Jan Hettema

Jan Hettema (1933 – 2016)

Brief overview:

Jan (83), a multiple South African national rally champion, and also a cyclist. He competed in three events at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Jan was shot in the face and killed in a Farm Attack on his small holding plot 30, Tweedrag near Boschkop in Cullinan, just outside of Pretoria.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
  • Farm Tweedracht: 3rd August 2014 – Ponty Thuynsma a white male of plot 42 approx 79 years old, was badly beaten, burnt with an clothing iron, petrol poured down his throat, and threatened to be set alight.
  • 31st May 2016 – Mr Foley, a white male of plot 27 tied up, beaten, and robbed.
  • 21st June 2016 – Mrs Du Toit 60 year old white female of plot 44, beaten up, threatened to cut her fingers off, burn her alive, drown her in the farm dam.

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:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Hettema

Links to Media articles:

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• http://archive.fo/Zegdw
• http://archive.fo/n5sr7
• http://archive.fo/0WeZC
• https://archive.ph/ks6Yt

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