Petrus Steyn

Petrus Steyn (1969 - 2021)

Brief overview:

Petrus (51), was attacked and murdered in the storage room at his farm Holfontein in Heilbron on 29th September 2021. He sustained multiple head wounds from a sharp instrument.

"Local police spokesperson Brigadier Motantsi Makhele reported that a farm worker found Steyn’s body, after his wife Annette had called the worker to look for her husband after she couldn’t get hold of him."

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
  • Petrus is survived by his wife, Annette, and children Tiané, Claudine and Paul.
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Street/Suburb
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
• Weapons
• Items Stolen
  • The safe had been cut open with an angle grinder and an unknown number of firearms had been stolen.
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

• Number and Descriptions
• Arrests
  • Four suspects were arrested on Wednesday 29th December 2021. Police spokesperson Brig. Motantsi Makhele confirmed on Thursday 30th December that the suspects - three men (27, 33 and 51 respectively) and a woman (48) - were arrested by members of the police and Falcons in the Free State. The woman and 51-year-old man apparently lived and worked on the farm, while the other two suspects lived in Frankfort. "The arrests follow information from members of the community to the Heilbron police.
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction
  • The four suspects will be charged with murder and were to appear in the Heilbron Magistrate's Court on Friday 31st December.
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s

Additional Biographical Information:

"Petrus, who would have celebrated his 52nd birthday on 31 October, was well known and loved in the Heidelberg community. He had been a great stalwart for over a decade, serving on Laer Volkskool (primary school) in Heidelberg until recently. On behalf of the school, Dr Schalk Potgieter paid tribute yesterday, saying: “Today is a difficult day for us here at Laer Volkskool. We say goodbye with great sadness to one of our pillars. Peter, your untimely death is too much for us to process. We have lost a Volkie parent, leader, friend, father and community man. Rest softly on your heavenly farm.”

Links to Media articles:

• https://archive.is/at526
• https://maroelamedia.co.za/nuus/sa-nuus/vier-vas-vir-heilbron-boer-...
• https://archive.is/UthEU
• https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://maroelamedia.co.za/nuus/sa-nu...
• https://www.sapeople.com/2021/10/01/free-state-farm-murder-believed...
• https://www.facebook.com/ProudlyHeidelberg/posts/249773420410530
• https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1479114775802601&...
• https://archive.ph/esbr1