Kesavan Govender

Kesavan Govender (d.o.b. unknown - 2002)

Brief overview:

Kesavan, a farmer from Verulam, KZN, was shot dead in his farm house, at the end of June 2002. There had been a noted encroachment on Indian owned farms by squatters in the Verulam/Hazelmere area, between Durban and Tongaat, during 2001 and 2002.

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

Additional Biographical Information:

Links to Media articles:

• https://africacheck.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Final-Report-Com...