Daantjie van den Berg

Daantjie van den Berg (1944 - 2004)

Brief overview:

Daantjie (47), whose body of was found on Monday morning in Kwagga Park, hidden under bushes.
It is believed he was strangled and stabbed in his right side. A black belt was found around his neck.
Three hours later, the body of Roelof Henry Gottschalk (34), was found about 300m from Van der Berg's body. He is believed to have been strangled with a piece of cloth.
Post-mortems were conducted on both men on Tuesday. Initial findings indicate they had been dead for between three to five days before their bodies were found.
Police believe both men were murdered elsewhere than the park.
The possibility that the murders are linked has not been excluded. Police say the motives were probably robbery.

Kwagga Park, which lies opposite the luxury suburb of Cashan and opposite Rustenburg High School grounds is, according to locals, a hotspot for drug-users, sex workers and their clients.
Van der Berg, a salesman, was reported missing on July 17, by his his cousin Piet Botes.
Gottschalk was reported missing on July 6 after he dropped his fiancée off in town. His red Opel Kadett is still missing.
Another two men were reported missing at the weekend. They are George Charles Gravett (35), and André Kruger (29), both of whom went missing on Saturday.

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

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• Torture, Gratuitous violence
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

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Links to Media articles:

• https://archive.ph/80DTQ
• https://archive.ph/L7g2V