“Robbery Related and Non-Social Fabric Murders” 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006

There are 135 victims remembered in this project

Suburban and other category Attacks - 79

Farm Attacks - 56

• This figure includes 1 couple killed during a suburban home invasion on 16/05/2005
• This figure includes 5 farming couples killed between 10/07/2005 - 08/03/2006

2005 April

Urban Attacks

• Frederick Esterhuizen (48) 11/04/2005 Oak Place, Pinetown, KZN (bludgeoned and stabbed to death) media article
• Krappies Rossouw (24) 20/04/2005 Eldoraigne, Centurion, Pretoria, GP (shot three times in the chest, multiple murder) media link
• Eugene van Rooyen (23) 20/04/2005 Eldoraigne, Centurion, Pretoria, GP (shot in the head, multiple murder media link

Farm Attacks

• Catharina Elizabeth Ferreira (36) 11/04/2005 Hillcrest, KZN (tortured, stabbed to death) media article
• Jaap Lourens (86) 16/04/2005 Dundee, KZN (severely assaulted, died two weeks after the attack) media article Report
• Ulrich Lange (81) 17/04/2005 Muldersdrift, GP (shot)media article
• Siqome Mthethwa (?) 17/04/2005 Ntambanana, KZN (multiple murder) Report
• Tabitha Mthethwa (?) 17/04/2005 Ntambanana, KZN (multiple murder) Report

Business Attack

• Johan George Slabbert (22) 28/04/2005 Johannesburg, GP (shot during an armed robbery at supermarket) media link

Vehicle/Hijacking Attacks

Outdoor Attacks

May

Urban Attacks

• Zithulele Mrie Mahaye (42) 10/05/2005 Midrand, GP (died from a gunshot wound)
• Marie Louise Cloete "Marie-Lou" (68) 16/05/2005 Pretoria, GP (strangled to death in home, multiple murder) media article
• Christopher de Meede Cloete "Christo" (74) 16/05/2005 Pretoria, GP (stabbed to death in home, multiple murder) media article

Farm Attacks

• Robert McNeil (60) 01/05/2005 Bronkhorstspruit, GP (attacked with a wheel spanner, died the next day) media article

Business Attacks

Vehicle/Hijacking Attacks

• Gisli Thorkelsson (54) 25/05/2005 Johannesburg, GP (shot dead in a vehicle) media link, media link
• Cynthia Dobrowsky (71) 31/05/2005 Port St John, EC (shot dead during ambush, multiple murder) media link
• John Clarke Perks (72) (shot 31/05/2005, died 09/06, multiple murder) Umtali, East London, EC media link

Outdoor Attacks

• Philisiwe Elizabeth Khumalo (47) 19/05/2005 (shot in the chest) Hillcrest Street, Delta Park, Craighall Park, GP media link

June

Urban Attacks

Farm Attacks

Business Attacks

Vehicle/Hijacking Attacks

• Ronny Seev (34) 21/06/2005 Papkuil Bridge, Estcourt, KZN (hijacked, kidnapped, shot in the head five times) media article

Outdoor Attacks

July

Urban Attacks

• Johannes Christiaan Venter (48) 05/07/2005 Ohrigstad, LP (DOB : 09/08/1957) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• Johannes Hendrik Nel (25) 23/07/2005 Belfast, MP (DOB : 10/06/1980) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• Brett Rudman (19) 25/07/2005 Port Elizabeth, EC (DOB : 27/03/1986) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)

Farm Attacks

• Pearla Dawn Argall (71) 01/07/2005 Spring Valley farm, Winterton, KZN (murdered on farm) remembrance link
• Willem Hendrik Lourens (61) 05/07/2005 Hekpoort, GP (shot) media article
• Helgard du Preez Brink (56) 10/07/2005 Heatherdale in Akasia, north of Pretoria, GP (beaten to death with a hammer, multiple murder) media link, media link
• Magdalena Salomina Brink "Salomie" (59) 10/07/2005 Heatherdale in Akasia, north of Pretoria, GP (beaten to death with a hammer, multiple murder) media link, media link
• Elsa Venter (43) 19/07/2005 Donkerhoek, east of Pretoria, GP (shot dead) media article
• Cornelia Dorothea Rogers (nee Liebenberg) (51) 25/07/2005 Kriel, MPL (official cause of death: unnatural causes - case no: 440/2005)
• Pieter Theo Ernst (Dr) (48) 29/07/2005 Hekpoort farm, Magaliesburg, NW (ambushed at the farm entrance, shot the head) media article
• James Cooks Biggs (Dr) (60) 29/07/2005 Committee’s Drift, Grahamstown, EC (struck with an object on his head) media article

