Sharon Lee Bester

Sharon Bester (1965 – 2017)

Brief overview:

Sharon (52), lived on the farm Zout van de Aarde in the district of Albertinia. Her body was discovered in October 2017, by one of her workers.

She had been strangled and had a blunt-force trauma injury to the head. Bangiso, who grew up on the farm, had used Bester's stolen car to fetch his girlfriend in Riversdale.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
  • Zout van de Aarde farm in the district of Albertinia.
• 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
  • Farmworker, Johannes Bangiso, (21)
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction
  • Bangiso, was sentenced in the Western Cape High Court sitting in Mossel Bay to 22 years in jail for the murder.

Additional Biographical Information:

Links to Media articles:

• http://archive.fo/WKjf5
• http://archive.fo/tuf0t
• http://archive.fo/dxZ4n