Thyrza Lombard

Thyrza Lombard (1931 – 2009)

Brief overview:

Thyrza (77), from Clarens was found in her bedroom by a domestic worker on Monday morning. She had been strangled in her home with a shoelace.

Lombard was known for always giving food or money to people who came knocking on the door. The deceased's son, Pierre Lombard from Botswana. According to him Mashinini is the son of a garden worker who worked with for mother. His mother had already paid bail for the worker when he was arrested for theft. She had regularly given him money and food. Mr. Lombard suspects his mother stopped doing that. "Helping others cost her her life."

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
  • Pierre and his sister, Thyrza Stott, were previously robbed by armed attackers in Johannesburg. They were held hostage in a house.

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
• Weapons
• Items Stolen
  • Sgt. Mmako Mophiring, police spokesperson, said only a mobile phone was 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
  • Tshokolo David Mashinini (22), with Bongane Steven Mokoena (19), and David Matjebedi Mohloana (21), from Phahameng appeared in the Magistrate's Court at Bethlehem.

Additional Biographical Information:

Links to Media articles:

• https://dienuwesuidafrika.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/verwurg-vir-%E2%...
• http://web.archive.org/web/20090216005709/http://www.news24.com/Bee...
• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000194929719852