Piet van Wyk

Piet van Wyk (1959 – 2014)

Brief overview:

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:

Links to Media articles:

"He was a giant of a man with the smallest heart." Mariesa Van Wyk Coetzee describes her father who was murdered on his farm in the Letsitele area outside Tzaneen in Limpopo this weekend. Piet van Wyk, 55, was found on Friday after being attacked on his farm in the California area by an unknown number of suspects. Maroela Media reported on Saturday that Van Wyk was beaten several times with a blunt object. "He had several open wounds to his head," lt.kol. Police spokesperson Moatshe Ngoepe said earlier. Coetzee told Maroela Media that her father had made the most beautiful indigenous wood furniture. "He was known as" Piet Bos ". He could stay alone in the woods for weeks in search of the perfect tree trunk. I regularly see his handiwork in bars, hotels and homes in the area. ” Coetzee says her father lived in the area throughout his life. "He loved telling stories and jokes - especially those with twist. He sometimes had me crazy with worry but I always believed nothing or no one could ever hurt him. " Coetzee says the attack on her father was a big shock and they were struggling to process it. "He had his mistakes and sometimes made bad decisions but he always tried to make his way right again ... he was just a man." A memorial service for Van Wyk will be held at Letaba Eco Park on Friday, 15 August 2014 at 11:00.

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