Jacobus Nicolaas van der Westhuizen

Jacobus Nicolaas van der Westhuizen (1929 - 2003)

Brief overview:

Jacob (74), was stabbed 39 times with a broken bottle and died, on his smallholding in Cullinan, on 5th May 2003. Van der Westhuizen and his wife, Anna, were robbed of only a few possessions, by five attackers.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
  • The court heard evidence of attacks on Cullinan smallholdings since 1995. In that time, there were 12 murders and about 60 robberies or burglaries in that area.

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
• Weapons
• Items Stolen
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

• Number and Descriptions
  • Gang of five men
• Arrests
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
  • Johannes Motau (46)
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction
  • Judge Johan Els sentenced Motau, to life and 50 years' imprisonment, but recommended that Motau spend the rest of his natural life behind bars and never be considered for release. Judge Van der Byl described the murders of the retired couple as an abominable and cold-blooded attack on two people who were defenceless when they were cornered in their own home by five criminals.
  • Two of the perpetrators, who denied guilt of the execution-style killings of retired policeman, Douw Grobler, and his wife, Rika, at their Cullinan smallholding in June 2003, were involved in the attack of Jacob and Anna, and Jacobs murder.

Additional Biographical Information:

• Identity Number : 2811085014080
• Cause of death : Unnatural causes 75\2003
• https://archive.is/HAf2j

Links to Media articles

• http://archive.is/VF3lP
• https://archive.is/HOtNd
• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000188237507822