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Johannes Mazibuko (1948 – 2019)
Brief overview:
Johannes (71), an emerging farmer in the Free State was cruelly killed on Thursday morning at the farm Waterpark in the Frankfort district. This only a week after a couple from Boshof on their farm were also attacked and killed by six men, .
Const. Police spokesperson Josephine Radi said the attacker was arrested by herdsmen on another farm between 06:00 and 14:00 when he was caught with the murdered farmer's cattle. According to Radi, Mazibuko's children said he was leaving home early in the morning to go and see his cattle. The police and other herdsmen started looking for him and found his body in an old house near the beads. His throat was cut open. The suspect is expected to appear in court on Monday. Lieutenant General. Free State police chief Moeketsi Sempe condemned this murder, as well as those of Sakkie (67) and Ina van der Berg (62) of the farm Bloubos outside Boshof. On Friday, Sempe talked about an event where he and Sam Mashinini, MEC for police, roads and transport in the Free State, handed over new rural safety bakkies to police officers. "I have to point out that we are concerned about the crime taking place in rural areas. In the last two weeks, we also had house robberies that killed three people, "he said. He referred to the murder of the Van der Bergs, as well as those of Anna Herbst (66), Bloemfontein's "pancake tannie". Herbst was murdered in her home in Martindale outside Bloemfontein earlier this month and the house was set on fire. "Our sincere condolences to the families of the victims of the barbaric incidents on farms and villages in the province," said Sempe.
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- Funeral/Memorial
- The Farm/Smallholding
- Farm Waterpark in the Frankfort district.
- The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
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- Torture, Gratuitous violence
- Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.
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Johannes Mazibuko's Timeline
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1948
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| 2019 |
July 18, 2019
Age 71
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farm Waterpark, Frankfort, Mafube Local Municipality, Fezile Dabi District Municipality, Free State, South Africa
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