Riekie Steenberg

Riekie Steenberg (1965 – 2016)

Brief overview:

Riekie (51) was shot dead on Wednesday 29th June 2016 on a smallholding in Kameelfontein, northeast of Pretoria. Her husband Jurie was wounded when they were attacked by armed robbers.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
  • Jurie Steenberg also lost a previous wife Suna Steenberg to another farm attack on the same Kameelfontein smallholding near Pretoria in 2010.
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
  • Kameelfontein smallholding near Pretoria
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
• Weapons
• Items Stolen
  • A 38 special revolver, ammunition, two Nokia cellphones, a wedding ring, wristwatch, necklace, bracelet and R8 500 in cash were stolen from the Steenberg couple.
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

• Number and Descriptions
  • 3-6 Perps wearing police uniforms and bullet proof vests
• Arrests
  • 2 arrested
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
  • Dolphy Sambok (45), Karabo Semake (25), the third accused Andrew “Steve” Thabo (48), died in prison early in 2018.
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction
  • Sambok and Semake were found guilty of murder, attempted murder among others, in the Pretoria High Court on 05 September 2019

Additional Biographical Information:

Links to Media articles:

• http://archive.fo/jbdRo
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• http://archive.fo/ZkTa7
• http://archive.fo/oYdAt
• http://archive.fo/jbdRo
• http://archive.fo/r6cCy
• http://archive.fo/EURPe
• http://archive.fo/UwFYG
• http://archive.fo/6Pg65
• http://archive.fo/hrS4v
• http://archive.fo/1kZy1
• http://archive.fo/SofkL
• https://archive.is/cYzq1
• https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/pretoria-news/20180802/282...