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South Africa - Crime Victims: 1997 - 1998

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  • Zoeraida Gamieldien van der Schyff (1961 - 1997)
    Zoeraida van der Schyff (1961 – 1997) Brief overview: Zoeraida (36), was shot dead at the Superbake Bakery In Merridale Avenue, Lentegeur, Mitchells Plain, on October 5th 1997. The bakery owners son,...
  • Theophillus Mabuda (1996 - 1998)
    Theophillus Mabuda (1996 - 1998) Brief overview: Theophillus (1), was murdered for muti by his father. When village chief Moshade Raphalalane first confronted Ernest Mabuda (27), about rumors that he ...
  • Richard Noel Hardy (1954 - 1997)
    Richard Hardy (1954 - 1997) Brief overview: Richard (43), was shot dead by armed men posing as road workers, in Babanango, Natal, on 3rd September 1997. Richard had collected wages for our employees f...
  • Jan Ander Andersson (1963 - 1998)
    Jan Andersson (1964 - 1998) Brief overview: Jan (34), and Anders Per Olof Fransson (47), both of Kalmar, Sweden, were found by a housekeeper on Saturday in their room at the Bronze Bay resort on the In...
  • Anders Per Olof Fransson (1951 - 1998)
    Anders Fransson (1951 - 1998) Brief overview: Anders (47), and Jan Ander Andersson (34), both of Kalmar, were found by a housekeeper on Saturday in their room at the Bronze Bay resort on the Indian Oce...

“Robbery Related and Non-Social Fabric Murders” 1 April 1997 to 31 March 1998


There are 150 victims remembered in this project

Suburban and other category Attacks - 57

Farm Attacks - 93

Victims that do not fit the strict definitions above -

1997 April

Urban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

Business Attacks

  • Russel James Taylor (39) 12/04/1997 Randburg, GP (shot in the head during an armed bank robbery)

May

Urban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

  • George William Norval (72) 05/05/1997 Louis Botha Ave, Johannesburg, GP (shot in car, drove to hospital where he later passed away)

Outdoor Attacks

June

Urban Attacks

Farm Attacks

  • Jan Adriaan Venter (53) 07/06/1997 Plot 41, Riverpark smallholding farmstead, Vereeniging, GP (murdered in the garden) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Letitia Beatrice Lindt (36) 16/06/1997 farm near Kraaifontein squatter camp, Wallacedene, Cape Town, WC (raped, stabbed 42 times and disembowelled, sister of Patricia de Lille) (Treurgrond no. 691) media article
  • Ebenhaezer Janse van Rensburg (69) 16/06/1997 BuffelsvIei, Ventersdorp, NW (shot through window)
  • Elsie Oertel (born Swanepoel) (57) 16/06/1997 Virginia, FS (Identity Number : 3903020014082) (Official cause of death : Bleeding)
  • Reginald Spencer Evans (55) 30/06/1997 Horseshoe farm, Camperdown, KZN (gun shots in the face and chest) (Treurgrond no. 697)

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

July

Urban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

August

Urban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

  • Philip Edward Hartley Hayes (52) 08/08/1997 Sanjon Chemicals, Queensmead Industrial Area, Pinetown, KZN (shot dead in the presence of their two young daughters, multiple murder) Court papers
  • Clare Joy Hayes (38) 08/08/1997 Sanjon Chemicals, Queensmead Industrial Area, Pinetown, KZN (shot dead in the presence of their two young daughters, multiple murder) Court papers
  • Maher Ghansar () 09/08/1997 Valhalla Park, WC (shot outside their shop, both died the following day, multiple murder) media article
  • Shahieda Ghansar () 09/08/1997 Valhalla Park, WC (shot outside their shop, both died the following day, multiple murder) media article

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

September

Urban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

October

Urban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

November

Urban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

December

Urban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Business Attack

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

1998 January

Urban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

February

Urban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Hijacking / Vehicle Attacks

Outdoor Attacks

Business Attacks

March

Urban Attacks

  • Gwen Barlow (82) 26/03/1998 Hogsback, EC (shot dead at gate, multiple murder)
  • Dr Patricia Preciado-Elliot (58) 26/03/1998 Hogsback, EC (shot dead at friends gate, found in vehicle, multiple murder)

Farm Attacks

Outdoor Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Business Attacks

Victims that do not fit the strict definitions above (usually Social Fabric Crimes/GBV)

