“Robbery Related and Non-Social Fabric Murders” 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004

There are 148 victims remembered in this project

Urban Attacks - 26

Rural Attacks - 105

Business Attacks - 2

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings - 5

Outdoor Attacks - 9

Social Fabric - 1

Victims that do not fit the strict categories above - 2

2003

April

Suburban Attacks

• Marius Stephanus Kruger (33) 20/04/2003 Kempton Park, GP (murdered in a racially motivated attack)
• Cecilia Hendrina Sieberhagen (65) 10/04/2003 Eldoraigne, Centurion/Verwoerdburg, GP (skull smashed with a walking stick) media article, media article

Farm Attacks

• Johan van der Bank (38) 04/04/2003 Vereeniging, GP (shot dead on his dairy farm) media article
• Nicholas Goosen (41) 06/04/2003 Meadowbank Farm, near Vrede, FS (throat had been slit and there were open wounds to his abdomen) media article
• Reimond Gottfried Bock (47) 15/04/2003 Cape Flats farm, Ottery/Varkensvlei Road, Phillippi, WC (shot dead during robbery) media article
• Marthinus .J Steyn “Martiens” (78) 17/03/2004 Alldays, LP media article
• A.C van Wyk (70) 25/04/2003 Haakdoring, GP
• Shiela Margaret Stander (66) 28/04/2003 Waterval farm, Paarl, WC (raped then brutally murdered) media article
• Peddie Dodds 04/2003 Plettenberg Bay, WC (multiple murder) media article
• Peter Dodds 04/2003 Plettenberg Bay, WC (multiple murder) media article

Business Attacks

• Jan Gabriel Labuschagne (60) 04/2003 Indwe, KZN (knife attack at his shop) media article

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

• Lodewikus Stephanus Marais "Louis" (56) 11/04/2003 Mackenzie Park, Benoni, GP (shot in his vehicle)

Outdoor Attacks

May

Suburban Attacks

• John Lottering (34) 12/05/2003 Randburg, GP (shot dead) media article
• Irene Mathews (87) 05/2003 Marina da Gama, Cape Town, WC (hit on the head, gagged, raped, hands tied behind her back, strangled to death) media link media link petition

Farm Attacks

• Godukile Madyo (50) 04/05/2003 Mankazana area, Balfour, EC media article
• N. Jakob van der Westhuizen (74) 05/05/2003 Boekenhoutkloof, Cullinan, GP (hacked to death) media article
• Conrad Frederik Hattingh "Frik" (33/40) 16/05/2003 Koperfontein, Boons, NW (shot dead on farm)media article
• Pierre Grobbelaar (54) 17/05/2003 Benoni, GP (shot dead on smallholding) media article
• Matsihe Lasse (33) 17/05/2003 Remhoogte, Skeerpoort, NW (beaten to death on smallholding)
• J.P Prinsloo (62) /05/2003 Farm Linden, Viljoenskroon/Bothaville, FS

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

June

Suburban Attacks

• Johanna Catharina Christiaansen (82) 06/2003 Riebeeck Kasteel, WC (hit with an axe) media link

Farm Attacks

• Nicholas Goossen (41) 04/06/2003 Meadowbank farm, Vrede, FS (slashed throat found dead) media article
• Thomas Ramsay (56) 13/06/2003 Hermansberg-Schormans farm, Nelspruit, MPL (stabbed dead) media article
• Thelma Reynolds (f) (73) 16/06/2003 KwaDukuza (Stanger), KZN
• Willie Griebenow (56) 16/06/2003 Walkerville, GP (stabbed to death on smallholding)
• M. F Nair 50) 25/06/2003 Greytown, KZN
• R Shaik 25/06/2003 Greytown, KZN

Business Attacks

• Wilhelm Peter Rohloff (40) 20/06/2003 Muldersdrift, GP (murdered at work)

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

• Ivann Basil Vince-Jillings (20) 22/06/2003 Edenvale, Johannesburg, GP (executed with a shot in the back of the head for mobile phone) media link, media link
• Dieter Wilhelm Hubert Reusch (41) 25/06/2003 between Tugela Ferry and Pomeroy, KZN (was shot while travelling on duty) Tribute

