Frederik Roedolf Schmidt

Frederik "Rudi" Roedolf Schmidt (1951 - 2002)

Brief overview:

Rudi (51), was stabbed in the neck and killed on his farm at Pontdrift near the Bostwana border on Monday 11th March 2002. Schmidt's wife, Corlia, was treated for injuries to her face.

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
  • A hunting knife thought to be the murder weapon was found in the suspects possession and will be sent for forensic testing.
• Items Stolen
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

• Number and Descriptions
• Arrests
  • A 22-year-old Zimbabwean, a former worker at Parma farm adjacent to Schmidt's, was apprehended in a Zimbabwean village, Sezani, on Saturday morning.
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction
  • Police spokesperson Superintendent Ronel Otto said the man was extradited by Zimbabwean police to South Africa on Tuesday afternoon and was being kept in police cells. "The man will appear in the Louis Trichardt magistrate's court on Wednesday," Otto said.

Additional Biographical Information:

• Identity Number : 5103085004080
• Official cause of death : bleeding
• https://www.gendatabase.com/deceased-record.php?q=2547006&r=FREDERI...
• Schmidt played a crucial role in resolving the impasse between farmers in the Limpopo Valley and the Department of Home Affairs following the dispute over work permits for farm labourers from Zimbabwe during November 2001.

Links to Media articles:

• http://archive.is/Gqgke
• https://archive.is/V1iSo
• http://archive.is/iDwoL
• https://archive.ph/Trexq
• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000194750650924

  ---

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 7 2023, 21:19:54 UTC
• https://graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=3259232