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Survive: Philip and Oranje van Rooyen, both 60, attacked by 2black men with machete and screwdriver at their home, Gulfoss Road, Centurion:

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Survive: Afrikaner couple Philip and Oranje van Rooyen, both 60, attacked by 2black men with machete and screwdriver at their home, Gulfoss Road, Centurion: (Awaiting details from Wierdabrug police at http://www.saps.gov.za Afrikaans report by friend of the family. ‘n Bejaarde egpaar van Valhalla in Centurion is Donderdagoggend met ‘n panga en ‘n skroewedraaier in hul slaapkamer aangeval. Philip en Oranje van Rooyen (albei 60) is omstreeks 02:15 in hul slaap oorval in hul huis in Gulfossweg. Jan Visagie, ‘n vriend van die egpaar, het Vrydag gesê die twee inbrekers het toegang tot die huis verkry deur die diefwering van ‘n ander kamer se venster oop te breek. Die rowers het Philip wakker gemaak en gewaarsku om stil te bly. “Oranje het wakker geword, ‘n man met ‘n panga in sy hand gesien en geskreeu,” het hy gesê. “Die rowers het die paartjie se hande en voete met ‘n selfoonlaaier se koord vasgebind en komberse oor hul koppe gegooi.” Philip, wat aan diabetes ly en sukkel met sy sig, is deur een van die rowers met die vuis bygedam en een van sy tande is uitgeslaan. Die rowers het ‘n televisiestel, selfoon, juwele en geld gesteel en gevlug. “Philip het Oranje se voete losgewoel en sy het ‘n mes in die kombuis gaan haal om hul hande los te sny,” het Visagie gesê. Die paartjie het die Wierdabrug-polisie ontbied, wat glo binne enkele minute op die toneel was. Visagie sê Oranje was ná die aanval getraumatiseerd en het weens die erge skok ‘n 'skynhartaanval' gekry. Oranje was Vrydagmiddag nog in die Unitas-hospitaal in Centurion en sal na verwagting Saterdag ontslaan word, terwyl Philip reeds terug by die huis is. Wierdabrug-polisiewoordvoerder Kaptein Agnes Huma kon nog nie bevestig of enigiemand al in hegtenis geneem is nie. http://www.saps.gov.za and http://www.faceboom.com/boerekrisisaksie

Was anyone arrested for Culpible-homicide of poor Afrikaner car-guard Hannetjie Ellis, run down and killed by speeding hit and run driver?

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Flashback to February 2014 - Was anyone ever arrested for well-known, empoverished Afrikaner car-guard Mrs Hannetjie Ellis of Middelburg Mpumalanga? She was nicknamed "Aunt Speedy the Carguard. It's not known if the SAPS was even investigating this as a culpible homicide nor whether any inquest into her hit-and-run death will be or had been held, nor whether the driver of the Audi has been arrested. - On CCTV video it can be clearly seen how the frail Afrikaner woman pays for a can of petrol and walks away - it would be the last can of petrol she'd ever buy. Minutes later she was run dwn by an Audi in nearby Walter Sisulu Street opposite the pick and pay supermarket (this was not seen on the video). She died of her injuries a day later. The fuel-pump attendants at Shell H&S were shocked when they heard of her homicide. "I remember her counting out her change for the petrol, said Joseph Komane, supervisor. Shortly thereafter they saw the ambulance go past but didn't know it was ' for the friendly lady'. She frequently stopped there after she finished her daily stint at the nearby corner of Tambo Street. It can be seen on the video that she purchased the petrol just before 2pm and walks away. Within minutes THEREAFTER she was run down across THE Pick 'n Pay supermarket where she walked after getting the petrol. daleen@mobserver.co.za http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uYSoDF7UyM http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/middelburg/middelburg-news-general?oid=8106359&sn=Detail&pid=4979902&VIDEO--Haar-laaste-kannetjie-petrol The story "Laaste Kannetjie petrol"from the Middelburg Observer's news pages, *(owned by Caxton Publishers). ------ Dutch: Onverschillige motorist rijdt vrouw om bij benzinepomp Jan 30, 2014 video: http://bit.ly/1dQhVfG - ----------------- "Laaste kannetjie petrol' was on Caxton publishing company's pages: URL http://www.looklocal.co.za/index.php?oid=8106359&sn=Detail&pid=4979893&Haar-laaste-kannetjie-petrol Middelburg Observer video: http://bit.ly/1dQhVfG =============== (background -- "Antie speedy the car guard' (the lady who was murdered_ cut her first religious CD VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UTnyWit86k#t=29 ) ================== On CCTV video it can be clearly seen how the frail Afrikaner woman pays for a can of petrol and walks away - it would be the last can of petrol she'd ever buy. Minutes later she was run dwn by an Audi in Walter Sisulu Street and died of her injuries a day later. The fuel-pump attendants at Shell H&S were shocked when they heard of her homicide. "I remember her counting out her cvhange for the petrol, said Joseph Komane, supervisor. Shortly thereafter they saw the ambulance go past but didn't know it was ' for the friendly lady'. She frequently stopped there after she finished her daily stint at the nearby corner of Tambo Street. It can be seen on the video that she purchased the petrol just before 2h pm and walks away. Within minutes she was run down across Pick 'n Pay. daleen@mobserver.co.za http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uYSoDF7UyM http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/middelburg/middelburg-news-general?oid=8106359&sn=Detail&pid=4979902&VIDEO--Haar-laaste-kannetjie-petrol ------------------------ 30 Jan 2014 Daleen Naudé writes that impoverished Afrikaner resident Mrs Hannetjie Ellis died in hospital on Sunday after she was struck by a speeding red Audi 'full of people'. Her son Koos confirmed that she was taken to the Middelburg Hospital with broken ribs and a cut on her arm. She was discharged on Saturday and died the next day. Her other son Coenie said his mother was taken to their other brother Johan's farm along the Loskopdam Road - where she died. Mrs Ellis was locally known as 'Aunt Speedy the Carguard' because of the rapid way in which she was always walking around the car-park. Most Middelburg motorists knew her - also because of a 2012 story about the dramatic way in which she and her long-lost daughter, Santie Olckers, were reunited after 19 years of seperation: Santie had been taken away from her by a welfare agency when her only daughter was only six years old. The Middelburg Observer said 'Aunt Speedy' frequently popped in at their office to tell stories. She is survived by her children Louwtjie, Coenie, Koos, Johan and Santie. http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/middelburg/middelburg-news-crime?oid=8102989&sn=Detail&pid=4979902&Audi-jaag-weg

2 murders: elderly Afrikaner couple Toon and Rienie Swanepoel, 72 and 70, tied up together and murdered, Bainsvlei Free State farm