Outdoor Attacks

July

Suburban Attacks

• John Edward Munger (60) 04/07/2003 Geelhout St, Randpark Ridge, Honeydew, GP (shot in back of neck, multiple murder) media link
• Brenda Frances Munger (57) 04/07/2003 Geelhout St, Randpark Ridge, Honeydew, GP (shot in back of neck, multiple murder) media link

Farm Attacks

• Shaun Clarke (32) 10/07/2003 Umlaas Road, Camperdown, KZN media article
• Douw Gerbrand Grobler (Kapt.) (59) 11/07/2003 Cullinan, GP (shot in the head) (multiple murder) media article
• Frederika Jacoba Grobler (f) (57) 11/07/2003 Cullinan, GP (shot in the head) (multiple murder) media article
• Majola 11/07/2003 Highflats, KZN
• Sebastian van Reenen (42) 19/07/2003 Dew Fresh Market Produce Stall, Philippi, WC (died after being shot) media article
• Sihle Majola (22) 19/07/2003 Zulu tribal farm, Empangeni, KZN (slain in attack on homestead) media article
• Sindisiwe Majola (27) 19/07/2003 Zulu tribal farm, Empangeni, KZN (slain in attack on homestead) media article
• Sipho Majola (34) 19/07/2003 Zulu tribal farm, Empangeni, KZN (slain in attack on homestead) media article
• Qiniso Hlongwane (18mths) 19/07/2003 Zulu tribal farm, Empangeni, KZN (slain in attack on homestead) media article
• Themba Manyathi (11) 19/07/2003 Zulu tribal farm, Empangeni, KZN (slain in attack on homestead) media article
• Muntungethuke Majola (64) 19/07/2003 Zulu tribal farm, Empangeni, KZN (slain in attack on homestead) media article
• Johannes Bruwer (69) 28/07/2003 Camperdown, Midlands, KZN (hacked to death with a panga) media article
• Parvathie Surapen (68) 29/07/2003 Thornville, KZN media article
• Fanie Smith (42) 30/07/2003 Vadersdeel farm, Heilbron, FS (shot & torched to death) (multiple murder)
• Ina Smith (33) 30/07/2003 Vadersdeel farm, Heilbron, FS (shot & torched to death) (multiple murder)

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

• Jacobus Hermanus Geldenhuys "Nompie" (38) 24/07/2003 between Soshanguve and Onderstepoort, Pretoria north, GP (shot in the head) media report

Outdoor Attacks

• Sasha-Leigh Crook (8) 10/07/2003 Pelican Park on the Cape Flats, WC (beaten, stabbed to death, body found on open ground) media link
• Leslie Frank Cilliers (38) 23/06/2003 Contermanskloof Rd, Cape Town, WC (policeman shot with AK47 after an armed bank robbery) media ink

August

Suburban Attacks

• Richard Reuben Roux "Dick" (62) 02/08/2003 Vrede, FS (beaten with a piece of iron and possibly stabbed) media link
• Felicia Beukes (58) Centlivers St, Stilfontein, NW (stabbed to death) media link
• Kayla Rawstone (1) 17/08/2003 Pretoria, GP (murdered, her mother was raped and murdered and her grandmother also murdered) media article
• Janine Drennen (24) 17/08/2003 Pretoria, GP (raped and murdered) media article
• Hester Lavesa Rawstone (52) 17/08/2003 Pretoria, GP (murdered) media article
• Juliana Cahl "Julie" (87) 23/08/2003 Du Preez st, Wesselsbron, FS (stripped and throttled with barbed wire) media link

Farm Attacks

• Unnamed Woman 02/08/2003 Bethlehem reservoir, FS (found shot dead, awaiting report)
• Janakie Moodley (45) 12/08/2003 Verulam, KZN (wife of Sunny shot dead on smallholding)
• Sunny Moodley (55) 12/08/2003 Verulam, KZN (shot dead on his smallholding)
• Piet Keebina (69) 13/08/2003 farm Leeufontein, Zeerust, NW (beaten to death) media article
• Unnamed Victim 14/08/2003 Dunn-Zulu tribal land, Mtunzini, KZN (beaten to death with hammer)
• Roseline Madgaremele (27) 20/08/2003 Tseki, EC (found shot dead in veld) media article
• Thabo Madgaremele (13) 20/08/2003 Tseki, EC (son of Roseline, found shot dead in veld) media article
• Kobus Nel (31) 21/08/2003 farm Sardinia, Bultfontein, FS (died of injuries after shooting attack)
• Karel Petrus van der Walt (59) 26/08/2003 Oorsaak, Kroondal, NW (ambushed, found by wife shot dead) media link
• R.H Fontana (f) (44) 08/2003 Barberton, MPL
• Unknown Farmer & Family 08/2003 Verkeerdevlei, FS (killed on farm)

