Jan 2014: -- South Gauteng High Court: Trial of murder-suspects of Alyssa Botha 13 (murdered Sept6?2012) and of André Jordaan (murdered Sept15?2012 in the same street at Muldersdrift smallholdings, Krugersdorp: (*there is a discrepancy between the reported murder-dates, we are awaiting further details)
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TRIAL BACKGROUND: - Thirteen-year-old Alyssa Botha was shot down in cold blood by a black male gang who also attacked and injured her father Anton in the abdomen, and her sister Meghan in a leg. It is also alleged that the gang on trial this week, also shot dead their Afrikaner neighbour André Jordaan, firing shots through the door he was fighting to hold closed to stop them from attacking his family the next day.
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This week in Krugersdorp court, Alyssa Botha's and André Jordaan's alleged murderer Alfred Zwane, 28 claimed that his 'confession was tortured out of him by SAPS Muldersdrift members".
A trial-within-a-trial was held -- reports journalist Amoryn Golden on January 24 2014 - because the
accused man claimed he was "scared of being assaulted by police if he did not admit to crimes he allegedly had not committed."
REPORT:
Date: 23 January 2014 By journalist Amoryn Golden - South Gauteng High Court:
-- Alfred Zwane (28), arrested with other men for a series of hate-crimes targeting Afrikaner whites on smallholdings in Muldersdrift -- including the murder of 13-year-old Alyssa Botha in Sept 2012 and of André Jordaan more than a week later -- has backtracked on the statement he made to the police in which he implicated himself in two murders and several robberies, according to a report by The Star newspaper.
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-- (background on reign of terror on Muldersdrift smallholdings by black males in September 2012::
-- Murder of Alyssa Botha, attack on her family:
---http://www.censorbugbear.org/farmitracker/reports/view/316
-- André Jordaan, shot dead through closed door: seven bullets from black male gang:
-- http://www.censorbugbear.org/farmitracker/reports/view/337
-- Black youths get militia-training in squatter camps: PRAAG reports:
-- http://www.censorbugbear.org/farmitracker/reports/view/332
Muldersdrift families in warzone
-- http://www.censorbugbear.org/farmitracker/reports/view/359
Muldersdrift families don't report attacks unless someone was shot:
-- http://www.censorbugbear.org/farmitracker/reports/view/356
South African Police forms attack gangs against Afrikaner families: reports:
-- http://www.censorbugbear.org/farmitracker/reports/view/432
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Journalist Amoryn Golden reports on 24 January 2014 in the LookLocalKrugersdorp newspaper that for two days (at his court hearing) Zwane gave his version of events and also fielded some hard questions from the prosecutor as the South Gauteng High Court sought to get to the bottom of his allegations that he was coerced into admitting to crimes he did not commit.
The report says that Zwane and two co-accused, Samson Mandlezi (24) and Manir Lubisi (28), face 18 charges that include two murders, two attempted murders and many robberies with aggravated circumstances.
The trio allegedly shot and killed Alyssa Botha (13) in an attack against her family on Sept 12 2012 and André Jordaan in his house pm September 15 2012 a day later.
-- "The defence was supposed to start with its case when allegations of police brutality surfaced, forcing the judge to hold a trial-within-a-trial to determine the truthfulness of the accused's claims.
Zwane said he was assaulted into admitting to the crimes, and taken to some houses and forced to point out the scenes of crimes he did not commit.
The trial is still set to continue, Ms Golden reports:
URL:
http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/krugersdorp/krugersdorp-news-crime?oid=8090491&sn=Detail&pid=489870&Muldersdrift-murder-accused-claims-confession-was-forced
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Reporting Date of murder-attack: September 12 2012 - "93% of Muldersdrift households on one street under siege from large, organised armed black male gangs:
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Headline: "Community under Siege: DA and Freedom Front Plus councillors wants answers from police" - By Kate Lorimer
writing about the murder of Alyssa Botha on (September 6 2012?) at Muldersdrift smallholding: "The ongoing reports of rampant violent crime in Muldersdrift are disturbing", writes Gauteng MPC Kate Lorimer. " Alyssa Botha, 13, was shot dead last Wednesday. (Sept62012) She was the latest victim in a wave of violent crime, in which 93 percent of households on a single street in the community have been targeted. Alyssa's father Anton was also shot in the abdomen and her sister Meghan in the leg. I will visit the police station in Muldersdrift to assess the response by the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the area. I will also evaluate the local visible policing strategy and investigate whether the local police are properly equipped, especially in terms of the number of appropriate vehicles allocated to the area. I will also request information on the local Community Policing Forum (CPF) and the engagement between the forum and the local SAPS.All information will be shared with Gauteng Provincial Police Commissioner Mzwandile Petros and I will request that he address the safety and security needs of the Muldersdrift community as a matter of urgency. The war on crime in Gauteng must not merely be confined to the major urban centres of the province while those on the outskirts are forgotten and neglected." Statement issued by Kate Lorimer MPL, DA Gauteng Community Safety Spokeswoman, September 11 2012
http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page72308?oid=325555&sn=Marketingweb+detail&pid=90389
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"I declare my country unsafe and insist that a state of emergency be declared': Amanda de Lange, regional chair Freedom Front F Westrand - after shooting death of Alyssa Botha, Muldersdrift farm, reported on: Sept 6 2012. “ Tel *071 6049 498
Beeld reports more details of the murder of Alyssa Botha (13) and the attack on her sister, Megan, and father, Anton, on Wednesday night. According to neighbour and close family friend, Nicky Schimansky, Alyssa’s murderers ran away after the Initial attack -- then returned to shoot Megan and Anton again. Schimansky was one of the first people to arrive at the scene after she heard Liesl Botha’s pleas for help over the Community Police Forum’s radio station. Alyssa was still conscious and able to speak but in terrible pain. Paramedics tried for over an hour to save the girl’s life. Anton was in the intensive care unit.
http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Rowers-keer-terug-om-kind-pa-weer-te-skiet-20120907
*Amanda de Lange* *VF Plus Streekleier, Wesrand* telephone *071 6049 498
http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Meisie-13-sterf-in-aanval-op-hoewe-20120906
Meanwhile, SA president Jacob Zuma is still singing Kill the Boer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fzRSE_p1Ys
As does his supposed 'opponent' Malema:
http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page72308?oid=324540&sn=Marketingweb+detail&pid=90389
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fzRSE_p1Ys
Volksblad reports that SA farm murders are 3x higher than the national average murder rate. According to Solidariteit trade union movement, the government lacks the “political will“ to prevent farm attacks. During 2010-11 close to 32 out of 100 000 South Africans were murdered. This is 4 and a half times more than the international average murder rate.
http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Plaasmoorde-3-keer-meer-as-gemiddeld-20120910
PLEASE NOTE: THE AFRIKAANS PUBLICATIONS OF NASPERS NEWS24.COM have removed many of their pre-2013 farm-attack records. One would have to search their archives to locate the original reports.
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