politicians, and an indication of the low intensity warfare against the Afrikaner, against which he may not, and can not, defend himself. The article further points out that the media and opinion formers deny this onslaught on the Afrikaner, and put such incidents down to mere crime, what it certainly can not be. By such denial, they make themselves guilty of being accomplices to the genocide of the Afrikaner nation. Kleinfontein. 5 Nov 2011 Media verklaring 7 November 2011 Die Verkennersbeweging van Suid-Afrika
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CONROY Koos aged 75 AND his wife Frances aged 70 were attacked at their homestead by a gang of 5 men armed with knives and guns. Koos was attending to cattle when the gang overpowered Frances inside her house at around 07:00, during which she was physically assaulted, tied up and robbed. They demanded to know where the safe was from Frances but there was none. She gave them her silver jewellery box which they broke open and threw her pearls in her face, demanding the safe again. Koos returned home and was yanked from his pick-up van by two of the attackers, one with a gun and the other with a knife. He was stabbed in the hand and shot in the neck before he and Frances were tied up and gagged. Family arrived unexpectedly and the gang fled the scene. Farm Leeukraal, Ventersdorp. 20 July 2011. Boer (75) oorleef skoot in die nek NUUS@VENTERSDORP COSTA Alberto, farmer aged 44, went outside his home to investigate why his dogs were barking at around 02:00, and was shot in the chest by a gang who had dug a hole underneath the electrified fencing to gain access to his property. He fired back, injuring one of the black attackers with his shotgun before he died on the scene. Alberto had been involved with a large black-economic empowerment project on three farms which supported many workers. Nothing was looted. Cloetesdal, Stellenbosch. 17 Feb 2011 http://www.dieburger.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Boere-treur-na-moord-20110219 CULLEM John Allen aged 66, AND his wife, were standing next to the fire of their barbeque on their property during the evening when two knifemen from the road jumped over the fence and stabbed the couple repeatedly. The attackers then went into the house where they attacked and robbed the daughter and her two young children. John, who had also been stabbed in the neck, died on the scene from his injuries. His wife was admitted to hospital in a criticl condition. Their attackers looted a handbag containing R60 ($7), rings and a celphone before fleeing on foot. Airfield, Benoni. 19 May 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Rowers-spring-oor-muur-steek-bejaarde-dood20110519 CULVERWELL Graham - a physically disabled retired panelbeater, AND his wife Hillary, both aged 84, were attacked inside their house by a gang of 5 men at around 19:00. They stormed into the house when Hillary opened the door to feed their dogs. She was overpowered by 2 men, and robbed of R300 ($35) before she was gagged, her hands tied with plastic tape and locked up in the bathroom, while 3 men assaulted Graham severely and robbed him of his celphone, which was recovered outside in their garden. Hillary managed to push her panic alarm button, and the attackers were interrupted by a private security cpmpany. The owner of the company said the guards found her with blood on her body. In another room they found her husband, already dead. One of our guards saw a suspect peeping through the window and he fired two shots but missed the suspect, said the owner. The man got away by jumping over a concrete fence behind the house and ran on to the nearby railway line before disappearing.
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Culverwell Junior, who arrived at the scene shortly after the attack, saw his father where he lay lifeless in the study. His mother had already been taken to the hospital for treatment. He said afterward that, My parents are so old and we thought they would just fade away on their own. My father could not even walk without the support of a Zimmer frame. They should have just let them stand there and taken whatever they wanted to take. Merrivale. Tues 2 Feb 2011. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Elderly-man-killed-in-KZN-home-20110202 DANIELS Leslie, foreman on chicken farm aged 58, did not arrive for work on Saturday morning. His employer phoned Leslies daughter, who, along with her two sma ll children, lives with her father but had slept out the previous evening. She rushed back to the homestead. "Everything was wide open and thrown about. I walked through the house and found my dad, hands and ankles tied together, on the living-room floor. He was already dead. He has been stabbed, slaughtered like an animal, she said, adding that there was 'blood all over the floors and against the walls.' She last saw her dad alive on Thursday, and last spoke to him by telephone at around 19:30 on Friday. Police spokesman w/o Mmakgoma Semono reported that 'the murder weapon has already been found: the victim was stabbed in the head. We found a knife.' It is believed that the murderers got inside the electronically-protected homestead by digging a hole underneath the wires. Kyalami smallholding. Fri 11 Feb 2011 http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2011/02/farm-foreman-leslie-danielsslaughtered.html Daniels, Leslie 58, foreman chicken farm Kyalami stabbed to death Feb112011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vrou-kry-pa-se-lyk-Hy-is-soos-n-dier-geslag20110216 DAVIS Bernard aged 65, and his wife, heard a noise in the garden during the night. Bernard went outside to investigate and was shot. His wife heard a bang and went to check on her husband. She found him lying on the verandah with a gun shot to the face. Nothing was taken. New Germany, Durban. Sat 16 Mar 2011 http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/upper-highway/upper-highway-newscrime?oid=4166780&sn=Detail&pid=4196683&Two-old-men-murdered-at-homes DE BEER Alette hairdresser aged 72, was stabbed repeatedly by a youth who had a steak-knife in each hand in her head, left lower leg, right arm and left shoulder - while she fought back fiercely. Her numerous wounds had to be stitched up while she was under sedation on the operating table. The youngster had arrived at her smallholding begging her for an odd-job. Alette felt sorry for him, trusted his scrubbed-up, neat appearance and wanted to help him out, so she agreed to let him work in the garden in exchange for an agreed-to amount .When she turned around, he had snuck into her homestead, stolen steak-knives from her kitchen and attacked her in her bedroom, immediately demanding that she give him R300 in cash. She fought back with all her might and managed to push the alarm button and the howling noise caused the innocent school-child to flee. Alette, bleeding heavily, jumped into her car and rushed
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to a neighbouring smallholding for help. She issued a warning from her hospital bed afterwards: Keep all your doors locked and dont give an o dd-job to any strangers, even when they have honest-seeming, open faces and are neatly-dressed in school uniforms.. Waterbron smallholding, Bloemfontein. Sat 15 Jan 2011 http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2011/01/alette-de-beer-72-knifed-fs.html http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bejaarde-waarsku-na-mesaanval-deurskoolkind-20110117 DE JAGER, Doris, High Court stenographer aged 50, was an important witness who could verify the accuracy of the court records for many politicallly-sensitive trials which took place at the Johannesburg High Court, such as the murder trial of Glenn Agliotti (acquitted of murdering mining-magnate Brett Kebble); and the controversial fraud trial of former SA police chief Jackie Selebi, amongst many others. She and her daughter Margie aged 21, had been shopping. Upon their return home, Margie was closing the gate when she noticed two men inside their property. One had a pistol in his hand. She ran into the house and yelled to her brother, Danie aged 29, while phoning a security company. Seconds later she heard two shots. Danie was on the couch when his sister ran inside. He heard a scream and flew out of the door to see his mother inside his silver Corsa-bakkie where she tried to shie away from the gunman. Doris was shot through the windscreen of the vehicle whereafter her attackers fled the scene in a getaway car. She rolled from the vehicle and collapsed. Danie attempted mouth-to-mouth resuscitation but stuff ran from her mouth and she turned yellow. Margie rushed out when she heard her brother screaming and saw her mother dying on the ground. She heard her rattling breath and knew it was over. Nothing was robbed and the car was not hijacked. The neighbour happened to be in a small park near the De Jager home and saw the get-away car before Doris was shot. It was a white Opel Astra with four men inside. The vehicle stopped and two men climbed out. A bit later the vehicle returned and he heard two shots. Soon after, the neighbour found Danie sitting next to his dead mom. Ridgeway, Johannesburg. 5 Feb 2011 De Jager, Doris, 50, Joburg High Court stenographer, executed,driveway Feb42011 DE JAGER Jaco aged 35 AND his wife AND a friend were fishing at the De Rust holiday resort. His wife was sleeping in their car, and the friend was sitting on a camping chair next to him when a gang of 6 men stormed on them, and shot Jaco while he was still sitting in his chair. When the gunshot went off, his friend fled and jumped into the water to get away from their attackers. The gang then went to the car where the wife was in, and tried to smash a window, after which she opened the door. The men looted her wedding ring, three celphones and a laptop computer before they fled the scene, deviding up into two groups and running into different directions. The bullet had penetrated Jacos stomach, and he died on the scene in his wifes arms. Hartbeespoort. Tues 29 Sep 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Man-sterf-in-vrou-se-arms-na-hy-geskiet-is-inoord-20110930
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DE LANGE Nico aged 55, was concerned about the three aggressive youths who kept tearing around at high speed on his erf in their purple Opel Corsa in West Village and endangering his family. At around 16:30 on a Saturday, the three youths were spinning their wheels on his erf in front of his house again, so he stepped outside to speak to them. The guys attacked him, and he fought back. One of them then threatened to kill him before they got into their car and chased off in it while De Lange went back inside his home. However just minutes later the man came back in the same car and stopped in front of Nicos house with a knife stuck in the back of his pants. Nico was at the kitchen door when the man walked towards him and slashed him across one of his wrists with his knife, then stabbed Nico in his neck and cut through his artery, saying that he should get ready for his funeral. There was a lot of blood. Mr De Langes fiancees 15-year-old daughter, who also witnessed the murder, said the knifeman ran right past her to his car after stabbing Nico. One of his mates stood laughing next to the car. She ran after them to write down the Corsas registration number so that they could be captured. Meanwhile Nico,bleeding profusely, was staggering behind her towards the gate making certain that she and her mother were safe, she said. Then he collapsed and died. Nothing stolen, West Village, Krugersdorp. 22 Jan 2011 De Lange, Nico, 55, stabbed to death bl. youth, West Village, Krugersdorp NOTHING ROBBED DESGRANGES Michael aged 71 was tied up, tortured and strangled in his home during the night. His attackers fled the scene in his car. Ronaldskloof smallholding, Kloof. Sun 13 Mar 2011 http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/9076107.Murdered_Craven_man_s_son_runs_in_ his_memory/ http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/upper-highway/upper-highway-newscrime?oid=4166780&sn=Detail&pid=4196683&Two-old-men-murdered-at-homes http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1131 DE VILLIERS Jaco, student aged 21, AND his friends Gert vd Walt aged 24, AND Dennis Wevell aged 22, suffered a three hour ordeal after they had parked their car to hike the 1km to the picnic area below Chosspile Rockface. Six men, seperated in three groups of two knifemen each, attacked the students and held knives against their throats. Jaco reported that, We were forced into the woods, trussed up by our hands and feet with telephone cables and robbed of all our belongings. Then Gerts feet were loosened and he was forced to walk with their attackers into the woods. His two friends feared that he was going to be murdered. When they complained, the two friends also were taken to the spot where Gert was forced to lie down facedown on the ground. Two of the knifemen demanded their PIN-codes and bank cards and left to withdraw cash from the nearest cashpoint. One of the knifemen kept saying to Jaco: I am looking for your head, picked up his head and gestured with his fingers across his neck while another one kept sharpening his knife and stabbing Gerts legs with it. Then the gang loosened the students hands and left with all their belongings: cellphones, watches, cameras and climbing equipment. Brits,12 Jan 2011
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http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Student-hoor-Ek-soek-jou-kop-20110117 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/961 DE VRIES Kobus - gunsmith aged 54, skimmed an Eskom vehicle as he was overtaking it at around 14:00 in the village. Both Kobus and the driver of the Eskom vehicle pulled over and agreed to go to the police station, but Kobus decided to go home first. The police paid a visit to his homestead, and it is unclear why a tactical force and more than 40 officers became involved in a stand -off which lasted four and a half hours during which Kobus refused to come out of his house. The police then used a farm worker to lure De Vries out of his house with promises that he would not be fired on. Media reports have stated that he was shot in the back while allegedly attempting to run back into his home. Three shots were fired by snipers, from two different calibre guns. The second bullet hit his arm. As he stumbled into his house, his shotgun hanging at his side, a third bullet hit him in the neck and killed him. In the first news reports, the police had claimed that hed committed suicide. Babanango farm. Thur 23 Jan 2011. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Farmer-dies-in-police-stand-off-20110123 DE VILLIERS Juan, male aged 38 AND his life partner Ms Jenny Wilson, were attacked inside their home during the night. She had gone to bed at around 23:00 and Juan fell asleep on the couch. Their son Devan aged 10 was at a sleepover at a friend's house. Juan was attacked by two men and trussed up hands-and-feet with shoelaces. He was also shot once while already tied up in the kitchen. Then the men stormed into Jennys bedroom. When she opened her eyes and saw these two men in the room, she realised she had to flee. One man grabbed her but she kicked, bit them and screamed, and then ran down the hallway, shouting for Juan to help. Jenny literally dove out of the backdoor and before she could do anything else, Juan was there. The injured man had managed to rip off the shoe-laces which were keeping him tied up and ran outside to protect his mate. Three shots then were fired and it became very quiet. The attackers fled with just a cellphone, a wallet and bottles of wine. After Juan was rushed to Union-hospital in Alberton for emergency surgery, it was found that he had sustained four gunshot wounds. His wounds were too severe: the life-support was turned off two hours later in the presence of Jenny and his grieving mom, Mrs Alta Smith, aged 56. Jenny said afterwards that, Hed always told me he would protect me to his death, and that's exactly what happened: he was shot dead while protecting me. Mayberry Park, Alberton. 1 April 2011. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Hy-baklei-tot-die-dood-toe-20110401 DIEDERICKS Chris and his family were listening to music in the lounge of his home at around 23:00 when his brother went to fetch a pillow from the bedroom where the curtains were open and ran screaming back to the lounge that he saw 5 men. Chris and a friend ran outside and found that they had already tried to break open burglarproofing of the house. They gave chase after the men, who ran away and jumped over the corner of the fence. Chris was able to catch the last one, but his
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accomplices returned and opened fire. His wife said that, The friend ran into the house and shouted that we must hide. My brother immediately grabbed my one little daughter and ran to the top storey of our house. I fell and lay still, then got up and ran to a room next to my laundry room and hid in a cupboard with my other daughter. Suddenly we heard loud fighting. My daughter ran out directly to her father. I tried to stop her, but saw a large black man wrestling with Chris. I called my daughter because she was hitting the man, screaming at him to leave her father. They hit him with a bottleneck jack, a shifting spanner and a panga, they wanted to murder him. They dragged me out of the house, but luckily they had a fright when they saw the dog. Suddenly hundreds of shots went off, and I thought everyone was dead. Their attackers fled the scene, without taking anything. Chris was rushed to hospital with serious facial injuries, his scull chopped open, his wrists sliced open and a deep cut to his leg. She added that, Im traumatised, a freak and was helpless. De Kroon, Brits. 22 Oct 2011 Facebook report by Salome Diedericks on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 12:06am DOMINIGO Owen, a foreman at Aberdare Cables, had picked up his friend Sarah-Jane Oliphant who had just finished work at a night club to give her a lift home. They were sitting in Owens car in the Chatty Community Centre car park when they were attacked by 4 members of a gang. The men held the couple at gunpoint and stole Owens shoes before demanding his bank card and pin number, then bundled them into the boot of Owens car. The gang then drove to an atm and withdrew R900 ($110) from Owens bank account. After the withdrawal, they drove along Marine Drive and stopped on a gravel road in a secluded, bushy area behind the university, told Owen to get out of the boot and shot him in the head at point-blank range. They then drove towards Three Pools with Sarah-Jane still in the boot before shooting her in the head and dumping her body. Seven men have been arrested in connection with this double-murder. Detectives likened the murder to a scene from a movie and labelled the brutal attack a robbery that turned nasty. Port Elizabeth. Sat 1 Feb 2011 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/PE-couple-killed-bodies-dumped-20110131 DU PREEZ Leon aged 34, was driving to work with his car window open at around 09:30 on the Jan Meyer road. At the Mannys Circle he was behind a truck and realized that a taxi mini van had suddenly driven up very close alongside him. Leon heard someone call to him. As he looked up at the taxi he saw a shiny object thrown at him. He nearly rolled the car as he felt his face burn and the warm blood spill over his face. Leon quickly closed his wondow, wiped some of the blood from his face so that he could see where he was going, and raced to work where he could get help. At hospital he received 7 stitches to the worst of the cuts in his face and was treated for shock. Welkom. Mon 20 Sep 2011 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Taxi-insittende-gooi-motoris-met-ketting20110921 DU TOIT Giel - electrician aged 69, was stabbed to death inside his home during the night. After four previous breakins his children had an alarm put into Giels house,
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hoowever during a storm earlier on, the Telkom telephone service had another blackout and the alarm was off. SAPS warrant officer Bertus Kruger of the Carnarvon region said the police were first alerted when someone found a bunch of keys in Van Rensburg Street near Giels home. Then a neighbourhood-watch volunteer showed them that one of the windows of Giels house was broken. They investigated and found Giel stabbed to death in a pool of blood. A youth, who was involved in a breakin in at the same home during October 2010 - after which several stolen items were found in his possession- was arrested shortly after the attack. Police said that more arrests were expected. Vosburg. 9 Feb 2011. http://www.ska.ac.za/meerkat/specsci.php ERASMUS Barend aged 79, AND his wife Annetjie aged 82, were attacked and stabbed in their home. Both were admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Farm near Phillipstown, Kimberley. 1 Feb 2011 Erasmus Barend 79 and Annatjie, 82, attacked, stabbed in Phillipstown ERASUMUS Jan - farmer aged 66, was murdered by 6 member gang, which cut off his leg before dumping his body into a sewerage-filled dam. Welkom 27 Jan 2011 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1018 ERASMUS Yumna aged 26, a pregnant mother of two, was murdered on a sportsfield in Bonteheuwel. At around 07:00 passersby discovered her body, which was covered with stab wounds. It appears that she had also been raped. Her unborn child had been cut from her womb and was also found on the scene. Cape Town. 20 Aug 2011 http://maroelamedia.co.za/blog/nuus/swanger-vrou-se-liggaam-op-sportveld-gekry/ EULER Hein - a German aged 75, AND his wife Erika aged 71, were attacked in their home during the night. Erika woke up first when two men appeared in her bedroom. They demanded money and guns from her as they dragged her through the house while assaulting her. Hein woke up and came out of his room, where they assaulted him and beat him with an iron pole. At around 01:00, Erika managed to phone their neighbours for help. When they arrived, the attackers had already left the premises. Hein was found laying on the floor in front of his bedroom, where he had died on the scene, his scull totally crushed. Erika was found full of blood with serious head injuries, a broken nose and a deep cut in her arm. She was admitted to hospital. It is unclear as to if anything had been looted. Their other neighbours had noticed the lights on in the Euler home the evening of the attack at around 23:00 that evening, and thought it strange. Morehill, Benoni. 2 Oct 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Rowers-slaan-man-met-ysterpyp-dood-20111002 FAIRWEATHER Luke - prominent cricket official aged 49, was shot dead by traffic official for refusing to accept traffic violation fine. Newlands cricket grounds, Cape Town, 5 Jan 2011. http://www.iol.co.za/sport/cricket/world/official-shot-outside-newlands-1.1008742
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http://nolstuijt.wordpress.com/author/nolstuijt/page/14/ FERREIRA Thomas - farmer and filling station owner aged 54, was attacked by a gang of at least 5 men on his farm while he was alone, and was shot 3 times in the body. His sister came across his corpse about 500 meters from his home. It appears that Thomas was on his way to the homes of his workers to ask for help when he collapsed and died. His celphone and house keys were looted. Bloemfontein. Sat 28 Nov 2011 Bloemfontein-boer vermoor http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=25813 FOURIE Jacomien, female manager at magistrates court aged 55, was recovering from a back operation in her home where she was brutally assaulted by a gang of two armed men inside the kitchen at around 11:00. She managed to get a call through to her husband on the cellphone and although she could not speak to him, in listening to the background noises he realised that she was in trouble and contacted security services and the police for help. Jacomien told her attackers that her husband was on his way and they got scared and commandeered Jacomien to drive them away in her own car. Upon his arrival home, her husband found blood on the diningroom tablecloth, and court documents were strewn amongst the chaos. Along the way, one attacker got out and the other took over and accosted Jacomien. She managed to kick him and flee in her car, but was lost. She was found in her car at a road block about 60km from her home after a massive police search at around 17:00. Potgietersrus 8 March 2011 http://www.kwevoel.co.za/2011/03/11/ontvoering-eindig-in-thaba/ FRAZER Magda - postmistress aged 42, was dropped off at work by her husband at around 06:30. Later in the morning, a member of the public told security guards that the post office had not been opened yet. Security guards and the police then found her body. Closed-circuit television footage from inside the post office showed how two men - one of them a part-time worker at the post office - entered the building and repeatedly bludgeoned Magda with a hammer. Her personal belongings were stolen as well as the contents of the post office's safe. Balfour. Sat 15 Jan 2011 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/957 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Womans-murder-captured-on-CCTV20110116 FULS Gunter, a debt-collector who happened to share an office block with a black hairdresser, was accused by her in his office that he had cut her electricity. However Gunter had nothing to do with it: he said contractors hired by Bloemfontein municipality turned off their electricity access the previous day. When he tried to explain that he was totally innocent and was inconvenienced just as much by the electricity black-out, she suddenly charged him, sank her teeth right through his thick winter jacket, and bit deep into his arm, drawing blood. She then stormed from the office, cursing him for a 'piece of shit' and a 'racist'. More seriously: she also threatened to kill him. Bloemfontein. 29 Apr 2011.