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

• Albert Steven Papadellis (28) 26/08/2003 Germiston, GP (shot hours after taking possession of a new vehicle) media article

Outdoor Attacks

September

Suburban Attacks

• Peter Daniel Victor "Pietie" (68) 19/09/2003 Durbanville, WC (shot dead when he fired shots at escaping intruders) media article, media article
• Shaun Philip Wilshire (30) 23/09/2003 Parkrand, Boksburg, GP (shot in the head at point blank range) media article

Farm Attacks

• [Marthinus Lourens Steyn] (30) DOB: 13/09/1973 DOD: 09/09/2003 ID Nbr: 7309135137089 Touwsrivier, WC Unnatural causes 81 *https://archive.is/5dooD
• Dos Santos 13/09/2003 Howick, KZN
• Patrick Mabaza (58) 13/09/2003 Steynsburg, FS (shot dead by camouflaged man with assault rifle, multiple murder) media article
• Kleinboy Vuma (60) 13/09/2003 Steynsburg, FS (shot dead by camouflaged man with assault rifle, multiple murder) media article
• Unnamed Farmer 13/09/2003 Midlands, KZN (found murdered, name not released by police)
• Frederick Naude “Fred” (65) 16/09/2003 Cullinan, GP (tortured, beaten to a pulp before execution at point-blank range)
• Phillipus Buys “Flippie” (73) 17/09/2003 Weenen, KZN (hate crime) (oldest son Flip Buys jr. also murdered in a farm attack 06/091996) media article
• Stanley Herbst “Stan“ (53) 20/09/2003 farm Balla/Bella, Pilgrim's Rest, MPL (shot in the chest) media article
• Pieter de Jager “Piet” (69) 27/09/2003 Laatsgevonden farm, Levubu near Makhado, LP (executed by five men executed for criticising land reform, two shots to the head and one in the chest) media article
• Unknown Farmer (f) 09/2003 outside Reddersburg, FS (killed on farm)

Business Attacks

• Paul Gillis (36) 08/09/2003 Holiday Inn Hotel, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, WC (American sales rep, drugged and murdered) media link, media link, media link

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

October

Suburban Attacks

• Shirley Alice Joan Pretorius (70) 11/10/2003 Glen Austin, Johannesburg, GP (attacked by intruders, died as a result of her injuries) Wiki link
• Yvonne Ness (70) 19/10/2003 Hermanus, WC (stabbed and beaten to death) media article
• Jacobus Gerhardus Johannes Pretorius (35) 31/10/2003 Odendaalsrus, FS (DOB : 01/02/1968) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes - Case Ref: 149/2003)

Farm Attacks

• Roy Moodley (49) 02/10/2003 Mtunzini, KZN
• B.W Seshoko (60) 02/10/2003 Sekgosese, LP
• K Coetzee (28) 05/10/2003 Buhrmannsdrif, NW
• P.J Labuschagne (65) 09/10/2003 Belfast, MPL
• Koos Terblanche (52) 13/10/2003 Trentham, near Bethlehem, FS (tied up with an electric wire, throat slashed) media article
• Female farmworker 13/10/2003 farm Marico, Thabazimbi, LP (raped, bludgeoned to death)
• Male farmworker 13/10/2003 farm Marico, Thabazimbi, LP (bludgeoned to death)
• Lindsay Moller 20/10/2003 Hillcrest, KZN
• Jacobus Gerhardus Johannes Pretorius (35) 31/10/2003 Odendaalsrus, FS (DOB : 01/02/1968) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes - Case Ref: 149/2003)

