Sarel Janse van Rensburg

Sarel Janse van Rensburg (1939 – 2014)

Brief overview:

Sarel (75), was bludgeoned to death. An employee found his body in the bathroom. A firearm and cash was stolen.

An employee on the farm testified earlier in the case that he had approached the farmhouse at teatime just after 10:00 on the morning of September 18th. However‚ when nobody answered‚ he went inside and found a bloodied Janse van Rensburg in the bathroom.

The police arrived on the scene shortly after the grisly discovery‚ and arrested one of the suspects not long after their arrival. The other accused was tracked down and found hiding in the bush.

Several stolen items were found in their possession.

Janse van Rensburg‚ who sustained serious head wounds during the attack‚ was already dead when the police arrived. The safe was cut open with an angle grinder and a firearm and cash were stolen.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Two years after his brother Johan van Rensburg and sister-in-law Gloudina Susanna Aletta Janse van Rensburg were killed in a farm attack in Limpopo, Sarel was first tortured on and then killed in his home.
• 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
  • Papiki Mokwena and Eric Mtombeni were both found guilty of murder‚ armed robbery and the possession of a firearm and ammunition. Mokwena was out on bail when the attack took place.

Additional Biographical Information:

Links to Media articles:

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• http://archive.fo/9jXkQ
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• http://archive.fo/LLWWS
• http://web.archive.org/web/20140920043735/www.beeld.com/nuus/2014-0...
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160711164801/http://turnitaround.co.z...
• https://web.archive.org/web/20230628172546/https://www.belfastteleg...