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http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vrou-byt-om-dood-te-byt-20110525 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1318 GAUDIN Frank - Canadian-born farmer aged 73, a keen environmentalist who ran the African Artifacts Farms near Randfontein and sold African art, was found tortured to death. His mutilated body was found at 17:00 inside a crack on an outcrop on his farm after he was reported missing at the police station by his neighbours. All his vehicles were on his property and nothing had been stolen. His body was identified by his son, now a teacher working in Australia, who said that, The brutality of this deed was inhumane...I dont have any language strong enough to describe how brutal these injuries were. Slash wounds and bruising to his upper body, across his face and head were clearly visible. Frank had been trussed up tightly, and rags were tied over his head. His wife Sandra, aged 56, was also murdered in December 2008 on the same farm by two Mozambiquan brothers who strangled her to death. One of them was sentenced in January this year to life in prison, but the other one has escaped custody. Farm Blaauwbank, Randfontein, 6 June 2011 http://bit.ly/lDmdU3 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Seun-ken-lyk-van-boer-ingat-uit-20110608 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Niemand-verdien-om-sodood-te-gaan-nie-20110606 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Lewenslank-virman-wat-vrou-op-plaas-vermoor-20110117 GELDENHUYS Charl, chef aged 35, was found torched to death next to his burnt out car in the veldt. The cars bonnet was open and the remains of the radio and CD player lay on the front seat. A blood-coated car wrench was found in the back of the car along with car radio and cd player. The Beeld newspapers has learned that residents of the township saw the fire in the veld on Friday night at about 23:00. They didnt pay it much attention though, since they assumed it was a fire made at an initiation school in the area. The burnt-out wreck of the car was in the middle of the veld about 1.5km from the settlement which is located about 10km outside Trichardt, next to the Kinross road. The vehicle was burnt to such an extent that police were forced to use the serial number to find out who it belongs to. This led the police to the victims parents, Nick and Hannetjie Geldenhuys, in Se cunda. Geldenhuys jnr was a bachelor and lived with his parents. His parents identified his body by a sandal he was wearing. The last time Charl was seen alive was Fridayevening when he had to take a food-order to a Secunda customer. Holfontein squatter camp area, Secunda. 4 Feb 2011 Geldenhuys Charl 30 chef torched in car rural Holfontein squatter camp Kinross http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Verkoolde-lyk-gekry-20110206 GREYLING Albie - paramedic-student aged 24, who was living with his parents, arrived at their home at around 19:30 along with his friend Martin Vermeulen, just as an armed gang were fleeing the scene. Susan aged 60 - Albies mother, had been pistol whipped about half an hour earlier, and had just been robbed of her celphone and about $70 in cash when Albie amd Martin walked into the yard. The gang immediately started
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shooting at the unarmed men and while Martin managed to flee, Albie was trapped behind the swimming pool. He yelled at them that they could take everything but just leave him alone. Albie was shot dead execution style above his right eye, on his mothers lawn, by a black killer who shouted we are going to kill all you white people in front of her eyes. Eldoraigne, Pretoria 7 Jan 2011 http://dieousuid-afrika.blogspot.com/2011/01/ons-gaan-al-julle-wit-mense-doodmaak.html http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/938 GROBLER Hendrik - boilermaker aged 35, was left disabled after a brutal beating by three policemen inside the workshop of a garage in Gezina. which was captured on camera. When the police entered the premises and ordered the people inside to lay down on the ground, Hendrik told them twice that he had undergone surgery on his spine recently, and could not lie down. Thereafter he was assaulted and forced to lie down. Gezina, Pretoria. 3 June 2011 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1344 GROBLER Ignatius Michael - Sasolburg Club 40 owner, was murdered by an armed gang, of which some members were police officers. The involvement of policemen in the targeted attacks on whites in South Africa, was addressed in an article titled Reign of terror targets whites from police-stations on the Farmitracker website (reference number 1344) which referred to a newspaper report in the Beeld dated the 6 th of March 2011, titled Polisielede help skurk inbreek (translated as Policemen assist crook with break-in). Farmitracker reported that upon sentencing 23 year old Moses Sechaba for the murder of Sasolburg Club 40 manager Ignatius Michael Grobler, Judge C J Musi noted that the Sasolburg cops who form an integral part of a mysterious killer-robbery gang, are still working as police-menand stated that, "Of those police-officers who were part of this attack-gang, have never been arrested nor charged. Sechaba worked in a gang, and a group of police-officers formed part of that gang, yet he's the only one before this court. Sechaba was transported in police vehicles, stolen articles were loaded in police vehicles and official police vehicles were used as getaway-cars,' said the judge. "Of those police officers are still in custody, while others actually are still working as police-officers. One of his comrades-in-crime who visited Sechaba in prison, knew exactly what the gangster had said in his confession to the police, the judge pointed out: "This means that this police officer must have had access to the investigation-dossier. That bothers me, that bothers me a lot, said Musi. Also, while Sechaba was in detention, some of those police officers also visited him in the police cells to try and intimidate him."I understand why you fear for your life. I understand why you will not name the names of specific police officers as fellowcriminals in an open law court,' the judge said. Farmitracker also noted, according to their source, Sechaba had also broken in at a large number of white-owned smallholdings in Sasolburg, Vaalpark and Denysville between November 2009 and October 2010; and added that, T he reign of terror by
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uniformed cops who target whites also reaches into neighbouring Gauteng province: just last week, 35-year-old Hendrik Grobler of Gezina was left disabled after a brutal beating by 3 black cops which was captured on camera. Denysville. 3 June 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Polisielede-help-skurk-inbreek-20110603 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1344 GROBLER Koos Koos Kettie, retired boilermaker aged 64, was attacked inside his home on a Sunday night and his head was crushed by a gang of at least 3 men who broke a bathroom window to gain entry. His bloodied corpse was found next to his bed by friends the following morning. A small amount of cash and his pick-up van was stolen. The van was found 2km from his home where it had been crashed. Henley farm, Letsitele, Tzaneen. Sun 7 July 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Kop-vergruis-in-aanval-20110706 GROBLER Lodie - 27 year old shop manager, was stabbed several times in the stomach by a black employee who worked in the butchery department and walked into his office with a knife after being dissatisfied with a disciplinary hearing earlier that day. Lodie walked out the office, collapsed, and died on scene in front of his mother-in-law and other shoppers. Ladybrand, 14 Jan 2011 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Pa-in-winkel-doodgesteek-20110115 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/950 GROBLER Martie aged 59, was attacked, stabbed and murdered inside her rented home during the weekend. Her landlord found her bloodied corpse in the bedroom at around 08:00 on Monday when she did not arrive to pick up fellow workers in her lift club. Laer Hoogekraal farm, Glentana, George. 13 June 2011 http://afrikaans.news24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vrou-op-plaas-buite-Georgedoodgesteek-20110613 GROENEWALD Gerhard aged 47, was moving home during the afternoon when he was stabbed repeatedly in the back. His girlfriend went to look for him after she could not raise him on the phone. She found his bloodied corpse and notified the police. During their investigation of the crime-scene they discovered that Gerhards pick-up truck was missing. It was observed at around 18:00 in Sohsanguve township northwest of Pretoria being driven by a man who chased away when noticing the police. They chased him and arrested him. They discovered that the 25 year old suspect had entered Gerhards apartment, stabbed Gerhard, and looted his television with which he fled in Gerhards vehicle. Stephanie complex, Magalieskruin smallholdings, Pretoria. 4 Feb 2011. Groenewald Gerhard dad of 4, stabbed to death, Magalieskruin AH Feb4 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Pa-van-4-in-Pretoria-beroof-en-vermoor20110206
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GROENEWALD Johan owner of a security company aged 38, was shot 17 times inside the parking area of a liquor store by a gang at around 04:00 while accompanying the store owner to his vehicle. Johan recalled that while they were walking, he heard someone jump over a wall and a suspicious vehicle drive away. He walked closer to where he had heard the noise, not realising that an attacker had his gun pointed at him. As Johan turned around, he looked into the barrel of a gun, and cocked his own firearm. The next moment, attackers who had been hiding under the vehicles on the premises, opened fire on Johan. He was shot in the feet, arms, legs, chest and stomach. Johan managed to shoot back and injure one of the attackers, who was later arrested at the scene, along with another attacker. Both his attackers were released very soon on R2,000 ($250) bail, and went missing. The injured attacker was re-arrested several weeks later for murdering a policeman at the Bethanie police-station in North West. This man then managed to escape again and now is at large. A full month after th e shooting, the police had not yet taken Johans statement. Johans body was covered in bullet-wound injuries back and front; his upper-thigh was broken and his right-ring topdigit was amputated after it had been shattered by a bullet. Silverton, Pretoria. 1 Feb 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Pa-vertel-hoe-aanvallers-17-keer-op-hom-skiet20110227 HATTINGH Christo - cricket player aged 26, was run down by a car deliberately while riding his bike. The vehicle dragged his body for some distance before stopping, and backed up, driving over the body, before speeding off. The police later found the vehicle abandoned and the owner claimed that it had been stolen the previous day - but that he had never reported the theft to the police. The man was questioned but not arrested. Christo, who had been wearing bright reflective clothing, died on the scene. Nothing was looted. The police said they were investigating a charge of culpible homicide. Main road between Trichardt and Secunda. Sat 20 Mar 2011. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Man-doodgery-na-krieket-20110320 HAW Juliet aged 43, was murdered inside her home during the day. Her father came across her corpse which had been tied up, and had multiple stab wounds, at about 15:35. He had been phoned by her childrens school to enquire why her two children, aged 10 and 12, had not been collected from school. He had last spoken to her on the phone at around 12:00 when she wanted to borrow a lawnmower from him. After searching the house, which had been upturned, he found her in the pantry next to the kitchen. Only her celphone was looted. Volklip, Hermanus. Wed 26 Oct 2011 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Moms-murder-shocks-Hermanus-20111027 HECTOR Theresa aged 21, went missing near her home in Humansdorp. Her partially decomposed body was found naked in bushes near her home a few weeks later. Humansdorp, Cape. 26 Feb 2011 http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/missing-woman-found-dead-1.1036953
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HERBST Annalize aged 39 was strangled to death inside her home during the night. Her husband came upon her corpse in the morning after returning from working night shift. Her phone, purse and CD player was stolen. Setara Mine, between Thabazimbi and Northam, Limpopo. Sun 3 Oct 2011 http://maroelamedia.co.za/blog/nuus/vrou-vermoor-in-myndorpie-naby-thabazimbi/ HERLEY Henry, male aged 21, was murdered inside his home in the early morning hours. His familys housekeeper found his corpse in the kitchen. Neighbours had heard shots fired at the Herly home but then saw Henrys vehicle drive away and presumed the young man had gone out on the town. Trichardt, Secunda. Fri 13 May 2011. http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1266 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Huiswerker-kom-op-man-se-lyk-af-20110515 HERMANN Frik, well known Afrikaans author, philosopher and farmer, was murdered inside his home. Frik had been tortured, his hands tied up behind his back, and left to die in his house. Laaste Watergat farm, ALMA Warmbaths. 4 Feb 2011 Hermann, Frik, author-farmer, murdered on farm Laaste Watergat, ALMA HOUGH Mike AND his wife were attacked inside their home at around 20:30 by an armed gang of at least 4 men. Two attacked the home, and two remained outside with a vehicle. Mike was shot in the lower-body from outside through the window while asleep in his bed. His wife was attacked when a firearm was pushed against her head and the trigger pulled over but the gun failed to fire. The attacker then tried to stab her with a knife but she fought against him and he cut her hand instead. When the Hough familys son rushed up to help, the attackers fled but while fleeing they shot the youth. If the youth hadnt shown up the entire family would have been murdered. The gangsters fled with a firearm, money and stolen jewelery from the safe. The SAPS showed up many hours after they were called, strolled through the homestead, chattered away with each other and left again. Mr Mike Hough, who is the caretaker at the farm, was in the news shortly before the attack after the illegal SAPS raid at the farms historical Boer Genocide Moseum last year - which is located at the Boer-concentration camp graves. He was supposed to testify as a witness on behalf of ex-32Battallion commander Willem Ratte in a criminal case which was lodged by the ANC-regime against him. Ratte had been held in a police-jail for a month after his arrest - and went on a long hunger-strike to force his release. The ANC claimed in a highly publicised press-conference at the time of the arrest of Ratte (and a group of empoverished Afrikaner youths he was teaching the carpentry trade to), that Ratte allegedly was involved in terrorism plans and treason. Balmoral farm, Bronhorstspruit. 18 Feb 2011 http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2011/02/farm-attack-balmoral-injureshough_18.html http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000976528835 http://www.boerevryheid.co.za/forums/showthread.php?26678-Mike-Hough-opsigter-byBalmoral-aangeval
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IMMELMAN Gary, business man aged 55, was shot while sitting inside his car in the driveway of his home by a 9 man gang dressed as policemen. They arrived in 5 cars at his home, of which one was an Audi and had a blue light on its roof and they parked it outside the gate. They overpowered the gardener and forced him to ring the doorbell. Mrs Immelman had seen them arrive on the property and pushed the alarm. The gang broke down all the doors to gain entry into the house, including the door to the bathroom where she and her domestic worker were hiding. The women as well as the gardener were forced to lay down on the ground inside the main bedroom. The gang had planned to blow the built-in safe open with explosives. When the security forces arrived, they saw the blue light on the Audi parked outside and thought that the police had arrived and that everything was under control. They were overpowered and robbed. Gary, who was armed, arrived at the property along with other security forces. He spoke to the policemen inside the Audi, who followed him as he drove up to the house. They got out the Audi, instructed the other security forces to remain still, and opened fire on Gary. As bullets penetrated the bodywork of his car Gary jumped out and ran towards the gate. More shots were fired at him. He was struck 5 times, in the chest, stomach, right arm and left leg. He collapsed and remained on the ground while the attackers fled the scene, and a shoot-out with the police followed. Gary was rushed to the hospital for treatment. This was the 2nd attack on the Immelman home within one month. Drie Riviere, Vereeniging. 25 July 2011. http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1575 JACKLIN Georgie retired school teacher aged 65, was kidnapped from her guesthouse in Linden and murdered. There was a patch of her blood in her driveway, and at her front door. Her mutilated corpse was dumped in a field near Viljoensdrif at the Vaal River, outside Sasolburg, where it was found by two residents. Georgies head had been caved in with a concrete-block; plastic cabling tied up her mouth; her teeth were bashed out; her nose was broken and her bed-clothes she was found in, were soaked in blood. The police discovered that the concrete-block she was murdered with, had been neatly washed off and placed back at the entrance of her guest house. Her ex-husband identified her by the ring she wore. Besides taking her car, portable tems including her handbag, celphone and laptop computer were stolen from the house. Linden, 8 Feb 2011 Jacklin, Mrs Georgie, 65, brutally murdered, Linden Johannesburg http://www.newstime.co.za/SouthAfrica/Georgie_Jacklins_Body_Has_Been_Found/203 43/ http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/northcliff-melville/northcliff-melvillenews-general?oid=3095941&sn=Detail&pid=217660&American-tourist-questionedabout-Georgie-Jacklin-s-murder JACKSON Phillip aged 53 was shot dead, AND Dillon Ensley aged 21, suffered a gunshot wound in his stomach from which he died in hospital the following morning. During a family barbeque in their backyard, Dillon was frying meat on the open fire for
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the family. His girlfriend, Stacey aged 20, was standing with him, while her parents Phillip and Janet, were inside the house. A gang of 3 armed men jumped over the fence into the garden and forced Dillon and Stacey into the house, where they found Phillip and Janet. All four the victims were forced to lie down on the kitchen floor. At this stage, their attackers could have looted anything from the house they wanted. However, when the gang started to tie the family up, the unarmed Phillip jumped up to confront the gang. Dillon tried to help Phillip. Both men were shot. The women were tied up and robbed of their celphones and cash before the gang fled the scene. Edenvale. Fri 25 Feb 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vrou-se-pa-kerel-sterf-toe-rowers-toeslaan20110225 http://tinyurl.com/4cjfp5k http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2011/02/philip-jackson-and-dillon-ensleyshot.html http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1070 JACOBS Florenda bank teller aged 32, went to to draw cash from the atm at the local garage for her grandmother at around 23:00 but never got there. The SAPS found her car, which had been totally burnt out, several kilometers away at the Orange Farm squatter camp at around 01:00 and traced her address from the engine number. They discovered her body in a ditch during a helicopter search. She had sat on her haunches and was shot in the face. It is suspected she was forced into the ditch and shot. From photographs taken by Beeld journalist Jacques Steenkamp, it is also noticed that the SAPS did not barricade the crime-scene and that residents were allowed to trample all over it. Her boyfriend of the past 3 years, George Willis aged 37, was even allowed to cover up the site where her body was found with dirt, and curious residents from RustTer-Vaal suburb also showed up, trampling any tracks which the murderers could have left. No money had been drawn from her bank account, and nothing was looted from her during the attack. Rust-Ter-Vaal, Olifantsfontein, Vereeniging. 27 Apr 2011. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vrou-tot-in-sloot-gedwing-geskiet-20110427 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1199 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Cops-search-for-Vereeniging-woman20110427 JANSEN Gary was among patrons of the Come Together Lounge when two men walked in and opened fire at around 20:45. Barman at the popular lounge, Michael Gopie, says one of the men first came in to order a drink and minutes later returned and allegedly opened fire. He came inside, asked for the price of a cider then he went out and came back in to order. After he drank the cider, he came back in and thats when they started shooting. Its said more than 20 rounds were fired when Piet Morkel, who was standing at the door, Gary Jansen and a third man were killed. Theo Gopie the pub owner, was shot through the mouth, and protected himself from the shooters by pulling one of the corpses close to him to cover his body. Garys cousin Garnett Spies, who lives two doors away, says he could hear the shots from his house. I had just left the
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place when I heard more than 20 shots being fired from here. Belhar, Cape. 23 Aug 2011. This article was published on p7 of the Daily Voice http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/bloodbath-in-bar-leaves-3-dead-1.1123274 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Joof and his wife were visiting their daughter and her family at their home. While watching their grandsons kick a rugby ball around, the ball accidentially bounced into the neighbours yard. An argument ensued after the neighbour, a black police constable, refused to return the ball. He pulled out his gun and shot Joof in the stomach in front of his son and grandsons. Joof succumbed to his injuries a few days later in hospital. A charge of murder will be investigated against constable Ledwaba, said SAPF spokesman capt Leonard Hlathi. Meanwhile the constable still remains on his post as police constable at the Evander police station, Hlathi confirmed when questioned by Ridge Times journalist Jana Oosthuizen. Hlathi said he could not confirm persistent rumours in the community that the service pistol with which Mr Janse van Rensburg was shot, still remained at the Evander station until he had investigated the claim. Hlathi said forensic tests would be done to determine whether a shot was fired. The Ridge Times also noted that constable Ledwaba wrote in the incident book at the police station on the 13th of March 2011, that he had shot dead Mr Jansen van Rensburg. Hlathi said after their investigation, their findings will be forwarded to the provincial police commissioner in Mpumalanga. He will decide what will happen to constable Ledwaba, said Hlathi. Evander central. 13 March 2011 The Ridge Times News in its April 22 2011 edition issue 16 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Kobus, mine captain, was stoned to death by a huge black mob of rioters after 500 workers had been fired from the Australian owned Smokey Hills Platinum mine near Lydenburg, even though the decision had nothing to do with him. Kobus was riding in a mine-owned bus with other workers en-route to Mecklenburg when their access was barred by the rioters. The driver tried to turn back but got stuck in a ditch - and the venomous group of black males then descended on the bus. They dragged everyone from the bus, beat up and caned the black workers but then let them escape. However Kobus, the only white man in the group, tried to make peace and to calm people down.They stoned him to death and dragged his corpse through the streets in triumph. Widow Bonita Janse van Rensburg is in terrible shock and his family also is very angry. "We are in the dark as to how he came to be there, and the barbaric way in which he was slaughtered will haunt us. We are a close family and to lose one of our brothers in this way is traumatic, said his brother Saaiks. SAPF lt-col Ronel Otto said no-one was arrested for the lynching.Lydenburg. 26 May 2011. http://www.rapport.co.za/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Werkers-gooi-mynkaptein-met-klippe-dood20110528 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1320
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JANSE VAN RENSBURG Lindie, female chef aged 28, was house sitting at the Kameelfontein estate when the dogs started barking at around 01:00. She phoned the owner of the house, who was on visit to Calvina for a few days for advice. The gardener phoned Lindie and told her that he noticed someone in the yard. A loud clack sound followed and the owner phoned her back, advising Lindie to switch all the lights on and make sure that the security gate was locked. Lindie replied that she was too scared and started crying. She threw the phone under the bed when she saw intruders, and the owner heard Lindie scream and the dog bark. First one man entered her room and pointed his gun at her, followed by another two men who also pointed their guns at her. One of the men lifted Lindie by the hair from the bed and threw her onto the floor. She was forced to the bar inside the house and made to lie on the floor. One stepped on her head and kicked her in the ribs. She was also hit in the face, and Neelsie, the Rotweiler dog, was hit with a gun on the head. Then Lindie was taken outside, thrown down the stairs and hit in the face with the fist. They took her to the gardeners room where they left her. One fired a shot, saying: See, I can kill you. The men took her bag, phone, ring, and the family television. She says she has never been as scared as she was that night, and continually begged for her life and also that they do not kill the dog. Kameeldrift, Pretoria. Sun 6 Aug 2011. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Drie-oorval-vrou-in-huis-van-Joost-se-eks20110805 JOHNSON Mike aged 78, was apprehended at gunpoint on a public road in Vorna Valley by two Police Officers and jailed. He wrote down his experience as follows: Two weeks ago, on the morning of Thursday 7 April 2011, I was apprehended at gunpoint on a public road in Vorna Valley by two Police Officers. When I asked the reason for my apprehension, I was told it was a 'routine Police search for illegal drugs.' I, together with my four co-workers, were frisked and the vehicle searched. Although nothing illegal was found, my vehicle keys and digital camera were confiscated. I was informed that I was under arrest, ordered into the Police van and transported to the Midrand Police Station; followed by co-workers in my vehicle, driven by the other police officer. After conferring with the Station Commander, Colonel Steven Moodley and receiving his consent. I was taken to the holding cells and charged with: Police Interference While on Duty and Resisting Arrest. I was advised of my constitutional rights in terms of: Section 35 of Act No. 108 of 1996. I was ordered to empty my pockets and remove my belt and shoe laces, (allegedly to prevent me from committing suicide). I was then approached by a detective wanting to take a statement and take my fingerprints. I advised him that I wished to exercise my right to remain silent and to be informed at my first court appearance of the reason for my arrest, whereupon he immediately left the room. Fortunately, during the time I was being processed, I managed to make a quick cell phone call to my wife before it was confiscated. I advised her of my predicament and requested her to visit Colonel Moodley at the police station ASAP. My wife Margaret, arrived at the police station, accompanied by our 8 year old granddaughter, and enquired as to the reason for my detention. She was told that I was being 'uncooperative in that I refused to have my fingerprints taken or to signing the
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charge sheet'. She then came up to the holding cells to confer with me. Both Margaret and the granddaughter, were deeply distressed and traumatized to see me behind bars. They pleaded with me to sign the documents so that I could return home. However, we were then told we would also have to pay R500 bail. Neither of us had this amount available and Margaret returned home to borrow the amount from our eldest son. By the time she returned, it was late evening and the night shift had taken over at the police station. My finger prints were taken and I was presented with a lengthy statement to sign, which I did not read, and as I was signing it under duress, I added the word without prejudice below each signature. I was released shortly thereafter, having spent approximately eleven hours in detention. Friday 8 April I presented myself to the Midrand Magistrates Court as instructed. I reported to the Public Prosecutors office with the Charge Sheet in hand to confirm my presence and to establish in which court my case would be held. The Public Prosecutor to whom I handed the document was highly amused when he saw the charges brought against me, and wanted to know what I did, at the age of 77 (correction 78 years of age) did in order to resist arrest: I said: particularly when I was outnumbered two to one, and one of the officers was carrying a very serious looking automatic combat weapon and I was totally unarmed! I was told that the dockets from the police station hadnt arrived and that I should take a seat in the reception area. Within 20 minutes the public prosecutor came to me in the reception area and told me that the charges against me had been withdrawn and that I was free to go. I asked him please to confirm this in writing on the charge sheet, to avoid any future repercussions which might occur; this he did. I revisited the public prosecutor on the following Monday morning in an attempt to have the case reinstated. Although this sounded like an odd request, I felt I had been deprived of the opportunity of challenging the charges brought against me. After spending a whole day in jail, I felt I had earned the right to a free and fair trial and also the opportunity to expose corruption in the police force. However this request was denied, the decision was made and could not be reversed. CITIZENS ARE BULLIED TO FORCE CONFESSIONS AND TO EXTRACT BAIL. It seems to me that police use bully tactics to extract a confession from a suspect, and the 48 hour detention period to extract bail. If, however, the suspect shows his willingness to contest the action in court and theres any possibility of exposing corruption, the police will simply withdraw all charges. Leaving the accused and his family extremely traumatized and usually out of pocket. Foot Note: 'Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance'. Many thanks and kind regards, Mike Johnson. Unlawful arrest: Case No. CAS 225 / 04 / 2011 http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2011_05_04_archive.html http://www.eblockwatch.co.za JOHNSTON Jules died shortly after an attack on his life, which was reported by his sister on facebook, the 10th of November 2011, as follows: My name is Lize, sister to Jules. I have to inform you that my brilliant brother, who at 16 years of age, lived through a deadly attack where our parents were cruelly murdered
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and Jules escaped with serious crippling injuries and still managed to obtain a Bsc degree (Cum laude), last night, while out in his wheelchair in our residential suburb, was attacked by 4 black men who arrived in a motor car. He is in intensive care unlikely to survive the night. I am therefore closing down his facebook page. JONES Megan aged 19, was stabbed and shot to death in the road. A passer-by found her body where it had been dumped in the street on the outskirts of the fence enclosing Blikkiesdorp in the early hours of Monday morning. Her bloodied corpse also had a gunshot wound to the face and both her hips were broken. The police arrested two men, aged 24 and 44, at a house the following Wednesday morning and seized a 9mm pistol suspected to have been used in the murder, said Warrant Officer November Filander. Blikkiesdorp, Cape Town. Mon 4 Aug 2011. http://westcapenews.com/?p=3206 JOOSTE Katrien aged 62 AND her husband Chris aged 63 from Grootvlei, Pretoria north, were ambushed and shot while they were delivering meat at the fifth stop along their regular route. Both had stepped out from their vehicle and were working when fire was opened on them - Katrien was writing out an invoice, and Chris had started to deliver the meat when he was shot in the stomach and she was shot in the left side of her chest. Katrien climbed back into their pick-up truck and phoned her daughter for help. The couple died on route to hospital. They were robbed of R475 ($50). Three weeks previously they had also been attacked along this route while making deliveries. Katrien was assaulted and Chris was locked up in a room during which they were robbed of their celphones and cash. Soshanguve, Northwest Pretoria. Thurs 20 Nov 2011 Kom ons is geskiet KOEKEMOER Leon Johan aged 39 AND his wife Annelie aged 37 AND their 3 young children AND a 56 year old boarder were attacked inside their home at around 05:00 by an armed gang of at least 4 men shouting Die white man! Viva, Malema! on their farm in Bynespoort. The attackers gained entrance by breaking a lounge window. As one of the attackers entered the main bedroom, Annelie jumped up, shut the door and tried to keep it shut while the attacker kicked it down. He then wrestled with her, until Leon managed to use the axe he keeps inside his bedroom and strike at the attacker, who then fled out the broken lounge window. An accomplice managed to break into the bedroom of the boarder. The boarder fired two shots at him, and he collapsed in the passage and died. The attackers then fled the scene. Mamelodi, Pretoria East. 10 Apr 2010 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/4-val-gesin-aan-en-gil-Sterf-Viva-Malema20100411?mid=546 KRYNAUW Japie, community-protection volunteer male aged 38 AND his fellow volunteer, neighbour Willie Mans, were posted along the N4-highway, on guard-duty: looking for an armed gang which had been spotted at 03:00 by the residents of two