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

• Gary Toleman (41) 18/10/2003 Hazyview, LP (shot in mouth at petrol station in front of his fiancée) media article media article media article media article
• Gerhardus Johannes van den Berg (45) 25/10/2003 farm Klippan, Bothaville, FS (shot while trying to help a fellow farmer, hijacking)
• [Johannes de Witt] () 27/10/2003 Curry's Post, KZN (shot dead when he tried to drive off to escape) media article, media article

Outdoor Attacks

• Graham Forbes Cumming (54) 20/10/2003 Steynsburg, EC (stabbed to death after dropping off workers) media article

November

Suburban Attacks

Farm Attacks

• Female Victim (87) 03-07/11/2003 farm, FS (frail woman murdered in an attack, 2 others injured)
• G Govender 11/11/2003 Newark, KZN
• Rina du Plessis (74) 23/11/2003 Malbourne farm, Tom Burke, LP (dentures rammed down throat, battered to death, husband Dup (75) injured) media article, media article
• R Myasoor (f) 28/11/2003 KwaDukuza (Stanger), KZN
• Henrietta Badenhorst (82) 29/11/2003 "Gister se Glorie" guesthouse, Cornelia farm, Clarens, FS (shot dead, loaded into their car and set alight, multiple murder) media article
• Louis Badenhorst (81) 29/11/2003 "Gister se Glorie" guesthouse, Cornelia farm, Clarens, FS (shot dead, loaded into their car and set alight, multiple murder) media article
• Mihanna Badenhorst (55) 29/11/2003 "Gister se Glorie" guesthouse, Cornelia farm, Clarens, FS (shot dead, loaded into their car and set alight, multiple murder) media article

Business Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

• Jacobus Nicolaas Marthienus Pretorius "Jaco" (29) 28/11/2003 (attempted hijacking) media link

Outdoor Attacks

• Tina Elizabeth Bernardes (11) 08/11/2003 Mine dump between Denver & Cleveland offramps M2, Johannesburg, GP (abducted, beaten to death) media link media link media link media link
• Kgomotso Masebelanga (Dr.) (35) 15/11/2003 Doornkop cemetery, Soweto, GP (shot dead) media link, media link media link

December

Suburban Attacks

• Aubrey Richard Porteous (55) 02/12/2003 Heidelberg, GP (murdered at his home in security complex)
• Hadrian Clarkson (40) 22/12/2003 Northcliff, Johannesburg, GP (murdered in his home) media article media article

Farm Attacks

• [Elderly Farmer] 75 03/12/2003 Tweefontein farm, Middelburg, MPL (stabbed to death) media article
• Deon Lourens (33) 06/12/2003 Brandon Hill farm, Empangeni, KZN (shot four times) media article
• Lukas J.H Steenkamp (82) 16/12/2003 farm Vaalpenskraal, Matjesfontein, Thabazimbi, LP (hit over the head with a blunt object and punched in the face) media article
• Charles Shephard (63) 17/12/2003 Bergville, KZN media article
• Loekie van Nieuwenhuizen (59) 17/12/2003 Louis Trichardt, LP (stabbed in chest and stomach, ridden over with bakkie/ute)
• George F.H. van Altenberg (40) 18/12/2003 Farm Nyoka, Empangeni, KZN Tribute link
• Jan Lewies Niemann (?) 31/12/2003 Haartdoringboom smallholding, near Wonderboom airport, Pretoria, GP Report
• Jan de Klerk (77) 31/12/2003 Schoemanskloof, Nelspruit, MPL FB link
• James Twine (72) 31/12/2003 farm Snymansdrif, outside Pietersburg, LP (beaten and shot dead) media link

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Outdoor Attacks

2004 January

Suburban Attacks

• Richard van der Wel (66) 02/01/2004 Parkrand, Boksburg, GP (shot in the stomach, died in hospital) media link

