Alet de Jager

Alet de Jager (1965 - 2009)

Brief overview:

Alet (44), and her husband, Piet de Jager (65) were found dead in the bedroom of their Karoo Valley farm, Laatsgevonden, on 8th October 2009. They had both been executed, with gunshot wounds to the head.

Captain Louis Visser said a family friend contacted the police when the couple could not be reached. "Police broke into the house and discovered the two bodies. A firearm belonging to Piet was found at the scene," Visser said. He could not say exactly when the couple died. "The suspicion is that they died between 8pm on Monday and 6pm on Wednesday," he said.

There were no signs of forced entry into the house. Limpopo MEC for safety and security Dikeledi Magadzi says it's possible the person who planned the murder of farmer Piet de Jager had been at a meeting on crime in the area.

The farmer's son, Herman, said after the attack: "They didn't even take my father's watch from his arm or the credit card from his pocket." De Jager was shot dead on Saturday morning about 400m from his home when he went to switch off a water pump. At the anti-crime meeting, the day before the murder of De Jager plans had been discussed to put a stop to the crime wave in the area.

Magadzi was speaking at an emergency meeting attended by the police, community leaders and the community policing forum. Assistant commissioner Charles van Wyk announced on Monday afternoon that a R50,000 award would be given for information that could led to the arrest and conviction of the attackers.

Policing forum head Anton Weyers said he and three other people who started the forum to tackle the crime situation in Levubu, had been attacked, hijacked and robbed several times. Magadzi was told of several complaints and she also heard suggestions on how to combat crime. She promised to give urgent attention to the matter. Reservists are to be called up as soon as possible and members of the crime prevention unit in Thohoyandou will be deployed in the area for the next two weeks.

Senior superintendent Ronnie van Niekerk of the area head office in Thohoyandou earlier acknowledged there were problems in the Levubu charge office and said the matter was receiving the highest priority.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
  • The De Jager's were buried from the Dutch Reformed Moederkerk in Makhado.
• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

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

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Links to Media articles:

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