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nearby farms. Willie was standing next to their pick-up truck and Japie was sitting behind the steeling wheel when he saw two suspicious men in his side-mirror. Before he could react, one of these men fired a shot which barely missed him and hit the passenger seat. Japie recalled that, when the gun went off, he realised that his attackers would not be open to negotiations. He turned on the bakkie ignition but was dragged out of his truck, while his cellphone and flashlight were ripped from his hands. The two men then jumped in to drive off. Japie jumped onto the tow-bar and hung on to his truck for many kilometres while they drove his truck in the direction of Pretoria on the dark N4 highway from Boschkop. However when they reached Donkerhoek there were street lights and the gangsters spotted his hands grabbing the back of the bakkie while he sat on the tow-bar. They stopped and fired a shot at Japie, who had jumped off and hid in the high grass along the berm. The attackers fled further on foot. Japie went in search of a phone to call for help a few minutes later. About 100 Conserveneighbourhood watch members had scrambled to assist. The attackers were apprehended by the Rhenosterfontein residents along the Bronhorstspruit road shortly after. They also captured another suspected man who had burglary-tools with him. Rhenosterfontein, Pretoria. 24 Feb 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Man-hang-aan-sy-gekaapte-bakkie-20110223 LABUSCHAGNE Casper aged 66, had gone to a rural town to buy bread and milk. A gang armed with pick-axe handles and rusty pipes broke into his home through a tiny livingroom window and ambushed him on the porch upon his return home at around 19:00. They choked his dog named Seuntjie to death, beat up the old farmer, tied him up, took his keys, opened the registered gun-safe and took about R10,000 ($1250) in cash and his shotgun. He was then dragged into the kitchen where he endured more assaults, and was strangled until he passed out. They left him for dead, took his cellphone and fled in his car. Another dog - fox-terrier named Bakkies, guarded Casper and barked so much that he woke up. He cut himself loose with his hunting knife and drove to neighbours who alerted police. His sister said that Casper cannot recall the number of attackers, nor would he recognise their faces. He can remem ber that they repeatedly kicked him and stepped on him, she added, explaining that, He has always been very good for his workers. He is defenceless. We dont know who was responsible for the attack. Usually Casper did not have that much cash on him, but he had just sold some cattle to a local abattoir the Saturday before. Mara, White River. Wed 22 July 2011. http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/lowveld/lowveld-newsgeneral?oid=4540868&sn=Detail&pid=490171&Bejaarde-wreed-aangerand-enlabrador-verwurg LAYNES family attacked by Police. Willemina, a sixty-nine year old disabled pensioner on crutches had her hip broken when an on duty police officer pushed her roughly while she was alighting from her vehicle. Her disabled husband Willem aged 72, and her son Adriaan Strydom were brutally assaulted, pepper sprayed, handcuffed and jailed while trying to defend Willemina. Pretoria 31 Dec 2010
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http://nolstuijt.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/disabled-boer-couple-assaulted-by-saps-diemoot/ LIEBENBERG Fan aged 80, was murdered inside her home during the night. It appears that she was attacked in front of the television in the lounge or dining room, her hands and feet tied with pieces of cloth, then dragged to the master bedroom where she was visciously assaulted. Vomit was found on her bedding, and her bloodied corpse was found in a pool of blood on the diningroom floor. Her scull was crushed and her head mutilated with pruining shears so badly that her son hardly recognised her. Her corpse was discovered at noon during a routine visit from her daughter. A celphone, jewellery and .22 handgun was stolen. Monument, Krugersdorp. Sun 2 Aug 2011 Mrs Fan Liebenberg 80: skull crushed http://forums.skadi.net/showthread.php?p=1111538 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vrou-se-kop-verbrysel-20110802 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1619 LIEBENBERG Jacques - farm foreman aged 24, was attacked inside his home at around 22:00 by a heavily armed gang of four men wearing balaclavas. They tried to hack him to death with a hatchet, but he managed to escape and required 7 stitches to the head. Several days later the Groenewald couple were attacked on the farm Klipfontein in the Ouplaas region. It is suspected that the same group of men were responsible as their descriptions matched.The couple were held hostage for a while before they were able to flee and alerted the agricultural community and the police. After a massive search the men were arrested. Hanskraal, Overberg. 11 June 2011 http://www.landbou.com/node/56116 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1413 http://www.landbou.com/nuus/nuus-artikel/landelike-veiligheid-kry-aandag-mthethwa http://www.mosselbayadvertiser.com/news.aspx?id=10043 LOUBSER Pieter AND his wife Brenda - dairy farmers, were attacked with axes during the morning on their Simmentaler cattle farm by a gang of at least 3 men who broke into their homestead. Pieters head injuries were very serious and he was in the intensive care unit at the time of the report. Brenda was reported to have been very brutally sexually assaulted as well. Malmesbury, Western Cape. Fri 19 Nov 2011 From mjswart@worldonline.co.za Plaasaanval Malmesbury, Suid Afrika Persverklaring http://www.afrikaans.simmentaler.co.za/index.php/welcome/ LOVEGROVE Neil aged 52, heard his housekeeper screaming at the top of her lungs at his back door at around 11:00, and rushed to her aid, where he was ambused by a man in blue overalls, who bashed him over the head with a large boulder. The blow swept him off his feet, and the attacker kicked and beat Neil repeatedly before he ran
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away with Neils cellphone. There was blood everywhere, Neil recalled. His head was cut to the bone above one eye-bank and required stitching. The attackers got into his property by cutting a wire-fence. Two years earlier, Neil also was attacked by heavilyarmed men who were caught against whom he'd already testified in court. "This is beginning to scare me. I feel as if I live my life just being a victim of violence, Neil said. Kameeldrift-West, Pretoria. May 9 2011 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1241?l=es_UY LYNN Ruey Lien aged 60 was murdered inside her home. She had suffered various stab wounds on her body. Her brother came across her corpse at around 19:00 after he became concerned as she was not answering his calls. Her celphone, camera and laptop had been stolen. Framesby, Port Elizabeth. Mon 20 Sep 2011 http://maroelamedia.co.za/blog/nuus/vrou-60-in-port-elizabeth-vermoor/ MACKEY Ian was cycling near the Rhodes memorial on Table Mountain when he was attacked by two armed black men during the day. They knocked him off his bicycle and onto a bush. Ian fell on his back and then they stabbed him. Ian recalls that, I went into survival mode, shouting help, help! They became nervous and made a run for it. One attacker grabbed his bike and they headed towards the forest behind Groote Schuur hospital. Blood was squirting out of my leg, Ian recalled. He limped towards the Rhodes memorial parking lot about 10 minutes away meanwhile putting his heart-rate monitor strap around the stabbing wound on his leg because he was losing so much blood, which probably saved his life. Cape Town. Sunday, 30 Jan 2011. Mackey, Ian, cyclist survives stabbing at Rhodes memorial, Table Mountain MALAN Jan - retired policeman aged 64, AND his wife Susan aged 60 - clerk at the Childrens Court, were ambushed and slaughtered (the word used by one of their attackers after he was apprehended), inside their home as they entered after shopping for groceries during the day. The attack occurred a week after their dogs had been poisoned. Jan discussed his suspicions with his family, and two friends from the Vanderbijlpark Police Station accompanied Jan to his smallholding and the men verified that they had found countless bones covered in (two-step) poison. Someone then warned their housekeeper at her church that the Malan couple would be next, but when Jan tried to lodge a formal charge at the Groendenne-satellite police station, he was turned away due to jurisdiction problems.The Malan couple then hired a security guard to look after the homestead during the nights until Thursday, when laser-alarms were installed around the smallholdings erf. Their daughter later said that, We presumed that someone would try and kill my parents at night, not during the daytime. She further recalled that, My mom and I spoke Friday-night by phone and she said they wanted to go shopping on Saturday. The attackers broke a window to get inside the homestead, and ambushed my parents when they returned from shopping. They were attacked when they were carrying their groceries inside from their blue Toyota Corolla. My fathers wallet was untouched: on the kitchen cupboard together with the
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groceries. My mother s habit always was to first put her handbag in the bedroom: her handbag was found next to her body in the hallway. Jans wallet was still atop the kitchen cupboard with the bagged groceries. The police were unable to say whether anything was stolen but although the house was turned upside down, the couples handguns were inside their registered gun-safe and their car, which still had the keys in its ignition, was not stolen. Jan was axed to death and suffered stab wounds in the left side of his body with a knife, and hatchet-wounds to his face and head. Susan was found with a scarf covering up her face, her throat sliced right through. One of the 3 co-accused murderers of the Malan couple stated in court that he was shaking too much to slaughter her as he had been told to do. So his comrade cut the womans throat instead. Smallholding Mooilande, Vereeniging. Sat 11 June 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Verdagte-bewe-te-veel-om-vrou-te-slag20110630 http://bit.ly/jVJz7Q MAREE Corn, security officer aged 42, stopped along the road when he saw a suspicious vehicle. He was assaulted by two men, and stabbed in the head. Signs of a struggle were visible and a bloody trail from Corns pick-up truck where they had dragged him led to the bushes where his corpse was found. It appeared that Corn was made to kneel in front of his assailants before he was shot in the stomach, chest and face. His celphone caked with blood was found near his body but his service pistol had been looted. A farmworker had heard three gunshots at around 16:00 and alerted a farmer, who went out to investigate and found Corns abandoned truck, the bloody celphone, and then came across Corns corpse where it lay about 15 meters from the road in thick bushes. The keys to his vehicle were found in the bushes about 25 meters from his vehicle. Alkmaar, Nelspruit. 24 march 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Wag-staan-dalk-op-kniee-voor-skurke-wat-homdoodskiet-20110324 MENDEZ Manuel manages the Station butchery, one of the biggest meat distributors in Mayfair, which is owned by his wifes father. Shortly after he opened the shop at 06:00, several gunmen stormed the shop and shot him eight times. A nearby vendor stated that the men followed Manuel into the butchery shortly before shots rang out. He was shot five times in the stomach, once in the upper torso, wrist, thigh and chest. The bullet that went through his chest went into his arm. When his wife got the call that Manuel had been shot, she sped to the scene, removed her husbands clothes and put pressure on the gunshot wounds to help stop the bleeding. When the medics arrived, they said that her actions had saved his life. He was then admitted to hospital for surgery. Eight years ago, Manuel miraculously survived a shooting at the same butchery, during which he was shot once and the bullet had barely missed his heart. In both attacks, nothing was stolen. Johannesbug. Tues 19 Sep 2011. http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/wife-plugs-husband-s-bullet-holes-1.1141917
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MEYER Sonja aged 28 AND her life partner Etienne Kapp aged 34 were enjoying a barbeque in their yard at around 21:00 when they were attacked. Etienne was sitting on the verandah while Sonja took food into the kitchen. An armed gang of at least 3 men stormed from the side of the house and pointed a gun at Etienne. He shouted No! No! but they opened fire without warning and he was shot in the chest. He shouted to Sonja to stay inside the house and fought their attackers during which he was also shot in the arm and leg. According to Etiennes sister, he was seriously wounded and full of blood, but believed that he had protected Sonja. As he turned round, he noticed something from the corner of his eye. It was Sonja, as she lay in the doorway, battling to breathe. She had been shot 3 times in the chest. Etienne took her in his arms and she blew out her last breath. Etienne then phoned his own and Sonjas parents. He also called for help, but no one reacted, Etienne bled profusely. He went and lay on his bed, waiting for someone to arrive, his sister said. The emergency services were called and took Etienne to the Tembisa hospital where is is in a stable condition. Etienne is in a lot of pain and battles to breathe. The Doctors are more concerned about his state of mind. He keeps saying: My wife died in my arms. He said that Sonja was his common -law wife, his sister explained, and added that according to Etienne, the robbers were intent on killing. She also said that, It is believed that there were seven bullets, but no bullet casings were found. Laezzonia holdings, Centurion. Mon 15 Sep 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Sy-pyn-My-vrou-sterf-in-my-arms-20110915 MORSDEN Edgar aged 79, was found unconscious by his children inside his home at around 14:00 after he had been attacked inside his home during which he was tied up and sustained serious head injuries. He died later in hospital. A DVD player and a playstation were stolen. Palm Beach. 9 May 2011 http://www.turnitaround.co.za/crime_report/detail/1750 http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/kzn-south-coast/kzn-south-coast-newscrime?oid=4402146&sn=Detail&pid=4196914&-Pensioner-hospitalised-after-robbery MULLER Helgard aged 66 AND his wife Marietjie AND their domestic helper were attacked inside their homestead during the day. Helgard was out tending cattle when a gang of at least 2 men, armed with a gun and a stick, entered the homestead at around 07:00. Marietjie - who is confined to a wheelchair, and the helper were tied up with shoelaces, gagged and robbed of their personal effects, and then left in different rooms. Their attackers waited for Helgard to return to the house. When he returned about two hours later, he was robbed of R700 ($97) cash and a gun, then their attackers shot him in the chest and fled the scene in his pick-up van. Helgards was still breathing when his son found him, but he died shortly after in hospital. Helgards truck was found deserted on a gravel road near Frankfort, and two men, aged 19 and 32, both from Orangeville, and a 25 year old woman from Frankfort were arrested in connection with the attack on the Muller homestead. The recent murders in the Frankfort area had reportedly revulsed political party leaders from the Freedom Front and the Christian Democratic Party. Other political parties did not comment. The FF and CDP spokesman referred to these inexplicable execution-
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style murders as crimes; demanding that the government stop handling crime with kid-gloves. The Afrikaans newspaper Rapport was the only one to publish these la test farm murders. The Sunday Times and other Sunday publications completely ignored them. Former agricultural minsiter Cobus Dowry, later a director of an agricultural union which allows only black-membership, claimed in his statement to Rapport newspaper that he was disgusted and that it was high time that farmers get better protection. Christian-Democratic Alliance spokesman Rev Theunis Botha noted that since Zumas speech at parliament on 10 February, one farm attack has occurred every day. Periodic condemnation of the ANC does not work especially when they insist on singing (banned) songs such as 'Shoot the Boer, he said. Neighbour Eddie Muller also referred to theShoot the Boer song when he said that, This makes a man bitter. I hope Julius Malema (ANC youth leader) is satisfied now. When they keep on singing that song thats what will happen. Farm Mara, Frankfort 18 Feb 2011 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1065 http://www.rapport.co.za/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Moord-op-boere-Dit-moet-nou-end-kry20110219 MUNTING Marc aged 35, was coming out his bedroom at around 16:00 when a gang of 3 men attacked him with a knife, 4pound hammer, gardening spade and pitchfork. Marc was hit over the head with the spade and pitchfork before he even saw them. From the first blow there was so much blood that he was fighting blindly. Marc pleaded with them to let him live and take anything they wanted, but they just continued beating and stabbing. During the attack his pants had been ripped off him. At one stage he ducked when one of the men lifted the knife and he accidently stabbed one of the other robbers in the neck and shoulder area. Marc realised that he would have to get away if he wanted to live. Badly injured, he dived through the bedroom window and started running. The men ran after him and caught him, continuing the attack. Marc fought for his life, he knew they wanted him dead. Somehow he managed to get to the garage where there were security beams that set off the alarm. The men then fled and the alarm alerted his parents that live next door. His father came over to investigate and found Marc on the ground. He was bleeding so much, he would have died there if he did not get medical attention fast. His father made sure his mother was locked up in their house before he rushed Marc to hospital. While on route to the hospital, the attackers ransacked Marcs home. They stole his computer and electrical items. What they did not take, they smashed to pieces. During the next three days, Marc had to receive four pints of blood. He spent eight hours in surgery to have the serious stab wounds to his head and body attended to. I realise I am very, very lucky to be alive. Those men had no feeling for life. They had murder on their faces. I think it is just the adrenaline that saved me. I had lost so much blood, I dont know where I got the strength to keep fighting, he said. His knees, hands and wrists were slashed, smashed and bashed. He was almost scalped, one of his kidneys punctured, and multiple stab wounds from the knife and pitchfork. They wanted to kill me. They didnt say anything, they just attacked with so much aggression, Marc told Kormorant media from his hospital bed. Silkaatsnek holding, Northern Magaliesberge. Thur 30 June 2011.
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http://www.kormorant.co.za/Crime%20&%20Safety/2011/06june/zilkaatsnek.html NAGY Ferenc aged 71, AND his wife Klein aged 67, were attacked inside their bedroom by an armed gang of at least 6 men at around 04:00. The couple were asleep while the gang, armed with crow bars and iron pipes, had forced open a door to the house as well as the Nagy bedroom door after they had poisoned the farmstead dog, two cats and chickens. The couple were physically assaulted, tied up and robbed. Ferenc was stripped naked and shocked with a shocking machine which left burnt marks all over his body. After the gang fled the scene with celphones, cash and personal effects, Ferenc, still tied up, hopped naked in the dark for about 700 meters to the homes of his farmworkers to find help, his wrists and feet severely swollen from the attack, after which the couple were hospitalization for their injuries. Ferenc recalled their experience from his hospital bed, and said that, It is unbelievably humiliating that your workers see you like that. How long will such things still happen? It cant carry on like this. Every time a farmer goes to sleep, he wonders if something like this will happen to him. Besides celphones, cash, jewellery and two pistols were stolen from the family safe. The following day, another farmer Mr KP Van Der Walt - was also attacked on his farm by a gang of 6 men, about 70km away from the Nagy homestead, during which he was seriously assaulted. Lichtenburg farm, Koster. 14 May 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Aangerand-en-verneder-20110515 http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2011/05/news-may-16-2011.html Bejaarde hop kaal na hulp 2011-05-15 NIENABER Isak Jacobus Sakkie aged 52, was found murdered the boot of his car near a sewerage plant in East End. He was last seen alive at around 23:30, and his time of death was placed between 00:00 and 06:00. A homeless man came across his corpse two days after the murder. Sakkie had stab wounds to the stomach, and was probably strangled. The car doors were open, and the keys had been left in the ignition. Only the car radio appeared missing. A month later the police arrested a gang of 4 suspects aged between 20 and 24 connected to the murder. Sakkies celphone was also found in the possession of one of the suspects. Tues 4 Oct 2011. East End, Bloemfontein. http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bfn-man-vermoor-na-besoek-aan-kroeg20111007 Vier verdagtes aangekeer oor man se lyk in bagasiebak Volksblad NIEUWOUDT Leon - stock-theft police officer aged 38, who specialised in livestock investigations, was shot dead while investigating a stock theft case on a farm near Burgersdorp. Leon and another officer found four stolen sheep. His colleague left him behind at the scene. Leon later called in to say he had arrested two people and needed help. On the arrival of his colleagues at around 14:15, they found him with two gunshot wounds to the body. His firearm was missing, but none of his other personal possessions were taken. 19 July 2011 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Stock-theft-cop-shot-dead-20110719
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http://farmitracker.com/reports/view/1533 NOESMEIER Merle aged 64, AND Jerry her husband aged 70, were attacked inside their home during the night by 3 young men. During an ordeal that lasted more than 2 hours, the couple were beaten with hammers and spades. They tied up Jerrys hands and feet, threw him into a bath, poured hot water onto him and threw bath salts into his eyes and open wounds. Merle was indecently accosted and forced to perform lewd acts. Her head required stitches and her face was very swollen. Her body was covered with bruising. Jerry also required hospitalization and had lost his sight. A mere R140 ($18) was stolen. Censorship: Police demanded that their children not publish the pictures of their injured elderly parents in the media. Sherwood, Port Elizabeth. 28 Jan 2011 http://longwalksincefreedom.blogspot.com/2011/01/noesmeier-merle-64-and-jerry70.html http://ping.fm/bPV4K ' target='_blank'>http://ping.fm/tmHRp NORTJE Johan, top harbour policeman aged 51, was ambushed as he drove into his driveway by an armed gang of at least 4 men. It appears that Johan saw the men and was reversing back out of his driveway when they opened fire on him. Two bullets hit his chest and he died on the scene. Nothing was looted. It was later discovered that the gang had been contracted to do the hit for R30 000. Montclair, Durban 17 Jan 2011 http://wwww.newstime.co.za/SouthAfrica/Top_Cop_Johan_Nortje%E2%80%99s_Killers_ Paid_R30000_For_His_Murder/20244/ ODENDAAL Jeanette aged 45, was taking instructions from a car guard on parking her car at the Kempton Park police station when she hit a stationary police vehicle at around 19:30. She remained sitting in her car while the guard ran into the charge office and told the police that she had hit one of their vehicles. The guard reported the events which transpired as follows: "A sergeant came around from the charge office and walked out of the station. He didn't say anything, but walked to her passenger window. He shot her upper arm and it looked like the bullet went through her breast and out of her chest." The police officer then walked back into the police station, but returned a few seconds later. The guard said he pleaded with the sergeant to call emergency services. But, said the guard, the sergeant told him: "She's dying already, there's no point in calling the ambulance." He said other police officers flooded the scene after the shooting and demanded to know from the sergeant why he had shot her. The sergeant then allegedly burst into tears. Jeanette died on the scene. Beeld newspaper reported that Jeanette, who lived in Aston Manor a few kilometres from the police station, had wanted to report a case of disturbance of peace. The Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) later said that the sergeant had mistook the noise of the crash for gun shots. Tues 27 Apr 2011 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Kempton-Park-cop-refused-to-callambulance-20110428 Cop Shoots Woman
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OELOFSE Johannes aged 55, was attacked inside his home at around 19:00 by a gang of at least 3 armed men. Johannes was shot to death at a short distance before they stole his television and fled the scene by foot. This was the 22 nd armed attack on residents in the Vaalpark area in 7 months. Vaalpark smallholdings, Sasolburg. 24 May 2011 http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.southafrica.afrikaans/browse_thread/thread/0f4b97b825d4f242 OHARA Oscar aged 33, was bound and strangled to death inside his home. Johannesburg. June 2011. Fifth gay murder comes to light October 6 2011 OLIVER Frederick, male aged 19, was arrested by the police for public drunkenness and dumped in the police holding cells for the obligatory four hours drying out period. Frederick was discovered hanging in his cell. It is not clear if he was alone in his cell during that period. His father, Mr Olivier, stated: My son had a bright future ahead of him. He was hopeful of getting a job on the mine, where he recently applied, and was supposed to get engaged in September. Why would he do something like this? Mr. Olivier has his suspicions about his sons death in custody. I have photographs of my son in his casket. He looks as if hes been beaten up. He had no mark on his face when he was arrested. Westonaria. 28 Apr 2011 http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/randfontein-westonaria/randfonteinwestonaria-news-crime?oid=4374194&sn=Detail&pid=489914&Boy-dies-in-policecustody OLIVIER Gerda aged 59, AND her husband Mel aged 64, AND two builders who were living inside the Olivier residence while doing building work on the property - Danie AND Johan Du Toit, were attacked inside the farmhouse during the night at around 19:30 by a gang of 5 men. Mel was physically assaulted before he was tied up along with Danie and Johan. Gerda was burnt on her chest and arms with a steam iron during the attack which lasted many hours. They were robbed of cash, a pistol and three rifles by the gang which fled in the family pick-up van, which was found crashed along the Boshof road, along with the three rifles. Farm Novo, Hoopstad. 24 May 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vrou-met-yster-gebrand-in-ure-lange-marteling20110524 OOSTHUIZEN Annemarie, SAPS lt.Col was slapped in the face and roughly manhandled by a police captain after she asked him to amend his report. A female constable was fisted and a female police reservist was thrown against a wall when they tried to intervene. The captain was swearing, cursing and shouting throughout his uncontrolled temper outburst. Klerksdorp. 20 July 2011. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Kaptein-rand-senior-glo-aan-20110720
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OOSTHUIZEN Schalk aged 50 AND his life partner Elaine Nelson aged 43, were attacked inside their home by a gang of at least two men at around 01:00 after Elaine woke up from the barking of her dog and opened the door in the passage leading to the garden. The dog ran up and down the passage to the family lounge, barking continuously. As Elaine turned around to switch on the light, a man appeared in front of her and started hitting her, during which she sustained serious head wounds. Schalk woke up and ran past her down the passage into the lounge. Elaine ran outside to hide. When it became quiet, she peeped through the lounge window and saw Schalk lying on the floor and a lot of blood. She went to him, but he did not respond. Schalk had been bashed over the head several times with a metal pipe and died soon after in hospital. Only their two celphones were stolen. The police arrested two suspects in this case of which one had been out on parole for six months. During this time, he had been involved in at least 17 crimes, which included assault and attempted murder. The stolen Oosthuizen celphones were found in his possession. Capital Park, Pretoria. 17 Feb 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Moord-rits-misdade-na-parool-20110307 PAPENFUS Joggie - male smallholder, was having a barbeque with friends about 500m down the road from his parents-in law, the Du Toits, when he received a phone call that they had been attacked at the homestead of their friends, the De Jagers. Joggie and a friend set off in immediate pursuit, and found the gang of four attackers driving on the gravel road nearby. The attackers immediately fired on the two men, stopped their car and fired again - hitting Joggie in the stomach and elbow. Joggie was admitted to the trauma unit of a Pretoria hospital. The attack on Jogie was launched just after 65-year-old Chris de Jager, his wife Marie aged 57, and colleague Dirkie du Toit had finished decorating a hall for a Valentine's dinner. Chris had left the hall to go home at 20:00, but was attacked as soon as he stepped from the gate by men jumping out from the bushes. He recalled that, "Two black males jumped me as I walked out of the gate. One attacker wore a bullet-proof vest with six firearms strapped to it. They pushed a pistol to my head, forced me inside the house, threw me down and tied me up with cable-binders. They threatened to cut off my ear if I did not give them the key to the safe. I said well they'd better cut it off then because I didn't have the key. Then they pistol-whipped me. While this was going on, his wife Marie, and Dirkie du Toit had left the hall at 21:10, and drove to the De Jager homestead where, unbrknown to them, Chris was being assaulted. However upon their arrival, they became suspicious, so Dirkie went into the house while Marie remained in the bakkie. Dirkie was ambushed inside the house, assaulted and tied up. Marie decided to enter the house and was stepping from the van when an unknown man suddenly showed up next to the van; she locked herself inside but the man smashed open the window, ripped her from the van, threw her to the ground, and dragged her by her feet to the gate. She was thrown across the wall and then dragged by her feet into the house. Bleeding from the brutal treatment, she was dumped next to Dirkie and two unnamed domestic workers, who also had been tied up and assaulted. The gang plundered the house and fled in a vehicle, taking celphones and some electrical appliances. Dirkie managed to get
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himself loose and untied everybody else, and they phoned for help. Cullinun. Sat 12 Feb 2011. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Aanvallers-skiet-man-in-arm-maag-20110216 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1053 Manhunt for Cullinan lodge robbers 2011-02-16 PARKIN Antjie aged 70, AND Thomas Tshabalala a trusted employee of her son aged 45, were murdered on the family smallholding during the day. Antjie lived in a house close to her son and daughter-in-law, Annelie, who both went to work during the day. Annelie related that her husband had come home between 16:00 and 17:00 and went to the main bedroom of their home, where he smelled something like an electrical fire. He thought he had forgotten to switch off the electric blanket. Then he saw the angle grinder next to the bed. The safe was open. The angle grinder had been used to cut open the safe, and a firearm had been stolen from the safe. He immediately ran to his mothers house and found her on the carpet of her bedroom. "She was beaten beyond all recognition and the strangulation marks on her neck were clearly visible. No one should have to see their mother like that, Annelie said. The police were called while the family wondered where Thomas was. His body was only found later that night. "His head was bashed in and he was strangled. He was also stabbed with a knife, said Annelie. According to a statement by TAU-SA North, a tracking team found the tracks of the social terrorist about 10km from Lephalale. "South Africa is falling into a maze of blood, power and hate, read the statement. It looked like the murderer was picked up by someone in a car. Smallholding 40km from Lephalale, Limpopo. 6 May 2011 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Gran-worker-killed-on-smallholding20110506 PETERS Lorraine aged 65 AND her husband Sydney Ralph aged 67 were sharing their home with fellow employees of a dam building company. At around 21:00 they woke up from the commotion and screams by the fellow employees who were watching television in the lounge as they were attacked by an armed gang of at least 3 men. As the couple walked down the passage to investigate, several shots were fired at them. Lorraine was hit in the head and chest and died on the scene. Sydney sustained bullet wounds to the left hand and leg. Their attackers fled with 3 celphones, a laptop computer and jewellery. De Hoop Dam, Roossenekal holdings, Limpopo. Tues 1 Sep 2011 http://afrikaans.news24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Rowers-vermoor-vrou-65-in-huis20110831 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1722 Robbers shoot, kill woman in Limpopo PHILLIPSON Abbie, retired municipal cashier aged 80, was murdered by a trusted black gardener. He was arrested for throttling her to death with a shoelace after stuffing her mouth with a rag and taping over her face - in full view of horrified neighbouring workers who had climbed on the roof when they heard her screams.
