Jacques Naude

Jacques Naude (1979 - 2011)

Brief overview:

Jacques (31), an engineer, and a senior plant foreman, was executed in Hendrina, during violent strike action of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), at the Woestalleen Coal Mine, Hendrina, on 17th October 2011. Jacques belonged to the rival National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). He was working with a skeleton staff as members of the AMCU had warned them to stay away. In the early hours, he went to investigate a faulty wire. It had been sabotaged by five AMCU members to lead him into an ambush. Jacques was shot in the head and his attackers fled.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Street/Suburb
• 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:

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• Arrests
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction
  • In June 2014, in the Middelburg Circuit Court, Judge Bill Prinsloo sentenced Amcu shop steward Aaron Mavimbela to 20 years’ jail for Naude’s murder. His co-accused Mmeleni Zulu died while the trial was inn progress. The charges against three others were withdrawn.

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Links to Media articles:

• https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/sunday-times-1107/20140622...
• http://archive.is/Iqd2V
• http://archive.is/8b2fU
• http://archive.is/nxelX