Adriaan Hendricus Stander

Adriaan "Andre" Stander (1932 - 1998)

Brief overview:

Andre (65), a retired Spoornet worker, was murdered on his farmstead in Dysseldorp near Oudtshoorn in the southern Cape. Police spokesman Sergeant David Masolo said Stander, who bought the farmstead on his retirement but was not involved in farming, was attacked by two men who stabbed him in the left side of his body and battered him around the face and head with a heavy object.

A neighbour, Neels Slabbert, arrived and threatened to shoot the attackers, and the perpetrators ran away. Police assisted by farmers in the area launched a search.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
  • Stander is survived by his wife, Anna (Ansie) (65) who was at church at the time of the attack.
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
  • On the same night, George Peter Wylie (76), a dairy farmer, who was bedridden,from Upper Gletwyn farm, Grahamstown, was shot dead in his bed by two armed men, who then stole four firearms, including an automatic rifle.

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
• Arrests
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction

Additional Biographical Information:

• Identity Number : 3212095025084
• Official cause of death : Unnatural causes
• Adriaan married Anna Wilhelmina Sophia (born Boschoff) on 28/05/1983

Links to Media articles:

• http://archive.fo/h5sPn
• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000196617709839
• https://web.archive.org/web/20071012091652/http://www.matriots.com/...