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Update bail application February 21 2015 - Bloemfontein High Court: Swanepoel farm couple of Bainsvlei tortured for hours; wife Rienie 70 gangraped by each of the three accused males. identified as Motsaimai Jacobus Bitterbos, 25, Fana Hendrik Thshudi 19 and Jackie Louw, 19. When the elderly couple were executed after hours of torture and rape, 'it looked like a target-practice', police testimony revealed at the Bloemfontein High court. This was the evidence submitted to magistrate R.J. Lawrence by the State to deny the three suspects bail. Only one of three continued the bail application - Ntshudi and Louw had dropped theirs at the last minute. They are suspected appear on rape, murder, housebreaking and theft. Investigating warrant-officer Kobus Coetzee testified that the three suspects told him a day after the double-murder that they had shot Toon Swanepoel in a leg 'to keep him under control because he wanted to fight back'. They took the Afrikaner couple to a bedroom and tied them up on a single-bed - where they took turns raping Rienie in front of her injured husband. They drove off briefly too hide their loot away from the farm, and then returned with the intention to continue torturing the couple. Coetzee testified that the three suspects had informed him that they had forced the Swanepoel couple into their bakkie to take them about 3km from their homestead to a wooded area on the farm Waaikraal. They had Toon dead first. And then they took Rienie from the bakkie, placed her on top of her husband's body - and shot her dead too."It appeared as if they were doing target-practice on the couple,' the police officer testified. The following day, the three accused men also pointed out the area where they had left behind the bodies of the tortured couple. When arrested, Bitterbos was carrying the legally-registered firearm which was owned by the Swanepoel couple. His defence counsel Kerapetswe Kgosimang argued that "Bitterbos didn't necessary commit the crimes just because he was arrested while driving the couple's bakkie or carried a weapon belonging to the murder victims'. Magistrate Lawrence will rule on Friday whether Bitterbos' bail application was successful. The three males remain in custody. http://www.netwerk24.com/nuus/2015-02-20-vrou-voor-man-deur-3-verkrag ============== Update: 20 January 2015 South Africa Today reports: "Robber: eats biscuits while his comrade executes the tied-up Afrikaner couple like dogs -- *The news media refers the killers as 'robbers' but very little of value was 'robbed'... ---------------------------- January 19, 2015 Robber eats biscuits while accomplice executes couple The Swanepoel couple of Bainsvlei, Bloemfontein was shot on top of each othert: First Toon (72) and then his wife Rienie (70). The couple, who were very close to each other, was entangled together at their death. Their bodies were covered with thorn bushes. A robber stood and ate Rienie’s biscuits while he watched his accomplice shoot the couple in the head. They had been tied together and he shot them one at a time. Shortly after their bodies were pointed out in an old braai one of the three alleged killers wanted to know if he can be released on bail of R100. “I got work at a neighbor. I have to start tomorrow” he said. None of the three showed any sign of remorse or cared about the murders. The couple was described as “beloved and friendly” people who cared for all people. Boys from the area regularly went to her home for help and said, “Grandma, we want biscuits!” Toon as owner of Hamilton panel beaters bought a car for his black partner, Tammy to drive to Brandfort. The Swanepoel murder is the seventh double farm murder in the region since 2010. These murders are almost the same as the double farm murder in September 2012 when Johan Fourie (71) and his wife, Cecile (72) died on their farm outside Trompsburg. Like the Fourie’s the Swanepoel couple was attacked in their farmhouse shortly after they attended the morning service on Sunday in the NG Church Waterbron. http://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/robber-eats-biscuits-while-accomplice-executes-couple/ =========================== Update: New magistrate has hands full with Bainsvlei community anger at appearance of 3 black murder-suspects of Swanepoel couple Wed, 14 January 2015 During the first remand appearance of the three murder-suspects of the cruelly-tortured Afrikaner couple Toon and Rienie Swanepoel, a tense atmosphere prevailed in Court 19 at the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court. Verbal rows broke out between court-orderlies, the police and members of the family before the case was even called. Chaos broke out when the news media also were physically barred from taking any pictures of the suspects - even though there had not been any identity-parade and it was not an issue. Appearing were Fana Hendrik Mtshudi (19), Motsamai BItterbos (25) and Jackie Louw (19). They were ordered to return to the same court on 21 January 2015 for a bail application. Mtshudi reportedly had a previous housebreaking-case against him, but Bitterbos and Louw had a clear crime record, the court was told. All three suspects 'appeared frightened and sat with their heads down in the bench while members of the family and friends of the murdered couple snarled insults at them. The State prosecutor said they want 'a very thorough investigation into the history of each of the three suspects. Shouting broke out at this comment just seconds before magistrate R J Lawrence walked into the courtroom. Lawrence had just arrived from the East Cape in the Free State and was still doing observation-work at the courtroom before he took the Bench. One member of the Swanepoel family completely lost his cool and started using 'salty language' and threatening to kill them when the three suspects were accompanied back to the court- cells below. A friend intervened when the police moved in and asked them to 'overlook his comments because it was his family which was murdered'. http://www.facebook.com/boerekrisisaksie PAGE GRAB ATTACHED --------- Update: Tight-knit Afrikaner couple Toon 73 and Rienie Swanepoel 70 were tied up together and killed one on top of the other by sadistic black attackers at their Bainsvlei, Free State farm - three black males appear in Bloemfontein magistrate's court on 21 January 2015 to apply for bail. http://www.netwerk24.com/nuus/2015-01-14-hegte-egpaar-bo-op-mekaar-geskiet three black males in Bloemfontein magistrate's court for murders of Toon 70 and Rienie Swanepoel 72, will apply for bail on 21 January 2015. The elderly Afrikaner couple was murdered at Waaikraal farm, Bainsvlei and then dumped outside their homestead -------------------------- "3 appear for farm murders" 2015-01-14 Bloemfontein, South Africa. Three men named Fana Hendrik Ntshedi, 20, Jacobus Motsamai Bitterbos, 25, and Jackie Louw, 21 appeared in the Bloemfontein magistrate's court, accused of killing and robbing Afrikaner couple Toon 70 and Rienie Swanepoel 72 and dumping their bodies near the Waaikraal, Bainsvlei homestead. The three black males were ordered to remain in custody and be brought to the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court for their bail application on 21 January said police spokesman Harry Nagel. "The couple had been shot and killed during a robbery in which a television set, firearms and vehicle were taken. The stolen items were recovered." http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/3-appear-for-farm-murders-20150114 =============== Toon and Rienie Swanepoel, 72 and 70, murdered on Bainsvlei Free State farm Mon, 12 January 2015 REPORTER: SABRINA DEAN Free State police have confirmed the names of the elderly couple killed on their smallholding along the Abrahamskraal Road between Kwaggafontein and Bainsvlei outside Bloemfontein. Spokesman Sam Makhele says the bodies of Toon and Rienie Swanepoel, aged 72 and 70 respectively, were found this morning shortly after two black male suspects were arrested in the couple’s bloodied bakkie. He says a third suspect was arrested in Kelly’s View shortly thereafter. He says all three blacks are expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on charges of murder. http://www.bloemfonteincourant.co.za/article/5750/Bainsvlei-murdered-couples-names-released

Unsolved murder mystery of Jurgen Rombouts and disappearance of Russian mariner Dimitri Sarenok

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South Africa murder mystery: CapeTown airport staffer Jurgen Rombouts's execution & disappearance of Russian master-mariner Dimitri Sarenok -------- Update By Caryn Dolley (Picture: Strand resident John Hilton at Harbour Island in Gordons Bay. He believes that Russian Dmitri Sarenok staged his own suicide after the murder of Belgian Jurgen Rombouts in Strand, South Africa last year. Picture: Leon Lestrade ) ---------------------------------- Dimitri Sarenok Russian master-mariner: travel route http://www.werk24.com/nuus/2014-05-15-klagtes-teen-voortvlugtige-rus-se-vriend-eers-laat-vaar Complaint against Missing Russian mariner dropped: (Afrikaans media:_ -- Jan Rombouts senior is/was the chairman of the Belgian Campus in Pretoria and that his son worked at the Cape Town international airport. The son was scheduled to testify about a February 2014 breakin at his neighbour's house and had received death-threats. He was shot dead by two black males who had arrived in a bakkie and who, after shooting dead the young Belgian in the driveway of his rental home, drove the bakkie down the road, torched it and fled. Also see: http://www.iol.co.za/news/southpafrica/wester-cape/missing-marine-s-house-trashed-defaced-1.168318383#.U2bznnasyUk 'Missing, possibly murdered" http://www.censorbugbear.org/farmitracker/reports/view/2352 - Rus (Dmitri Sarenok) glo landuit na skiboot op rotse loop: http://www.dieburger.com/nuus/2014-05-03-rus-glo-landuit-n-skiboot-op-rotse-loop --------------------------------- Carolyn Dolley writes: "The Strand, Cape Town, South Africa - Almost a year ago the Strand was rocked by an execution-style murder on Belgian resident Jurgen Rombouts, 26, gunned down outside the home he rented from a Russian skipper who mysteriously disappeared after the incident. In an exclusive interview with Weekend Argus, John Hilton, 74, who claims to have been a confidant of skipper Dmitri Sarenok, detailed what happened in the months and days before and after Sarenok’s tenant, Jurgen Rombouts, 26, was gunned down on April 25 2014. -- This includes a car chase, interim protection orders, video footage and the Russian skipper’s movements. Hilton believes he can shed some light on the murder and the Russian’s subsequent disappearance. Hilton believes that after the killing Sarenok staged his own suicide on a boat that days later washed up on Glencairn beach and that he is in hiding and may resurface. “It’s unfinished business. It’s the Russian way,” Hilton said. Rombouts had been renting a house in the Strand from Sarenok and was shot dead outside this home. A gunman in a Nissan Sani rammed his vehicle into Rombout’s BMW. Both men got out of their cars and Rombouts was shot. The perpetrator then sped away. In a nearby street he jumped out of his car and set it alight. Hilton said Sarenok appointed him to take care of his affairs when he was out the country. He then became embroiled in an ongoing row with Sarenok’s tenant, Rombouts, who together with his girlfriend had moved into Sarenok’s Strand house in June 2013, while Sarenok was at sea. The authorities were contacted on several occasions. Hilton said he believed a professional hit man had been hired to kill Rombouts. Sarenok’s belongings, worth thousands of rands, including a crossbow, pellet gun, leather jackets and a model ship, were locked in the house’s third bedroom. Hilton said he repeatedly tried to get into the house to see if all was in order, but Rombouts had refused him entry. This had led to a spat between the two and each applying for a protection order against the other. In interim protection order documents against Hilton, Rombouts said a boat on the property belonged to Sarenok and that Hilton had needed to occasionally start it. He and his girlfriend did not mind, as long as Hilton let them know beforehand. But the documents said Hilton was later repeatedly caught “sneaking around the house for unknown reasons”. In the document Rombouts said he reported Hilton to the police and had received a fake eviction notice. Rombouts and his girlfriend had decided to look for a new house to rent. During the interview, Hilton said he had been worried about the state of Sarenok’s home and that was why he wanted to inspect it. Sarenok later returned to Cape Town and on February 10 2014 met Hilton at a local store. Hilton said he gave Sarenok the keys to the house then left and later returned. He parked near the store and got out to purchase a newspaper. “Rombouts comes driving up in his BMW. I walk back (to my car) and he almost mows me down. “I got in my car and he chased after me,” Hilton said. He claimed that Rombouts followed him to a nearby informal area and started taking video footage of him and provided Weekend Argus with video footage, apparently taken by Rombouts. A man’s voice on the video can be heard saying: “Police is coming for him. They coming for him.” But in a subsequent statement on the incident, Rombouts had told the police he had discovered Hilton in his yard and Hilton threatened “to kill my wife and then me”. There is also video footage of another incident taken by Hilton’s son outside the house with Rombouts approaching Hilton. A police van arrives shortly afterwards and Rombouts can be heard telling officers “this is the guy… that is trespassing on my property, alright, and that just keeps on being a hassle”. At one point, Rombouts can be heard saying: “I’ll f**k you up in front of the police with that.” This week Hilton said the day he heard that Rombouts was dead he received an SMS at “7.35am from Dmitri. It just said ‘goodbye’”. Sarenok then left the harbour in Gordon’s Bay in a ski boat which washed up on Glencairn beach days later. Ammunition for a pistol and liquor were found on aboard and the keys were still in the ignition. Hilton said before Rombouts’s murder, Sarenok had said something cryptic : “Wait till I’m gone before you do anything.” He said this implied Sarenok had been planning to disappear. Last year police said the murder case remained unsolved. They did not respond to a query this week. Weekend Argus http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/unfinished-business-in-strand-murder-1.1821898

