Bruce David Mack

Bruce David Mack (1971 - 1999)

Brief overview:

Bruce (28), a farmer, and son of farmer David Mack, was shot dead at close range with a shotgun in an ambush on the family farm, in Highflats, Ixopo, KZN, on 11th October 1999.

Agri-SA's director of general services Kobus Visser said the number of attacks had increased to 769 in 1998 from 434 in 1997, and murders had jumped to 142 from 85 over the same period. During 1997 there were 813 attacks and 144 murders on farms, making farming statistically the most dangerous profession in the country.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
  • Malcolm Roberts Macfarlane (54), also a farmer, was murdered a week earlier on 3rd October 1999, also in Ixopo.

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
  • Police arrested suspects in both this and the Macfarlane cases. Bonile Mkhize (22) was alleged to have been one of the triggermen during the attack on Bruce Mack. The other man arrested was Mpekiswa Shezi, who allegedly gave the instructions for the murder to be carried out and took the firearms afterwards. They were kept in custody for several months, but were later released due to lack of evidence, after police shot dead a third suspect in May 2000. Two suspects were arrested for the Macfarlane murder, but also released for lack of evidence against them.
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction

Additional Biographical Information:

• *Official cause of death : Unnatural causes

Links to Media articles:

• [http://archive.vn/837bP
• [http://archive.vn/8Ln7t
• http://archive.fo/WVEOw
• https://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/safrica2/Safarms9.htm

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