Zaiboon Jeena

Zaiboon Jeena (1947 - 2008)

Brief overview:

Zaiboon, (61), was cold-bloodedly murdered in her house in Ottoshoop, North West on Wednesday 12th March 2008.

"The bastards raped her, burnt her all over her body with a hot clothes iron, stabbed her in the head, face, neck, back and everywhere, and broke her fingers," says an anguished brother.
These were the words of Mohammed-Sayed Jeena (71), of Zeerust in North West on Sunday

"There was blood on the ceiling, the walls and the curtains... just blood. The poor woman was so small and thin; I don't know where all that blood came from."

Superintendent Keaobaka Moses said that Zaiboon's domestic worker found her bloody corpse in the bedroom on Thursday morning.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
  • Zaiboon was buried in Zeerust on Thursday according to Muslim rites.
• The Street/Suburb
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
  • See: At Deysel and Katrien Deysel

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
• Weapons
• Items Stolen
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
  • Moses confirmed Zaiboon had been burned with a hot iron and stabbed all over her body. Moses added that presumably she also had been raped, but could not confirm that her fingers had been broken.
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

• Number and Descriptions
• Arrests
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
  • Philip Moremi and his alleged accomplice, Andrew Modikela, is suspected of having murdered At and Katrien Deysel on their farm between Lichtenburg and Ottoshoop on Monday. Moremi is also suspected of the murder of Zaiboon Jeena in March this year in Ottoshoop.
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction

Additional Biographical Information:

Mohammed-Sayed said that his sister had lived in Ottoshoop her whole life and that she had provided food to the poor and bought them presents. He said that on the day of her death she had cooked pots of food and handed it out to those who were hungry.

Links to Media articles:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080501180502/http://www.news24.com/Be...
• https://archive.ph/ehU8p
• https://archive.ph/VXdNU
• https://archive.ph/86nx2
• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000097323452889