Second Dutch political party asks questions about discriminatory laws against whites by South Africa

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After Dutch MP Martin Bosma asked many questions in the Lower House of parliament this past year - (he is even writing a book about the growing discrimination against whites in South Africa and summarised that at least 110 laws were drawn up to ban white South Africans from all means of making a living for themselves and plunging them into dire poverty and homelessness) - a second political party MP now has also started asking similar questions, in the run-up to the Dutch Provincial State elections in March. Following are the written questions submitted to the Foreign Affairs Minister of The Netherlands by Han Van Broeke, a leading MP of the liberal VVD, (23 February 2015) ENGLISH TRANSLATION ATTACHED ON PAGE GRAB http://hantenbroeke.nl/index.php/tweede-kamerr/schriftelijke-vragen/2752-vragen-over-over-politieke-ontwikkelingen-in-zuid-afrika ===================== Questions in Dutch (See English translations attached with our pagegrab translation) Han ten Broeke: " Vragen over over politieke ontwikkelingen in Zuid-Afrika 23 februari 2015 Schriftelijke vragen van het lid Ten Broeke (VVD) aan de minister van Buitenlandse Zaken over politieke ontwikkelingen in Zuid-Afrika (ingediend 23 februari 2015). Vraag 1 Zuid-Afrika is inmiddels meer dan 20 jaar een democratie. Hoe beoordeelt u de staat van de democratie en rechtsstaat in Zuid-Afrika? En hoe beoordeelt u in het bijzonder het leiderschap van de Zuid-Afrikaanse president Zuma? Vraag 2 Ondanks de afschaffing van het Apartheidssysteem, lijkt racisme geenszins verdwenen uit de Zuid-Afrikaanse samenleving. Kunt u een appreciatie geven van de inspanningen van de Zuid-Afrikaanse regering in de strijd tegen discriminatie? En is er in Zuid-Afrika sprake van discriminerende wetgeving? Vraag 3 Bent u bekend met berichten dat positieve discriminatie in Zuid-Afrika op zo'n manier wordt toegepast dat veel jonge blanken geen toekomst meer zien in hun land en massaal emigreren? Kunt u deze bevestigen, en zo ja, hoe beoordeelt u deze? Vraag 4 Wat is de stand van zaken rondom de door de Europese Raad geïnitieerde mensenrechtendialoog met Zuid-Afrika? Vraag 5 Hoe beoordeelt u de rol die Zuid-Afrika in de regio speelt, bijvoorbeeld in de Afrikaanse Unie en de mate waarin Zuid-Afrika deelneemt aan vredesmissies? Is deze volgens u in de afgelopen jaren veranderd? http://hantenbroeke.nl/index.php/tweede-kamerr/schriftelijke-vragen/2752-vragen-over-over-politieke-ontwikkelingen-in-zuid-afrika ============== Dutch author Eric de Witte's eloquent plea for Afrikaners to create their own autonomous Free State inside present-day South africa: The Dutch-language daily Dagelijkse Standaard also writes that 'economic discrimination strikes mainly at Afrikaners: through laws drawn up by the ANC the party tries to strike at the ability of AFrikaners to earn a living (hitting them economically) with positive economic discrimination. These are draconian measures which act against minorities. For instance the law named Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, passed in 2003, allows the government to punish Afrikaner-owned companies by its rule that they promote the ultimate 100% black ownership of company and install 'quotas for the number of blacks' on the shop floors of Afrikaner owned companies. This racist quota is only one of the many measures which the regime has launched against Afrikaners. Another law allows the government to intervene against job-provider companies ('arbeidsburos') which put Afrikaners to work. The corruption by the ANC regime strikes many people economically in the rainbow state. During apartheid, the life expectancy of all ethnic groups averaged 62 years in 1990 - now this has dropped to 56. These statistics aren't thumb-sucks: they were drawn up by state-statistics and cannot be seen in a seperate light from the enormous increase of violent criminality since the ANC took over hegemony of South Africa. Many of the ethnic groups in South Africa are forced to discard their own ethnic-identities and forced into a black-ruled regimen prescribed by the black ruling majority party, the ANC. This deliberately suppression of the great many South African ethnic languages to forge a fake single 'South African identity dominated by the ruling black majority is an example of this.' Despite the Freedom Charter on which South African hegemony is now based, the government claims that it does not have the right to excert authority over every group without their own permission and that these groups must all enjoy ' equal status'. The Freedom Charter refers to 'all South African ethnic groups' without making any difference between 'white' or 'black'. It's interesting to know that the Freedom Charter is a statement which the ANC is proud of and uses frequently in its claims that this is one of the basic core-principles which has formed their ruling party. However it appears from the current developments that the ANC is 'selective' about interpretation of the Freedom Charter and does NOT apply it to Afrikaners. The ruling party also pulls its ancient discussion from the closet where even the right to exist in South Africa is being denied to the Afrikaners - even though the previous president stated that 'South Africans are truly South African when they have no second home'. According to these words the founder of the South African 'colony' would not be a South African 'because Jan van Riebeeck used the cape of good-hope as a provisioning post for passing VOC ships. However the current-day Afrikaner descendants of that VOC post are truly South Africans who have no ties at all with their original countries of origin. The passage from the Freedom Charter 'South Africa belongs to ALL who live in it, black and white' appears to end this discussion. The great fear (of annihilation) amongst the Afrikaner population can explain the growing popularity of the only 'pro-Afrikaner' party in parliament, namely the Freedom Front Plus head by Dr. Pieter Mulder. During its negotiations with the black majority this party managed in 1994 to have a provision added to the constitution of article 235 - self-autonomy - which would allow the Afrikaners to create an autonomous province inside the greater South African Republic. The other Afrikaner party which was recently founded, the Front Nasionaal, as well as the FFplus, are increasingly raising the issue of creating the Afrikaners' own Freestate inside present-day South Africa. Partyleader Mulder writes that his party is actively lobbying at the Forum on Minority Issues at the United Nations drawing attention to the plight of the Afrikaners and the failure of the African National Congress to treat them with equal rights. He also wrote that wanting their own autonomous FreeState inside South Africa has nothing to do with racism or apartheid, but is simply the result of the 'hard reality which the current multi-ethnic society of South Africa presents to Afrikaners. He maintains that their right to autonomy is the only certainty the Afrikaner nation has to assure their rights to their own language, justice system, culture and education is protected inside their own Free State. -- The VVD party in the Netherlands has lodged written questions about the recent political developments in South Africa http://www.dagelijksestandaard.nl/2015/02/die-afrikaner-vryheid/ ---------------------------- TWEET:#SouthAfrica Questions in #Dutch parliament by #liberal #VVD party MP about anti-white #discrimination laws pic.twitter.com/RYl2r7q9rW =======================

Survive: Fausto & Magda Tagliaferri helpless against 3 black gunmen who hold a gun to 11-yo daughter's head

