Gerald Louis Williamson

Gerald Williamson (1906 - 1990)

Brief overview:

Gerald (83), was trussed up, stabbed and beaten to death on his farm in Eston, KZN, on 27th May 1990.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
  • Extract from the Politics Web Report:

"From mid-1990 onwards there were a number of reports in the press on a series of attacks and brutal farm murders in the Midlands region of Natal that had begun in March that year. These attacks were said by police, in mid-1990, to be linked in some way to the bloody clashes that had been ongoing in the region’s black areas for months between supporters of Inkatha and the UDF. In an article headed “The murderous Midlands” the Sunday Tribune reported on 5th August 1990 that “Ten people, all elderly soft targets, have been murdered on farms and small holdings this year, and many others attacked. As in any small community, the deaths of neighbours in the most brutal fashion imaginable has a reaction far more intensely emotional than it would in a diverse urban community.”"

"During the second half of the year (1990) there were also a number of brutal murders in the Eastern Cape and Border regions. On the 8th December 1990 the Weekend Post reported on “mounting concern about rising crime and violence on farms” in these areas “Elderly farmers and women are among victims assaulted in a series of attacks on farms and smallholdings.” On the 19th December 1990 the EP Herald reported that police had expressed grave concern at the “mounting number of attacks on elderly people in the Eastern Cape particularly on farms and smallholdings.” Six victims had died following a spate of farm attacks over the past few months. “In most cases”, the newspaper stated, “the victims were brutally assaulted and some terrorised for hours before being robbed, mainly of firearms and vehicles.”"

Extract from Media Report 8th July 2020:

"KZN farm attacks and murders on the increase - Since 1990 until June 2020, KwaZulu-Natal has recorded 556 farm attacks and 322 farm murders. These statistics reflect incidents which complies with the accepted definition of a farm attack and which was reported to TLU SA. Subsequently it was included in the register."

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:

Baptism: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GT7B-S1MN?i=13&cc=...

Links to Media articles:

• https://archive.is/9ury0
• http://archive.is/VQy8p