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Thyrza Lombard (Knobel)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: South Africa
Death: February 09, 2009 (77)
Clarens, Thabo Mofutsanyane, Free State, South Africa (Murdered)
Place of Burial: Clarens, Thabo Mofutsanyane, Free State, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Pierre Daniel Rousseau Knobel and Mabel Knobel
Wife of Hendrick Vermaas Lombard
Mother of Private User; Private; Sonia Moore and Private
Sister of Pierre William Knobel and Private

Managed by: Peter Bruce Knobel
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About 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.

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Thyrza Lombard's Timeline

1931
September 12, 1931
South Africa
1968
October 6, 1968
2009
February 9, 2009
Age 77
Clarens, Thabo Mofutsanyane, Free State, South Africa
February 15, 2009
Age 77
Clarens, Thabo Mofutsanyane, Free State, South Africa