Theo Taitz

Theodore Taitz (1937 - 1998)

Brief overview:

Theodore (61), was shot dead at point blank range within earshot of a police patrol while selling mealies on his farm at New Modder on the East Rand, on 11th March 1998. The attackers approached him at 08h00 under the pretense of wanting to buy produce, when one pulled out a gun and shot him.

On hearing shots a police Dog Unit patrol on routine crime prevention duty raced to the scene where eyewitnesses pointed out three men jumping into a minibus taxi. One of the attackers was shot dead by police after stabbing an officer while trying to escape.

Transvaal Agricultural Union Deputy Chief Manager Jan Human reiterates the organisation’s belief that attacks on farms were politically motivated. “The government has promised people land and welfare, have not delivered and now people are taking (what they want).” He added: “As long as the government makes promises it cannot fulfil, the murders will go on.”

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:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20071012091652/http://www.matriots.com/...
• https://www.yumpu.com/nl/document/read/4451339/laai-af-die-lys-van-...

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