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South Africa - Crime Victims: 2002 - 2003

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  • Tendani Victor Lukhwareni (b. - 2002)
    Tendani Victor Lukhwareni ( – 2002) Brief overview: Tendani, chairperson of the Tshivhase Youth Committee, was shot and killed by alleged organised ritual killers, while he was walking to his home duri...
  • Mashudu Rambauli (1980 - 2003)
    Mashudu Rambauli (1980 - 2003) Brief overview: Mashudu (23), went missing on 14th January 2003 after leaving home to go and play soccer. A week later he was found with some of his body parts missing. ...
  • Gisli Thorkelsson (1951 - 2005)
    Gisli Thorkelsson (1951 - 2005) Brief overview: Gisli (54), was shot dead in a vehicle in Johannesburg after been picked up at the airport on 25/05/2005. Thorkelsson's body was found encased in concret...
  • Ismail Ahmed Suleman (1957 - 2002)
    Ismail Suleman (1957 - 2002) Brief overview: Ismail (44), a storekeeper was robbed and shot dead on 01/06/2002 at Moorleighs supermarket in the Montford Centre, Chatsworth. Shoppers in a packed shoppi...
  • Ernest Smith (1981 - 2002)
    Ernest Smith (1981 - 2002) Brief overview: Ernest (21), a young Pinetown hijack victim died after being dragged for more than 300m while clinging to the door of his Citi Golf car. Police believe that E...

“Robbery Related and Non-Social Fabric Murders” 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003


There are 164 victims remembered in this project

Suburban and other category Attacks - 64

Farm Attacks - 100

Victims that do not fit the strict definition of a "Farm Attack" - 3

  • This figure includes 5 couples killed during a suburban home invasion between 08/05/2002 - 23/11/2002
  • This figure includes 4 farming couples killed between 15/06/2002 - 23/12/2002

2002 April

Suburban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

  • [Male victim] (30's) 15/04/2002 Olievenhoutbosch, Centurion, GP (beaten and shot twice in the chest, girlfriend shot in legs and raped) media article

May

Suburban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

June

Suburban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

July

Suburban Attacks

  • Veronica Aletta Hendrina Deetlefs (born Olivier) (39) 02/07/2002 Pretoria, GP (DOB : 18/05/1962) (Official cause of death : under investigation - Ref: 1130/2002)
  • Johannes Hercules Viljoen (45) 04/07/2002 Pretoria, GP (DOB : 04/12/2002) (Official cause of death : Unnatural - Ref: 1175/2002)
  • Angelo Aaron De Jager (27) 06/07/2002 Port Elizabeth, EC (DOB : 09/08/1975) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes - Case Ref: 365/02)
  • Valerie Holmes (52) 22/07/2002 Sanddrift, Milnerton, WC (bludgeoned with coffee table, died next day at Groote Schuur Hospital) media link, media link
  • Melenie Reshell Valentyn (born Ballakiston) (38) 30/07/2002 Pretoria, GP (DOB : 02/10/2002) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes - Case Ref: DR1341/2002)

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

August

Suburban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

September

Suburban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

  • Monique Valentyn (16) 03/09/2002 Mangel St, Wesbank, Cape Town, WC (died of a bullet wound at Tygerberg Hospital the next day) media link

Outdoor Attacks

October

Suburban Attacks

  • Petrus Benjamin Viljoen (67) 12/11/2002 Boksburg, GP (DOB : 11/06/1935) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • David Luke Botha (23) 19/10/2002 Honeydew, GP (gunshot, home robbery) Remembrance link
  • Dawn Elizabeth Thomson (57) 23/10/2002 West Riding, Hillcrest, KZN

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

November

Suburban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

  • Sulaiman Brey (63) 13/11/2002 Wittebome Superette in Wynberg, Cape town, WC (stabbed to death in the shop) media link media link
  • [Female Victim] () 28/11/2002 Standard Bank, near Atok mine, district Sekhukhune, LP (bank manager shot and killed) Court document

Outdoor Attacks

December

Suburban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

2003 January

Suburban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

February

Suburban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

Hijacking / Vehicle Attacks

Outdoor Attacks

March

Suburban Attacks

  • Louis Johannes Coetzee (55) 18/03/2003 Helikonpark, Randfontein, GP (shot 23/02/2003, died from his injuries 18/03/2003)

