Ronél van Eyk

Ronél van Eyk (1966 – 2012)

Brief overview:

Ronél (46), was shot three times, one of the bullets hit her in the face. She was attacked near the farm gate after taking her 9-year old son Freddie to school in Hartbeesfontein in the Northwest province.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
  • She leaves her husband, Fred, was not at home at the time. Her young son, Freddie (9) and her eldest son Nardus (21), who was in Johannesburg for training.
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
• Weapons
  • Firearm
• Items Stolen
  • A white Toyota Venture
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

• Number and Descriptions
• Three black men
• Arrests
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction

Additional Biographical Information:

She was about to leave when three black men attacked her, Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said.

“She was shot in the cheek, arm, and chest before the men fled with her white Toyota Venture.”

Her neighbour, Jurie Fourie, said that he was eating breakfast when his cellphone rang. “It was Ronél. She could only breathe with difficulty. I phoned back when the cellphone went dead. Ronél again picked up and I could only hear her heavy breathing.”

Shortly before she died, Van Eyk indicated that there were three black robbers.

Links to Media articles:

• http://archive.fo/VH9lN
• http://archive.fo/ysR2b
• https://archive.is/OXfGw
• http://archive.fo/aUREd
• https://archive.ph/5Dsai
• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000191801051821

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• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jul 9 2019, 5:49:51 UTC