Further information sought

  • Johannes Venter (51) 06/04/1997 Sasolburg, FS (DOB : 07/10/1946) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Jacobus Christiaan Bouwer (55) 17/05/1997 Harrismith, FS (Identity Number : 5106125058081) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Ismail Murray (30) 19/03/1997 Somerset West, WC (Identity Number : 7409045265085) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Paulus Petrus Du Plessis (39) 12/06/1997 Pretoria, GP (DOB : 16/04/1959) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • A Palmer 19/06/1997 Grahamstad, EC
  • I Murray (55) 19/06/1997 Meyerton, GP
  • K Breytenbach (40) 19/06/1997 Utrecht, KZN
  • B Welmann (35) 19/06/1997 Dundee, KZN
  • S Steenkamp 50 19/06/1997 Vryheid, KZN
  • J Bauwer 19/06/1997 Hoedspruit, MPL
  • D Marnitz (60) 19/06/1997 Greylingstad, MPL
  • Vorster 19/06/1997 Amsterdam, MPL
  • H Vermeulen (40) 19/06/1997 Swartruggens, NW
  • H Britz (50) 19/06/1997 Roedtan, LPL
  • B Scott 1997 Underberg, KZN %
  • J Gird (f) (60) 19/06/1997 Robertson, WC
  • W.C Bouwer (88) 30/06/1997 Ventersdorp, NW
  • A.A Kotze (36) 02/07/1997 Upington, NC
  • Francois Gysbertus Joubert (43) 07/07/1997 Bethlehem, FS (DOB : 24/08/1955) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Jan Valentyn Venter (42) 29/07/1997 Rustenburg, NW (DOB : 12/03/1955) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Hendrik Stephanus Johannes (50) 02/08/1997 Pretoria, GP (Identity Number : 4612225555083) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Jacobus Oostewaldt Potgieter (20) 22/08/1997 Pretoria, GP (DOB : 24/02/1977) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Peter Johannes Jansen (64) 02/09/1997 George, WC (DOB : 06/01/1932) (Cause of death : ONNATUURLIK)
  • Paul Johannes Hattingh (29) 05/09/1997 Vereeniging, GP (ID : 6805185009087) (Cause of Death : ONNATUURLIKE OORSAKE)
  • Johannes Lodewyk Bouwer (36) 12/10/1997 Pretoria, GP (DOB : 03/11/1961) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Sarel Von Willigh (47) 24/10/1997 Beaufort West, WC (Identity Number : 4910115033082) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Attie Venter (f) (36) 11/1997 Burgersdorp, EC
  • Wilhelmina Petronella Fouche (born van der Westhuizen) (42) 15/11/1997 Carletonville, GP (DOB : 08/05/1955) (Official cause of death : Unnatural)
  • Johannes Jacobus Venter (32) 11/12/1997 Pietersburg, (Polokwane), LP (DOB : 07/07/1964) (Official cause of death : Gunshot wound of chest and head)
  • H Brooks 13/12/1997 Pinetown, KZN
  • Casper Andries Willemse (26) 04/01/1998 Waterberg, Thabazimbi, LP (Identity Number : 7111175247087) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Jacobus Johannes van der Westhuizen (83) 05/01/1998 Johannesburg, GP (DOB : 09/05/1915) (official cause of death : Unnatural causes, Case Ref: PM0040/08)
  • Johanna Elizabeth van der Westhuizen (36) 14/01/1998 Springbok, NC (DOB : 01/08/1962) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Theresa Oosthuizen (born Havenga) (41) 25/01/1998 Johannesburg, GP (ID : 4705300044088) (Cause of death : UNNATURAL CAUSES)
  • [Male Victim] 30/01/1998 Centurion, GP (worker shot dead)
  • Machiel Christoffel Matthews (68) 05/02/1998 Tarlton, NW (place of death Johannesburg, Unnatural causes, DOB: 1930-10-20)
  • J.I.B Labuschagne 14/02/1998 Wolmaransstad, NW
  • Willem Hendrik Gunter (54) 20/02/1998 Bothaville, FS (DOB : 29/03/1954) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • J.A van Zyl 22/02/1998 Dundee, KZN
  • K Hattingh (41) 24/02/1998 Queenstown, EC
  • Leon Fourie (54) 27/02/1998 Pretoria, GP (DOB : 15/11/1934) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Johannes Petrus van der Westhuizen (42) 28/03/1998 Pietermaritzburg, KZN (DOB : 03/04/1946) (Official cause of death : Unnatural)
  • B de Villiers (60) 03/1998 Vrede, FS
  • T Theitz (60) 03/1998 Benoni, GP