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

Outdoor Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Victims that do not fit the strict definition of a Home Invasion"

  • Tendani Victor Lukhwareni 04/2002 Ngwenani ya Ha-Mapholi, LP, South Africa (chairperson of the Tshivhase Youth Committee, shot and killed by alleged organised ritual killers, while he was walking to his home) media link
  • Jakobus Johannes Engelbrecht (34) 29/06/2002 Krugersdorp, GP (ID Number : 6808035050087) (Cause of death : UNDER INVESTIGATION - 647/2002) (murdered by wife) media link
  • Ruben Wentzel (39) 24/07/2002 Farm Villa Pax, Vryburg, NW (official cause of death: cerebral injuries) (wife and lover implicated)
  • Johan Steyn (65) 27/07/2002 Plot 55 Bynespoort, Cullinan area, GP (shot dead in row with a neighbour) media article
  • Christopher Aldridge (47) 18/01/2003 Far Einde farm, Boston, Indlovu DC, KZN (murdered whilst selling milk in the Boston area) media article remembrance link
  • Mashudu Rambauli (23) 14/01/2003 Mavunde village, Vhembe, LP (murdered for Muti) media link

Further information sought

  • Joseph Mnushu Madondo (69) 07/04/2002 Helpmekaar, KZN (DOB : 01/03/1932) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Wilhelmus Petrus Pieterse (66) 22/04/2002 Driefontein, NW (DOB : 04/07/1936) (Official cause of death : Unnatural) (W.J. Pieterse (66) 2002 Sheepmore, MP) (?)
  • [Male Victim] (54), Klapmuts, Paarl, WC (unidentified farmer, bludgeoned to death) media article
  • Hein Nuwenhuizen 04/2002 Fort Jackson, EC
  • Jacobus Frederik Viljoen (42) 07/05/2002 Witbank, MP (ID : 6006255051089) (Cause of death : UNNATURAL CAUSES 150/2002)
  • Cornelia Cecilia Engelbrecht (nee de Wit) (79) 10/05/2002 Bonnievale, WC (official cause of death: unnatural causes) (case no : WDR 177/02) (DOB 1923-01-08)
  • M Kriel (29) 20/05/2002 Ventersdorp, NW (possibly Magdalena Sophia nee Atkinson, died 08/08/2002, unnatural causes)
  • Gerald Colin Wilson (47) 02/06/2002 Cape Town, WC (DOB : 1955-12-13) (Cause of death : Unnatural causes - DR1318/02)
  • A Erteld/Erlent/Erland/Erlant (male) 24/06/2002 Vredefort, FS
  • Prinsloo 24/06/2002 Vierfontein, FS
  • P Viljoen (76) 24/06/2002 Parys, FS
  • E Coetzee (51) 24/06/2002 Nasionale Kruger Wildtuin, MPL
  • W.J Combrinck (66) 24/06/2002 Sheepmoor, MPL
  • Willie Fredericks (39) 27/06/2002 Goodwood, WC (DOB : 08/08/1963) (Cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • A van Dyk (81) 28/06/2002 Randburg, GP
  • Johan Viljoen (m) (19) 07/2002 Plaas Zeverfontein, Ficksburg, FS
  • Johannes Hercules Viljoen (45) 04/07/2002 Pretoria, GP (DOB : 04/12/2002) (Official cause of death : Unnatural - Ref: 1175/2002)
  • R. M van Veen (46) 22/07/2002 Krugersdorp, GP
  • W Churchill (32) 23/07/2002 Empangeni, KZN
  • Adriaan Petrus Johannes Bouwer (56) 26/07/2002 Reitz, FS (Official cause of death: unnatural DR 199/2002) (DOB 1946-04-13)
  • W du Toit (64) 26/07/2002 Brits, NW
  • Selvasagaren Pillay (41) 05/08/2002 Phoenix, KZN (DOB : 13/04/1961) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Francois du Toit (42) 06/08/2002 Nelspruit, MP (DOB : 11/01/1960) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • O Muller (76) 01/09/2002 Belfast, MPL
  • [Male Victim] 08/09/2002 (unnamed farmer no police confirmation, family informed media) Ermelo, MPL
  • Shedrick Pillay (26) 10/09/2002 Durban, KZN (DOB : 12/04/1976) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Radha Govender (49) 14/09/2002 Pietermaritzburg, KZN (DOB : 11/07/1943) (Official cause of death : consistent with manual strangulation)
