Johan van der Berg

Johan van der Berg (1961 – 2015)

Brief overview:

Van der Berg (54), was viciously stabbed in an attack.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
  • Van der Berg’s ex-wife, Petro, (42), lives in a separate house on the smallholding about 20m from his home.
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
  • Smallholding in Greenbushes
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
  • This was the second incident at the house in recent months. Van der Berg had been burgled in April while he was asleep.

Attack Details:

Ex wife found his partly clothed body face down in a pool of blood in the passage shortly after 8am on Saturday when she went to the house to borrow milk.

• Date and time of attack
  • Either late on Friday 17/10/2015 or in the early hours of Saturday 18/10/2015
• Weapons
  • Sharp object
• 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:

Links to Media articles:

• http://archive.fo/CMxei
• http://archive.fo/4nFbM
• https://web.archive.org/save/https://maroelamedia.co.za/nuus/sa-nuu...