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Survive: Heidelberg Fausto and Magda Tagliaferri attacked by 3 black gunmen, Lupin Street home Heidelberg (TVL) A neighbour saved the Tagliaferri family from 3 black male gunmen because Mrs Magda Tagliaferri's screams alerted him to the attack. The family fell victim to an aggravated armed robbery at their home in Lupin Street, leaving the father hospitalised and the family traumatised. The incident occurred around 05:15 on February 17, when Fausto Tagliaferri heard his wife (Magda) screaming, where she was about to hang out clothes on the washing line. Upon reaching Magda at the kitchen door, he was overpowered by three armed men, who struck him over the head with a fire-arm. The blow left him stunned and unable to move. The intruders then proceeded to bind Fausto, Magda and their 11 year old daughter's hands behind their backs with cable ties and forced them to lie on the floor. A neighbour heard Magda's scream for help, and looked over the wall. As he called Fausto's name, he saw three intruders in the house and went back inside to alert the police. While holding a weapon to their daughter's head, the robbers demanded cash and other valuables. "I feared they would kill my daughter unless I complied. There was nothing my husband could do, as he was lying on the floor with his head covered in blood", Magda said. The neighbour's call however, alerted the robbers who then grabbed two cell phones and a laptop. They attempted to flee in a white BMW that was parked in front of the house, but according to W/O Madeleine von Wielligh (SAPS Nigel spokesperson) the neighbour, in an attempt to stall the robbers, rammed his Mitsubishi Pajero into their vehicle. "One of the robbers fired two shots into the Pajero's driver door, missing the neighbour by centimetres. He jumped out and ran back to his house as they fled the scene", W/O Von Wielligh said. Fausto was admitted to Life Suikerbosrand Clinic in Heidelberg for injuries to the head and was discharged on February 18. "This has been a traumatic experience. Our daughter is receiving trauma counselling", Magda told HERAUT. "If it wasn't for our neighbour's swift reaction, it could have ended worse." A white BMW was also involved in a robbery in Violet Avenue on January 16 and police are investigating whether the two incidents are linked. A case of aggravated robbery and theft has been opened with no arrests yet been made. source, the Heidelberg Heraut located from https://www.facebook.com/boerekrisisaksie/photos/a.178568022169751.48293.116298045063416/1098932133466664/?type=1&theater

Cop accused of breaking law: Heidelberg businessman Alan Selkon said cops forced son,12, to drive home

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cop accused of breaking law: Heidelberg businessman Alan Selkon: 'cops forced my 12-yo son to drive home' Heidelberg businessman claims police accused him of being intoxicated and forced his 12 year old son to drive his vehicle over 25km home. 24 February 2015 Alan Selkon says police also helped a thief to push his business bakkie, which he reported stolen earlier that evening, back into the garage by the time he returned. Police denies this and say they found the bakkie with its keys in the ignition in front of the business, drove it inside the garage, locked the gate and handed the keys to the owner when he arrived later the evening. They also deny that they forced his 12 year old son to drive him home and said they dropped him, the boy and another adult off at his business at 01:00 in the morning and drove off. According to Selkon, it all started at 18:00 on February 5 when he, his son Sabian and another employee noticed that his business' Toyota Hilux bakkie was missing. He did not know the phone number for Heidelberg Police Station and phoned 10111. The operator told him that they will contact the police and he waited for an hour. He dropped his son off for karate practise and drove to the police station himself where he confronted a police captain in the charge office. According to Selkon, the conversation got heated and the captain told him to get out of the station or be thrown out. Selkon admitted that he was not in a friendly mood when he confronted the officer. He left the station but instead of driving away, went back inside and confronted the captain again. By now the officer told him if he did not leave on his own accord, he will be thrown in jail, thus he left. When he returned at 19:15 to his business, the stolen bakkie was parked in the garage and the gate was locked. He went to fetch his son from karate class and went to the Spur where they stayed untill closing time around 01:00. Selkon could not find his car keys and asked police to take him, Sabian and the other employee back to his business. According to Selkon, the police told him that he was drunk and forced his 12 year old son to drive him home in the Toyota Hilux. Lieutenant Colonel Amanda Viljoen (VISPOL Commander) investigated the allegations and the team on duty that night told her that they received a call from 10111 about a stolen vehicle. When they arrived at the business, they saw the reported stolen bakkie outside the premises with the keys in the ignition. Other employees that was still on the premises told police that the driver working at the business and the owner got into a heated argument before the driver left with the bakkie. However the driver was now nowhere to be seen and the police members decided to park the bakkie in the garage and locked the gate. They phoned 10111 to report that they have found the stolen vehicle and have parked it in a safe place. They also reported that they will leave the vehicle's key at the station. All phone calls are recorded by 10111. On their way back to the police station, they passed Selkon in his own bakkie with the business' logo and realised he was on his way back to the business premises. They went back to the business where they explained the situation to Selkon and handed over the keys of the vehicle. According to the officers they then left the premises. Police received a call at 01:00 from security at the Victorian Centre to remove a man who has lost his car keys. The same policeman who returned the keys to Selkon said he drove Selkon, the 12 year old boy and another man to the business premises. According to the police officer, he realised that Selkon was under the influence but was assured that the other adult will drive them home. Police said they dropped the three off and left. http://www.heidelbergnigelheraut.co.za/article/1931/Businessman-says-police-forced-his-12-year-old-son-to-drive-home

Survive: Melissa Simpson, 23, mom Suzette and husband Glen: daughter puts up fierce struggle against knifeman

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Melissa Simpson, 23 saved mother's life from black knifeman in Centurion: clawing, tearing and attacking the black home-invader who had tried to kill her mother - family suspects the man had been watching their home for a long time... Awaiting more details from Wierdabrug SAPS. Afrikaans report: Feb 24 20145 - Boere Krisis Aksie - ‘n Jong vrou van Centurion het waarskynlik haar ma se lewe gered toe sy ‘n inbreker eenkant toe gepluk het. Die indringer het die ouer vrou herhaaldelik met ‘n mes probeer steek. Melissa Simpson (23) se naels het in die lewe ingeskeur in haar pogings om haar ma, Suzette (43), uit die man se kloue te red. Suzette het Vrydagaand net ná middernag wakker geskrik van geluide binne hul huis in Hennopspark. “Dit was ‘n harde spring-geluid en ek het voetstappe gehoor,” sê sy. “Ek het eers gedink dit was dalk die kat wat van iets afgespring het of my kleindogter wat wakker geword het.” Suzette sê sy het in die gang afgestap en vlugtig gedink dat daar dalk iemand in die huis kon wees. “Maar ek was vinnig op my gemak gestel toe ek die woonstel-eienaar en haar kuiergaste hoor gesels,” sê sy. “Daar was ‘n klomp voertuie buite en ek het nie gedink iemand sou dit waag om iewers waar dit só bedrywig was in te breek nie. En toe spring daar ‘n man skielik voor my in en swaai ‘n groot mes etlike sentimeters voor my gesig.” Suzette sê sy kan nie onthou wat daarna gebeur het nie, maar vermoed dat daar ‘n struweling tussen hulle moes wees omdat sy pimpel en pers ná die aanval was. “Ek weet wel dat ek op die vloer in die gang gelê en toe skreeuend agteruit gekruip het om van die man af weg te kom,” sê sy. “Die geskreeu moes Melissa wakker gemaak het, want sy het uit haar kamer gestorm, die man getakel en hom met mening van my afgetrek,” sê Suzette. Suzette se man, Glenn (49), het die twee vroue se geskreeu en geskarrel gehoor en sy harde stem het vermoedelik die inbreker die skrik op die lyf gejaag. Die inbreker het deur dieselfde venster in die speelkamer waar hy ingekom het, gespring en doodluiters weggestap. “My man het intussen sy pistool gaan haal (uit die kluis) en die man agternagesit,” sê Suzette. “Hy het die inbreker aan die broek gegryp maar dié het dit reggekry om weg te hardloop.” Suzette, wat sedert die aanval sukkel om te slaap, sê sy vermoed sy is dopgehou en dat die man gewag het totdat sy slaap voordat hy deur die venster geklim het. “Hy het beslis beplan om my raak te steek,” sê sy. ‘n Klagte is by die Wierdabrug-polisiekantoor gelê. http://www.facebook.com/BoereKrisisAksie

Survives attempted murder: Afrikaner pupil Pieter Combrinck, 13, carved up by two black knifemen

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Attempted murder by two black knifeman who target Afrikaner pupil Pieter Combrink, 13, carved him up with 2 deep knifecuts: the youth warned his girlfriend to run for her life... picture of wounds February 24 2015 - Silverton, Pretoria Young Afrikaner pupil Pieter Combrink, 13, was attacked just metres away from his parental home in Silverton Pretoria by two black knifemen, pushed to the ground, and carved deeply into his right leg with a knife. He was robbed of his cellphone. The cut was so deep that crime-experts describe the attack as an attempted murder rather than a 'robbery'. Combrink yelled at his girlfriend to run for her life while he was pushed down and carved into His mother Christy du Plooy said her son was hysteric with fear and pain and the sidewalk was covered in blood. The black male adults stabbed her son in two places: one wound on his right-light is 2 1cm long and 1cm deep and required 19 stitches. The wound beneath his left-hip is 2cm deep and 10cm long and required eight stitches, said his mom. The gruesome attack took place on Saturday afternoon when Pieter and a girlfriend were walking to his home. Neighbour Elize de Wet said sheand her husband rushed out and watched the attackers run away. Her husband stayed with the injured youth while she ran down the street to alert his mother. "The child was screaming and his mother and I carried him home,' said Mr De Wet. https://www.facebook.com/boerekrisisaksie/photos/pb.116298045063416.-2207520000.1424826265./1099508083409069/?type=1&theater

