Anna Fransina Vorster

Anna Fransina Vorster (1937 - 1993)

Brief overview:

Anna (53) and her husband Louwrens Lodewikus Vorster (57) were murdered on their Farm Dwaalfontein, Burgersdorp, on 19th September 1991.

Anna was found in a field with a gunshot wound to the head and the abdomen, her hands had been tied above her head with plastic wire.

Louwrens was found submerged in a nearby farm dam, weighted down with two heavy stones, one weighing 78kg and the other 18kg. The immediate cause of his death was found to be strangulation. A ligature of plastic coated wire was tightly applied around his neck. In addition there were multiple penetrating incised wounds on the left side of his chest as well as multiple abrasions on the front of his forehead.

"Extract from the Supreme Court of Appeal (406/95) [1997] ZASCA 74 (19 September 1997)"

"Mr Louwrens Vorster, 57 years old at the time of his death, single-handedly farmed on the farm Dwaalfontein in the district of Burgersdorp, some 25 km from Aliwal North. His wife, Anna Fransina Vorster, 53, ran her own business, a small farm shop, the Witkop Boerewinkel, some 22 km distant. On Thursday morning, 19 September 1991, she left, as usual, at about 8 a.m. in her Toyota pick-up truck with registration number CAE 2447. She was seen to return to the farm that afternoon at about 5 p.m."

"Shortly thereafter, at about 6.30 p.m., a local farmer, Mr Peyper, was returning from Aliwal North in the direction of Dwaalfontein, when he saw a vehicle approaching at speed, with its lights on. About 500 metres ahead of him that vehicle left the road and overturned. He stopped to investigate but saw no one until, returning to the overturned vehicle, two black men suddenly darted from the bushes ahead of him and scampered away. He shouted at them to stop and directed his employees to pursue them but they managed to escape. He recognised the Toyota bakkie as belonging to the Vorsters and raised the alarm."

"Early the next morning Mrs Vorster's body was discovered in a field near the opstal on Dwaalfontein. She had been shot in the back of the head and in the abdomen with a Springfield .22 rifle belonging to Mr Vorster which was found in the house. Her hands had been tied above her head with a plastic coated wire."

"Later that morning of 20 September 1991 Mr Vorster's body was found submerged in a nearby farm dam, weighted down with two heavy stones, one weighing 78 and the other 18 kg. The immediate cause of his death was found to be strangulation. A ligature of plastic coated wire was tightly applied around his neck. In addition there were multiple penetrating incised wounds on the left side of his chest as well as multiple abrasions on the front of his forehead. The absence of water in his lungs and respiratory passages indicated to the district surgeon who performed the post mortem examination that Mr Vorster was already dead when his body was placed or dragged into the dam."

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• 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
• IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL SOUTH AFRICA - Case No 406/95
• In the matter between:
• MLUNGISI DAVID LANGE : FIRST APPELLANT
• MAHLOMOLA ENOCH MOKHOABANE : SECOND APPELLANT
• ABRAHAM MOSANYANE MOSHAPANE : THIRD APPELLANT
• THE STATE : RESPONDENT : CORAM: NIENABER, HARMS ET SCOTT JJA
• HEARD: 12 SEPTEMBER 1997 DELIVERED: 19 SEPTEMBER 1997
• JUDGMENT : NIENABER JA
• Count 1 (robbery with aggravating circumstances). Those sentences accordingly stand. Since the death sentence as such has now been declared to be unconstitutional, the appeals against the death sentences must, however, succeed. The current practice of this court is to remit a matter of this nature to the trial court for a reconsideration of the sentence. The following order is made:
• 1. The appeals of all three appellants against their convictions are dismissed.
• 2. The appeals of all three appellants against the sentences of death imposed on them are upheld and such sentences are set aside.
• 3. The matter is remitted to the court a quo for the imposition of competent sentences on the counts of murder.
• P M Nienaber
• Concur Judge of Appeal
• Harms JA Scott JA
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Additional Biographical Information:

• Official cause of death : Under invstigation
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