  • Christiaan Rudolph de Wet (55) 17/10/2002 Kimberley, NC (DOB : 1947-02-28) (Cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • M.J van Vuuren (f) (73) 25/10/2002 Groot Marico, NW
  • Theunis Smit (58) 25/10/2002 Pretoria, GP (DOB : 03/02/1944) (Official cause of death : Unnatural - Case: 1967/2002
  • Sagren Pillay (28) Chatsworth, KZN (DOB : 19/05/1964) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Petrus Benjamin Viljoen (67) 12/11/2002 Boksburg, GP (DOB : 11/06/1935) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Esther Dorothea Swanepoel (born Nel) (51) 21/11/2002 Viljoenskroon, FS (DOB : 02/06/1951) (Official cause of death : Under investigation)
  • Gerda Swanepoel (born Lock) (38) 22/11/2002 Koppies, Kroonstad, FS (ID : 6403310037080) (Cause of death : Unnatural causes) Grave
  • Maria Elizabeth van Vuuren (born Jacobs) (38) 05/12/2002 Pretoria, GP (ID : 6411210006089) (Cause of death : Unnatural causes - case 2245/02)
  • Pieter Pienaar (34) 06/12/2002 Worcester, WC (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes) (ID Number : 6705155520081)
  • Johannes Viljoen (61) 06/12/2002 Kempton Park, GP (DOB : 18/11/1941) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes - Ref: 2853/2002)
  • Siva Narainan Pillay (41) Hibberdene, KZN (DOB : 09/09/1961) (Official cause of death : Unnatural)
  • Padmini Naicker (50) 12/12/2002 Tongaat, KZN
  • [Vernon Foster] (83) 24/12/2002 farm outside Gordons Bay, EC (survived attack, not clear whether he passed away later) media article
  • Gideon Johannes Slabbert (66) 17/01/2003 Windburg, FS (DOB : 09/03/1947) (Official cause of death : Head and chest trauma VDR 08/2003)
  • R Breytenbach 01/2003 Van Wyksdorp, WC %
  • Johannes Nicolaas Cornelius Taljaard (42) 12/02/2003 Black Rock, NC (DOB :27/07/1961) (Official cause of death : Unnatural cause)
  • Gert Petrus Slabbert (60) 03/03/2003 Charlestown, KZN (DOB : 29/06/1943) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Male Victim (58) 13/03/2002 Knoppieslaagte smallholding, GP (found shot dead)
  • Male Victim 22/03/2002 Orange district, Fouriesburg, FS (found dead on a maize farm)
  • Katriena Rosiena Coetzee (35) 22/03/2003 Stellenbosch, WC (ID : 6803210520087) (Cause of death : UNNATURAL CAUSES)
  • Cornelia Mageretha Laynes (39) 23/03/2003 Zebediela, Potgietersrus, LP (Unnatural Causes, D.O.B 1964-02-24)
  • Willem Johannes Laynes (48) 23/03/2003 Zebediela, Potgietersrus, LP (D.O.B 1955-06-26) (Unnatural causes)
  • Annemie Snyman (26) 23/03/2003 Kuilsriver, WC (DOB : 05/01/1977) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes - case TDR619)
  • Andries Petrus Meyer (55) 26/03/2003 Potchefstroom, NW (DOB : 1948-05-15) (Cause of death : Unnatural causes)
  • Gerald Ronald Wilson (51) 28/03/2003 Pretoria, GP (DOB : 1962-06-18) (Cause of death : Unnatural causes - 494/03)
  • Leonardus Nieuwenhuizen (31) 29/03/2003 Tambotie St, Fochville, GP (DOB : 16/05/1972) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)

Police recorded Crime Statistics Annual figures - April 2002 to March 2003

https://www.saps.gov.za/about/stratframework/annual_report/2007_200...
https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/saps020...
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301276136_THE_FACTS_BEHIND...

Murder - 21,553 (59/day)
Attempted Murder - 35,861 (98/day)
(Farm attacks and murders are not officially recognised as a separate crime category)