Survived: Family of white faith-healer in Welgemoed forced to shoot dead black gunman who was holding gun to daughter's head

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Tygerburger, South Africa. A Welgemoed man -- a white faithhealer -- was forced to shoot dead an armed black male who had kicked in the door to his daughter's bedroom and was holding a gun to her head. The armed 'burglar' was shot dead when the dad realized that his security company was not responding to his emergency alarms - they showed up only four hours later. The family is devastated by the traumatic experience during which they survived the attack by two black gunmen. The identity of the dead burglar is unknown. The family also is too terrified to be identified in the news media, but the father is a well-known white faith-healer in the community. ---------------------- http://www.tygerburger.co.za/228866/news-details/dad-who-killed-burglar-sounded-alarm-twice The Welgemoed dad who shot and killed a burglar on Saturday to protect his 17-year-old daughter sounded the alarm to his security company twice during the incident, with no response. The father shot one of two black gunmen who had kicked down his 17-year-old daughter's bedroom door and was holding a gun to her head. One died at the scene, the second man escaped. He told TygerBurger on Monday they pushed their panic button twice during the incident which occurred at around 18:30 on Saturday afternoon, but a patrolman from their security company only arrived about four hours later. “ADT was nowhere to be found when we needed them most,” the man, whose identity is withheld, said. “The alarm definitely went off. There’s no way it could not have been connected to their system, but ADT never pitched. They sent a guy only after 22:00 that evening, when police were still on the scene,” he said. The man lauded police for their swift reaction. “The police arrived here right afterwards and stayed until almost 03:30. They had a counsellor, were sensitive, gentle, efficient. My family and I are deeply grateful for what they did,” the man said. Bellville police Captain Fienie Nimb told TygerBurger the man and his wife were asleep when they heard a loud clanging sound. The home’s bedrooms are at the end of a long hallway, with the couple’s bedroom facing their daughter’s. “One of the suspects was already halfway up the corridor when the father went into his room to fetch his (legally-registered) gun. His daughter had locked her bedroom door. One of the suspects smashed it open and held a gun to her head,” Nimb said She said the broken door was slightly ajar and the father could see his daughter move to his left, so he shot through the door to the right,” she said. White spiritual healer called Khanyatongo - shining Spirit: The father, a white spiritual healer also known as Khanyatongo (“Shining Spirit”), said he was still seething about the incident. “I am so angry. But I need to deal with this. I need to deal with it so I can find compassion in my heart for the man who lost his life.” Neighbours Nicolene and Johan Niemand said they saw two men walking past the house just before 17:00. They told TygerBurger they spotted a white or grey VW Amarok bakkie that seemed out of place. “My dad-in-law was standing outside,” Johan said. “He saw two unknown men on the street corner. One was thin and wearing blue clothing and carrying some sort of stick or pipe. “My wife and I were sleeping when our son came into the room and shouted that the entire road was cordoned off. “The (other) neighbours said they heard the shots being fired. Afterwards we found out the person who was shot had been wearing the same blue clothing as the person my dad-in-law had seen earlier,” Johan said. “Where are we safe? What’s happened to our privacy?” said Nicolene. Rob Dale, Managing Director of ADT Security Western Cape, responded: “We empathise with the family following their experience. No alarm activation signals were received by our monitoring station. “We have been in contact with our client (the father) and offered to test his security system to ensure all hardware is in proper working condition.” By Tuesday the majority of comments on TygerBurger’s Facebook page indicated support for the father. The father said he was unsure of what was to come. “I don’t know if there will be a court case or what the repercussions are going to be, but that is a problem for the future.” Nimb confirmed the identity of the dead burglar was still unknown. http://www.tygerburger.co.za/228866/news-details/dad-who-killed-burglar-sounded-alarm-twice

Horrific child-neglect, poverty reported in working-class Afrikaner Tygerberg region north of Cape Town: has only one social worker

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Horrific child-neglect, poverty reported in the traditionally Afrikaner working-class regions of the Tygerberg north of Cape Town; Tygerburger.co.za Parow reports (attached page -grab) "Families distraught about child-neglect of family whose house was burnt down, and the drug-addicted mother still lives in the ruins of the house, feeding her three small children from left-overs dug out from garbage cans: she is breast-feeding one small child but is usually so high on 'tik' that residents fear for the life of the baby: local residents say they reported this to social welfare services - and find out that only one social worker is available in the entire area, and has to deal with 3000 case files 'due to lack of resources'.

Richard's Bay taxi driver survives armed attack by Junior Robinson, Eugene Dunn and Darryll Strydom

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Richard Bay taxi driver ran into the sea to save himself from three gunmen: On trial: Junior Riaz Robinson (31), Eugene Jeffrey Dunn (25) and Darryl Jeffrey Strydom (28). All are in custody, charged with robbery with aggravating circumstances. ======================== report by Rachelle Breed, Zululand observer, 24 February 2015 08:30 ‘I AM afraid and my whole livelihood has gone with my car. ‘ I am unemployed and can’t provide for my family. We don’t even have food. I look over my shoulder all the time and I still have the bruises of the attack on my body.’ A taxi driver who was violently robbed of his vehicle and escaped his attackers by running into the sea, will tell the Richards Bay Regional Court how the hijacking near the Bay Hall in July last year impacted his entire existence. A Victim Impact Statement will be tendered as part of his evidence in the trial, which commenced on Thursday. Three men robbed him of his Toyota Avanza, but later rolled the car following a high speed police chase. The 29-year-old father agreed to speak to the Zululand Observer on condition that he remain anonymous. While he is relating his story, the tears flow freely. The three men allegedly hired him to pick up a girlfriend near the pool, but later, armed with a gun and a knife, overpowered him and tried to stuff him in the boot of his car. But he managed to escape and started running into the water, phoning a family member who is also a police officer. Cst Sipho Nxumalo, Cst Mbatha and Detective Thusi quickly responded to the scene and gave chase, apprehending all three suspects. But, when the car was recovered, it was a write-off. ‘The vehicle is valued at R120 000, but the damage is R60 000. It was not insured. The car was my income and my provision for my family. ‘I am glad to be alive and I am glad they were caught so quickly, but what they have done to my life cannot just be reversed. I am willing to do anything just to work again,’ said the traumatised victim. ‘I feel completely despondent. I just don’t have that kind of money.’ The accused, Junior Riaz Robinson (31), Eugene Jeffrey Dunn (25) and Darryl Jeffrey Strydom (28) are all in custody, charged with robbery with aggravating circumstances and acting in common purpose to rob the complainant with a knife and a firearm. The trial is presided over by Regional Court Magistrate K Moodley, with Regional Court Prosecutor Active Njakazi appearing for the State. The accused are all represented by Mr Ndlovu. http://zululandobserver.co.za/60292/taxi-driver-says-hijacking-ruined-his-life/

Police corruption: Two ex-CPF members John vd Schijf, Gustav Botha sue over false arrests

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Two ex-CPF volunteers JohanVdSchyff & GustavBotha sue police for damages over false 'murder'arrests: http://www.netwerk24.com/nuus/2015-02-25-sy-dogter-lag-van-skok 60, who was illegally arrested and held in a police cell for 36 days for the 'murder' of an unknown man who had died in a park in Valhalla, wept uncontrollably in the Pretoria high court when he testified how his 21-year-old daughter had burst into hysterical laughter when she saw him under arrest in the police station. -- Reporter: Beeld daily, Jeanne-Marié Versluis Wednesday 25 Februarie 2015 Van der Schyff and fellow-complainant Gustav Botha, 34, were both arrested in 2011 while working as unpaid volunteers for the community-policing forum. They were illegally arrested and claim R750,000 damages for their ordeal. Van der Schyff testified that police arrived at his home on 7 April 2011 at night 'because a man was assaulted'. "I was then a member of the Citizen Policing Forum Sector 1 in the Wierdabrug police station. 'At the police station I was told this unknown man was 'dead in the park across the Spar in Valhalla' but I didn't know who it was.' He was dumped in a police-cell under unsanitary circumstances, he testified and then was moved on 11 April 2011 to a prison, where he was held as a trial-awaiting murder suspect for 36 days. He was released and the charge against him was withdrawn. "My daughter left our house after the incident and hasn't returned to this day,' he testified during his tearful description. "I can't hold it against her. We aren't angry with each other, she comes and visits every once in a while'. The court had to be convened for a while while Mr van der Schyff calmed down. He was supported by his son. Mr Botha was arrested on 30 April 2011 as 'co-defendant' in the same death. He testified that 12 police officers arrived at his home and pushed their guns into his face. "En route to the police station they also stopped by the houses of other CPF-members, climbing across their fences and hammering at their doors.' The police told him he was a 'co-defendant in a murder case but the 'charge' was withdrawn later. Botha: "I don't know if I will ever be able to trust any police officer in my life.' He no longer does any community-policing community patrolling. He too testified that his previously trusting relationship with his 13-year-old daughter was destroyed by the illegal arrest 'because the children at school were taunting her about it'. 'My wife is also divorcing me because of this. She told me that after I came out of jail I was no longer the same person'. The case continues. http://www.netwerk24.com/nuus/2015-02-25-sy-dogter-lag-van-skok

