Five farm murders in 2015: three of the five in North West, one in Limpopo, and one in KZN
-- Johan van der Merwe writes on 8 JaNUARY 2015 The new year started with tragedy for five families who are grieving over the murders of loved ones on farms.
The most recent victim was
Mrs Susan Kotze van Lephalale in Limpopo - strangled to death in her farm house.
Three of the murders up to 8 January 2015 were in North West province, one in Limpopo and one in KwaZulu Natal.
This statistic is added to the eleven murders which took place on farms countrywide during the month of December 2014 said General Chris van zyl of the Transvaal AGricultural union.
"It is clear that previously 'peaceful areas' have now been activated with an increase in farm attacks and this includes the north coast and the south coast of KwaZulu Natal province.
It is my opinion that there is a centralised, deliberate attempt to geographically spread violent attacks against farms so that it provides an optimum impact across a much greater area than previously was done, he said.
"This tendency is also visible in
Mpumalanga, the East Cape and the West Cape.
MURDERS:
- Skippie de Klerk (30) is op sy plaas in die Rustenburg-omgewing op 3 Januarie vanjaar vermoor.
-- A. du Preez (76) AND L. Snyman (67), ook van die Rustenburg-omgewing in twee aparte voorvalle op 4 Januarie vermoor.
-- Malcolm Green (69) of Estcourt also murdered on 4 January 2015 and
-- Mrs Susan Kotze
http://landbou.com/nuus/reeds-vyf-plaasmoorde-in-2015/
FOLLOW UP ON 12 JANUARY 2015:
Free State murders:
Martie Bester 68, murdered on farm Erfbloem, in Theunissen murdered Monday 12 January 2015 and her body burnt inside her homestead which was set alight Her bakkie was used by the killers/arsonists to flee and was found torched near the homestead.
Two other people were also found murdered on Free State farms the same day, said Tommie Esterhuyse, voorsitter van 'Free State Agriculture's law and order committee.
Meanwhile the Afrikaans news media at netwerk24 also report that a couple were murdered Sunday evening at their homestead in Bainsvlei Bloemfontein. Their bodies were found away from the homestead and were pointed out by two black male suspects who were arrested by the police in a blood-covered stolen farm-vehicle.
The male murder victim only lived on the farm with his wife: he worked at the Vergezocht oil company belonging to Mr Pierre Hugo. Their names are not yet published.
http://landbou.com/nuus/plaasmoord-ruk-vrystaat/
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