Farm Attacks

• Elsie Botha (52) 01/01/2004 Hendrina, MPL media article
• Tobias de Clerq (78) 01/01/2004 farm In die Middel, Schoemanskloof, MPL (hands and feet were tied and a piece of cloth was wrapped tightly around his mouth, suffocated in a freezer) media link
• Joyce Mokoena (30) Farm Hetloo in Fouriesburg, FS
• Willem Henderson "Willie" (60) 06/01/2004 Haatdoringboom smallholding, Pretoria, GP (murdered) media article
• Florence Malatadiane (70) 16/01/2004 Henley-on-Klip, GP (assaulted then shot dead, multiple murder) media article
• Johannes Jacobus Mostert (71) 16/01/2004 Henley-on-Klip, GP (assaulted then shot dead, multiple murder) media article
• Susan Mostert (61) 16/01/2004 Henley-on-Klip, GP (assaulted then shot dead, multiple murder) media article
• David Nkebenyane (56) 16/01/2004 Henley-on-Klip, GP (assaulted then shot dead, multiple murder) media article
• Elmarie Wolfaardt (57) 31/01/2004 Farm Dorsfontein, Murraysburg, EC media article
• P.W Coetzee (47) 01/2004 EC
• Ernst .J Stander (39) 10/01/2004 Putfontein smallholding, GP (shot in the back) media article

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

• Kenneth Ferguson Bell (67) 02/01/2004 Boksburg, GP (murdered, car hijacking, official cause of death: unnatural causes)

Outdoor Attacks

February

Suburban Attacks

• [Male victim] (82) 15/02/2004 Randburg, GP (strangled, 75 year old wife raped) media article
• George Dedrick Myburgh (87) 22/02/2004 Randburg, GP (strangled, multiple murder) media article
• Wilhelmina Myburgh "Ghassie" (85) 22/02/2004 Randburg, GP (raped and strangled, multiple murder) media article
• Pieter Lourens Liebenberg "Piet" (58) 24/02/2004 Wierdapark, Centurion, GP (manufacturer of Roberto pan flutes, stabbed to death in garage) media article' media article, media link, []
• Anton Lourens (19) 27/02/2004 Germiston, GP (repeatedly stabbed before crushing his skull with a rock)

Farm Attacks

• Robert Gidis (60) 22/02/2004 farm Dagbreek, Gravellote near Phalaborwa, LP (shot during an attack) Report
• Paul van Wyk (74) 22/02/2004 Kromdraai smallholdings, Krugersdorp, GP (executed - shot in the head) media article
• Ian Snyman (54) 29/02/2004 Kob Inn, Wild Coast, EC (gunshot wound to the back) media article

Hijacking / Vehicle Attacks

Outdoor Attacks

• Melissa Sara van der Merwe (24) 09/02/2004 Loskop Dam, MPL (abducted, raped, poisoned and shot dead) (multiple murder) media article
• Darryl Francis van der Merwe (31) 09/02/2004 Loskop Dam, MPL (abducted, poisoned and shot dead) (multiple murder) media article
• Georgina Felicity van der Merwe "Gina" (53) 09/02/2004 Loskop Dam, MPL (abducted, raped, poisoned and shot dead) (multiple murder) media article
• Francis Henry Johannes van der Merwe "Frans" (57) 09/02/2004 Loskop Dam, MPL (abducted, poisoned and shot dead) (multiple murder) media article
• Cornelius Cilliers Kriek (33) 13/0/2004 Esselen str, Sunnyside, Pretoria, GP (shot in the heart, wife assaulted and raped) media article

Business Attacks

March

Suburban Attacks

• Albert Jacobus Lintvelt (63) 20/03/2004 Red Hill, Simonstown, WC (murdered in home by his gardener) wikipedia link
• John Thomas Patrick Lynch (65) 24//03/2004 Bryanston, Johannesburg, GP (shot seven times during a home invasion) media link

Farm Attacks

• J Robberts 04/03/2004 Walkerville, GP
• Cornelius J.P Lourens (Dr.) (78) 12/03/2004 farm Hekpoort, Magaliesburg, MPL (savagely beaten to death, multiple murder) media article
• Olive May Lourens (79) 12/03/2004 farm Hekpoort, Magaliesburg, MPL (strangled to death, multiple murder) media article
• Madonsela 17/03/2004 Mooi River, KZN
• Neels van der Merwe (64) 30/03/2004 Ellisras, LP (stabbed twice in the back) media article

Outdoor Attacks

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings

Business Attacks

Victims that do not fit the strict categories above (Usually "Social Fabric Crimes")

• Johan Taljaard (33) 12/04/2003 Delaryville, NW (shot dead in his bed) (Note: Not a “farm attack” as wife was allegedly the guilty party) media article
• Peter Fismer (51) 19/07/2003 Port Alfred, EC (shot twice by a friend) media article