Jeremias Solomone Macheque

Jeremias Macheque (1981 - 2020)

Brief overview:

Jeremias (39), the farm foreman for J.J. Bekker Farm in the Toitskraai area, Marblehall, was shot dead on Saturday 25th July 2020. He was paying 60 farm employees wages when one of four armed males, who were mingling in the crowd, pulled out a firearm and shot him. They fled with the worker's wages and Jeremias's vehicle, and abandoned the car a kilometer away, where they escaped in their car.

"Brig. Police spokesperson Motlafela Mojapelo said that Jeremias Solomone Macheque, 39, was sitting in a vehicle on the farm around 1pm to pay farm workers' wages on behalf of his employer when three unknown suspects overpowered him. According to Mojapelo, the attackers aimed a firearm at Macheque and demanded cash. They shot him, grabbed the cash and pulled the man out of the vehicle.

He was declared dead at the scene by paramedics.

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://archive.is/ANJoC
• http://archive.is/ctKcZ
• http://archive.is/pQiSm
• https://www.facebook.com/WillshirRisk/posts/3384332131611301