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Abbie was found in an outroom and was still breathing through her nose when the paramedics arrived, but died shortly afterwards on the scene. Some of her jewellery was found hidden inside the lawn-mower bag by the cops afterwards. Her celphone was missing. Krugersdorp. Wed 19 Jan 2011. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/2-sien-van-dak-af-hoe-man-moor-20110119 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/971 PIETERSE Andre building contractor aged 40, AND his wife Suzelle aged 38, AND their son Marco aged 9, were inside their apartment while it was on fire during the early hours of the morning. The fire was discovered at around 06:00 by neighbours who smelled the smoke and went to investigate. The charred remains of the Pieterse father and son were on the double-bed: Marco on his stomach, his dad on his back next to him. Suzelle was seen through a window crawling around in the smouldering fire on the floor next to the bed. She had been bashed severely on the head with a hammer. Suzelle was rescued and taken for treatment to the Medi-clinic where she found employment in the administration department three months earlier, but died several hours later from her injuries. Police found a blood-coated hammer in the living room on a chair, and a bottle half-filled with petrol next to the bed. A cup of warm coffee was in the kitchen and the bath was filled with warm watter. The kitchen had blood-spatters and there were blood-trails leading to the bedroom. Because there were no signs of forced entry to the apartment, and nothing seemed to be missing, police suspect that it was a triple family-murder wherein the dad Andr - who was said by a family friend to having being deeply worried and depressed due to financial problems - may have bashed his wife with a hammer, and then poured petrol over himself and their son and set fire to both of them. The father and son died in the very same room where a previous occupant, Andr Lombard, was also murdered and the apartment torched on the 4th of May 2009, by suspected burglars who were never arrested. Suzelle's lifelong friend, Mrs Daniella Kilian aged 37, said she could not believe that Andre could have done something like that to his son: 'he adored his son,' she said. Suzelle and Marco always called him 'Pappa Bear' because he was such a loving, calm person. He never missed a rugby game and was always there for them. He loved them very much, said Mrs Kilian, adding that, "They still phoned us last weekend to brag about Marco's excellence in long-jump athletics. They were so proud of him. In the website Farmitracker under the section Additional Reports and Discussion (http://www.neo-genocide.com/farmitracker/main#comments) a comment was made on the 10th of February 2011, with regard to the Pieterse family death by their family member Dawn, in which she raises pertinent unanswered questions, as follows: There are so many things about this case that do not make sense. Andre was my husbands cousin. No one has told us much about what happened and the funeral yesterday was one of the saddest funerals I have ever been to! Listed are the things I do not understand: 1. I could not imagine someone setting fire to themselves and laying on a bed waiting to die. No ones pain threshold is that high! Suzelle was beaten from the kitchen to the bedroom. Surely if your husband is beating you, you will run out the
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kitchen door, not crawl to the bedroom? How did she manage to survive when her husband and son burnt to death? Why was the fire alarm smashed and by whom? And the main thing... in May 2009 another "Andre" was murdered in the townhouse. His killers were never found. I don't believe in coincidences! Why was an autopsy only done on Marco and not on Andre and Suzelle as well? If anyone has some answers for me, please let me know. Thanks. Dawn. This would not be the first time that vicious attacks on whites have been covered up by the police to keep statistics down. It is ridiculous to accept that it is humanly impossible to set yourself on fire and lie down on your bed, calmly waiting to die. Nelspruit, 4 Feb 2011. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Pa-40-brand-sy-seun-dood-20110204 Pieterse family immoliated - Shephard Park Apartments Nelspruit Feb4 2011 OOSTHUIZEN Schalk aged 50 AND his life partner Elaine Nelson aged 43, were attacked inside their home by two armed men around 01:00. Schalk was beaten to death, and Elaine suffered serious head wounds. Capital Park, Pretoria. 17 Feb 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Moord-rits-misdade-na-parool-20110307 PIETERSE Morne and his girlfriend Rhona went to the police station at around 19:00, looking for a specific detective they wanted to talk to, to give him information they had about a certain crime. A female clerk in civilian clothes cursed Rhona, shouting that they would have to contact the detective themselves, and to fkoff out o f her police station. Then a male uniformed police officer jumped over the counter and beat Morne in the face several times. The couple then asked other police officials at the station to help them lodge a formal complaint against the cop who had assaulted him but nobody wanted to help. Eventually the detective theyd enquired after, came to the police station. Then Morne was beaten by the same cop again in front of the detective, who intervened. Welkom. Fri 27 Apr 2011. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Paar-glo-geskel-man-aangerand-inpolisiestasie-20110427 Morn Pieterse cursed, beaten by SAPS Welkom PISTORIUS Weibrandt Elias aged 53 AND his wife Magda aged 50, were attacked inside their home at around 04:00, twelve hours after they had moved in. They had their backs turned to the door when an armed gang of 3 men entered their bedroom. One shone his torch into the couples eyes and said Hello boss! and opened fire. Madga heard two shots, and the third hit her in the stomach. Weibrandt was shot in the chest and arm, stumbled out of bed, took one step and collapsed. He died on the scene. Magda shouted Take what you want! The gang stole a celphone, wallet and watch and fled the scene. Magda crawled to her childrens bedroom to call for help. Two suspects in this attack were apprehended by the police, and turned out to be men who had asked Weibrandt if they could help him carry his furniture into the house during the move earlier, and whom he had employed for the day. Muldersdrift smallholding. Sun 26 June 2011
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the workshop area. He stated that: "Even before they asked me I took out my gun and put it on the car's engine cover. The police told us to lie down. I raised my arms and lay down. Another man, presumably a plain-clothes policeman, then walked up to Theuns and kicked him in the stomach several times as officers in uniform look on. He then stomped on his head, punched him in the face and kicked him in the stomach again. A uniformed officer then kicked Theuns. While he was being handcuffed, the first policeman kicked him again. He was taken to the Pretoria Moot police station, accused of possession of an unlicensed firearm, pointing a firearm and resisting arrest. While in custody, it was confirmed that he was the lawful owner of the gun. After vomiting blood and passing blood in his urine, Theuns was taken to a hospital. After he was discharged from hospital, Theuns appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court where he was released on bail of R2 000. According to Theuns, the police refused to help him open an assault case against the officers. Pretoria. Thur 21 Apr 2011. - SAP http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Police-assault-caught-on-camera20110502 RAS Rikus aged 42, and his children aged 2 years and 3 years old, were travelling home in their pick-up van at around 14:00 to their farm in Grootvlei, when they were stopped at the Villiers T-junction by the newly established Mpumalanga traffic intervention unit formed by the Safety and Security Department. An officer informed Rikus that a tail light was not working. Rikus got out of his vehicle to investigate, and an argument between them ensued. Another officer started pushing Rikus around, and then head butted him. Rikus told him that he was going to report the incident to the police before he drove away. A few kilometers down the road, four traffic vehicles carrying about ten officers came up behind him and forced him off the road. Then all hell broke loose, Ricus recalled, and said that, One tried to smash the windscreen while another jumped onto the back of the van and tried to strangle me through the back window. The two farm workers, who were sitting on the back of the van, pulled the two hysterical children - who were screaming and trying to grab onto their father and each other - out of the van through the back window, and ran away with them. The officers dragged Ricus out of the van, whilst assaulting and cursing him, making making racist remarks, such as this is how a white c*unt looks after he has been f*cked up by us! They took him to the Grootvlei police station and charged him for assault, crimen injuria and disregarding the instructions of a traffic officer. In turn, Ricus opened a case of assault against the officers and was released on his own recognaisance. Grootvlei, Mpumalanga. 7 Oct 2011. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Verkeersmanne-spog-glo-oor-hul-boer-ergaanrand-20111007 RETIEF DE LANGE Ode - attorney in her fifties, was attacked inside her home at around 20:00 by a gang of at least three men during which she was severely bludgeoned. The following morning her domestic servant discovered her and contacted her parents. Her father rushed her to the hospital at around 10:00. Ode was able to give a detailed description of her attackers before she passed away from her injuries the
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following day. Nothing was robbed. One of her attackers was arrested soon after. Selection Park, Springs. Sun 30 Jan 2011. http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1024 http://selparkcpf.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/no-bail-for-odes-killer/ http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vrou-noem-aanvaller-sterf-20110202 RHAESE, female aged 72, was preparing dinner in the kitchen and her husband was in the bedroom having a nap. Four armed men gained access to the house through the sliding doors leading to the dining room. Mrs Rhaese locked herself in the kitchen when she saw them entering, but one of the men jumped through the kitchen serving hatch leading from the dining-room to the kitchen. He hit her on the side of her face with the barrel of his gun. She dropped to the ground. As she lay there one of the men stood on her head and two others both stood on each of her hands, all the time shouting 'where is the man, where is the money'. Her husband heard her screams, and as he entered the passage from the bedroom, he saw them running towards him. Mr Rhaese fired a shot at them. The cowards turned and ran away just as the security company arrived at the gate. Bryanston, 12 Feb 2011 http://southafrica-pig.blogspot.com/2011/02/victim-of-violent-crime-at-hands-of.html http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1060
RHEEDER Johann - businessman, opened the door to let the family dog out at around 23:35 and was attacked by an armed gang of at least 4 men wearing balaklavas. He wrestled with them to keep them from entering his home, during which he was stabbed several times in the back and was hit with a stick. Eventually Johann managed to get hold of a cricket bat to defend himself with. His wife, who was elsewhere in the house, ran to his aid but was also assaulted by the gang, and her jewellery grabbed from her. She managed to break free and was running to the passage when she heard several gunshots, after which she ran out her front door to the neighbours from where she was able to call the police. Several items were stolen before the attackers fled the scene. Johann had been shot was rushed to hospital. Plattekloof, Western Cape. Tues 17 Nov 2011 http://www.dieburger.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Sakeman-veg-verbete-met-krieketkolf-teenmesaanvallers-20111117 ROBERTS Crystal aged 73 was murdered inside her home in Glen Hills. Her son discovered her body which had been strangled with a telephone cord and she had suffered various stab wounds, Her laptop, celphone, cash and car had been stolen. Soon after, during the same night, her son heard that her brother, Dennis Roberts aged 71, had been strangled to death inside a hotel room in the city centre. Durban. Mon 29 Nov 2011 http://maroelamedia.co.za/blog/nuus/broer-en-suster-dieselfde-dag-vermoor/
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ROSSOUW Jaco part-owner of a petrol station aged 34, suffered 95% burn-wounds after a petrol attendant threw a petrol-bomb through a window into his office at around 09:00. Trompie Jonker of the private Tromar ambulance service said the fire extinguisher that bystanders used to put out the flames on Jaco's body, caused him to inhale some of the substance sprayed by the extinguisher. It also badly damaged his lungs. Jaco stopped breathing while emergency workers from Tromar as well as the provincial ambulance workers treated him. "His hair, eyelashes and almost all his skin was burnt off. His lungs and windpipe were also damaged by the smoke he inhaled," said Jonker. Jaco died two weeks later in hospital from injuries sustained from the attack on his life. Nylstroom. Sun 6 March 2011 Vulstasie-bestuurder sterf http://www.beeld.com/ 24 March 2011 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Angry-employee-sets-fire-to-boss-20110307 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1081 ROUX Dawid-Hendrik - schoolboy aged 15, suffered a sexual-mutilation assault and required surgery to restore the blood flow to one testicle after a gang flash-trashed his room whilst he was asleep in the boarding house of his school. Two days later, his father said that Dawid-Hendrik was still so terrified and upset that doctors were unable to operate. They wanted him to calm down first. The sexual-mutilation attack has left his son 'extremely fearful' and he couldn't say anything coherent about the people who'd attacked him. Two years earlier, he also was attacked in his room, sustaining a concession when an unknown person came in and bashed him over the head. Paarl 1 Feb 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Aangeval-in-sy-koshuis-20110204 SAVVIDES George aged 63, was shot dead when he responded to the cry of help from his wife Emmerentia, who slept in a separate bedroom. At around 03:30, Emmerentia woke up when a stranger switched on bedroom light. She saw two strange men in her room, the one was armed with a gun; the other with a heavy duty spanner. She cried out for help from George who had been sleeping in the adjacent room. The man with the spanner tapped her on her arm and grabbed her handbag. The man with the gun moved into the passage. George opened his door and looked into the barrel of a gun. He slammed his door shut, and the gunman shot him through the door. A bullet lodged inside his heart. Emmerentia heard him say, They have me, and the two attackers fled the scene with a handbag and a celphone. She rushed to him, felt his forehead, and then phoned the police emergency number 10111, but got no answer. She then pushed an emergency alarm on her cellphone and the police arrived within minutes. George died on the scene. The attackers had had broken into the house through a window in the lounge. Wonderboom, Pretoria. 30 Mar 22011 Aanhaling van: Werner Smook op March 31, 2011, 12:22:52 PM SMITH Annetjie aged 62 years, had her Rotweiler dog inside the house when she opened her door on a Sunday morning at around 08:00 after two well dressed men had knocked on it. They asked her for work, but she told them that she could not employ
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them, as she had no money to pay them wages. A short while later, Annetjie went outside to tie up her dog. As as she returned to her house, the same two men overpowered her, and dragged her into the house, where they punched her repeatedly with their fists in her face. They threatened to slit her throat if she opened her mouth, and to thrash her to death with the broomstick if she did not give them money. However, due to the four previous break-ins she had suffered during a three week period at the end of 2010, she had nothing of value left. The men dragged Annetjie around some more, during which they kicked her, and tried to smother her with a pillow. They tied her up securely with ropes and chains, left her for dead. She suffered extreme thirst while she waited for someone to save her. Her domestic helper of 20 years was shocked when she discovered Annetjie 25 hours later. Annetjie was extremely thirsty, her wrists and ankles dark blue form the bruising. She was airlifted and rushed to the trauma unit of the Pelonomi-hospital in Bloemfontein. From her hospital bed, she said she could not understand the attack. She said she had done nothing to them, and had only been busy with her needlework the two days before the attack. She said that the pain was insufferable. Zastron 15 Feb 2011 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Weduwee-vir-dood-agtergelaat-20110215 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8321670/Bono-reignites-angerover-shoot-the-Boer-song.html http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1050 SMITH Mavis aged 74, was attacked inside her apartment during the night and strangled to death. Her celphone, an old television and her handbag containing R300 ($37) which she had received from her daughter to pay her car license with the day before - was stolen. Maviss neighbours were also traumatised by her murder, and one said last night: It was so unnecessary. If they wanted to steal something, why did they have to kill her? Durban. Thur 13 Jan 2011. Daily News http://www.dailynews.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5348240 http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/killed-for-a-phone-r300-1.1013593 SMITH Pete, male aged 84, was murdered inside his home. A friend found his corpse in the bathroom, with multiple open wounds to the face, head and hand. His face and neck had been hacked with a bush knife, and the police suspected Pete had been bludgeoned to death. The door to his garage was found open, and two safes had been opened. A small amount of cash was missing. Southport. Sun 8 May 2011. http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/kzn-south-coast/kzn-south-coast-newscrime?oid=4398947&sn=Detail&pid=4196921&Southport-pensioner-murdered SNYDERS Frederick J v Z, farmer aged 35, and his wife, were sitting on their porch on Monday night when one of their farm labourers aged 17 opened fire on them. He shot Frederick but missed the wife before handing the shotgun to her. He claims to have found the weapon in the farmers pick-up van which was parked outside. It appears he had an argument with Frederick earlier in the day. Frederick died on the scene. Merwevilee, Western Cape. 13 Dec 2011
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http://afrikaans.news24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Tiener-vas-na-hy-plaasboer-skiet20111213 SNYMAN Bruno aged 66 AND his wife Alexis aged 55 were attacked inside their home at around 17:30 by an armed gang of at least 5 men wearing balaclavas. Bruno opened the door to their flat on a smallholding when the doorbell rang and looked into the barrel of a gun. The gang forced their way in, and while Bruno was held hostage at gunpoint, went through to the bathroom where Alexis was bathing. One of them closed her mouth and ordered her to get out of the bath and dress. They were all in the bedroom where it appears that Bruno then might have reached for his handgun. Alexis saw the gang opened fire on her husband at point blank range. Bruno was shot four times in the chest and arm. The gang then looted his gun, two celphones, and fled. Brunos son-in-law, who lived in another house on the same property, heard the shots and his son ran over to investigate. Alexis told him to phone for help. Paramedics tried to save Bruno for more than an hour, but he passed away on the scene. Kameeldrift smallholdings, Pretoria. 22 July 2011 http://www.boerevryheid.co.za/forums/archive/index.php/t-27669.html http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bende-van-5-skiet-man-20110721 http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2011/07/bruno-van-staden-66murdered.html STEYN John aged 58, was attacked and robbed along a farm road at around 20:00. John came across two men who claimed to have a punctured tyre and asked him for help. While he was helping them, they struck him on his head with a rock when his back was turned. John was then stabbed seven times in the back and once in the stomach with a broken bottle. The two fled with his pick-up van which was parked outside the house. John fired two shots at his attackers, but missed. He only managed to contact police and paramedics on the following morning after he found his cellphone near where he had struggled with the pair. Farm Neuklaagte, Vryburg. Tues 10 Mar 2011. http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/farmer-stabbed-in-n-west-1.1039060. http://afrikaans.news24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Boer-sewe-keer-met-mes-gesteek20110309 STOUMANN Stoffel aged 88 AND his wife Gesie aged 86, grow grapes and have a small wine cellar on their farm. They were woken up and overpowered by a gang of at least 3 men armed with knives at around 03:00, who had forced their way into the couples home through the back door. Their son, Napoleon Stoumann, told the newspaper that his parents had been sleeping and did not hear the men enter their home. The men tied up the elderly woman and grabbed her husband saying they were looking for the safe key. Stoumann said that when his father resisted, they attacked him with the back of a screw driver, injuring his head, face, arms and legs. He was covered in blood and was beaten black and blue. The gang ransacked a cupboard and took some cash and the couple's gun from their safe before they fled the scene. The gang was arrested a few weeks later, and it was discovered that they had also been
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responsible for an attack on Shirleen Booysens aged 59, on her farm Blaauwkrans, a few days before the attack on the Stoumann family. Shirleen had been seriously injured and shot during the attack by the gang before they fled the scene with three celphones and a gun, which the police recovered from them. Grabouw. Fri 8 Oct 2011. http://www.vocfm.co.za/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2342:grabouwattackers-linked&Itemid=121 STRECKER Babs aged 73, AND her friend Deon VAN STADEN mechanic aged 51, were playing a board game at the kitchen table in his home during the evening on their meagre smallholding when a gang entered the kitchen and murdered them. The body of Deon was found still lying inside his chair which had fallen over backwards on the kitchen-floor. His sister stated: He was mutilated; shredded by many knife wounds and was bashed over the head and body from behind with a spade. It looks as if Babs had tried to flee to the room because her feet were still lying inside the kitchendoor entrance. She also was stabbed a great many times and bashed over the back of her head with a spade. The attackers fled the scene in Deons pick-up van. Madikwe Village, Bethanie smallholding, Rustenburg. Fri 4 Feb 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Paartjie-opgekap-flenters-gesteek-20110210 Grisly farm murder scene 'indescribable' http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...bable-20110210 STRYDOM Hannes Hans, in his 30s, was attacked by a gang of 7 men inside his home during the night. Hans was hit over the head with an iron pipe and stabbed with knives four times before he broke free from the attack. The bleeding from his head, which had been bashed open, had been so severe that he only realised that he had been stabbed 30 minutes after the attack. If they had stabbed him 1cm lower it would have been through his kidney. Hans later reported via his celphone on Facebook social network that, They are murdering us farmers systematically. I was lucky through the Lords grace that I am alive. Evander holdings. Secunda. 2 May 2011 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1220 STRYDOM Johan sheep farmer and businessman aged 50, was murdered next to his car in his driveway at around 22:00. Many of his neighbours at the time heard shots in the area. Neighbour Cora Wilkin said she and her husband had heard shots but were too scared to leave the house. "We hear shots all the time and about people who are murdered and robbed in the area. We are too scared to go out," said Wilkin. The same evening, between 22:00 and midnight, two families in the area fell victim to house attacks. One of them also happened in the same avenue Johan lived in - nine men burst into a house, tied up a family and robbed them. Johans corpse was discovered the following morning at around 12:00 by friends. "We planned to braai as he would be at home alone. My fiance saw someone lying next to the car when we stopped," his friend said. He immediately jumped over the fence and ran to where Johan's body lay about 50m away. He discovered that Johan had wounds to his arms, and reported that, One bullet went through Johan's left arm and hit him in the left side of his chest. He
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was also shot on the top of his head." Police spokesperson said only a cellphone and wallet were missing. Meyerton smallholding. Sun 26 Apr 2011 Cop finds murdered friend's body 2011-04-26 09:26 SWANEPOEL Tonie, retired engineer aged 59, who raised vegetables on his subsistence smallholding outside Ritchie in the North Cape, was found murdered, hidden inside his freezer after a tip-off to the police by phone at 03:00. His killers had first dumped frozen food from the freezer. They then went to the kitchen, prepared a meal, and sat down in the living room next to the freezer to eat it. Tonie had stab wounds in the chest and back. Robbery did not seem to be the primary motive: his handgun was found discarded in the veld near his homestead. Only a cellphone and housekeys were looted. Three suspects, aged 18, 21 and 28, were arrested in connection with Tonies murder. They had been released from jail the previous week on bail, after appearing in court on a unrelated charge of housebreak. It was the ninth time in 12 years that the Swanepoel home had been broken into. His mother had been raped in the same house during a housebreak in 1996, at which time his father suffered a heart attack and died on the porch. Ritchie, Cape. 8 Sept 2011. http://www.censorbugbear.org/afrikaner-boers/genocide-afrikaner-boers/whitesattacked-aug-1-to-sept-11-2011 TILLET Vivien aged 90, AND her grandson Keith Lewis were attacked inside their home during the night by a gang of at least two men armed with a gun and fighting sticks. After they had broken the locked gate to enter the family home, they attacked the young Keith with sticks. He also was shot at: the bullet grazed his face. Knowing his fragile grandmother was in her room, Keith fought back with everything he had. One of the intruders hissed at Lewis that they were going to rape his grandmother and then kill her. He tried to escape, hoping the two men would follow him and leave his grandmother alone. He ran outside up the dirt road towards town and waved down a police vehicle. Upon his arrival home, he found that Vivien had been dragged from her bed into the backyard. She lay helplessly in a puddle of blood in the dark, waiting for her family to return. Vivien had been beaten over the head, her ribs broken and arm sprained. Their attackers had also bashed the old family dog. Zululand. Thur 10 Feb 2011 Tillett, Vivien, 90; grandson Lewis, Keith in vicious assault, Mtubatuba KZN Observer.http://www.zululandobserver.co.za/Pages/m06story1.html.Mtubatuba TOTH Zoltan, of Hungarian descent aged 73, was murdered on his homestead hours before his 74th birthday. His 9 year old son related the attack the following day, and said that they had heard the dog barking at someone outside in the yard at around 19:00 on the day of the attack. Zoltan went outside to see who it was and the boy remained behind, peeping through a kitchen window. There were two men one with a gun, and the other with a knife. The one aimed the gun at me, but I locked the door and hid, he said. According to the boy, one of the attackers smashed a window and unlocked the door from the inside. Zoltan was still gone, with the only celphone in the property on
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him. I hid behind the door and they searched for me a long time. The men said that they were going to hang him (Zoltan) if I dont come out of hiding. One of the men found him behind the door and wanted to know where Zoltan hid the money. I told them to look inside the cupboards, but they did not find anything. After a lengthy search the men came across a concealed safe, which they chopped open. They warned the boy that they would shoot him if he left the house, and that they would return later. I was very scared and alone. I did not know what to do. I waited for him (Zoltan) to return and by 23:00 decided to watch TV. I fell asleep shortly after 04:00, but woke up a shot while later. When it started to get light, the boy went outside to find help, but about 10m from the kitchen door he came across the bloody corpse of his father. They said they were going to hang him. They lied. The boy never suspected that his father had been killed as he came out of hiding. Zoltan had been axed with a pick axe and bled to death. He had sold 10 pigs two weeks prior to the attack. His wife, Angela, had died in 2005. Zuurbekom holding, Westonaria. Tues 20 July 2011 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Boy-survives-night-of-terror-20110720 TREFFRY Kevin - schoolboy aged 13, was assaulted at the Platorand school for the handicapped by a gang of 4 boys who pressed a generator pipe up his bum and switched it on. Kevin has been admitted to hospital with serious injuries to his bladder and other internal organs. Belfast, Mpumalanga. 18 Nov 2011 http://afrikaans.news24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Seun-kritiek-na-verkragting-met-pyp20111118?mid=531451 UITENWEERDE Thinus aged 55, was murdered by two youths outside on his farm at around 13:00 and then his killers turned on his wife and mother inside their home. Thinus was stabbed in the stomach, his feet tied with a black shoe lace, his hands with nylon rope, and a scarf was knotted around his face before he was dragged to the shallow grave his murderers had prepared. He was dumped inside his grave and bashed on the head with large sandstone boulders. His scull was crushed as he lay on his stomach with his head in the sand. The autopsy report reveals that he was still alive when they buried him beneath the soil. The youths then entered the homestead where they attacked Ella - his 84 year old mother, pulled her around roughly and assaulted her physically, tied her up, and covered her mouth and face up with her own bandages she used for arthritis. Then they raped her as his wife Magriet, who is paralyzed from the waist down and bed ridden, lay helplessly on the floor, where she was mauled and kicked. Farm Aliesrust, Reitz. 2 Aug 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Die-wereld-moet-hiervan-weet-20110803 http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2011/08/mrs-fan-liebenberg-80-skullcrushed.html UNNAMED BLOEMFONTEIN, British female aged 51, was robbed of her celphone and raped 2 men while she was taking a walk in a nature reserve. Bloemfontein 13 Jan 2011 http://www.capeargus.co.za/uk-tourist-raped-in-bloem-park-1.1011577