South African family moves to middle-east from Port Elizabeth to fight for islamic terrorist group IS

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South African family in Port Elizabeth moves to middle-east to fight for islamic terrorist organisation #IS South African family in Port Elizabeth moves to middle-east to fight for #IS 24 Feb 2015 - Port Elizabeth - Members of an Eastern Cape family recently sold their house to move to Iraq to fight for Islamic State terrorists Net24 reported on Tuesday that one of the daughters, who was recently married, left her husband behind. Another married daughter remained behind in Port Elizabeth. The family's details are known by Die Burger. An expert says it is inevitable that there will be South African Islamic State supporters, as the militant group reportedly has cells in at least 60 countries. About half of its combatants in Iraq and Syria are foreigners, Professor Hussein Solomon, a lecturer in political science at the University of the Free State, told Netwerk24. heT Daily Maverick recently reported that a Johannesburg man, using the pseudonym Abu Hurayra al-Afriki, is believed to be the first South African jihadi who has travelled to Syria to fight for the Islamic State terrorists. He is believed to have flown to Turkey before travelling overland to Syria. The Port Elizabeth family is believed to have used the same route. According to Solomon, the Islamic State uses social media to target the youth, and romanticises the movement, offering sharia law as the answer to problems in countries such as Syria and Iraq. However, this is not the case, he argued. It is also a violation of South African law to fight in a foreign country, according to the report. Meanwhile, it emerged last week that eleven terror suspects with links to the Islamic State and al-Qaeda and on a global terror watch list may consider using South Africa as a base. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/PE-family-sells-house-to-fight-for-ISIS-report-20150224 http://www.netwerk24.com/nuus/2015-02-24-sa-familie-veg-vir-is http://www.netwerk24.com/nuus/2015-02-24-sa-familie-veg-vir-is

Strange chapter in South Africa - Congo conspiracy saga ends in acquital for twenty men accused of toppling Pres Joseph Kabila

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Strange chapter in SA-Congo saga ends February 24 2015 Suspected leader of the rebel group Union of Nationalist for Renewal, Etienne Kabila, right, in the Johannesburg High Court last year. Kabila and 19 others were accused of plotting to overthrow the government of President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo. On Friday, the last five of the 20 men were acquitted in the Pretoria High Court. Picture: Masi Losi -- The last five of 20 men accused of planning to topple President Joseph Kabila are free, writes Peter Fabricius. Johannesburg - On Friday a very strange but somehow typical chapter in the rich and often murky saga of South African-Congolese relations ended in the Pretoria High Court. Judge Billy Mothle acquitted the last five of 20 Congolese men arrested two years ago and charged with trying to topple Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a coup. Nineteen of the men had been arrested on a farm in Limpopo on February 5, 2013, after an elaborate sting operation by undercover police agents who posed as co-conspirators, infiltrated meetings and then took them to the Limpopo farm for training. Four days later Etienne Kabila, accused number 20, handed himself over to police in Cape Town, after hearing the police were looking for him as the mastermind of the plot. Etienne Kabila claims to be the true biological son of the former DRC president Laurent Kabila, who was assassinated in Kinshasa in 2001 and has said that Joseph Kabila is just an adopted son of the late president and that his biological parents are Rwandan. Fifteen of the 20 were released last November for lack of evidence. The charges remained against Kabila and four other alleged ringleaders. All 20 of the men had been charged under the Regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act of 1998 for engaging in “mercenary activity” and rendering “foreign military assistance” as well as collectively conspiring to “commit murder” under the Riotous Assemblies Act. The state had presented evidence and witnesses to support claims of a plot to kill President Kabila, senior officials and other prominent members of DRC society. But Mothle said the state had failed to prove the men’s intention to carry out those crimes or to provide a reasonable version of events to dispute the evidence of one of the accused who had testified that the whole operation had been a ruse and that he was in it only for the money. The accused had also testified that they were told they were being taken to the Limpopo farm to be trained to man an anti-rhino poaching unit. Mothle questioned the undercover cops’ role in luring the men into a trap, saying they had created an opportunity for crime: “They used deceit and trickery to entice them to develop a plan that clearly didn’t exist.” And so his judgment was a very damning indictment of the Hawks and seems destined to be cited extensively by the 20 Congolese men if they go ahead with their intention to sue the state for wrongful arrest as one of their lawyers said on Friday they would do. What was this strange story about after all? Was it yet another poorly-constructed case by the Hawks? Or did the case perhaps fail because of the inherent weakness of the Foreign Military Assistance Act which has never secured a conviction to date – probably because its origins were more ideological than legal? Or is there a more sinister explanation? “It’s a plot mounted by the South African intelligence service with the Congolese government,” Etienne Kabila said after the case was thrown out on Friday. “From the beginning, the South African police knew there was nothing, it was a montage.” He seems to believe that his namesake feared that his claim that he, and not Joseph Kabila, is the biological son of Laurent Kabila, undermined his own dynastic credentials and legitimacy. And so he wanted him out of the way. Susanna Dodgson, an American who had campaigned for the release of the 20, said on her website before the men were acquitted that they were “caught in a legal system that looks like it will spare no expense to get them convicted and sent to Congo to get shot”. Whether Pretoria would go to such lengths to please its undoubted ally, Joseph Kabila, is, of course, a very large question. Perhaps the civil case, if it happens, will provide some answers. * Peter Fabricius is Independent Media’s foreign editor. http://www.iol.co.za/the-star/strange-chapter-in-sa-congo-saga-ends-1.1823026

State attorney warns of gruesome, graphic crimescene pictures from double-murder of Pope couple at Harrismith guest house

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Update: February 24 2015 - At the trial of gruesomely murdered couple Brian and Tillie Pope at the Tweevlei Guest Farm in Harrismith in April 2014, the State advocate warned that the murder-scene's pictures were so graphic and gruesome that the family and friends might want to leave the court while these are being shown at the murder-trial of Pharaoh Mhone, 32. The Malawi-born male turned the Harrismith guest house -- where he also assaulted the couple's son and daughter-in-law -- into a slaughterhouse. The man was armed with a gun and also hacked with apparent frantic ferocity into his victims with a three-pronged garden spade. The attack seemed without motive: nothing was robbed. http://www.netwerk24.com/nuus/2015-02-25-hof-hoor-van-popes-se-gru-nag ======== Double-Murders: Brian and Tillie Pope's black double-murder suspect Pharaoh Mhone 32, in court Harrismith guest house: charged with the violent assault on the couple's son and daughter-in-law: http://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/tweevley-guest-farm-murder-accused-in-court/ ( Brian and Tillie Pope were shot dead in their beds by a frenzied Malawian male 'whose sole aim was to kill six white innocent people"at Harrismith guest house - nothing robbed: ( http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/wife-of-lodge-killer-blames-herself-1.1679017) Tweevley Guest Farm double-murder accused Pharaoh Mhone, 32, of Malawi appears in Harrismith in court Harrismith – The man who is accused of killing a Durban couple and assaulting their son and daughter-in-law at Tweevley Guest Farm at the weekend appeared in the Harrismith Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. With a fresh-looking scar on his forehead, Pharaoh Mhone, a 32-year-old Malawian national, walked into the courtroom, his eyes shying away from the packed public gallery. He faces two charges of murder, two of attempted murder, plus housebreaking, theft and kidnapping charges. Mhone was informed by magistrate Hannes Breyl of his rights to legal representation. He told the court he would like legal aid representation, but later changed his mind and said he was going to find his own lawyer. When asked if he understood English, he said he did, but asked for a Chichewa interpreter. South Africa Today – South Africa News http://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/tweevley-guest-farm-murder-accused-in-court/ Previous report: April 21 2014: As reported by Johan Frylinck on April 21, 2014 at 2:14 pm Couple killed in Free State guest house - A couple was killed and another was seriously injured during an attack at a guest house in Harrismith, Phuthaditjhaba on Sunday morning, Free State police said. Around midnight on Sunday police found a couple aged 62 and 46 shot and killed in the bedroom at Tweevley Guest Farm, police spokesperson Mmako Mophiring said. Another couple was also allegedly attacked: the man stabbed with a spade fork in the chest whilst his wife was shot in the arm and also stabbed with the same spade fork in the face.”…. Also see: http://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/couple-killed-free-state-guest-house/ http://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/man-held-after-attacks-at-guesthouse-in-harrismith/ Double-Murders: Brian and Tillie Pope's black double-murder suspect Pharaoh Mhone 32, in court Harrismith guest house: Also charged with the violent assault on the couple's son and daughter-in-law: http://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/tweevley-guest-farm-murder-accused-in-court/ ( Brian and Tillie Pope were shot dead in their beds by a frenzied Malawian male 'whose sole aim was to kill six white innocent people"at Harrismith guest house - nothing robbed: ( http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/wife-of-lodge-killer-blames-herself-1.1679017) Tweevley Guest Farm double-murder accused Pharaoh Mhone, 32, of Malawi appears in Harrismith in court Harrismith – The man who is accused of killing a Durban couple and assaulting their son and daughter-in-law at Tweevley Guest Farm at the weekend appeared in the Harrismith Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. With a fresh-looking scar on his forehead, Pharaoh Mhone, a 32-year-old Malawian national, walked into the courtroom, his eyes shying away from the packed public gallery. He faces two charges of murder, two of attempted murder, plus housebreaking, theft and kidnapping charges. Mhone was informed by magistrate Hannes Breyl of his rights to legal representation. He told the court he would like legal aid representation, but later changed his mind and said he was going to find his own lawyer. When asked if he understood English, he said he did, but asked for a Chichewa interpreter. South Africa Today – South Africa News http://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/tweevley-guest-farm-murder-accused-in-court/ Previous report: April 21 2014: As reported by Johan Frylinck on April 21, 2014 at 2:14 pm Couple killed in Free State guest house - A couple was killed and another was seriously injured during an attack at a guest house in Harrismith, Phuthaditjhaba on Sunday morning, Free State police said. Around midnight on Sunday police found a couple aged 62 and 46 shot and killed in the bedroom at Tweevley Guest Farm, police spokesperson Mmako Mophiring said. Another couple was also allegedly attacked: the man stabbed with a spade fork in the chest whilst his wife was shot in the arm and also stabbed with the same spade fork in the face.”…. Also see: http://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/couple-killed-free-state-guest-house/ http://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/man-held-after-attacks-at-guesthouse-in-harrismith/

