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About Nicolaas Johannes Rudolph Roets
Nicolaas "Nick" Roets (1953 - 2009)
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Nick (56), was gunned down at his smallholding in Raslouw, Pretoria, Tshwane, moments after his wife and a worker had left to make a delivery. Roets, who was shot through the heart, is believed to have been killed with his own revolver, which, according to the police, was among six guns that were stolen, along with money and a laptop computer. He always carried with him after the family were attacked in their home in 2001.
"I can't believe it. I have spent most of the day outside and did not hear anything," said neighbour Peter Kgatuke. He described Roets as a friendly man who always had a smile on his face. "Whenever I saw him as I left for work he would wave and smile at me. He seemed to be a very kind person, and my heart goes out to his family," he said. Kgatuke added that since the collapse of the area's community watch system, violent crime has escalated. "Last week my neighbour's domestic worker narrowly escaped an attack when robbers broke into the house. These crimes are all because our community security system has fallen apart," he said, describing how effective the neighbourhood watch system had been. Asked why the system had collapsed, Kgatuke said: "I do not know. Everyone was in e-mail contact with each other. We were in the process of erecting security walls and gates around our community, and everything seemed to be on track until it suddenly all fell apart. "I am still trying to understand why the system collapsed," he said, adding that at the time of the collapse he had feared that someone would be seriously injured or even killed in an attack.
Another neighbour, Imtiaz Patel, agreed and said the gated community system would have gone a long way towards protecting people. "Unfortunately it did not materialise and now this has happened. Our greatest fears have been realised," he said. He said it would now be a case of people waking up in the morning and wondering who had been killed during the night. "It is imperative that we revise this community watch system if our neighbourhood is to be kept safe. We cannot allow these killings to continue," he said.
Another resident, who asked not to be named, said his family were terrified. "If this can happen in broad daylight, imagine what can happen at night. We do not feel safe. We already have burglar bars and alarms. What else are we now meant to do to protect ourselves?" he asked.
Police captain Louise Read confirmed that the murder happened shortly after Roets's wife and a worker left on an errand. "When she returned at 2pm she found her husband dead in the study. At this stage the motive for the killing appears to be robbery, as six guns, along with a laptop computer and hi-fi system, were taken. "Roets's revolver was also stolen," she said. It was not known how the gunmen entered the house as there was no sign of forced entry. "This will form part of our investigation," Read said, adding that the police were following several leads. Anyone with information on the identity or whereabouts of the gunmen can contact CrimeStop at 08600-10111. This article was originally published on page 1 of Pretoria News on July 15, 2009.
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- The family were previosly attacked in their home in 2001.
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Links to Media articles:
- http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2009_12_06_archive.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160331114136/http://152.111.1.88/argi...
- https://www.yumpu.com/nl/document/read/4451339/laai-af-die-lys-van-...
- https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000194582557881
- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Aug 4 2019, 11:10:30 UTC
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Nicolaas Johannes Rudolph Roets's Timeline
| 1953 |
September 10, 1953
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Thabazimbi, Bosveld, Limpopo, South Africa
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| 2009 |
July 14, 2009
Age 55
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Raslouw, Centurion, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
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