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http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/943 UNNAMED BLYTHEDALE BEACH holiday-maker boy aged 17 AND his girlfriend aged 16, walked about 1km along Blythedale Beach from the Princes Grant holida y resort at around midday and sat down on their beach towels. 3 Men armed with knives attacked them. The boy was stabbed in the leg before they used the towels to tie up his arms and legs. They dragged his girlfriend down the beach and then up a pathway into the bushes. After about 20 minutes, the boy managed to free his legs, and with his hands still tied behind his back, he ran back to Princes Grant and raised the alarm. Because of the overgrown, bushy terrain in the area, the resort security contacted Flight Training Services at Virginia Airport and pilots Warren Grace, Dale Roux and Samantha Meyrick took to the skies. It is so dense, she could have been anywhere, Grace said. We left at about 13.20 and searched the beach for a while, flying sometimes at 100 feet. He said he could see the search vehicles on the ground and they were eventually alerted that the girl had been found almost 2km inland in the Nonoti area by two local teenagers who had stumbled across her. Their father, Michael Gumede, said his girls had been on their way to the beach something he would never allow them to do again. They went over the hill towards the sea and came across this little girl, crying and asking for help. She told them she had been raped and she was worried about her boyfriend. My daughters brought her to me at home she was crying and talking about this boyfriend. I called the (KwaDukuza) police three times and spoke to people, but nobody said they would come. They didnt even ask for my address, he said. I asked her if they (her attackers) had guns and she said they had knives. I have a bit of selfdefence (training) so I said to her, Lets go and find your boyfriend. Gumede took her in his car and drove down the road, where he came across the resort security who were scouring the area for her and the suspects. She is tiny for her age and she was hysterical, a security officer said. She gave us a description of the men and the clothing they were wearing. She can remember quite a lot of detail. We were able to tell her that her boyfriend was okay and had raised the alarm. They were both taken to a local hospital where the boyfriend received stitches. Tues 4 Oct 2011 http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/girl-dragged-from-beach-andgang-raped-1.1151946 UNNAMMED BRACKENDOWNS, ALBERTON elderly resident allowed Alex, the gardener, in to the yard at 08:00 as usual, and told Alex that when he finished his work he should say so. The owner of the house then made sandwiches and a cup of coffee for the gardener and locked up his dogs. When the homeowner came out to see whether Alex had finished his work he was struck over the head from behind with a hammer. The victim says he did not fall down at first after he was struck, and tried to turn around, but was then struck repeatedly over the head. The gardener chased the victim to the carport of his house where the homeowner fell to the ground. Then Alex used a pitch fork to stab his employer but fortunately the man was able to fight back. When I saw him grab the pitchfork I thought to myself this is it, I better fight back or its
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over. A tussle ensued and the homeowner managed to fend off the gardener. I managed to hit him a few times and I think that scared him because he then started to back off. I did not black out but I do not remember what happened after that and how I got back to where my dogs were locked up. The victim says a group of Jehovahs Witnesses just happened to be walking by outside his house: he apparently then climbed over a fence shouting for help and the group of people immediately called for help. Paramedics arrived and began to treat the victim for his injuries before transporting him to hospital. The man sustained serious head injuries that required several stitches. He also sustained an injury to his arm when he was trying to ward off the pitch fork.When asked why he though his gardener had done this the victim said he believed it could be that Alex was on drugs or has a drug problem. Wed 27 July 2011. http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/alberton/alberton-newsgeneral?oid=4563920&sn=Detail&pid=1171119&Gardener-attacks-man-with-hammer Alberton resident survives berserk gardener attack UNNAMED CRYSTAL PARK Woman aged 41 AND her two daughters aged 16 AND 24 were asleep at around 03:00 when a gang of at least 3 men jumped over the fence of their property and broke down a door to gain entrance into their home. The mother first woke up when they demanded money from her. She replied that there was no money in the house after which she was assaulted and raped. The 24 year old daughter was also assaulted and raped during this attack. The gang looted a laptop computer and celphones before they fled the scene. Wed 27 Feb 2011. Boere Krisis Aksie (B.K.A.) UNNAMED GOODWOOD, Cape Town, man aged 36 was murdered inside his home. He was found dead in his bedroom, with a pillow over his head. He had sustained head injuries inflicted with a sharp object. His vehicle, wallet and celphone was stolen during the attack. Wed 6 July 2011 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Man-murdered-in-Cape-Town-home20110707 UNNAMED GRAHAMSTOWN Woman aged 75 was murdered at her home during the day. A visitor found her lying over a basin in the yard at around 14:00 and called the police. She was still able to talk when the police arrived. She was rushed to the hospital but was declared dead on arrival. There was a wound at the back of her head that seemed to have been inflicted by a hard object. A bicycle and a pair of running shoes were missing from the house. Wed 27 July 2011 Woman killed for running shoes, bicycle 2011-07-28 16:49 UNNAMED KRAAIFONTEIN, CAPE male, aged 42, found murdered on a couch in his lounge with his hands tied, and stab wound to his chest. His young children were asleep inside the house when what appeared to have been a robbery happened. Kraaifontein, 26 Feb 2011 http://www.thestar.co.za/man-killed-in-his-home-1.1032757
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http://www.dailynews.co.za/man-killed-in-his-home-1.1032757 UNNAMED MAGALIESKRUIN, PRETORIA Pretoria Tukkies student aged 22 was stabbed 23 times before being raped and left for dead. Eight of her knife wounds were potentially fatal. A neurosurgeon had to help remove the point of the knife blade, which broke off in her skull. Judging from the stab wounds, I suspect her attacker was lefthanded, he said. After the culprit was caught, student constable Mphikeledi Alfred Mahlanga, 39, and Warrant Officer Amos Chris Masilela, 48, appeared in Court on charges of defeating the ends of justice and aiding in the escape of the students rapist. The two police members apparently took him to the Dr George Mukhari hospital in GaRankuwa in northern Pretoria without handcuffs or shackles after he complained of feeling ill. He then escaped through a toilet window. Apart from the attack on the student, the alleged rapist is sought for three other rape incidents. 2011 Beeld Raped student 'strong and brave' www.news24.com UNNAMED MTHATHA woman aged 40 was travelling alone at night when she was hijacked by two armed men. They drove her to Togana, where one of the men raped her before leaving her stranded. East London. Fri 2 Sep 2011 Woman hijacked, raped 2011-09-03 UNNAMED NEWPARK, KIMBERLEY man aged 56 was attacked inside his home at night by a gang of at least 3 men wearing balaclavas. He was forced at gunpoint into his own car after a bag had been pulled over his head. The gang then drove him to a bank after they forced him to give them his pincode. They withdrew money from his bank account, and then dumped him - hog-tied - in a field alongside a rural road to die. He was discovered by a passerby at around 07:00 the following morning. Fri 2 Aug 2010 KIMBERLEY MAN, 56, KIDNAPPED, HOGTIED, DUMPED IN VELDT OVERNIGHT HTTP://WWW .VOLKSBLAD.COM/SUID-AFRIKA/NUUS/MAN-LE-NAG-IN-VELD-VASGEBIND20100802 UNNAMED ONDERSTEPOORT, PRETORIA female was attacked on her smallholding in her bed around 04:00 by a gang of at least 2 men, who chocked her with a mosquito net. 22 Jan 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/2-druk-muskietnet-in-vrou-se-mond-20110124 ONDERSTEPOORT- Female smallholder choked with mosquito-net Jan 22 UNNAMED ORANGE FARM, Johannesburg South woman was raped in front of her 2 year old daughter by a gang of 3 men who had broken into their home during the early hours of the morning. They kidnapped her daughter, but she was found in a nearby street by neighbours and taken to a hospital for treatment. Sun 18 Sep 2011 http://maroelamedia.co.za/blog/nuus/vrou-verkrag-dogter-ontvoer/
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UNNAMED POTGIETERSRUST farmer wife was raped inside her home at around noon by a black municipality worker. Her ordeal started soon after she was pushing an old refrigerator to outside the house so that she could clean it - when the phone rang inside. When she went inside to answer it, but had forgotten to close the security gate behind her. When she picked up the phone, the person on the other end hung up at once. As she turned around, she saw a strange man inside her house. After the rape, the woman called her husband - who alerted the Potgietersrust farmers citizen-band network. A group of Potgietersrust farmers - connected with citizen-band radios immediately raised roadblocks, informed the police and chased down the rapist to a municipal office. There a standoff ensued between municipal workers who were protecting the rapist from being arrested, and the farmers. According to informed sources, the man had apparently driven a municipal vehicle to the smallholding at around noon to rape the woman inside. The farmers then clustered outside, demanding that the rape-suspect be turned over to the police - and accusing the municipal workers of protecting the man from a legal arrest. The row got pretty nasty, with 'vile insults being flung back and forth'. Eventually the police did arrive to 'calm things down' and to arrest the suspect. However, none of the farmers would leave until they were certain that the suspect would not just be released again. They waited to hear when the suspect would be charged and when he would be scheduled for a court-appearance. The determined group stood waiting outside the local police station until 18:00 when they were reassured that the suspected rapist, which the police confirmed worked at the municipality, would appear in the local magistrate's court on Wednesday, said lt.col Ronel Otto. Nothing was reported stolen at the scene. 1 Mar 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Boere-vang-verkragter-20110301 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1076 Potgietersrust farmers capture rapist of smallholder UNNAMED SASOLBURG community volunteer aged 26, was raped by the local police chief brigadier in his office. She was working temporarily in his office on a project in which the police brigadeer 'informed her of his duties and she in turn informed the community about crime'. Feb 2010. http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Oudbevelvoerder-het-vrou-verkrag-20100625 UNNAMED SOSHANGUVE, PRETORIA petrol-station manager aged 35, was murdered in cold blood by a gang of four armed males who arrived at 08:30 in a luxurious silver BMW without number-plates. They gunned down the unnamed manager, then left in their posh car without stealing anything whatsoever. The manager was rushed to the nearby hospital but died from his wounds. 16 Jan 2011. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vier-boewe-skiet-man-by-vulstasie-20110116 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/958 UNNAMED STELLENBOSCH university student aged 25, was raped in a bathroom at the womens residence at around 05:30. She was doing frontdoor- guard duty by
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herself, when she allowed the man, who pretended to be a friend of one of the residents, into the foyer. It appeared that he was armed when he forced her into a bathroom at the residence, where she was raped. Shortly afterwards, he stole her possessions and ran away. Sun 2 Mar 2011 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1077 UNNAMED VERWOERDPARK, ALBERTON man aged 69 AND his wife were attacked inside their driveway as they drove out at around 19:30. The man was plucked out from behind the steering wheel of his car while his wife was still in the car at the time. One of the attackers jumped in behind the steering wheel. Her husband tried to help his wife, fell down and was deliberately run over by the hijacker: his head was crushed and he died on the scene. His wife was then thrown from the moving car: one of her hips and of her ribs were crushed in the fall. The hijackers then raced away in the Alberton couple's car, followed by another vehicle. Further down the road they plucked another motorist in a Toyoto RunX from his vehicle and hijacked that too. The second motorist was shocked but unjured, and his car was found abandoned about an hour later at a shopping centre by a tracker-company. 24 May 2011. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Kapers-pluk-man-uit-ry-oor-hom-20110523 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1310 UNNAMED VILLERIA, PRETORIA teenage girl, who worked at a video shop, had briefly stepped outside the shop at about 01.45. A 32-year-old man, calling himself Jan, said he wanted to rent a movie. They both entered the shop. Jan put two DVDs on the counter. Suddenly the man put a pistol on the counter, demanding money, the girls cellphone and her car. He forced her to a storeroom where he tied her legs with a black plastic bag. He wrapped newspaper around her wrists before tying them with a wire coat hanger. Then he shoved paper into her mouth and tied it with a black bag. When a customer entered the shop Jan told him it was closed. He took the girls R30, cellphone and car keys, and got into her car. When the customer asked the suspect what he was doing in the girls car he jumped out and ran back into the shop, closing the security gate and door behind him. The customer called for help on the Eblockwatch.co.za security system. Within minutes offficers from the security company, the police, metro police, hostage negotiators, the task force and medical staff all descended on the scene. A police officer and a negotiator spoke to Jan through the door. By this time hed untied the girl, and brought her from the storeroom. During hours of negotiations the man lost his temper and became upset when he saw police outside. At around 16:30 the girl stood near the door, and then pretended to pass out. The police told Jan he must allow her to get medical help as she could die, and then thered be a murder charge. The man opened the door. Within seconds the girl jumped up and ran out. She was taken to hospital for shock and discharged. It is not clear if she had been sexually abused. Sat 29 Jan 2011 http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/teen-escapes-hostage-taker-s-clutches1.1019036 http://www.rsg.co.za/nuusbulletins.asp?d=29+Januarie+2011
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Afrikaans teen escapes 3hr hostage ordeal Villieria Pretoria UNNAMED WELKOM mother and her two nine-year-old children were murdered inside their home. Neighbours saw the mother on Sunday morning in the garden. A family friend stopped by at around 19:30 on the same day, and discovered the tragedy when he looked through a window after finding the house locked and silent. Blood-coated rooms bore silent witness to the fierce struggle of the unarmed family who had moved into the house 2 months earlier. Blood smears and markings on his back show that the nine-year-old boy desperately tried to crawl underneath his bed to hide from his murderer but was dragged out and killed. His nine-year-old slain sisters body was on her bed in the same room; their 46-year-old mothers blood-covered body was found in the main-bedroom. Dagbreek, Welkom. Sun 6 June 2011 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Ma-twee-kinders-vermoor-20110606 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1362 UNNAMED WELKOM family were attacked at around 21:10 inside their home by an armed gang, during which a man and a woman were beaten with an iron pipe over their bodies; another man sustained various stab wounds; and a woman aged 23 AND a girl aged 12 were assaulted and raped during the attack. Cash was looted during the attack, and the gang fled the scene in the family car. Welkom. Thur 6 Aug 2010 http://afrikaans.news24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Rowers-verkrag-vrou-tiener-in-Vrystaat20100806 Rowers verkrag vrou, tiener in Vrystaat 2010-08-06 VAINA Tony shop owner of tool shop aged 50, AND his wife Giraldine aged 46, AND their son Amaro aged 12, AND the family dog were attacked, tortured and hacked to pieces with pangas as they ran while they were chased around their 13 room home. There were blood splashes and smears in every room of this large house. Their attackers tortured this family before killing them, while drinking the alcohol they found in the house. The police discovered the murder scene after finding the familys car deserted in Orange Grove. Giraldine was found in the main bedroom. She had also been raped and a broken bottle rammed into her vigina. The body of Amaro was found in the bath, where he had finally been drowned in boiling water with his hands tied behind his back. The body of Tony was found in the lounge, on his stomach with his hands tied behind his back and a bullet to the back of his head. The family dog was also hacked to pieces and then shot. This was done by the 20 year old son and his buddies of a family who had worked for the family for many years. The police spokesperson reported that upon their arrival at the homestead, they pushed open the front door which stood ajar, and saw blood leading up to the first step of the staircase. The newspaper reports brushed over this dreadful carnage stating that the family was shot. An investigative journalist who has been following the attacks on the lives of South Africans intensely during the past decade, commented in her report on this multiple murder, and said that, Anyone old enough to remember the Congo and Uhuru, will recognise this. She added that, These bastards, when or if they are caught will be
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held in cells while becoming local heroes. They will probably be granted bail and someone will conveniently lose the dockets and they will walk free as is the case with so many of our criminals in SA. This is what is going to happen more frequently. There will be the usual cover-ups and sweeping under the carpet of these incidents to keep the citizens of SA unaware of just how bad things are here. This is not simply crime. This is racial extermination and they are hell bent on chasing every white man, woman and child of any age, out of the country. De Deur smallholding near the Walkerville showgrounds. Sun 2 Oct 2011 http://praag.co.za/nuus-magazine-402/afrikaanse-nuus-magazine-401/10349-malemareik-uit-na-arm-afrikaners.html http://mspoliticalcommentary.blogspot.com/2011/10/white-family-executed-inwalkerville.html http://www.boerevryheid.co.za/forums/showthread.php?28164-Walkerville-Slagtingdeur-Swart-Barbaare-met-Pangas-uitgevoer http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Family-executed-in-Walkerville-20111003 VAN COLLER Magdalena died mysteriously 5 days after she arrived at the Germiston public hospital, to where she had been transferred from the Glynwood private hospital as her medical aid funds had run out. She suffered from severe stomach cramps and diarrhea. Family members Neelie Fourie and her brother Tommy van Coller still await answers from the hospital. Neeluie stated: "On April 20 (Wednesday), my mother was taken to Germiston Hospital, and when I called her she said she was ok, but still in a lot of pain. Her mom was in terrible pain and nurses told her they gave her mother Voltaren - a drug used for pains but not stomach cramps and diarrhea. Her mother also complained that she wanted to go home 'as the nurses were trying to kill her. Fourie could not lift her into a wheelchair, and the nurses refused to help. "I did not know what to say, she was in pain and I could not take her home, even though she said she would rather die at home," she said sadly. On Monday, Neelie received a call from her aunt who said she was 'sorry to hear the news of her mother's passing'. "My mother was covered in bruises, her mouth and nose covered in blood", Neelie related. A shocked Neelie and her brother Tommy van Coller rushed to the hospital and demanded to see their mother, but were told by nurses that it was too late and she had died early on Monday morning. "We asked to see her and only two hours later did they take us into the morgue. I tried to uncover her face, but the nurses kept pulling back the sheet and told me I could not see her, but I demanded and when I pulled back the sheet I was shocked," Neelie said. Under the white sheet, her mother lay covered in bruises and her mouth and nose covered in blood. The nurses claimed that the bruises and bleeding were 'due to performing CPR. Leeluie added that: "her gold chain which she got from her mother was missing, as well as some of her pension money which I had drawn for her and put in her purse." They returned to the hospital on Thursday to get the body but waited nearly three hours for the paperwork. "When we were eventually allowed to go and get her, she was limp, still lying in the same place we had left her on that Monday. Her body was never returned to the refrigerator. She had already started to smell. My brother saw the form on the table and he took it, and on the original there
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were blank spaces and the cause of death stated renal failure and gallbladder problems," she said. When the GCN reporter looked at the form it also said that Magdalene had been in a coma for 20 days before she died; but also that she had been 'brought in four days before her death,' and had 'been going to the hospital for nearly seven years.' "When the form was requested by the undertaker, nurses told him that the doctor who treated her was on leave and they would take the form to a doctor in the clinic to complete," she said angrily. The form was given to a doctor who had never even treated her mother, and on this form he stated she had been in hospital for a month for exhaustion but died from renal failure. The family were also forced to pay R500 before the body was released from the hospital. "We want answers from the hospital as to how my mother died, where the bruises came from, why we had to pay that R500 and why she was left outside the refrigation unit in the morgue?" she said furiously. Christina Mndaweni, CEO at the hospital told the GCN on Friday afternoon that the hospital would look into the matter and comment this week. In the meantime the family still have no closure on their mother's sudden death. Van Coller was cremated on Wednesday. http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/germiston/germiston-announcementsgeneral?oid=4384948&sn=Detail&pid=490065&Stomach-ache-leads-to-woman-s-death http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1238 VAN DEEMTER Alje aged 70 AND his wife Annemarie aged 70, were attacked inside their home during the morning by a gang using knives and a hammer which the attackers had taken out from the couples garage. Alje, who has had a hip replacement, was hit repeatedly on his left arm with the hammer whilst protecting his head by an attacker who wore a balaclava. Annemarie also suffered a beating during the attack, in which at some stage, a knife was held to her throat. She said that this experience was far worse than the heart bypass operation she had undergone a few months earlier. Bloemspruit agricultural holdings, Bloemfontein. Sat 9 May 2011 http://afrikaans.news24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Egpaar-wreed-aangeval-20110509 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1232 VAN DER BERG Hester aged 80, was beaten to death on her smallholding. Her husband and her son found her badly battered body in the garage twenty minutes after they arrived from work at around 15:00, where it lay in a pool of blood. It appeared that Hester had been bashed on the head with a blunt object. She had wounds on the back of her head and left eye as well as bruises on all of her ribs. Nothing was reported stolen. Theescombe smallholding, Port Elizabeth. 2 May 2011 HESTER VD BERG, 80, BEATEN TO DEATH, PE PLOT http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1221 VAN DER HEEVER Piet retired headmaster aged 65, was lying in his bed reading the newspaper at around 07:00 while his wife was out on a morning walk. A gang of at least two men entered the house and stabbed him with knives all over his body before
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they fled the scene. Upon her return, his wife first noticed a bloody knife at their back door, and then came across her dead husband in the bedroom. The police later found bloody clothes which had been discarded by the attackers in the garden. Nothing was looted. Riebeeckstad, Welkom. 28 Jan 2011 http://www.rsg.co.za/nuusbulletins.asp?d=28+Januarie+2011 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1000 http://boerenuus.blogspot.com/2011/02/piet-van-den-heever-retired.html http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Oud-skoolhoof-in-huis-vermoor-20110128 VAN DER MERWE Andre Brood aged 49 who was recovering from chemotherapy for cancer, was attacked inside his farm house at around 20:00 by an armed gang. They held him at gunpoint while they ransacked the house for money. Then they shot him in the chest, on his cheeck, and in the back of the head before they tied him to the back of his pick-up van and dragged him along the road until they rolled the van about 1.2km from the homestead. When his girlfriend could not reach him on the phone, she became alarmed, and contacted his 22 yr old son. Along with some friends, they came across the drag lines and a trail of blood on the road, which they followed until they found his corpse. One of the attackers had been injured during the accident and was still in the pick-up van when the police arrived. The VF+ political party in the NorthWest district issued a statement, wherein they said that the cruel murder of Mr Van Der Merwe was nothing less than racism. Ottosdal farm, Lichtenburg area, NorthWest. Sat 30 Apr 2011. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Boer-ver-agter-bakkie-gesleep-20110501 http://ireland.thesouthafrican.com/news/Another-brutal-farm-murder VAN DER MERWE Basie aged 68, unlocked his front door at around 05:00 and stepped outside to fetch his newspaper, as he always did. It appears that a gang of at least three men, who had broken a part of the palisade fencing around the Van Der Merwe homestead, and also lifted the electric gate off its rail to gain entrance, slipped into the house at this stage. Basies wife, Annemarie aged 58, saw a stranger with a knife in her bedroom indicating to her that she must keep quiet, but she screamed for help. Basie was on his way into the house when the gang attacked him, during which they stabbed him six times before they fled the scene. Annemarie ran to the door and dragged her bleeding husband inside where she called for help. Basie had been stabbed in the chest, back and on his left arm. Annemarie stayed with him until her son arrived. He related that, I am so bitter today. My dad has survived cancer and surgery and he died in such a cruel, unnecessary way. It makes one very angry. He said when he arrived at his parental home his dad was still breathing - but his eyes were closed. "My mom was besides herself and I took her to the neighbours. When I came back he had died. SAPF spokesman Bongo Nkosi Msimango claimed that this was a robbery, although nothing was reported stolen. Apparently police picked up Annemaries knitting bag in the field nearby. Booysen, Pretoria. 7 March 2011 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bejaarde-buite-huis-vermoor-20110308 VD MERWE,BASIE, 68, STABBED TO DEATH, BOOYSENS, PRETORIA
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VAN DER MERWE Elsie aged 66, was attacked at around 03:00 by a gang of at least 3 men who had broken into her home, after one of their accomplices crawled through a hatch in the laundryroom door, which had been made for her dog to go in and out, and unlocked the security gate for his friends. Elsie was getting out of bed when the men stormed down on her and pinned her to the bed. She was strangled, beaten and kicked before they poured wine over her and threatened to set her alight. She was told that they would kill her if she did not co-operate with them. They spoke in English, Afrikaans and Sotho to her. Her neighbour tried to phone Elsie at 04:30 to ensure she was awake, in order for her to attend her furniture removal at 05:00, as she was supposed to move home that day. When Elsie did not answer her celphone, and her landline stayed engaged, the neighbour walked over to her home, where she noticed Elsies car in the driveway with the brake lights on. When she called out Elsies name, a strange man jumped out of her car. The neighbour ran away and fetched her husband. When they got to Elsies door, Elsie opened it. She was hysterical. Her face was full of blood, the neighbour recalled. The attackers had fled the scene on foot when the neighbour had arrived, taking a dstv decoder, Elsies celphone and some cash. Elsie was taken to hospital for treatment. She had suffered black and blue bruises all over her body. She said it was an unbelievable nightmare. She was very impressed with the fast reaction of the police. Bloemfontein. Sun 2 Oct 2011. http://afrikaans.news24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bfn-vrou-wreed-aangeval-20111003 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bfn-vrou-wreed-verniel-20111002 VAN DER MERWE Emile aged 19, was enroute from Ventersburg to Hennenman on a rural road at around 01:00 to visit friends when he was pulled over by cops in a 'blue light' vehicle. Two officers jumped out of their vehicle, and accused Emile of 'being drunk'. They searched him and the pick-up van he was driving, and then threw him without any kind of explanations - in the back of the police van: one officer drove him to the police station, the second one followed in the pick-up van. He asked to call someone for help from the police station but they refused. At the police station, Emille was deliberately humiliated, being ordered to sit down on the floor next to the row of empty chairs in the charge office. He repeatedly asked if he could make a phone call. It was repeatedly refused. Then he saw between eight and ten cops assaulting a man in the charge office. "They even threw him against the wall'. A police officer waved a switchblade-knife in front of Emiles face and threated to cut him if he did not confess that he had stolen the pick-up van he had been driving. He told them that the van belonged to his grandmother, for whom he works as a sheep farmer, and that they could phone her to confirm this, giving them her telephone number. Emile recalled that, "I was terrified, did not know what was going to happen. He said the other police officers ignored the illegal actions of their comrade. One of the officers in the charge office said 'his blood must be drawn' but this never happened. He was terrorised like this for three hours. At 04:00 they gave him his keys and he left. Ventersdorp, Sun 6 Sep 2011
