About Wessel Frans Grobler
Wessel Frans Grobler (1965 - 2001)
Brief overview:
Wessel (36), was shot with a shotgun on his farm Colanan in White River, on 9th August 2001. He died to days later in hospital.
Brief Biography:
- Other Victims/Family
- Funeral/Memorial
- The Farm/Smallholding
- The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
- A section taken from The Final Report Committee of Inquiry Farm Attacks, July 2003 (pages 212-213)
Mr Werner Weber is Chairperson of the Agricultural Employer’s Association, as well as of Action: Stop Farm Attacks. He made a submission to the Committee on 2001-08-21. "Farmers making citizen’s arrests are themselves arrested for kidnapping. The farming community are unsure of their rights to self defence. Farmers are not being told of land claims which have been filed against their land. Only a small minority of land claimants actually attack farms. In the Wakkerstroom area one Mr Gerhard Raabe was killed by his employees as they complained about their working conditions. Thereafter the Transvaal Rural Action Committee (TRAC) said that in cases where farmers are killed, the farm labourers should get the farm. In Greylingstad a farmer was made a low offer for his land. He refused and he was killed thereafter. Also, one Mr Grobbelaar was murdered in White River in August 2001, and before he died he revealed that the police were behind the attack. According to the ASFA sponsored Commission of Dr Jordaan, APLA is a major driving force behind farm attacks to drive white farmers off their land to make room for blacks. There are four contingents operating from various areas in S.A., which orchestrate the attacks. There are TRAC minutes stating that the Greyling and Landman families in the Wakkerstroom areas should be killed. The Greyling family still has an original copy of these minutes. There have been eight attempts on Weber’s own life, and he has been told that the National Intelligence Agency is behind it. Some MPs could be behind some attacks."
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:
- Identity Number : 6502035002087
- Official cause of death : Unnatural causes
- https://www.gendatabase.com/deceased-record.php?q=3519031&r=WESSEL%...
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Wessel Frans Grobler's Timeline
| 1965 |
February 3, 1965
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| 2001 |
August 11, 2001
Age 36
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Farm Colanan, Witrivier, MP, South Africa
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