Xenophobic Murder: Afrikaner boxer-dog expert Johan Kieser 63 was injected with heroin and thrown, alive, down ravine: two white women 1 white man arrested

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Update: It was confirmed on 25 February 2015 that murdered Afrikaner businessman Johan Kieser of Moorreesburg was first injected with heroin and then dumped while still alive over a cliff, reports Afrikaans daily Beeld on February 25 2015: Two white women, Charise Doubell 32 and Linda Siebrits, 38, and a white man Hendrik Boonzaaier, 30, are accused of his murder: The motive thus far remains unknown. http://www.netwerk24.com/nuus/2015-02-24-sakeman-vol-heroen-gespuit ======================= Murder: Afrikaner boxer-dog expert Johan Kieser, 63: two white women and white man arrested for his murder Moorreesburg 14 January 2015 - "It is being claimed that one of two accused white women who allegedly threw world-famous Afrikaner dog-handler Johan Kieser, 63 into a ravine was having an affair with him and that she was a facebook friend. (quote by Die Burger Afrikaans daily). The two women are accused of murdering Kieser with Hendrik Boonzaaier, 30. The motives and exact circumstances are unknown. There seems to be no indication that it was a murder 'for financial gain'. Picture: Charise Doubell (32) and Linda Siebrits (38) at the Moorreesburg court en route to the police van taking them to Pollsmoor-prison. Matoma Masipa. Burger newspaper. This claim was made by a family member after Mr Kieser's body was roped from a ravine on tne Michells Pass outside Ceres in the West Cape where he had been killed. The State accuses Linda Siebrits (38) and a friend , Charise Doubell (32), of throwing Kieser down the ravine four days earlier. His body fell about 20 metres before it landed on a tree. et Kieser glo vier dae tevore hier oor ’n krans gegooi. Sy liggaam het sowat 20 m geval en net ’n boom het gekeer dat dit verder val. The Witzenberg Herald reported on Thursday that Kieser had 'died of a drugs overdose'. However at the moment it's not known if Kieser was dead when he was thrown down the ravine. Shortly before Siebrits and Doubell allegedly were at Kieser's home in Moorreesburg. Marlien Heystek a long-time friend and a tenant of Kieser was asleep in her quarters in the rear of the house when Kieser got a visit on that Monday by Siebrits and Doubell. Ms Heystek refused to comment about the murder. Die Burger writes that 'blonde-haired Siebrits who lives in Parow was spotted several times with Kieser at dog-shows, an unnamed family friend of Kieser's told the newspaper. The unnamed friend attended the court-appearance in Moorreesburg of the three accused and said: "she wanted to come and see who the people were who hurt uncle Johan. "I wanted to 'stare them to death', and I want to know how and why he was hurt". Co-accused Charise Doubell's mother said she was so tormented about the death that she contacted police detectives in Brackenfell and told them about it. The daughter of a woman who now lives in Australia, and who had been engaged to Mr Kieser years earlier, told Die Burger her mother 'ws just as shocked about the news'' She described Mr Kieser as a 'well-dressed, tough old Afrikaner man, always painfully neat'. Heystek and Jeanne Kieser, the murdered dog-handler's daughter, are overwhelmed by messages of concern from the dog-world. A private cremation is being planned. It's details are unknown. ■  The three suspects applied for legal aid and expected to appear in the same court on Wednesday to apply for bail. They have not been asked to plead to any charges yet. http://www.netwerk24.com/nuus/2015-01-16-verdagte-kieser-was-glo-n-paar Murder: Johan Kieser, 65, exhibitor of Boxer dog-breeds and judge, 'died suddenly last week". 12 January 2015: Cape Town. Statement on Dogworld.co.uk: The South African Boxer dog exhibitor and judge Johan Kieser died suddenly last week. It is understood that two (women) are being questioned by police over his death. Mr Kieser, 65, was due to judge Anglian Boxer Club’s ch show next week and was to be picked up by and stay with Di Johnson during his time here. His most famous Boxer was Ch Tortuga Rebel Rowser who was top Boxer in South Africa for several years as well as being top working dog and third all breeds in 1995. He won 17 bests in show. Mr Kieser was based just outside Cape Town from where he ran his small but successful Tortuga kennel of Boxers which is based predominantly on British and American bloodlines and has produced many champions, seven of whom are said to have won all-breed and specialty BIS 41 times. He served on the committee of the Western Province Boxer Club for 28 years, a member of the South African Kennel Union and its disciplinary committee for eight years. At the time of his death he was chairman of the Breede River Valley All Breeds Kennel Club and vice-chairman of the Western Province Provincial Council. Mr Kieser is pictured above with Rebel Rowser winning best in show at the Western Provinces Boxer Club in 1997, overlooked by Table Mountain. Judge is Tim Hutchings. http://www.dogworld.co.uk/section.php/1690/1/boxer Sad passing of Johan Kieser It is with deep regret that we advise that Johan Kieser was tragically murdered last week. Johan Kieser a wonderful dogman will be remembered in so many facets of dogdom in South Africa and Internationally. Johan’s affix “Tortuga” has run through many of our top winning Boxers for many years. His knowledge and dedication to the Boxer Breed has always been foremost in his life. Johan served on many Committees, Exco, Federal Council, Western Cape Provincial Council, but his main love was for the Boxer Breed. Johan served on the Kennel Association and during his time with Kennel Association he obtained sponsorship from Epol, was on the Task Team for Top Dog in 1990 and he pulled Breede Rivier Kennel Club back, in the Worcester days. He worked tirelessly on the Committee of the W P Boxer Club for many years. Johan will always be remembered as a perfect gentleman, respected in all areas of Dogdom, a genuine friend – missed by a great many people. The Kennel Union extends its deepest sympathy to his daughter Jeanne and his many friends. Doreen E Powell Kennel Union of South Africa, Chair Western Cape Provincial Council http://www.kusa.co.za/index.php/kusa-notices/kusa-news

Farmer Terence Rizzoto (63) shot dead in Hluhluwe KZN: dogs hacked to death, widow Maureen survives horrific assault

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KZN Khuhluwe farmer Terence Rizzoto 63, shot dead on his farm on February 24, 2015, reports journalist Tamlyn Jolly. The black male 'introders; murdered Rizzoto, assaulted his wife Maureen and, according to a local source, their dogs also hacked to death. "Intruders' shot and killed Rizzoto. Preliminary police reports indicate the attack was carried out between 5 and 7pm on Tuesday. The thugs fled in the Rizzoto’s vehicle and as is usually seen in farm attackers, was found abandoned early this morning. Crime scene officers from Richards Bay are currently processing the recovered vehicle before moving onto the scene of the crime. http://zululandobserver.co.za/60694/farmer-gunned-down-in-false-bay/

survived attempted kidnapping: Megan Duvenhage 5, tasered twice during kidnap attempt outside kindergarten Hercules

