Helena Gouws

Helena Gouws (1950 – 2012)

Brief overview:

Retired Afrikaner headmaster Christof Gouws & wife Helena attacked, Sunday June 10 2012 01h45: Plein Street home, Ugie, East Cape: wife stabbed to death. SAPS capt Roeloff confirms attack: possibly two black male attackers broke open back door and stabbed the elderly couple. Mrs Helena Gouws died of her wounds. Her husband is in critical condition at the MacLear Hospital. Capt Roeloffs said it appeared 'as if nothing was robbed.' The SAPS K9 unit was called in to help track the attackers. "We are investigating and nobody has thus far been arrested,' he said the same day at 17h00. Attack confirmed by Maroela News journalist Sune van Heerden.

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
• 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

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Links to Media articles:

• http://web.archive.org/web/20120615122820/http://afrikaans.news24.c...
• http://archive.fo/v8Xyt
• http://archive.fo/RFaRf
• https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-mercury-south-africa/2...
• https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/daily-dispatch/20140228/28...
• http://archive.fo/unMwG