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only a watch and two cellphones were missing from the homestead. Farm de Kroon, Brits. Thur 19 Jan 2011 http://www.madibengpulse.co.za/?Task=system&CategoryID=31676&HeadingText=Cr imeAlert+200111+panga#NISSAN http://www.volkstaat.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=809:southafrica-boers-under-attack-willie-van-der-walt-19th-jan-2011&catid=56:latest&Itemid=82 VAN HEERDEN Barney was murdered inside his home during the night. His corpse was found at around 08:00, naked and tied up. It is believed that he was strangled to death. His laptop was stolen. A remote control for the electronic gate to his property was found outside near the gate. Orange Frove, Johannesburg. Tues 20 Sep 2011. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Murder-victim-found-naked-and-bound20110920 VAN NIEKERK Fan, female aged 80, was murdered in her home. Her daughter called in on Fan at around lunch time and became suspicious when she noticed the security gate to the back door standing open. Fan did not respond to her calling, and the daughter got the neighbours to help her break open the lock on the front door. They came across her ravaged corpse laying in a pool of blood at the entrance to the diningroom. The hands and feet were tied with pieces of cloth and her head had been smashed beyond recognition with gardening shears. It appeared that Fan was overpowered in the lounge while she was watching television during the night. Her attackers dragged Fan to the main bedroom where she was assaulted and vomited on the bed linen. Her celphone, jewellery and .22 pistol was missing from the safe. Monument, Krugersdorp. 2 Aug 2011 http://www.eblockwatch.co.za/index.php?view=incidentsearch&rowNum=0&id=12705&r eturn=incidentsearch VAN NOORDWIJK Anna-Marie aged 53 - newspaper editor, was shot in the face and chest from outside her homestead at around 23:30. She had opened the back door to yell at the dogs, who were barking fiercely, to keep quiet. Her attackers opened fire on her and fled the scene. Her teenage daughter found her bleeding at the back door. Her father was away from the farm at work, she said afterwards, and recalled that, Me and my little brother tried to help mom and phoned my friend and the police. Anne-Marie was rushed to hospital and underwent surgery. Harrismith farm. Thur 1 Sep 2011. http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Skaapdiewe-skiet-vrou-in-gesig-20110902 http://harrismith.co/chroniclelatest VAN ROOYEN Koos, farmer and businessman aged 63, AND his wife Marie-Louise, were inside their home at around 18:00, waiting for friends to arrive when Koos noticed two men entering the house through the back door. Koos was shot three times in the upper body, with bullets hitting him in the chest and left side, in front of his wife. She was tied up. Their attackers fled the scene by foot into nearby bushes, taking cash and a firearm from the homestead. Koos died on the scene. A massive manhunt consisting
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of the police, farmers and local organizations was launched for the killers and a police patrol arrested the two shortly thereafter. Members of the local Randfontein community gathered in a peaceful demonstration against the murder of Koos to oppose the bail applications of his attackers. The Community-Policing-Forum chairman said while it was a pity that only 30 people showed up, they also are grateful that they did so. We want to show criminals that they will not be tolerated in Randfontein. Our people are tired of living in fear. We are at the court to support the family, he said. They protested again on the 5th of May 2011 when the case was scheduled to be heard again. Witfontein, Randfontein. Friday 3 Mar 2011 http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/randfontein-westonaria/randfonteinwestonaria-news-crime?oid=4315487&sn=Detail&pid=489920&Nogn-protesaksiegehou-teen-plaasmoorde http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Geskokte-boere-jag-moordenaars20110304 http://tinyurl.com/4bk8ne4 Koos van Rooyen, farmer murdered Witfontein http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/randfontein-westonaria/randfonteinwestonaria-news-crime?oid=3906075&sn=Detail&pid=489920&Prominent-farmer-andbusinessman-murdered VAN SITTERT Koos aged 74, was overpowered by a gang of at least two men at his gate when he arrived home during the evening, forced into his home and murdered in his bedroom. His decomposing corpse was found on his bed in a drawn up position with a blanket over the head. It is suspected that Koos was poisoned during the attack. A pistol and R20 000 ($2500) had been stolen from his safe. His son had to identify him at the morgue. He said that his father was thin and frail as he was not eating regularly since the death of his wife 3 months earlier, and would have not been able to offer resistance to his attackers. Ottosdal. Fri 14 Sep 2011 Moord met pille VAN STADEN Bruno aged 66 AND his wife Alexis aged 55, were attacked inside their home at around 19:30. There was a knock at the door to their home. Bruno opened the door and looked into the barrel of a gun. A gang of 5 men then forced their way in. While one gunman held Bruno hostage, the others found Alexis in the bathroom. One of them put his hand over her mouth and told her to get out of the bath and get dressed. Bruno tried to reach for his gun but was shot at close range in front of Alexis. Four bullets struck his chest before their attackers fled with his gun and two celphones. Paramedics tried in vain for more than an hour to save his life. Kameelfontein holdings, Pretoria. 21 July 2011 http://nolstuijt.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/bruno-van-staden-66-murdered-smallholder/ VAN STADEN Chris Bosduif aged 78 AND his wife sat on the porch on their farm while their son took their workers to their homes. When the couple stepped into their home, two men stormed the house. The wife tried to close the door, but they were too
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strong for her and cut her with a knife. She ran into a room and locked herself in before she pressed the panic button. When the assailants heard the alarm, they stabbed Chris 3 times in the chest and body. He fell and they cut the artery behind his knee and ran away. Chris bled to death within minutes as he was using wafrin medication. Cullinan. 16 Nov 2011 Report by Suidlanders. VAN VUUREN Paul, well-known SA dj and music artist aged 55, was tortured to death, His body was found where it had been dumped in several black plastic bags into his own trailor, which was attached to his white Volkswagen Golf. His body had been transported from Phalaborwa to Pietersburg in the trailer. "The house was locked up behind the murderers and they drove off with him. I am dumb-founded, shocked about what happened,' his sister, who had visited the scene of the crime, said. It is suspected that Paul was attacked at his home and that he had opened the door to his murderers, because there are no signs of break-in. She also noticed that the bathtub was covered in blood, and that there were bloodied drag-marks in his room. That's probably the way they dragged him around the house. There also were cables attached to the taps of the bathtub which were probably used to strangle him to death. Her friend described his murder as gruesome, horribly heartbreaking and most of us are way past Gatvol. Paul was last seen alive on the Tuesday, and was missed the Thursday when he failed to show up for a function. His corpse was discovered by residents at the smallholding who had smelled a stench. The police arrested Pauls gardener for the murder, and seek a second suspect. Phalaborwa smallholding. 27 Oct 2011 http://m.news24.com/news24/SouthAfrica/News/Artist-murdered-moved-in-own-trailer20111027 VERSTER Hilda aged 93, was murdered inside her home during the afternoon. When her son Izak Verster aged 63, had stopped off to pay her a visit at around 15:30, two knifemen stormed from her house, with one screaming to the other: Stab him, stab him! Izak was stabbed in the back and arms before they fled the scene. He found his mothers mutlilated body covered in stab wounds in her bedroom. Her hands were tied up with a leather belt and a rag was stuffed into her mouth. Nothing was reported stolen. The police arrested both attackers within a few days. One of them was out on parole at the time of the attack. Paarl East, Stellenbosch. Tues. 12 July 2011. http://www.dieburger.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Seun-kry-ma-93-se-vasgebinde-lyk-in-haarhuis-in-Paarl-20110713 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Man-held-for-killing-woman-93-20110719 VILJOEN Sue aged 42m left her flat at around 11:00 and never returned. Her fianc received a phone call from her at 15:20 and immediately suspected something was wrong. Her corpse was found in bushes behind Afsaal flats in Beach Road the following morning. She was stabbed four times in her upper left-hand side, including once through the heart. It was also suspected she was raped. Amanzimtoti Sat 11 June 2011
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overpowered 4 staff members and forced them to the main house, to where Wendy and Mario were. Everyone was forced into the pantry, which is where the safe is situated. The couple were forced to open the safe, but it was empty. Wendy was yanked from the safe and told to find money. Mario heard a shot, forced the door open, and fell over his wifes body which lay on the floor in a pool of blood, with a gunshot to the head. She died on the scene. The attackers fled empty handed. Walkerville smallholding, Johannesburg. 21 Mar 2011 http://koionline.forumotion.com/t2678-mario-s-wife-wendy-shot-and-killed WILMANS Annie ageed 72 AND her husband Mel aged 77, opened their front door to take their pet dog to the PDSA (Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals) and a gang of 3 men stormed down on them, forcing them back into the house. "It happened so quickly, " Annie said. Mel husband was tied up in the house. One man stabbed him with a screwdriver in the right leg. His ribs, chest and back were also hurt. She said her husband was also choked and a man sat on his chest. The attackers wanted to tie her up too but she refused. One of them then called her stubborn. "He took off my wedding ring. He said he would cut off my finger with my own butter knife if the ring didnt come off easily. Annie told one of their attackers that her husband had to be at the doctors at 09:20 and that if they didnt get there on time, they would be fetched from the house. The gang then fled with her wedding ring and her husbands knife. Brixton, Johannesburg. 13 May 2011 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Robber-threatens-to-cut-off-finger-20110517 WOOD Wesley aged 30 AND his wife Hannah, AND their two children were attacked shortly after they arrived home from the beach at around 17:30. An armed gang of at least two men hid behind a pick-up van parked under the carport while the family settled in. Hannah was putting their 3 year old daughter into the bath while Wesley took their one year old baby daughter with him to check up on the chickens. Hannah went back outside to fetch something from the van but was overpowered just outside the door. An attacker pinned her down, but she managed to break free, run into the house and push the door shut until they kicked it down. She ran into the bathroom where she locked herself and her baby in. At this time, Wesley returned to the house, but when he noticed the gang, he fled with his baby into the garden, while being chased by their attackers. He was cornered and stabbed in the right-hand side of the chest which punctured his lung. The attackers fled the scene without taking anything. Hannah came out of the bathroom a short while later and pushed the panic button to their security services, then found that Wesley had been murdered outside. Kromarty Estate, Farm Doringkop, KwaDakuza. Sun 20 Sep 2011 http://www.ecr.co.za/kagiso/content/en/east-coast-radio/east-coast-radionews?oid=1373619&sn=Detail&pid=6028&North-Coast-farmer-murdered WORTMAN Barbara aged 76 AND her son Etcel aged 45, were attacked inside their home by a gang of at least 6 men at around 18:30. Barbara had left the back door unlocked after she had fetched firewood. The gang stormed into the farm-house, beat
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the hell out of both the mother and son with knobkierries (traditional weapon - wooden club with ball-like head), tortured them with boiling water from a kettle, and tried to suffocate them with plastic bags. They stole a .22 pistol and a shotgun from the safe and fled the premises in Etcels pick-up van. Both victims were hospitalized for treatment. The family dog was shot at during the attack and went missing, but was found later with minor injuries. There was a similar attack on the Wortmanns neighbours about three months previously. Koos Marais of the KwaZulu-Natal Agricultural Unions security desk said the violence used against the Wortmanns was most alarming, stating that, Unfortunately this trend will continue while the justice system allows for easy bail and soft prison sentences. Surely the rights of soft targets and victims should be recognised. Wartburg farm. Tues 2 June 2011. http://wwww.africancrisis.co.za/Article.php?ID=96700&
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passage, threatening to rape her. She said that the gang were drinking heavily throughout the attack. They threw alcohol over the elderly couple and threatened to set them alight. Their attackers fled the scene with about R800 ($100), celphones and a camera. Willem was admitted to the intensive care unit. Blackheath, Johannesburg. Wed 9 Mar 2012 http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2012_03_10_archive.html BRONN Bruno aged 50, nightclub owner, was tortured to death inside his home during the night. His corpse was found by his housekeeper at round 08:45. He was found lying on his back on the floor with his hands tied with tape in front of him, mutilated beyond recognition. Marks were found around his neck. Greenpoint, Bloemfontein. Mon 8 Feb 2012 http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/gay-club-owner-murdered1.1229454?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Gay+club+owner+murdered++08+Feb+2012++11%3A57&utm_source=IOL&utm_term=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iol.co.za%2Fgay-clubowner-murdered-1.1229454 COETZEE Ria aged 76 was tortured to death in her bathroom at around 20:00. Her husband, aged 77, came home from work and found her with her nightgown tightly wrapped around her neck and head. Her hands were tied together with electric cords, and her feet with the strap of a bag. Her dentures lay on the floor near her body. Her handbag and their dvd player had been stolen. One of the attackers were arrested a few days later. He was 23 years old, and admitted that she had gone into her kitchen to fetch water for him and a friend who had said that they were thirsty, before they entered her home and murdered her. Thurs. 5 Apr 2012. Snt Mikes. http://m.news24.com/news24/SouthAfrica/News/Plucky-dog-tried-to-save-strangledowner-20120411 COX Andrew, Catholic priest aged 50, was attacked on Sunday night when he closed the church's doors. He said that, "I heard noises behind me and suddenly the three men stormed at me." Andrew saw a knife in the moonlight before they hit him to the ground. I screamed, but nobody heard me." Andrew fought back and at one stage he took the knife off the attacker but could not use it to hurt someone. "They tried to scratch out my eyes with their fingers, but fortunately did not manage it." The gang tied his hands, feet and legs and blindfolded him. "They tried to suffocate me with plastic. Then they opened the church and dragged me inside and locked me in the safe." Andrew managed to free himself and remove the blindfold, then realized he had been stabbed twice with the knife; in his back and left leg. I made a written statement to the police and letters to my family in case that I should die. I prayed and made peace with the fact that I could die because I had lost much blood." A secretary of the church found Andrew the next morning, twelve hours after the attack, and immediately summoned the paramedics. The suspects had fled with R10000
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($1250). Constantia, Cape. 9 May 2012 The Burger May 9 Priest severely attacked 2012-05-09 CAPE. DAFFUE Nico aged 21 was murdered outside the home of his parents at around 04:30 while protecting his family. His sister Lieja aged 19, was sleeping on the couch next to the diningroom window when an armed gang attacked the homestead. "The robbers hit the window three times before it broke. I fell to the ground and crawled away, screaming," she told the newspapers. One of the three attackers had broken the window and leaned in. Lieja looked in his eyes. "I just saw the eyes and hands. My brother lives in the outer room and ran to the house and pulled the man out of the window. They fought and I heard a shot and saw a flame. Nico chased their attackers away from the house to the fence. Lieja added that, "At first I thought they took him but we found him a while later on the lawn. He was dead." Earlier on the same morning at around 02:00 in the same street, an armed gang tried to break in at the home of Jaco Wiggins aged 36. He explained that, The dogs sleep inside our house because we are afraid they will be poisoned." Jaco let the dogs out the front door and shots were fired. He immediately closed the door and the gate, leaving the dogs outside. The bullets went through the front door, but no one was injured. Outeniqua, Sonlandpark, Vereeniging. 10 May 2012 Robbers shoot man trying to save his sister DAY Frans, mechanic aged 38 AND his wife Tanja aged 36, AND their two daughters Kaytlinn aged 5 AND Nicole aged 10 were attacked inside their home at midnight by a gang of at least 4 men, three armed with pangas and the forth with a pistol. Tanja and her daughters were tied up, their mouths taped closed, and then locked up in a wardrobe of the main bedroom. The one attacker said: All we need is sex and money. When he said: Lets rape the women and children and kill them first, Frans jumped up to protect his family, who then listened to the sounds of Frans being chopped to death. He kept shouting: Are you alright, are you alright? to his family. Their attackers left the scene with the family car, a celphone and cash, threatening to return. Tanja and the kids were freed by their neighbours. Kaytlinn, the youngest, was the first one to see her father who lay in a pool of his own blood next to the bed. She has not spoken a word since. The Day family had moved to Bloemfontein two weeks prior to the attack. Tanja wishes to return to their home town, but states that they do not have money for bus tickets. She keeps receiving phone calls wherein a voice says blood, blood, blood...come back, come back. Navalsig, Bloemfontein. Fri 18 May 2012 Volksblad Dogters hoor hoe pa sterf 2012-05-23 DE VRIES Jorrit aged 26 was travelling on his way home from work on a train travelling from Cape Town to Strand at around 18:30 on Wednesday when he heard a bang and felt the pain in his eye. I was sitting in the train next to the open window for some fresh air. We were between Woodstock and Salt River station when I just heard a loud noise. My eye started throbbing and the next thing I knew my lips went numb. Jorrit said he hadnt realised what had happened until commuters approached him and
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offered to help. Another man on the train told me that he saw it (the missile) coming from another train on the route from Koeberg and Maitland Station. He gave me his shirt for the blood. He got off with me at Maitland station where we waited for an ambulance after the security guards said they would call for one. One finally fetched me at 7.30pm. De Vries was turned away from a private hospital. I was then transferre d from Hottentots Holland to Tygerberg hospital, where they operated on the eye on Saturday. The doctors told me that there was nothing they could do and that the eye needed to be removed. He added that, I have been in contact with hospitals in Holland a nd doctors have told me that I would have a better chance of saving my eye there because of their advanced technology. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Probe-into-Dutchmans-eye-injury-on-train20120328 http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/foreigner-hit-by-stone-to-suemetrorail-1.1265369 DU PLESSIS Antoinette aged 33 was murdered by a gang of at least 3 men after she had taken her two year old daughter to the park early in the morning. Her body was discovered with the throat slit at the back of her rented family home by her housekeeper. A neighbour, who was alerted to the crime by the housekeeper, described the scene inside the house: Blood covered the floor of the room where the body was found, and splatters of blood were found in other rooms. That scene is appearing before my eyes as we speak. It was terrible. I had entered the house with a tile brick in my hand, not knowing if the murderers were still inside. The local police spokesperson reported that three suspects, aged between 20 and 25, were arrested by patrolling police, stating that, They were spotted under suspicious circumstances in Racecourse Road, in possession of a laptop computer and a flatscreen television set which were stolen during the incident. Preliminary investigations revealed that one of her killers had recently been employed to fix the roof at the Du Plessis home. There was no sign of forced entry, front door and security gate stood open. Cathy Archer had come to visit her friend, Du Plessiss neighbour, for support when she heard the news. Five and a half years ago, Cathy had found her husband, John, murdered in the couples home of 23 years, just five blocks away. Ive tried to put it all out of my mind, and Ive done well at achieving that. But coming around the c orner, seeing the police vans, the crime scene demarcated and the people standing on the pavement, well it all just came rushing back into my head, she said. Claremont, Cape Town. Thur 4 Oct 2012 http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/intruders-kill-claremont-mom1.1397016#.UG6LvpjA_z4 DU TOIT Chant aged 2 AND her sister Marlene aged 3 were burnt to death inside their home at around 08:00. A neighbour reported that she heard glass break, and then saw
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flames coming out of the house. It appears that the fire spread unusually fast, and the children could not be reached on time to save them. Their bodies were found in a cupboard of the room they were hiding in from the fire. The roof had collapsed on them. Montana, Pretoria north. 11 June 2012 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Jesus-gaan-ons-more-kom-haal-20120612 DU TOIT Dries aged 56, AND his wife Lettie AND his sister, Elizabeth de Villiers, were asleep in their farm house when a gang of at least 5 men broke into their home at around 04:10. Dries was beaten to death with a metal object. Lettie, who was in the bed next to him, was also beaten with the iron object, and suffered serious injuries. Her head required stitching, some of her teeth were broken, and she suffered a broken rib. Elizabeth suffered minor injuries during the attack. Electrical equipment to the value of R2000 ($250) was stolen before the attackers fled the scene. One week before the attack, their farm was visited by four 'officials' who claimed they were investigating the theft of a petrol-tanker. Lettie refused to let these unidentified people inside the homestead. A few days later a police-officer showed up also investigating the alleged theft, which the Du Toit couple knew nothing about. A a blue-light vehicle also drove up to the turn-off to their farm, which was suspicious to the family. Klipplaatdrift, Ventesdorp. 13 Jan 2012 http://www.freaksearch.com/en/thread/6384865/ongoing_farm_attacks_well_mannered_man_killed,_wif e_beaten_and_scarred. ERASMUS Johan Jo aged 40 AND his partner Aneke who was four months pregnant at the time, were attacked inside their home by an armed gang of at least 5 men at around 02:00. Aneke related that she woke up when she heard people talking outside. She recalled that, I woke up Jo. He ran downstairs and encountered a robber who was already inside the house. He had climbed through a window. The other four were trying to break open the door. I ran to the bedroom where my two children were sleeping and I took them upstairs with me to our bedroom. We sat on the bed while Jo confronted the robbers downstairs. The children, boys aged 5 and 8, were from her previous relationship, but had a very close relationship with Jo. Jo shouted at me to bring the laptop. I was on my way down when I heard shots and saw Jo falling down. The robbers were still outside, but after Jo was shot, they broke down the door and came into the house. Jo had been shot in the head and collapsed to the ground. Aneke went back upstairs and their attackers stormed after her. Hitting her in the side of her face with the butt of a gun, they demanded jewellery, which she did not have. They then took her cellphone, a flat-screen TV and the laptop, before fleeing. The children tried to help their mother carry Jo to the car to take him to hospital; Aneke picked him up by his upper body, while each child tried to lift a foot, but they could not manage. We tried to drag him, but he was too heavy. He was still conscious and tried to get up to walk, but he could not. He fell down, moaned and tried to say something I could not hear. The children also ran to fetch towels to try to stop the bleeding.
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A neighbour who heard the gunshots, had phoned for an ambulance which took Jo to hospital. Hospital staff argued about the paperwork for some time before admitting Jo. At one stage they even wanted to airlift him to the Johannesburg General Hospital as they said the hospital was full. Eventually the staff decided to admit Jo to the Kalafong hospital, where he died four hours later. Aneke said the youngsters were extremely upset and cried bitterly after the ordeal. Mike Davis, the owner of the property the couple rented, said they had picked up at least nine cartridges. Stone Cradle smallholding. Sat 23 Apr 2012 http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/dad-to-be-killed-by-gang-1.1281538 FOXON David aged 43 was having supper at around 20:00 with his pregnant wife AND three year old son AND 5 month old baby when two men entered their home through an open garage door and attacked them. They tied up Davids hands, but he mana ged to get his hands free again and was shot in the leg, and twice in the head. He died on the scene. His wife managed to run away and call for help. Umbhaba Lodge, Hazyview. Wed 11 Apr 2012 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Geskiet-voor-sy-gesin-20120411 FRONEMAN Charlotte aged 64 AND her husband Neilis were attacked and stabbed inside their home during the night. An attacker gained entry into their home through a kitchen window at around 02:00. The noise woke Charlotte, and when she went to investigate, she was repeatedly stabbed in the chest. The commotion woke Neilis, and he took his firearm before going to investigate what was going on in the dining room. A fight ensued with the attacker and Neilis was also stabbed. He, however, managed to fire several shots, wounding the intruder. The attacker was shot on the right side of his face and on his shoulder. He tried to flee, but he was arrested by police not far from the house. Charlotte was declared dead at the scene. Neilis was taken to hospital in a serious condition. Farm Dagbreek, George. Easter Sunday, April 8 2012 http://afrikaans.news24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vrou-op-plaas-doodgesteek-20120408 http://www.boerentrepreneur.com/farmitracker/reports/view/2500 GEY VAN PITTIUS Frieda aged 80 AND her husband Oscar aged 82, were attacked at their homestead at around 13:00 when Oscar returned home from work. The local police spokesperson said that Oscar had got out of his car to remove a large branch obstructing his driveway so he could park his car inside, when a group of men, their faces covered by balaclavas, emerged and attacked him. They manhandled him and forced Oscar back into the car, held him at gunpoint, and ordered him to drive in and not make a noise. Oscar obeyed and put the car in the garage. The men, wielding knives, sticks and pangas, closed the garage door and began beating Oscar. Frieda heard the commotion, and when she went to investigate, was also attacked. They were both taken to the living room where they were beaten with sticks, struck with pangas and kicked and punched all over their bodies, he reported. The gang demanded cash and valuables from the couple, who were taken through the rooms by their attackers, and told to identify expensive valuables. The couple were
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beaten repeatedly as the gang ransacked the house, taking cash, a video camera, two watches, a wedding ring, and a gun - from a safe. The men then tied up the couple with wire, grabbed a tin of paint and threw the paint over them before leaving them to die. The couple were left helpless for at least 15 hours on the floor of their living room. Their tenant made the horror discovery at 6am on Thursday, and phoned their son and the police before taking the couple to hospital, where they were admitted to ICU. Their son reported to The Mercury newspapers that he was shocked, saying that, They were so badly beaten that I could not recognise them. Their faces are swollen. Dad has multiple injuries and fractures. The brutality is shocking. They were extremely beaten. He added that it was difficult for any child to see a parent beaten in such a cruel manner, stating that, The whole family are shocked and horrified. We cannot stop crying. We fail to understand why this kind of brutality was necessary. His parents were vulnerable and defenceless, he said, asking, Why could they not just take what they wanted and leave them alone? A policeman who went to the home described what he saw as inhumane. I have never seen anything like that, he said. The whole house had bloodstains. I cannot understand why they were splashed with paint. It was really horrific. Trafalgar, south of Southbroom and San Lameer. Wed 14 Dec 2012 http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/couple-barely-recognisable-after-attack1.1441000 GOUWS Bets aged 60, had left town to go home at around 16:00, and was murdered less than 800m from her home. Kobus Gouws tripped over the corpse of his mother where she lay in the thicket of the field just before it was dark about 300m from her car. Her head had been crushed. It was clearly visible that Bets had unsuccessfully tried to ride over the rocks repeatedly, which someone had put into their farm road, and that she was forced to climb out her vehicle. The packet with bread, milk and meat which she had bought was left untouched on the seat of her car, and the keys were still in the ignition. Only her handbag and celphone had been stolen. Farm Weltevrede, Belfast. 5 Dec 2012 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Hy-val-oor-ma-se-lyk-20121207 GROBLER Broer aged 79 was alone on the farm he shared with his son when he was attacked between 01:00 and 02:00. A gang had broken open the security gate and wooden door to the back entrance of the Grobler homestead, as well as an inner door before they kicked open Broers bedroom door and stormed into his room. Broer was repeatedly hit and kicked and threatened by his attackers, who demanded money from him. Broer opened the small safe and they grabbed his cash, after which they demanded the keys for the large safe, which he gave to them, from which they stole three guns. It was clear that they had investigated their target thoroughly. The gang then fled on foot for about 1km before they climbed into a get-away car and drove away. Because his hands had been tied up, Broer was unable to call for help, but walked to the houses of his workers. They called in his son.
