Philip Rudolph Buys

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Philip Rudolph Buys

Also Known As: "Flippie", "Phillip"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa
Death: September 17, 2003 (73)
Weenen, Uthukela DC, KZN, South Africa (Murder - Farm Attack)
Immediate Family:

Son of Philippus Rudolph Buys and Private
Father of Philip Rudolf Buys
Brother of Johanna Helena Buys; Private; Private and Private

Occupation: Farmer
Managed by: Private User
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Immediate Family

About Philip Rudolph Buys

Philip Rudolph "Flippie" Buys (1930 - 2003)

Brief overview:

Flippie (73), was attacked and shot dead on his farm in Weenan, KZN on 17th September 2003. A large group of attackers cursed him as "White Man', before he was shot in the back. Nothing was stolen.

Brief Biography:

  • Other Victims/Family
    • Philips son, Flip Buys Jnr, was also murdered during a farm attack on 9th June 1996.
  • Funeral/Memorial
  • The Farm/Smallholding
  • The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
    • 20/06/2011: "The local farming community has nothing but high praise for the sterling work being done by a group of dedicated policemen attached to Pietermaritzburg’s Organised Crime Unit under the command of Colonel Piet Scott, who lay claim to a near 100 percent success rate in solving farm murders in the KZN Midlands since 2003.
    • Of the nineteen Midlands farm murder cases handled by the team dating back to the murder of Shaun Clark in Camperdown (2003), only one, arising from the murder of Philip Rudolph Buys in Weenen in September 2003, is classed as “unsolved”. The unit arrested a total of 50 culprits in connection with the eighteen “solved” cases with 24 of the killers sentenced to life imprisonment and others receiving sentences ranging from an effective 30 years imprisonment to 18 years imprisonment.
    • The midlands farm murder cases that have been solved by the team include the murders of: Shaun Clark of Camperdown (2003); Johannes Willem Bruwer (Camperdown, 2003); Parvathie Surapen (Thornville, 2003); Charles Hyett Shepherd (Bergville, 2003); Nora Joyce Gevers (Wartburg, 2004); David Boyd Varty (Rietvlei, 2005); Trevor Anthony Weightman Trevor Weightman (Winterton, 2005); Jacqueline Ivy Chatterton (Boston, 2005); Ezra Arieh Podolski (Eric) (Cramond, 2006); Andrew Roy Main (Cramond, 2007); David Merwyn Green (Estcourt, 2007); Alan Rowe (Rietvlei, 2009); Erasmus Mncube Erasmus Mncube (and attack on his employers, Collin and Nola Barrett at Nottingham Road in 2009); Dr. Warwick Anthony Dorning (Mpophomeni, 2009); Lynette Ralfe (Colenso, 2010); Lorraine Karg , Hilda Linyane, Zakeue Shayi Mhlongo (Mooi River, 2010) and Radash Anandlal (Cramond, 2010)
    • Police spokesperson Warrant Officer Joey Jeevan, said the management of the SAPF commends Colonel Scott and the unit for their “sterling investigation and their dedication to duty”."

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:

  • Identity Number : 3003215013088
  • Official cause of death : Unnatural causes
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Philip Rudolph Buys's Timeline

1930
March 31, 1930
Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa
June 1, 1930
Weenen, Natal, South Africa
1956
April 17, 1956
2003
September 17, 2003
Age 73
Weenen, Uthukela DC, KZN, South Africa