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Attempted kidnapping by 3 blacks of five-year-old Megan Du Venage thwarted by other parents at kindergarten reported by George Germishuys Thursday 26 Februarie 2015 Picture: Pretoria teacher Caren du Venage sits in the living room of her in-laws how she and her daughter Megan, 5, were nearly kidnapped in Hercules, Pretoria. The kidnappers tasered little Megan several times during the attempt. Picture by Herman Verwey. Two of the three black males were captured by bystanders. Caren du Venage (24), is a grade-1 teacher at the Nicolaas Smit Afrikaans Primary School. On Tuesday around 16h55 she arrived at her daughter's kindergarten in Hercules to fetch her, stopping her BMW across the road from the school. “I saw three men sitting around near my car but didn't think anything of it,' she said. She and Megan left the 'Kasteeltjieland' 's kindergarten at around 17h15. "When I arrived at my car I saw the three blacks getting up. I thought they'd just walk past but as a precaution pushed my cellphone in my bra,' she said. The men came closer with some speed. I placed Megan on the passenger seat. One of the blacks pulled out a firearm and threatened Caren with it and tried to strangle her, while the other two men tried unsuccessfully to get into her car. The gunman pushed Caren out of the way, climbed into the driver's seat and tried to start the car with Megan next to him. He couldn't start it. Meanwhile Caren saw a group of parents rushing towards them from the after-care centre of the kindergarten. "I screamed very loudly,' she said. Meanwhile she also tried to negotiate with the men. "I offered my cellphone in exchange for my child but they didn't want to know anything. "He kept hitting away at me with his rifle'. And while her mother was fighting to stop the men from kidnapping Megan, they tasered the five-year-old child. "Megan kept talking afterwards about the blue little light which they men had hurt her with.' "Look at my 'eina'(ouch) they shocked me here', said Megan on Tuesday showing the sore places on her leg. Caren said that when the man closed the car-door on her, she thought it was over. "I was screaming for people to come and help save my child,' she said. One of the other parents then stopped the kidnappers from getting away by parking them in, while the other parents descended on Caren's car , hitting the windows to get Megan out. The parents bashed out the front and rear windshields and the passenger's window and managed to drag one of the kidnappers from the car, while a second one was also captured by the group. Then the parents broke the rear windshield and pulled little Megan from the car. During this fracas the third kidnapper managed to disappear in the confusion. "I don't know what happened but when i saw again Megan was in my arms,' said Caren. She was very grateful for the speedy reaction by the police - but also said she and Megan will be suffering from the shock for a long time. 'I think right now we are both OK but the shock will probably return. But Megan is mamma's big girl,' she said to her. SAPS constable Tumisang Moloto confirmed that the two arrrested blacks face charges of armed robbery (?) and attempted kidnapping. http://www.netwerk24.com/nuus/2015-02-26-kyk-haar-eina-n-kapers-haar-skok?vc=9381f1cc5564f45993bd92fbbefb443f "Boewe reg om weg te ry met kind in motor Deur George Germishuys Donderdag 26 Februarie 2015 04:30 Caren du Venage vertel in die sitkamer van haar skoonouers se huis hoe sy en haar dogter, Megan (5), gister byna gekaap is in Hercules, Pretoria. Die kapers het glo Megan ’n paar keer met ’n skoktoestel geskok. Foto: Herrman Verwey ’n Pretoriase onderwyseres se vyfjarige dogtertjie is Dinsdagmiddag deur kapers met ’n skok-veiligheidstoestel (taser) geskok toe hulle haar van haar motor probeer beroof het. Twee van die drie kapers is deur omstanders aangekeer. Caren du Venage (24), ’n ­gr. 1-onderwyseres aan die ­Laerskool Generaal Nicolaas Smit, het gesê sy het omstreeks 16:55 Dinsdag by die kleuterskool van haar dogter, Megan, in Hercules aangekom om haar op te laai. Sy het in haar BMW oorkant die pad stilgehou. “Ek het drie mans naby my motor sien sit, maar ek het nie veel daarvan gedink nie,” het Caren gesê. Sy en Megan het Kasteeltjieland se nasorgsentrum omstreeks 17:15 verlaat. “Toe ek weer by my motor kom, sien ek die drie mans staan op. “Ek het gedink hulle sal sommer net verbyloop, maar ek het tog my selfoon in my bra gedruk,” het Caren gesê. “Die mans het met ’n spoed nadergekom. Ek het vir Megan ook op die passasiersitplek gesit.” Een van die mans het ’n vuurwapen uitgepluk en Caren daarmee begin dreig en haar gewurg. Die ander twee het probeer om in die motor te klim, maar was onsuksesvol. Die man wat Caren gedreig het, het haar uit die pad gestoot, in die bestuurdersitplek geklim en probeer om die motor, met Megan in die passasiersitplek, aan die gang te kry. Hy kon dit nie regkry nie.Volgens Caren het ’n groep ouers van die nasorgsentrum intussen nader gehardloop. “Ek het verskriklik geskreeu,” het Caren gesê.Sy het met die kapers probeer onderhandel. “Ek het my selfoon in ruil vir my kind aangebied, maar hulle wou niks weet nie. Hy het my net heeltyd weggeslaan met sy geweer.” Dit was toe dat die kapers Megan geskok het omdat sy geskreeu het. “Megan vertel net heeltyd van die blou liggie waarmee hulle haar seergemaak het,” het Caren gesê. “Kyk my eina, hulle het my daar geskok,” het Megan Dinsdag vertel terwyl sy die seerplekke aan haar been uitgewys het. Caren het gesê toe die man die motor se deur toemaak, het sy gedink dit is verby. “Ek het net verskriklik begin skree dat iemand my kind moet red.” Een van die ander ouers het die kapers se wegkompoging gefnuik deur hulle vas te parkeer. Die ander ouers het op die motor toegesak en verwoed teen die ruite begin slaan om by Megan uit te kom. Die voorruit, agterruit en bestuurdersitplek se ruit is deur hulle uitgeslaan en hulle het daarin geslaag om die een kaper uit die motor te trek. Die tweede kaper is ook deur hulle aangekeer. Hulle het daarna die agterruit uitgeslaan en Megan uit die motor getrek. Die derde verdagte het tydens die verwarring verdwyn. “Ek weet nie wat gebeur het nie, maar toe ek weer sien, was Megan in my arms,” het Caren gesê. Caren is baie dankbaar vir die polisie se spoedige optrede, maar sê ook dat sy en Megan nog lank aan skok gaan ly. “Ek dink ons is albei nou oukei, maar die skok sal seker weer terugkom. Maar Megan is mamma se groot dogtertjie.” Konst. Tumisang Moloto, polisiewoordvoerder, het bevestig ’n saak van gewapende roof en ontvoering word ondersoek. Die verdagtes verskyn Donderdag in die hof. http://www.netwerk24.com/nuus/2015-02-26-kyk-haar-eina-n-kapers-haar-skok?vc=9381f1cc5564f45993bd92fbbefb443f http://rekordmoot.co.za/35596/kleuter-en-ma-met-skokstok-geskok/

Survived: Henco Liddard, 26, fianceé Lydia Wileman, and daughter, 5: two black knifemen

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Survived: Henco Lidderd, 26, fought to protect his daughter, 5 and fiancee - stabbed in fifth attack in the Highlands Court Flat, KwaZuluNatal: suffered deep cut February 19 2015 - Tenants in the Highlands Court complex are gatvol of being soft targets for criminals. The latest crime victim is 26-year-old Henco Lidderd, who was stabbed in the hand while he fought to defend his fiancee Lydia Wileman and their 5-year-old daughter from a black knifeman in his third floor Highlands Court flat on Thursday morning, 19 February.“My fiance Lydia Wileman woke up at about 1am when my five-year-old daughter slammed our bedroom door, and saw an intruder in our flat,” said Henco, who then confronted the man. The unarmed Henco fought with one of the two the knifemen, forcing him back into the kitchen from where he had gained entry. The second knifeman stabbed Henco in his left hand. “I then backed off and both of them fled.” It is believed the pair also tampered with a ground-floor neighbour’s door before entering Henco’s flat.His hand had to be stitched up with 13 stitches and he lost income as he had to book off from work.Fortunately, no tendons were severed and he is expected to make a full recovery. “This is the fifth time in recent months we have had a break-in in the complex. This is the second break-in at our flat. The first time they stole a cellphone and wallet. Last year they cleaned out our neighbour’s flat after smashing in her front door. In the next block they climbed up the drain pipes. The first block of our complex is fenced in. In the three years I’ve been living here, nothing has been done to secure the other blocks. My daughter is too scared to go to the toilet on her own. We are all traumatised by this and are still battling to get over it.”Tenants are in discussions with the body corporate to up security measures. “We are in the process of putting up palisade fencing in front of the block,” said body corporate chairman, Charmaine Henn. https://www.facebook.com/boerekrisisaksie/photos/a.178568022169751.48293.116298045063416/1100078966685314/?type=1&theater
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