Jan Hendrik Potgieter

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Jan Hendrik Potgieter

Birthdate:
Death: January 21, 2009 (54)
Lephalale, Bosveld, LP, South Africa (Murder - Farm Attack)
Place of Burial: Lephalale, LP, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Husband of Private

Occupation: Farmer
Managed by: Private User
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Immediate Family

    • Private
      spouse

About Jan Hendrik Potgieter

Jan Hendrik Potgieter (1954 - 2009)

Brief overview:

Jan (54), caretaker of the holidays chalets Villa Nora, at the farm "Johannesberg", about 50km van Lephalale (Ellisras) in Limpopo. was fatally shot in the back, on 21st January 2009.

A Zimbabwean man (18) was shot and injured by Jan's wife, Annelle during the attack, and was later arrested by local farmers and police.

"The speedy arrest was due to the rapid action of farmers and police who barred the access roads and trapped the 18-year-old injured, armed Zimbabwean man, said police superintendent Mohale Ramatseba."

Farmer Neels Hennop said the Zimbabwean man had apparently worked for Potgieter. It’s not known exactly what took place inside the homestead.

"Japie Spanio, security chairman of the Transvaal Agricultural Union, said the farmers are linked in a security-radio network, and managed to encircle the farm roads and also engaged spoor-finders and a private helicopter in the massive search. The man will appear in the local magistrate’s court on a remand hearing soon, said the police."

Brief Biography:

  • Other Victims/Family
  • Funeral/Memorial
  • The Farm/Smallholding
  • The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
    • Japie Spanio from the TAU SA North, said - "Mr Izak and Mrs Mariaan Jansen van Vuuren of the farm Clanwilliam were attacked while going home after church on Sunday. Mr Jansen van Vuuren is badly injured and will have to undergo extensive plastic surgery to his face, and the attacks follow a similar one on October 24th in which Pieter Botha of Mokolo Safaris was also badly injured. Botha was attacked just three days after Jan Potgieter was killed."
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20091107062107/http://www.news24.com/Co...

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
    • 1
  • Arrests
  • Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
  • Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
    • Zimbabwean
  • Trial/Conviction

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Jan Hendrik Potgieter's Timeline

1954
May 23, 1954
2009
January 21, 2009
Age 54
Lephalale, Bosveld, LP, South Africa
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Lephalale, LP, South Africa