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Farm Erdau, Lichtenburg. 2 Oct 2012 http://www.northwestnewspapers.co.za/noordwester/index.php/skolenuus/gekombineer de-skole/217-bejaarde-geteiken-in-plaasaanval#.UHZMNeFlJgA.facebook HALL David aged 48 AND his wife Bernadette aged 44, dairy farmers, were milking cows in the shed 70m from their home at about 06:00 when she noticed an unknown gang of 5 men walking towards them through the maize field. I yelled at my husband that they were coming and had a gun. David went out but the dogs held me back. Shortly afterwards, she heard two shots. The gang then overpowered Bernadette and then forced her to the farmhouse. She tried to fight back. I hit them with a pipe and with my fist. The gang bashed her on her head and body with a panga, gun and an iron pipe. They wanted guns and money. I gave them small change and our wallets and unlocked the safe. The gang tied Bernadette up in the garage before fleeing in the couples car, which was found abandoned along the road outside the nearest town. After their dog - a Boerbull named Caesar - freed her, she first ran to where her husbands body was laying in the grass, a few meters away from the dairy, and then called for help over the radio. He just lay there, still, she cried, badly traumatised. Other farmers and the police were on the scene within minutes. One farmer said that Bernadette beside herself. Her husbands elderly mother, Joan, and other family members comforted each other on the scene while his body was removed. He had been shot in the back of the head, and in the chest. We cant describe how we feel, it is so unnecessary, said Peter Hall, the murdered mans brother. David put food on peoples tables and now he has been murdered. Bernadette was admitted to hospital and had to get stitches to her finger where she tried to shield herself from the panga. Farm Frischgewaagd, Buffelshoek, Potchefstroom. Mon 19 Feb 2012 http://www.ewn.co.za/Story.aspx?Id=82997&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twit ter http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Dog-frees-attacked-farmers-wife-20120221 HENZEN Thys aged 43, has been a paraplegic for the past 7 years since a hit-and-run accident. People he shared a house with, had friends over for a visit. Thys accidentally broke a glass against the arm of his chair and cut one of the visitors in the arm. The visitor phoned the police. The police sprayed Thys with pepper spray and dragged him out of his wheelchair into the garden, where they assaulted him before throwing him into the back of their van. Along the way to the police station, they stopped the van, pulled him out, beat him up under the lights of the van and emptied 3 cans of pepper spray in his face. After driving around with him for about an hour, he was thrown into a police cell. One of the inmates ordered him to lie on a blanket. Another stepped on the back of his neck and Thys was raped. The case against him was withdrawn. Thys was put on anti virol treatment, which he couldnt afford to pay for afterwards. Welkom. 8 Feb 2012 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Parapleeg-vertel-van-nag-van-hel20120208
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HEPBURN Allen aged 52, was stabbed 7 times while changing a tyre on his vehicle in front of his house, and left to die. His wife came across his body when she returned home. She said that this was no botched vehicle theft attempt. Nothing was stolen. Klipeiland smallholdings, Bronkhorstspruit. Sun 5 Feb 2012 http://www.boerentrepreneur.com/farmitracker/reports/view/2297 JANSEN VAN RENSBURG Christo part-time farmer aged 36, was returning home after work at around 22:00 along a gravel farm road when a petrol bomb was thrown in through the open window of his farm pick-up truck. When he jumped out the van due to the flames, he was beaten with an iron rod and a rock, and was stabbed, but items he was carrying in his pocket prevented the knife from penetrating his skin. His attackers tried to push Christo back into his burning van, then poured petrol over him and set him alight. Christo rolled on the ground, removed his clothes, and sprinted the 200 meters home to call for help, wearing only his socks. His wife recalled that Christo was screaming terribly. When she switched on the outside light, the attackers ran away. She noticed that one of them was wearing a balaclava. Christo was rushed to hospital and had sustained 2nd and 3rd degree burns. Heilbron. Tues http://www.boerentrepreneur.com/farmitracker/reports/view/2518 JOHNSON Jeanette aged 84 was murdered inside the hospital after she had been admitted from the retirement village for the infirm, Silwer Dae, to the local hospital (Nelspruit) after she had started vomiting. Paramedics who delivered Jeanette to the hospital confirmed that she had no visible wounds when she was admitted to hospital. Later the same day the hospital informed her son that Jeanette was battling to breathe. He managed to call on her within an hour. He found his mother unconscious. She had received eleven stitches for a head wound, her mouth was bruised and torn, her eyes and wrists were also blue and bruised. She died shortly afterwards. http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/lowveld/lowveld-newscrime?oid=6338304&sn=Detail&pid=490171&Vrou--84--sterf-in-hospitaal-met-snywondaan-kop JORDAAN Adri aged 14, AND her family were asleep when a fierce fire for unknown causes broke out at around 05:00 in their home. Car-mechanic Kallie Hoffman, who works for her father Jaco Jordaan aged 34, and lived in an outside room on the same erf, said he woke up when he heard Adri scream for help. He rushed to her bedroom window, ripped off the burglar-bars, and plucked her from the burning room. She was taken to Leratong hospital where she died. Jaco, owner of a motorcar-workshop, and his current wife Suzie were sharing the same house with his ex-wife Nicolene and her present husband Tommy Dickson for financial reasons. The two families consisted of six children. Besides Adri, there were Salome Jordaan (11), Tanya Jordaan (4), Armand Dickson (3) (who all died), Jacques Jordaan (3) and Thomas Dickson (9months) who both survived unscathed. The fire department showed up an hour after the fire was reported, without water to douse the flames: and the grieving father had to collect the
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torched bodies of three children himself and take them in his own car to the local mortuary. Randfontein. Mon 4 June 2012 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vlamme-eis-drie-kinders-1-erg-beseer20120604 JOSEPH Neville AND his wife, AND their two friends with two children, were attacked on their smallholding while they were outside having a barbeque at night. A gang of at least three armed men stormed them, spoke to them in Afrikaans and English telling them that they will not be harmed, and the women were then told to give up their jewellery. Neville then over heard them talking to one another in Zulu that they were going to first rape the women then kill all of them, - luckily Neville understood their language,. Neville told his friend, who then took action and threw one of the attackers with a chair while Neville also jumped them. Their attackers ran around the house and then opened fire on the two family men. After a bullet hit Neville in the stomach, more shots were fired at his friends and family, but luckily no one else was hit. The nearby security heard the shots, and the Joseph family had also been able to reach and push their panic button, and their attackers fled. Neville was admitted to hospital. The Rest smallholdings, Nelspruit. 24 Jan 2012 Report provided by Carly Kennedy Jansen on facebook social network KELLING Dintj - educator aged 76, became the eighth person to die in a house-fire in Bloemfontein in the same week, said the fire dept section chief. Her corpse was found in her shower. She had been unable to escape from the unusually rapid house fire, wherein her house completely burnt out and the roof collapsed. Mrs Kelling, ex-teacher and former department-head at the local Dr Bhmer school, was a very keen embroiderer, and loved travelling, classical music and people. The SAPS have launched a forensic investigation into the cause of the fire. It is suspected that she is another victim of persons who induce a sleeping gas into the house and then burn the residents to death. Waverley, Bloemfontein. 8 June 2012 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bejaarde-vrou-sterf-in-brand-in-haar-huis20120608 http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/ KOLESKY Craig - adventure sports photographer aged 37, was stabbed five times AND his girlfriends mother, Wiebke Makein was stabbed three times inside their home by a gang of three men at around 23:00. Describing their attackers, Craig recalled in an interview afterwards that, They were very well-dressed, well-groomed, and the way they were holding the knives and stabbing showed they knew what they were doing. The gang had gained entrance into the Kolesky home after they had scaled a wall and climbed through a bathroom window. They made their way downstairs, where they found Wiebke sleeping in the lounge. They sat on Wiebke for 20 minutes, telling her she was going to die. When two of the guys went upstairs saying We need to go up to the nursery, Wiebke screamed No, its a child!
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Craig explained that he had been sleeping with his girlfriend, Yvushka, and baby son upstairs, when they realised there were intruders in house. I kicked the one who had a knife over Yvushka, all the way down the stairs. He got up and came straight at me. Downstairs I had two guys coming at me with knives. They kept screaming Wheres the money, wheres the child? While Craig was taking the fight downstairs, Yvushka managed to run with the baby into the nursery and locked the door. She related that, I hid him between a toy box and his cot so they wouldnt get him immediately if they managed to break in. One of them kept screaming that he wanted the baby. I kept thinking how I wouldnt be able to live with it if something were to happen to him [the baby]. Craig recalled that, The way that guy was kicking the [nursery] door down was crazy. He said when he heard one of the men asked wheres the baby? he saw red. I dont even remember the stabs, I was just fighting. They just missed my kidney. They stabbed me at the top of my elbow with a skinny blade and punctured some nerves and tendons. My hand has about 14 stitches, he added. Yvushka said her mother said she did not want to have to see Craig die, so she just held the other guy while she was being stabbed. While her family were being stabbed downstairs, Yvushka screamed, but said no one heard her. I was on the balcony screaming for someone, but no one could hear me because there was a party across the road and it was too loud. I thought I was going to find Craig and my mom dead. Craig realised his family were in grave danger, and tried to negotiate. I told one of the guys I could withdraw R50 000 for them. He got excited and went upstairs to show his friend my wallet and I managed to get out of the gate in those 10 seconds. I was screaming like youve never heard. When I ran back into the house they were running out upstairs, he said, and that the gang took nothing from the house. It appeared they wanted only the baby. Their home was covered in blood following the attack. The police were on the scene within minutes, but the men had escaped. Craig didnt even remember being stabbed. He needed about 38 stitches, and Wiebke, who was stabbed three times in the arm, needed 20 stitches. Oranjezicht. Fri 19 Aug 2012 http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/dad-stabbed-in-bid-to-save-babyson-1.1365463 KRUGER Andre aged 42 from Sunnyside, Pretoria went missing on Friday night when he went to pick someone up. His car was found during the weekend in Marble Hall. His corpse was found on Saturday morning in the Mamelodi field on the western side of Pretoria with knife wounds to the throat. He had also been assaulted. Pretoria. Fri 15 July 2012 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Lyk-van-vermiste-Pta-man-in-veld-gekry20120716 KUSSMAN Leslie a well known businessman aged 83, was arrested on a Friday for the illegal possession of firearms after a raid by the SA Police services intelligence service and Tactical Unit, after what they call "months of investigation". During the raid
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on his home, they discovered 6 firearms and 76 rounds of ammunition in his safe. He was denied bail, and spent the weekend in the police cells. While he was detained in the police cells over the weekend, his property was mysteriously set alight by "unknown" people. Leslie suffered hundreds of thousands of rands worth of damage to his home from which he sold car parts. The following Monday, his lawyer stated in court that the firearms consist of 2 shotguns registered Leslies name, 3 firearms which belonged to people who lived on his property and who asked him to lock it in his safe, and one firearm which belonged to a friend who owed him money. He also pointed out that Leslie had no prior convictions, and had no police record. Leslie was released on R500 ($71) bail, to be able to check on his property and the damage. The low bail is quite an indication of how "serious" the Court considers the case. This is exactly part of the dehumanisation process which Dr Stanton mentioned in his press conference a week earlier to this incident. Arresting an old man on a Friday on a charge like this, ensures that he will have to spend the weekend behind bars. It gave some "mysterious unknown" person the opportunity to burn down his property, thereby depriving him of an income, and it drags his name through the mud. Bloemfontein. Fri 27 July 2012 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Sakeman-se-eiendom-brand-af-tydensaanhouding-20120730 LA CLUS Pierre aged 54 AND his wife Marietjie aged 50 were attacked on the N12 to Johannesburg near the Golden Highway off ramp to Soweto, en route to Mozambique at around 03:30. The lanes had been narrowed down to two due to road works by the company G4 Civils, who had asked Bitline SA Security to monitor the road during the night as Mr Arren Mahabeer, aged 32, was shot to death on the N1 in 2008 after he had been trapped on the road during road works. Rocks in the road damaged the wheel of the la Clus vehicle. Pierre was changing the tyre when he was hit on the right eye with a rock. So big that his attacker had to hold it with both hands. A second attacker grabbed the car jack from Pierre and started hitting him with it. Pierre started fighting back, trying to keep the attackers as far as possible away from his wife, who had locked the doors to the vehicle and tried to phone the police three times, but each time the line went dead. A Bitline patrol came across the attack, and when the driver jumped out his vehicle and shouted, the attackers ran away. 22 Feb 2012 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Klip-tref-oog-op-pad-20120222 LAZARUS James aged 61, described the events during which he protected his family at night against a gang of three home invaders. "I was sitting on the couch watching TV to see the weather and my grandchildren were sitting about 2 metres away when three men suddenly appeared in front of me, James recalled. The front door was open but the main gate was closed - but not locked: he was expecting relatives to stop by. He yelled his wife's name to alert her of the intruders: one of the men carried a gun and walked into the house to see who else was there. One of the other men went to my eight-year-old granddaughter and took my cellphone which she was playing with,
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James recalled further, and said that one man sprayed pepper spray in his eyes but this only affected one of his eyes. "I noticed one pulled out a knife and that was when I decided I could not let these men do as they pleased in my house. I jumped up from the couch, pushed the two away from me and pulled out my gun from my waist, James said. He shot at a third man who at that point was holding his wife at gunpoint while the other two invaders ran away. "The gunman came towards me holding my wife with one hand and pointing his gun at me with the other. I shot at him and my wife got away and rushed to take the kids to one side. As I was shooting he just kept coming for me - as if he was wearing a bullet proof vest. He kept coming and I kept firing. Then he jumped on the coffee table to get at me. He fell and broke the glass, James said. The man was still holding his gun and James said he was afraid to stop firing at him: he did not want the man to use his gun on his family. SAPS spokesman Stephen Marais confirmed this version of events: also adding that Mr Lazarus' firearm was legally registered. Marais said that, "Police discovered the dead man was a foreign national and found documentation on him that confirmed this. The police are investigating the connection and modus operandi used by the suspects with other house robberies in the area. They are still looking for the other two. The public prosecutor would decide whether Mr Lazarus would be charged for the unknown gunman's death. Braelyn. Wed 28 June 2012 http://www.neo-genocide.com/farmitracker/reports/view/94 LANGEVELD Lizette aged 43 was sitting on her bed while working on her laptop at around 19:30 when two gunmen followed her ten year old son, who had stepped outside to fetched his kittens, into the house to her room. They tied Lizette and her son up with cable ties and threw them onto her bed, face down, demanding cash and the safe keys. While they were beating Lizette, she told her son, Lets pray. He then loudly said, Lord, help us! The shorter man of the two then assaulted her aain and told them to be quiet. He removed some of Lizettes clothes and opened his pants, threatening to rape her, and shoot dead her husband, who was not home. He was stopped by his accomplice. When her husband phoned, the gunmen asked her why he was calling. Lizelle said she thinks he is almost home. They grabbed her celphone and ran outside to ambush him. Lizelle and her son managed to get loose and ran to lock the doors where the gunmen had entered. She grabbed her laptop and hid with her son in the wardrobe, from where she asked for help on facebook. Within minutes, her husband had been warned, and friends and the police showed up at their door to save them. The gunmen had fled the scene. The police have opened a case of house burglary. Centurion smallholding, Pretoria. Fri 4 Mar 2012. Staan Saam group forum on Facebook. LE ROUX Ignatius, South African Police Services Sargeant, was kept in illegal custody for 3 years on trumped-up charges: released Feb 31 2012 after magistrate investigates the charges and finds that he has been kept in prison illegally for three years on trumped up charges. Ignatius was not allowed lodge a complaint. 28 Feb 2912
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http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Farm-attack-Woman-dies-for-iPad-laptop20120916 NEWLAND Barry used car dealer aged 56, operated his business from his smallholding. According to Barrys housekeeper, a gang of 5 men arrived on the smallholding, and gained access to his property by pretending to be interested in purchasing a car. As soon as Barry arrived home, the men pulled out firearms and forced him inside the house, where they tied him up and tortured him by burning him with an iron and lit cigarettes. During the attack, Barry's apprentice, gardener and domestic worker were tied up in the flat outside the house. About three hours later, a tenant on the property came upon Barrys corpse and called for help. The private investigator who was called on to the scene, related that, "Newland was in the bathroom, with a plastic bag over his face. Veins in his eyes had burst and the inside of his mouth was black, which are signs of asphyxiation." The police spokesperson reported that, The house was in a total mess, but the only thing that has been reported missing so far is a cellphone. Paramedics declared him dead on the scene." The police opened a case of house robbery and murder. Cloverdene, Crystal park, Benoni. Fri 28 Sep 2012 www.looklocal.co.za Man (56) tortured and murdered in movie star Charlize`s old home - Crime | looklocal Benoni NIEBUHR Ingrid Anna aged 71 was attacked inside her home, stabbed several times and her throat was slit. Her corpse was discovered in her bedroom by her neighbour in the morning. There were stab wounds to her neck, face and back. Nothing appears to be taken. Her car was found abandoned later in the area. Wakkerstroom. Sat 11 Feb 2012 Vrou (71) se lyk in plas bloed in huis gekry 2012-02-12 21:14 OOSTHUIZEN Cookie aged 69 AND his wife Meisie aged 68 - milk distributers, woke up shortly after midnight inside their bed with a strange man on top of each of them, demanding to know where the light-switch was. During the two hour ordeal that followed, the couple were stabbed repeatedly in their hands while they tried to protect themselves. The intruders wore balaclavas and gloves. They tied the couple up with telephone cords and neck ties, their hands above their heads. While demanding money, they yanked Meisie off her bed and threatened to rape her. She said they could take anything they wanted, and unlocked the safe, which was sin another room, for them, from which they stole R18000 ($2200) and two firearms a pistol and a rifle. One of their attackers kept contact - speaking in Sotho - by using his celphone with an accomplice who was waiting outside for them in a get-away vehicle. Cookie was able to follow some of the conversation as he understands Sotho. The get-away driver told the intruder that they must hurry up as the road was getting busy. After the intruders had looted the safe, one of them aimed his gun at Cookie and pulled the trigger, but it did not go off. Then he aimed his gun at Meisie, and again it did not go off. They took their
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loot and fled the scene. Cookie managed to wriggle himself loose, untied Meisie and called for help. His brother, who arrived on the scene shortly afterwards, said that their bedroom looked terrible; there was blood everywhere. He added that the family dogs had been fed poisoned polony by the attackers before they assaulted the Oosthuizens. The couple were rushed to hospital where they were treated for their injuries and shock. Meisie required surgery to her hand. Weltevrede plot, Koppies. http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Egpaar-spring-dood-vry-toe-pistool-weier20120427 PEACH Dawie was attacked and nearly torched to death outside his home at 02:30 when unknown men threw benzene over him and set him alight. Dawie was able to put out the flames by tearing his clothes off, but the right side of his face and ear were badly burnt. Rikasrus smallholdings, Westonaria, Randfontein. Mon 13 Feb 2012 http://www.boerentrepreneur.com/farmitracker/reports/view/2354 PREECE Chris, British technical-engineer aged 54, AND his wife Felicity, were attacked during the night on their farm, where they stayed on weekends as Chris worked in Johannesburg during the week. Their dogs were poisoned, which probably caused Chris to leave the house on Saturday night to investigate. He was overpowered outside the house by a gang of at least three men and savagely murdered inside his kitchen with machetes and knives. Felicity heard Chris crying for help when he confronted the gang outside, but was overpowered before she could call police. During the attack, she had also been thrown against a wall and was slashed with a machete. She was left behind for dead and was discovered by a farm worker the following morning worker who discovered the bloody scene as he arrived for work. Felicity was admitted to hospital with serious injuries and a fractured skull. Two celphones and a little money in a wallet was looted during the attack. The murder weapons were found in the house. Local police said the attack at Mr Preece's farm was the fifth such attack, and the second murder, in the district that month. Locals believe these attacks to have been committed by men who crossed the nearby border from Lesotho. Farm Fleur de Lys, Ficksburg. Sat 26 Nov 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/9702619/ British-engineer-hacked-to-death-on-his-South-African-farm.html http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Brit-wreed-in-VS-op-droomplaas-vermoor20121126 PUCCINELLI Alfred Richard Choppy was driving at around 18:35 and stopped on the M2 highway onramp to change a tyre. He was attacked during which he was cut on the hand and on the finger, and his throat was slit. He died from loss of blood on the scene, where the police discovered his body next to his car. Choppys son -in-law remarked on the murder of Choppy, and said that, This is such a senseless murder as my father in law was such a humble gentle man and had they just asked him for his cell phone, wallet or car jack which were the items taken he would have given it all including the
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car. Had he just been given the chance he would still be with us today!!!! Johannesburg. Thur 7 June 2012 Published in The Star on 12/06/2012 ROBINS Elizabeth aged 77 AND her husband Erick, a plumber aged 72, were stabbed to death inside their home during the night. Arriving for work on Monday morning, Flora Nkwanyana had no reason to suspect that anything was wrong. The gate at her employers home was closed but left unlocked for her, and the door was also unlocked, as usual. But then she saw an overturned chair and a trail of blood leading from the door. She assumed that the frail Elizabeth who used a walker to get about, had fallen and hurt herself. Flora walked into the house calling for the couple, but there was no answer. When I got to the dining room I saw Ericks back. He was lying on the floor like he was sleeping on his side. I screamed at him, but he never responded. Then I saw more blood. I ran to the bedroom to call for Betty, but she wasnt there. Flora ran outside and called Thulani Mofokeng, who worked for Erick. Mofokeng called the Robinss neighbours, who alerted the police. At that time I still did not know where Betty was. When the neighbours came, they saw Betty in the lounge. I did not go to see her. We waited for the police to come. Betty had been stabbed 15 times and Erick twice, in the neck and chest. Its too much. Yesterday I couldnt take it. Everytime Betty would tell me Super Flora, super. They were so nice to me and everybody else. This shouldnt have happened to them, said Flora. Thulani, who worked with Erick Robins in his plumbing business for the past eight years, said he had lost a father. Erick was not just my boss, he was like a father to me. He did everything for me. Everybody we did plumbing for loved Erick because he was a good man. I miss him and Betty so much already, he said. Thembakazi Ntshobane, the Robinss tenant, who lives in an outbuilding on the property, said she hadnt slept in her house since the murders. I am afraid to be here. Thembakazi described her landlords as humble and generous people. They always spoke so lovingly and were always very helpful. Ive been living here for three months and we were so happy. She said Betty Robins mostly stayed inside because she was frail. Erick helped me a lot and also ran errands for me. She had not heard any unusual sounds during the night. I had a DVD rental that I wanted Erick to return for me yesterday. When I went to the house, I noticed the gate was unlocked but the door was closed. I rang the bell and called for them. There was no answer but the dogs were barking inside. I thought Erick must be in the shower and Betty usually sleeps until a little later. When I got no response, I left because I was already late for work. It didnt strike me that something could be wrong. I got the shock of my life when I received the news after midday. Two cellphones and a cordless phone were taken from the house, which had been ransacked. There were no signs of forced entry. It seems the perpetrators gained access through the front door, which was unlocked, he said. Port Edward. Sun 19 June
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2012 http://www.witness.co.za/?content&global%5BcategoryISbb_content_categoriesID%5D =9 ROBSON Noel and Yvonne an elderly couple who managed the Ikhaya Lethu Childrens Home, were attacked by a gang at around 04:00 after their dogs had been barking for half an hour. Noel had opened the door to their home to tell the dogs to keep quiet, and found at least four men waiting for him. Noel tried to close the door as quickly as he could and Yvonne, sensing there was trouble, immediately phoned the police. The gang forced their way into the house and demanded money. They did not wait for answers before they started beating and kicking the couple. One of the men was armed with an axe and struck Noel on the head four times. Another attacker ripped a fire extinguisher off a wall to beat him. They kept on threatening to kill us," recalled Yvonne afterwards from her hospital bed, traumatized and with a badly swollen face. Their attackers escaped with two celphones, a laptop, cash and other items they were interested in, leaving behind a badly injured and traumatised Noel before the police arrived. The Robsons two dogs were also poisoned during the attack, but they were taken to the vet in time and survived. Colenzo. Mandela Day. 23 July 2012 http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/ladysmith/ladysmith-newsgeneral?oid=5913992&sn=Detail&pid=4980212&Attacked-with-axe-for-pocket-money RODGER Allen - American farm manager aged 61, was ambushed at around 17:30 by a gang of at least 2 men when he entered his home after work. Allen and his fianc were both tied up and assaulted, after which Allen suffered numerous cut wounds and bruising and a broken shoulder. His fianc was also assaulted. Their attackers disappeared on foot with two celphones and some cash. Allen was admitted for surgery at the Bloemfontein Mediclining. Ladybrand farm, Free State. 14 Aug 2012 http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=31890 SCHOLTZ Marius aged 42, the owner/co-editor of the Highveld Tribune community newspaper, took a 350km fundraising-walk from Ermelo to Hoedspruit to raise support money for the victims of the recent devastating flood which destroyed so many homes in that area. On the Monday he walked from Ermelo to just before Chrissiesmeer on the Carolina-road. There he camped and spent the night. That Tuesday-morning he continued and stopped 10km before Carolina to camp. Between 21:00 and 22:00 he was making food when a gang of three unknown men approached him, overpowered him, took away his gun, and shot him in the right foot, lower-leg and left hand. His attackers then ran away without taking anything. He phoned his wife Corn, who alerted the Chrissiesmeer SAPS and the Life Care Response Ambulance Service. He was taken to the Ermelo Medi Clinic and transferred Wednesday-morning to the Highveld Medi Clinic in Louis Trichardt for surgery. Feb 14 2012 http://www.boerentrepreneur.com/farmitracker/reports/view/2344
