Charles Edward Emms

Charles Edward Emms (1931 - 1999)

Brief overview:

Charles Edward (69), a farmer from farm Brione in Ugie in the Eastern Cape was murdered on his farm on 1st December 1999.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
  • Extract from the media report.

"While a police moratorium on statistics is still in place, a list compiled by Elliot farming community members show that 15 farmers have been murdered in the Elliot, Ugie and Maclear districts in the past decade."

The list includes the latest victims and reads:

- January 1991: Desmond Trollip

- July 1992: August Emil Wink (55)

- June/July: 1992: Peter Roland Lake (44) and Dorothy Ann Lake (42)

- August/September 1993: Michael Calvin Meyers (55) and daughter Donne Lee Meyers (21)

- May 1995: Kallie Vorster

- October 1997: Francois Johannes Willemse (65)

- November 1999: Priscilla Jane Sephton (51)

- April 2000: Sithsaba Madasa (34)

- January 2001: Martha Louisa Gertina Scheppel (52)

- February 2001: Alison May Rushmere (80)

- March 2001: Mary Louise McGregor (48) and Kevin James McGregor (40)

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:

• ID Number : 3007035012089
• Official cause of death : Unnatural causes
• Charles married Beatrice Ida on 24/06/1961

Links to Media articles:

• https://archive.is/hpz5a
• http://archive.is/JP4Qa
• https://gazettes.africa/archive/za/1999/za-government-gazette-legal...
• https://graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1754649