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About Elias Nkabinde
Elias Nkabinde (1948 – 1998)
Brief overview:
Elias (50), a farm worker employed by Greyling (72) on the farm Driehoek in the Bethal district. Greyling lived alone in the house. They were attacked on 25 February 1998, Nkabinde being killed and Greyling injured. It is not clear what happened because Greyling suffered loss of memory as a result of the attack and has become quite feeble. He has since moved from the farm.
From the available information, the events can be reconstructed as follows: On 25 February 1998 at about 16:30 Greyling came from the fields where he had been cutting grass with the tractor and mower. After he had stored the tractor he was attacked by two men about thirty metres from his house. He was assaulted and tied up very tightly. He was tortured by dripping burning plastic on his legs, probably so that he would open the safe and hand over valuables. A .38 special revolver was taken, but a shotgun and a .22 rifle was left behind. The house was ransacked but it is not clear whether anything else was taken. The telephone wire was cut. It is not clear whether the attackers had gained access to the house first. There was very little security and the house was not burglarproof. When the police arrived on the farm they went to the living quarters of Nkabinde. There they found him hanging from the rafter by the neck. He had been strung up with a piece of wire. His hands and feet were also bound with wire and his house was also ransacked. He too had been severely assaulted. It is not clear whether he or Greyling was attacked first. There can be no doubt that the two attacks were connected. Nkabinde might have been attacked to prevent him from raising the alarm or because he knew the attackers. No one has been arrested for the attack.
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Elias Nkabinde's Timeline
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1948
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| 1998 |
February 25, 1998
Age 50
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Driehoek farm, Bethal, Eastvaal District Council, MP, South Africa
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