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SIM Leon aged 71 AND his wife Mari aged 68, were murdered at their homestead late at night. According to the marks in the ground on their property, the police suspect Leon was stabbed at the flat in the back of his yard, then dragged around his guesthouse. Mari was found inside their flat. She had also been stabbed repeatedly. Her attackers had tried to set her alight using swimmingpool chemicals. Both Leon and Maris throats had been slit. Cresslawn, Kempton Park. 23 Aug 2012 Looklocal Egpaar vermoor: Twee in arres 2012-08-23 18:53 SMIT Daan AND his wife Fiona, AND their son Christo were asleep when a gang broke into their home through a bathroom window at around 02:00. Fiona woke up and screamed when she became aware of three men at the foot-end of her bed. Daan jumped up and wrestled with their attackers, during which he was stabbed with a Shogun knife in the arm. Although the knife blade broke in his arm, his attacker kept on stabbing him with it repeatedly, while his accomplices attacked Daan with various weapons. Daan recalled that the monkey wrench with which he was thrashed with on the head repeatedly, nearly made him stumble, but he realised that if he fell down, not only he, but his family would be murdered as well. The gang fled the scene through the window they had entered as Christo brought his fathers firearm to him, and Christo let off some warning shots into the air. Daan was taken to hospital for treatment while Fiona waited for the police. Daan said afterwards that Fiona is receiving trauma counselling, but cannot sleep. Christo, a university student, battles to concentrate on his studies as he is constantly worried about the safety of his parents. Daan added that, They fled with my celphone. Where are our human rights? Thugs stuff defenceless elderly into freezers and flee the scene with nothing. The motive is not theft, its genocide. Belfast. 16 Dec 2012 http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/middelburg/middelburg-newscrime?oid=6776936&sn=Detail&pid=4979902&Twee-in-hof-vir-Belfast-moorde--slagoffers-skreeu-volksmoord SMITH Henna aged 75 was murdered inside her home at around 01:00. Her son who lives about 30m from her house, saw her the lights on of her shop which was adjacent to her home - and went to investigate. He found her bound to a chair, her hands and feet tied up, and a rag tied tightly around her head. Nothing was robbed. Two men have been arrested and another two suspects are still on the loose. Farm Threeriviere, Citrusdal. Thur 29 Apr 2012. http://www.dieburger.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Twee-vas-na-moord-buite-Citrusdal20120429 http://www.boerentrepreneur.com/farmitracker/reports/view/2561 SMITH Martin aged 75 AND his wife Arlene aged 59, went home after a friend told them their house had been broken into at night. Upon their arrival, Arlene stayed at the front of the house, while Martin drove around to the back. After a while, Arlene walked up the driveway where she found their pick-up truck, but no sign of her husband. She tried to retrieve her handbag from the truck, but was attacked and dragged from the vehicle by
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a stranger, and shot in the leg. Two attackers took her to the nearby bushes where Martin was lying - he had been shot in the head. These two attackers then tried to make their getaway in the Smiths vehicle, but stalled the engine, after which they fled the scene on foot. Police from surrounding stations and units were called to the scene as the suspects had split up and headed in different directions. They were both apprehended a short while later. After the arrests, it was discovered that they had also broken into a vehicle belonging to a man who was fishing with friends near the Smiths home, from which cash and clothing was stolen. Police later recovered the clothes from the bushes where they had been hidden, said Lt-Col Wiid. The gun used in the shooting was not yet recovered at that stage. Jali was charged with possession of suspected stolen property, while Njiyela was charged with housebreaking, theft out of a motor vehicle and the possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, said Lt-Col Wiid. The case was postponed for seven days for bail application. One of the men had been released from prison the day before the attack on the Smiths. A week later, police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Zandra Wiid announced that the police had arrested another two suspects in connection with the attack on the Smith family, thought to be linked to the shooting, and added that, Both were found in possession of various items of stolen property as well as three firearms. Their case too was postponed for seven days for bail application. Woodgrange, Hibberdene. Wed 9 May 2012 Looklocal The suspects were found with stolen property and three firearms in their possession. ; POLICE have been involved in a shootout with armed robbers in Hibberdene.16 May 2012; Updated on May 23 UNNAMED CULLINAN rehabilitation centre employee aged 26, was murdered inside his home. A colleague who went in search of him after he had not arrived for work for a week, found the house locked, but peered through a window and saw his body on the floor. Police forced the door open and found him dead with an open wound to his upper body. Some of his property, including his car, were missing. Twenty minutes later, police arrested five men in possession of the stolen car. Decomposed body of a rehabilitation centre employee has been found February 27 2012 at 03:10pm UNNAMED GREENSHIELDS PARK, Nelson Mandela Bay woman aged 72 was attacked inside her home at around 01:00 by a gang of at least four men. They had gained entry to the house by bending the back door security gate and forcing the door open. Once inside, they appeared in her bedroom, and held her hostage for an hour while three of them ransacked the house. A fourth man took her to the bathroom where police say he raped her. Two laptops only were stolen; other smaller items of higher value were left untouched. Victim support councillor at Walmer police station and a member of various crime prevention forums, John Preller, described the incident as "barbaric and "tragic. "I was contacted by the police to assist with this case and I am absolutely horrified that
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they could do this to a harmless elderly woman who was absolutely no threat to them, he said. "Men who do this are on a complete power trip and are trying to show their dominance in these situations. These type of people should not even be called men. 23 Feb 2012 72-year-old Bay woman raped 24 February 2012 UNNAMED MARGATE woman aged 56, was attacked and raped while working in her garden during the day. Before fleeing the assailant also robbed his victim of her jewellery including her wedding ring. The womans husband found his traumatized, naked wife tied up and bleeding. Police spokesman Sergeant Pumzile Makahula said the woman had been stripped and was bound with cable ties and left in the garden. She was lying on the grass next to a tap with a hose attachment. The hose had been pushed into her genital area and the tap opened, she said. The woma n was taken to hospital for treatment. Tues 19 Feb 2012 UNNAMED MONTAGU GARDENS security guard aged 30, was found tied up and badly injured in a covered drain at around 03:00 after his colleagues searched for him when he did not return from his round. While searching the area, they found his shoe near a drain. They called his name, and heard noises in the drain. Police spokesman told the newspaper the man had injuries to his face and head. There was also stolen property found on the premises, covered with pallets, as well as a crowbar and a knife covered with blood, he said. The guard was rushed to hospital in a critical condition for treatment. Cape Town. 30 Apr 2012 http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/guard-found-tied-up-in-drain-1.1285960 UNNAMED MOOINOOI, Brits woman was attacked and raped along the road by 3 black men, not from South Africa. They wanted to set her alight and torch her, but one of them decided against that. They stole her celphone, but did not take her car, as none of them could drive, and fled on foot. https://www.facebook.com/groups/174443519334979/177738759005455/?ref=notif&no tif_t=group_activity UNNAMED RUIMSIG woman aged 25 was murdered inside her townhouse during the night. The local police spokesperson reported that, We can confirm that she was stabbed with sharp objects and died on the scene. Only her celphone has been reported missing. Thur 4 Oct 2012 Northsider media dated 05 October 2012, article by Amoryn Golden UNNAMED SWEDISH tourists were attacked, robbed and raped in East London. The two victims were women aged 20 who had wandered away from a crowded area while walking between the Eastern Beach lifesavers shack and Bats Cave. They were pulled into bushes, robbed and raped at knife-point. The crime shocked East Londoners and made headlines in Sweden. Two men have appeared in court in connection with this attack. 10 Jan 2012
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Rape confession was forced www.dispatch.co.za UNNAMED WITHOK, Brakpan woman aged 68 was attacked inside her home at around 09:45, just after her life-partner aged 69, had driven to his brothers cottage 2km away. An unknown man showed up at the front door, which was barred with a security gate, demanding to be let inside, before suddenly stabbing her with a long knife while she stood at the door. He slashed her across the face through the bars - but she managed to get away from the locked security gate and used her cellphone to call her partner for help. He recalled that, "I heard her screaming and I heard a stranger's voice in the background. I realised things were badly wrong, jumped in my car and chased home. Meanwhile the attacker managed to get inside the homestead by crashing through a large window and climbing inside - where he continued to beat and kick the injured woman. She injured her hand while shielding herself from getting stabbed. The man grabbed two cellphones and ran. Her partner said when he arrived shortly thereafter, she was bleeding heavily from her face and hand. "There was a cut across her face from just above an eye down to her lip. I put pressure on the wounds with towels and rushed her to Dalview Clinic, from where she was transferred to a nearby hospital. We have lived on the smallholding for thirty years and never had any real problems. There were the occasional incidents, but this one made us realise that we aren't safe even inside our own home.' Sun 12 may 2012 Looklocal, journalist Thelma Koorts 09:45 May 13 2012 UREN Marjory aged 93 was found bludgeoned to death in her garden flat. She had been struck repeatedly with a heavy object on the head. The gruesome discovery her body face-down in a pool of blood on her bed was made by her housekeeper shortly after 08:00. A blood-soaked cloth-covered brick thought to have been used by her as a door stop was found in her bedroom. The housekeeper struggled to deal with the horror, and recalled that, I went inside the house to change my clothes and found her lying in a pool of blood in the bed, she said. I ran out and called her son, Johnny, who then called the doctor. I was shocked. She added that Marjory had struggled to get around without a walking aid and sometimes needed a wheelchair. She was old and just couldnt anymore. She was defenceless. Johnny, aged 65, lived in another garden flat on the property. He was also horrified and shocked about the senseless murder of his mother. The police spokesperson confirmed that nothing had been stolen from Marjory, and her wallet was still in her home. She added that this attack brought the number of elderly women killed in the province over the past four days to three. One was attacked with a butcher's knife at her home in Gwabeni on Saturday. She was 82. The second woman, aged 83, died in hospital in Centane after a man, who had accused her of witchcraft, stabbed her on Thursday. Walmer, Port Elizabeth, eastern Cape. Mon 6 Nov 2012 http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2012/11/06/burglar-kills-old-lady-with-brick VALENTINE Mikeila aged 25 was asleep in her bed during the morning when she was murdered by attackers who had forced the burglar bars open to enter her home. Her
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husband went to work early that day, and when he arrived home during the late afternoon, he found her corpse in the bedroom. Her throat had been slit. Ruimsig, Randburg. 4 Oct 2012 http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/heidelberg-and-surrounds/heidelbergand-surrounds-news-general?oid=6324752&sn=Detail&pid=4980001&OudHeidelberger-sterf-gru-dood VAN DER MERWE Adriaan Johannes At - maize and cattle farmer aged 46, was attacked inside his home during the night when a gang dug a hole under the electric fence which protected his property, and entered his house through a window in the living room. At was discovered on the floor of his study at around 07:00 by a friend, who related that, At was not outside as usual when I arrived. I went into the house and found him on the floor. His hands and feet were tied. His one eye was swollen shut and his whole head was swollen. He asked for water. I picked him up, untied his hands and gave him water. He swallowed with great difficulty. At told his friend that he did not know his attackers. His friend then walked around looking for a cellphone signal to call for help. When he came back, At had lost consciousness. He died before ambulance staff arrived. The attackers fled the scene in Ats farm pick-up van. The police spokesperson said they were unsure if anything else had been looted, because the house had been left in a chaotic state by the attackers. Police were investigating cases of house robbery, murder and theft. Leeubos farm, Bloemhof. 3 Apr. 2012 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Dying-farmer-found-by-best-friend20120404#.T3wG6Ug2aVY.facebook VAN DER VEEN Hibbe was attacked on the night of his birthday inside his home at around 23:00 while he was sleeping by an unknown armed gang of at least 3 men. Hibbe, who immigrated to South Africa in 1974 from the Netherlands, is a dairy farmer who milks his 20 cows himself in the early morning hours. He was admitted to hospital in a critical condition, a bullet having passed through his pelvis and exited from his glutis maximus. Only his celphone was stolen during the attack. Bronkhorstspruit. 17 July 2012 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Melkboer-gewond-20120717 VAN EEDEN Robert - school teacher aged 46 who had been teaching for 21 years, was arrested for hugging pupils, and was brutally raped by trial awaiting prisoners in the police van. Robert was accused of sexual molestation by 3 parents, after he had reported their children to the headmaster for not handing in their history projects. The only evidence against him was that he hugged children in public every day. However, the school board refused Robert legal representation during their hearing, and fired him. Robert approached the High Court to take on the matter, as he wanted to read what the parents had written about him. The matter was opened, but was not concluded on the first day of hearing, after which the magistrate refused to allow Robert to be released, and said that there was not enough time to set bail for Robert as the police van had to
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be back at the prison on time. En route to prison, Robert was brutally raped by prisoners in the police van. He was released 6 days later on bail and has since sought legal council regarding the rape. Robert has maintained his innocence, and has stated that. I love children, I would never stoop so low. I hand out about 100 hugs every day to my students. Kuilsriver, Western Cape. 9 Mar 2012 http://www.rapport.co.za/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Onnie-verkrag-in-polisievangwa-20120324 VAN EYK Ronel aged 46 was asked to open the gate of her farm by a gang of three men during the morning. When she was about to do so, they shot her, and fled the scene in her car. Ronel died on the way to hospital. Hartbeesfontein, North West. Mon 15 Aug 2012 http://news.howzit.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=250913579 VAN HEERDEN Joseph farmer aged 57, was alone at home when he was attacked inside his home during the night. The local police captain reported that, "It is believed that three unidentified men gained entry and brutally beat the elderly man. He is being treated in hospital and is in a serious but stable condition," and added that he could not tell the police exactly what had happened because of his injuries. His attackers had looted some cash and fled the scene in his farm pick-up truck. In response to this attack, Agricultural union TAU-SA has proposed that farm attacks be regarded as priority crimes. The Christian Democratic Party has appealed to the government to react strongly to attacks on farmers; and AfriForum deputy CEO Ernst Roets said the civil rights group had submitted a memorandum to Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa asking for the establishment of a special rural safety unit. Kuruman farm, Lichtenburg, northern Cape. Sat 8 June 2012 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Kuruman-farmer-brutally-beaten-20120624 VAN RENSBURG Danie aged 77 AND his wife Gloudine aged 65, were attacked while they were asleep in their bed by an armed gang of at least 4 men at around 05:00. Johan, who was recovering from a hernia operation the previous week and was on an oxygen tank, was shot three times at close distance, and died on the scene. Gloudien also suffered three gunshot wounds at close distance. The first bullet went through her mouth, another behind her one eye, and the third through the neck. She was airlifted to hospital, where doctors had to drain blood from her lungs, and she underwent a number of blood transfusions. Gloudien has been left a paraplegic without any feeling in her body from her chest to her legs. Their attackers fled on foot. Farm Kosmopolite, Tolwe, Limpopo. Wed 20 June 2012 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Boer-in-bed-doodgeskiet-20120620 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Farm-attack-victim-fighting-for-her-life20120621 VAN ROOI Christopher - chef aged 33, AND his fianc Lee-Ann Ram aged 31, had gone on a weekend camping trip to in a place they had visited many times and regarded as their special spot in dunes near his home in Rocklands, Mitchells Plain,
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when they were killed. Lee-Anns body was found by her sister, who went searching for her when she didnt return home. Along with some friends, the bodies were found on a dune between the Strandfontein Sewerage Works and the Rocklands recreation centre. The ground and some shrubbery is charred and the remains of what could have been a sleeping bag lie melted on the ground. The spot is peaceful with a birds-eye view of the ocean and mountains in the distance. Both families of the couple, who have a young daughter, are battling to come to terms with the grisly murders. Christophers father says the reality has still not sunk in. Lee Ann was burnt beyond recognition, Christopher was stabbed. I thought they would bury me first, but now I will be burying my son, he said, as tears welled up in his eyes. Between the Strandfontein Sewerage Works and the Rocklands recreation centre. Sun 19 June 2012. http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/camping-trip-ends-in-double-murder1.1323097?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Camping+trip+ends+in+double+murd er+-+20+Jun+2012++10%3A53&utm_source=IOL&utm_term=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iol.co.za%2Fcampingtrip-ends-in-double-murder-1.1323097#.T-GPuhdYuCM VAN VULIJK Reita aged 66, a nun who was involved with establishing a child and youth centre was attacked and kidnapped from Jozini by a gang of at least 4 men and found murdered near a cliff in Ubombo. Reita had been missing for 2 days before her Toyota bakkie was found overturned near Hluhluwe and the driver arrested. He gave the police details of where her body could be found. Jozini. Monday 10 March 2012 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Murdered-KZN-woman-worked-incommunity-20120310 VAN VUUREN Jason, IT company directory director aged 34, was shot through the heart outside the gate to the home of his girlfriend at around 20:00 while he was waiting for the gate to be opened. Jason had arrived home from the airport, and it is believed that he had been followed. His face was also bruised. The armed gang fled the scene in his car, but left it abandoned nearby. Midrand. Fri 3 Feb 2012 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Kapers-skiet-man-in-hart-20120206 VAN VUUREN Michael, a 12 yr old boy, sustained 82% burns on his body during an unexplained fire which destroyed their family home which was a wooden house in the back of a friends yard. His mother managed to pull his father a stroke victim, from the house and Michael to safety. Silverton, Pretoria. 15 July 2012 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Seun-brand-toe-hy-fiets-wil-red-20120716 VENTER Reinetha aged 59 AND her daughter Rene aged 27, were brutally attacked and held hostage for an hour by an armed gang of at least 4 men inside their home at around 20:45. The ladies were watching television when they heard two loud bangs as the gang entered the house. The women were forced at gunpoint to sit on the couch. "I carry a little knife with me at all times and pulled it out. One of those men saw it and
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stabbed my hands full of holes in his frenzy to get it away from me, she said. The womens hands and feet were tied behind their backs. Rene was constantly asking her mom if she was alright because she was bleeding from her hands, and this irritated the group's leader, who was very aggressive, Reinetha recalled. Her daughter then was locked up in the bathroom and Reineetha was carried to her bedroom. "Whenever the leader, who was very aggressive, was away, the other three men asked me if I was OK,Reinetha said. They ransacked the place, but in the end they only took the women's cellphones, some electronics and jewellery-bling, leaving many other valuables behind. The four then fled in Reinetha's car, which was found abandoned and torched near the Venter homestead. Rene managed to free herself and her mom, and phoned the neighbours. The neighbours started calling the Modjadjis-kloof SAPS but there was no reply. Eventually they got hold of the Soekmekaar SAPS who in turn alerted their colleagues at Modjadjis-kloof. "They arrived after about two hours. The police took four formal statements from Reinetha, on which she commented that, And I had to repeat everything ten times.. Duiwelskloof, now renamed to 'Modjadjis -kloof farm. Sun 12 Feb 2012. http://www.boerentrepreneur.com/farmitracker//reports/view/2343 VILJOEN Ada aged 77, and her domestic worker Liesbet Pilane were attacked at around 13:05 inside her home by a knifeman. Liesbet was in the kitchen when he entered the home, and stabbed her on the arm and hand, after which she fled and he turned on Ada. He beat her to the ground, and then jabbed his long knife into the back of her neck, and cut through the bone marrow. He escaped on a stolen bicycle, which was found nearby. Her neighbour found her unconscious in a pool of blood. She has been hospitalized, but is permanently paralyzed. Potchefstroom. Mon 5 Mar 2012 http://nolstuijt.wordpress.com/ VORSTER Steven aged 45 AND his wife aged 41 AND her sister aged 40 were attacked inside their apartment at around 01:30 by an armed gang of at least 2 men. A neighbour heard screams and phoned the police. The police found Stevens body where it lay on the bed; he had been stabbed seven times. His wife and her sister had been tied up. His wife had been raped during which she was also stabbed and bitten. Her sister was beaten and raped, during which she had an epileptic attack. A little bit of cash from Stevens wallet, and two celphones were stolen from the scene. A public plea was made for assistance from the public to help pa y for Stevens burial. The cost thereof was R13 000, and the family had only been able to come up with R10 000. Should they not have been able to pay the balance, he would have had a paupers burial and there would be no refund of monies paid. Burghershoop , Krugersdorp. 4 Nov 2012 http://www.neo-genocide.com/farmitracker/reports/view/488 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Man-vermoor-2-verkrag-20121104 WEITZ Andy, grandfather of baby Gemma aged three months old, was ambushed in his home after he arrived at around 12:00 noon. An hour earlier, at around 11:00, an armed
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gang of 3 men had surprised Mavis - his housekeeper, while she was hanging out the washing. They had held a gun against the head of 3 months old Gemma Stotlz, whom she was babysitting, and threatened to shoot the baby should Mavis not co-operate with them. Mavis took Gemma from them and lay her down before they tied Mavis up. Upon his arrival, Andy thought it strange that his dogs were outside. After he entered his home, he was severely assaulted by the gang. His daughter Mandi, who is the mother of Gemma, arrived at his house about half an hour later. As she entered the door, Mandi saw a strange man but assumed that he had been employed by her father. Then she noticed the gang assaulting someone on the floor but did not realise it was her father. She shouted for help and one of the men tried to pull her into the house. She resisted, hit a knife out of his hands, and managed to break free, after which the gang fled the scene. Andy was admitted to hospital with serious injuries. George. Mon 9 July 2012 http://www.dieburger.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Baba-in-gyseldrama-20120711
2013 COMMINS John Eugene aged 71, and his wife Cherie, were at home when three men climbed through an open bedroom window and tied them up in separate rooms at around 22:45. Police said the men overpowered Cherie and tied her up, ordering her not to scream. The home invaders then ransacked the house, before making off with jewellery and cash. After they were gone, Cherie managed to untie herself and make her way to her husband. But by the time she found him tied up on his bed, he was already dead. Police suspect John had been suffocated. Newlands, Cape Town. Wed 4 Jan 2013 http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/ex-wp-cricketer-murdered-in-his-home1.1447479#.UOcZ_eTLT90 DU PLESSIS Jannie aged 64 AND his wife Stinnie aged 59 woke up in their bedroom at around 04:00 when two men entered it with flashlights. Without saying anything, they shot Jannie in the stomach. Then they were very specific in what they demanded, asking for that diamond ring and that moneybox. Stinnie opened the safe for them from which they took money, a shotgun and a revolver. They dragged Jannie by his feet from the bed and dumped him in the safe along with Stinnie, tied both up with wire, and threw a sheet over Jannies head before they locked them up in the dark safe. Jannie told Stinnie that he would not survive, and asked her nicely to look after the family and the farm. She kept him alive by pushing his wound closed and speaking to him. They were saved about 8 hours later when their housekeeper and a farm worker came across the bloody bedroom and called for help. Jannie was flown per helicopter for an emergency operation, and Stinnie received trauma treatment. Jannies brother said a
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miracle would have to happen for his brother to survive, reported Volksblad. One of Jannies kidneys had to be removed but due to the heavy internal bleeding an operation and even dialysis treatment had not been possible. His small intestine was also damaged. Jannie was receiving blood transfusions and also had diminished heart capacity due to three heart attacks he had suffered in the past. Strictly speaking he doesnt stand a chance. We will need a miracle, said his brother, who added that they were trying to remain positive. Farm Gretna Green, Villiers. 5 Jan 2013 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/8-vrees-ure-in-kluis-20130106 KOLVER Pieter AND his wife Elsa spent 4 days in ICU after they had been attacked in their home by an armed gang during the weekend. Pieter had been shot in the arm and knee, and suffered various stab wound over his body. Elsa was brutally beaten with an iron polie and her right leg was broken during the attack. Bloemfontein smallholdings. 23 Jan 2013 http://afrikaans.news24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Egpaar-nog-in-hospitaal-na-kleinhoeweaanval-20130123 UNNAMED TLOUNG VILLAGE, MAHIKENG woman aged 98 was attacked inside her home on the weekend. Her grandson came across her corpse where it lay on the floor, covered by a blanket. There was dry blood on the carpet, and under the blanket. Marks on her face and neck indicate that she had been strangled. She had also been raped. Northwest. 21 Jan 2013 http://maroelamedia.co.za/blog/nuus/98-jarige-vrou-verkrag-verwurg/
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