William James Twine

William James Twine (1930 - 2003)

Brief overview:

William (72), was beaten and tortured, then executed at point-blank range with his own handgun on his farm Snymansdrif near Pietersburg (Polokwane), on 30th January 2003. He was was beaten, then shot dead in cold blood while kneeling down in front of his killers in his farmhouse.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
  • His housekeeper was also assaulted and raped.
  • Twine was the father of Kirk Twine of the firm Kampherbeek, Twine and Pogrund in Polokwane, and James Twine, former minister and well-known motivational speaker from Pretoria.
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
  • Twine's murder is the ninth farm attack in Limpopo province in the past six weeks alone. One day before Christmas, the De Necker farm couple was also murdered.

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
• Weapons
• Items Stolen
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
  • He was beaten and tortured, then executed at point-blank range
• 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 : 3010055010082
• Official cause of death : Unnatural causes

Links to Media articles:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120415110021/http://beta.mnet.co.za/c...
• https://web.archive.org/web/20031117232357/http://groups.msn.com/cr...
• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000188254731826
• https://archive.ph/Chkto
• https://media.geni.com/p13/4f/5d/90/d5/534448551a5e5bcd/james_twine_72__original.pdf?hash=97d9bbcf44586f012d788974cbed46bba18fcabba784abebfffd7d11ea79213e.1709625599