Letitia Prinsloo

Letitia Prinsloo (1951 - 2008)

Brief overview:

Letitia (57), was shot a little after 04h00 on 20th November 2008, when two attackers burst through the bedroom door of the Prinsloo's homestead and started shooting at Letitia and her husband Dr Duncan Prinsloo (Snr) (61), as they were lying in bed on their smallholding at Vaalbank, west of Bronkhorstspruit. This is according to Police Spokesperson Johannes Jafta. Letitia died at the scene.

Duncan, a well-know veterinarian, was hit in the back and in a serious condition, and taken to Wilgers Hospital in Pretoria, where he had surgery to removed the bullet lodged in his spine.

Sharlien (17), Prinsloo's daughter, who was not hurt in the attack, heard the shots and immediately called Pastor Morné Mundey, a good friend of the family. Dr Duncan Prinsloo (Jnr), also a veterinarian from Wapadrand in Pretoria, tried in vain to save the life of his mother, giving her CPR. They only realised that she had been shot when the paramedics lifted her from the bed and she had been shot in the side and already dead.

A 16-year-old teenager, who is part of a large gang, was arrested and charged for the murder of Laetitia and the attempted murder of Duncan. He appeared in court on 24th December 2008 in the Bronkhorstpruit Magistrates Court.

On the 25th November 2017 a peaceful protest march to the Union Buildings was held by the farmers.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
  • AFRIKANERS ON PRETORIA SMALLHOLDINGS ARE UNDER SIEGE This entire greater Pretoria / Kameeldrift / Cullinan area -- where traditionally, working-class Afrikaners often live on subsistence-survival agricultural holdings, is under siege by such armed gangs. On November 27 2008 - an Afrikaner lawyer was shot dead by gunmen from outside his homestead while sleeping in front of his TV on Nov 26 2008 - and many Afrikaners now are targetted by gunmen in a very similar way. THIS IS NO ORDINARY CRIME WAVE... "This is much more than just an ordinary crime wave," warns Institute for Security Studies senior researcher Dr Johan Burger, a former police commissioner. The entire smallholdings area of greater-Pretoria / Bronkhorstspruit / Cullinan / Kameeldrift have over the past few years become an unprecedented 'murder-site', he noted. These extremely violent armed attacks targeting all these Afrikaans smallholder-families have now reached very serious levels, he warned. The besieged residents have held several protest meetings, demanding better policing, and describe these attacks as 'a genocide' which targets their ethnic-group. They plan lodging formal complaints with the United Nations. They also demand that the National Intelligence Agency instead of local police investigates these attacks because they have lost faith in the police's ability to defend them or investigate the crimes properly. Over the past five years, the many tens of thousands of Afrikaner families living at these smallholdings in these regions surrounding greater Pretoria have increasingly barricaded themselves behind electrified fences, high security walls and living in a state of constant siege inside their heavily-secured homes. Often little of any real value is ever stolen during these attacks. The attackers invariably are large, heavily-armed black male gangs. Burger warned:"This situation must be examined much more closely. This isn't just a matter of how some gangs are involved in these attacks - but also exactly what the police is doing pro actively to prevent all this. From the latest violent-crime statistics it is very clear that something is very wrong here in this specific smallholdings region,' he added. "These attacks have been going on for a long time and are now growing in intensity and viciousness - since 2001 these attacks on smallholders have doubled and that's an indication that something is badly wrong.' Thus far this year, at least 47 smallholders were killed in this region alone.

Attack Details:

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• Weapons
• Items Stolen
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

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• Arrests
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• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction

Additional Biographical Information:

• My wonderful wife and dear mother and grandmother. We thank the Lord that you were on loan to us. You were truly a woman according to proverbs. You who reads these words, where would you go if God were to claim your life now?"
• https://graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=4695035

Links to Media articles:

• https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/teen-arrested-for-murder-42...
• https://plaasmoorde.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/i-felt-immense-calm/
• http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2008/11/2008-attacks-targ...
• https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/pretoria-news/20171127/282...
• https://www.jacarandafm.com/news/news/malema-instigator-farm-murders/
• https://ewn.co.za/2017/11/26/malema-criticised-at-farm-murders-march
• http://archive.fo/J6Xb2
• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000102539137954