Michael Casparus Eksteen

Michael "Mike" Eksteen (1918 - 1990)

Brief overview:

Mike (72), and his wife, Elsie Johanna Catharina Eksteen (70), were murdered on their Wonderboom farm outside Pretoria on 23rd December 1990.

Mike, his wife Elsie and their gardener, Andries Moitibo, were attacked on Sunday, Horrified family members found their bodies on Christmas Day, Mr Eksteen apparently put up a strong fight, Blood was found all over the workshop where he finally, died of multiple stab wounds, he was also apparently bludgeoned with a pickaxe handle.

Mrs Eksteen was found in the main bedroom with a bayonet impaling her throat, while the gardener was first stabbed, and bound and later dumped under the bed in his, living quarters.

It has been alleged by Jacana media that the murder of Mike and Elsie Eksteen could be connected to the arms trade as it occurred shortly after Mike Eksteen visited a military business project in Mozambique which he found to be 'dangerous' and with which he refused to become involved, and which prompted him to re­investigate the Rusplaas affair..

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:

• ID Number : 1809245038081
• Official cause of death : Under investigation

Links to Media articles:

• Recorded as victims #22 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow
• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000197156414821
• https://evelyngroenink.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Letter-to-Ter... (letter)
• http://francegenocidetutsi.org/DaveyToTersEhlers6November2003.pdf (fax/letter)
• https://archive.is/DtX5n
• https://archive.is/KaTTx