Business Attacks

Outdoor Attacks

• Shanae Watson Muir (5) 09/07/2005 Warner Beach, KZN (went missing from her home, body found 19 days later) media link, media link

Vehicle/Hijacking Attacks

• Arthur James Harcus (50) 02/07/2005 Greenside, Johannesburg, GP (attacked by four armed men as he got out of his vehicle to open a gate) media link
• Johannes Jacobus Venter "Johan" (65) 21/07/2005 Biyela St, Empangeni, KZN (retired deputy principal of Empangeni High School, shot dead) media link

August

Urban Attacks

Farm Attacks

• Karsten Hammel (35) 01/08/2005 De Kroon smallholdings, Brits, NW (murdered inside his house) media article
• Ruth Walsh (62) 02/08/2005 farm Ingwelala, Hekpoort holdings, Magaliesburg, GP (beaten to death) media article
• Austin Bulman Sydow (74) 10/08/2005 Hillcrest, Durban, KZN (stabbed to death in his smallholding flat) media link
• Trevor Anthony Weightman (54) 11/08/2005 Winterton, KZN media article

Business Attacks

• Juan Lee Olivier (22) 13/08/2005 (stabbed) Menlyn Shopping Centre, Pretoria, GP

Vehicle/Hijacking Attacks

Outdoor Attacks

September

Urban Attacks

• Johan Hendrik Venter (18) 09/09/2005 Boksburg, GP (DOB : 03/10/1987) Official cause of death : Unnatural causes - Case Ref: DR.2237/05)
• George Frederick Botha (45) 14/09/2005 The Glen, EC (DOB : 13/06/1960) (Official cause of death : head injuries. Case Ref: BDR904-05)
• Christine Walker (26) 23/09/2005 (shot) Birchleigh-North, Kempton Park, GP

Farm Attacks

• Rina de Klerk (59) 01/09/2005 Amersfort, MP (shot) Report
• Charles Henry du Preez Martinson (75) 13/09/2005 Hartsvallei, Warrenton, NC media article
• Herman de Jong (37) 23/09/2005 Swartkops, Muldersdrift, GP (shot in his stomach and thigh, died the next day) media article

Business Attacks

• Edward Rector (24) 24/09/2005 Ubuntu Private School, Boschkop, Pretoria, GP (United States citizen found murdered) media link. media link

Vehicle/Hijacking Attacks

• Bentley Rudman (51) 14/09/2005 Polokwane, LP (shot 11 times by police, possibly mistaken identity) media link

Outdoor Attacks

• Mzukisi Sikali (34) 06/09/2005 KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage, EC (professional boxer who held world boxing titles at three different weights stabbed to death while defending himself against two muggers) Wiki link media link media link
• Luke Human (35) 07/09/2005 Cape Town, WC (young artist beaten to death) media link, media link

October

Urban Attacks

• Gregory Paul Russo (31) 16/10/2005 Lombardy East, GP (brutally murdered)
• Louis Strydom (50) 20/10/2005 Benade/Castelyn Ave, Fichardt Park, Bloemfontein, FS (well known banker, overpowered inside his home, murdered with a knife) media article
• James Salman (63) 29/10/2005 3599 Rammulotsi, Viljoenskroon, FS SAPS report
• Phillip de Vos 10/2005 Walmer Heights, Port Elizabeth, EC

Farm Attacks

• Jacobus Lodewikus Martinson "Koos" (90) 17/10/2005 Hallgate smallholdings, Nigel, GP (severe assault with a blunt object, particularly to the head) media article
• Michael Robb (63) 26/10/2005 Creighton, KZN (brutally beaten, tortured and murdered) media article
• Jacqueline Ivy Chatterton (46) 31/10/2005 Boston Farm, Mantshonga, KZN (stabbed 31 times) media article

Business Attacks

Outdoor Attacks

• Jessica Carol Wheeler (18) 13/10/2005 St George’s Anglican Church, Main Street, Knysna, WC (lured from her flat and suffocated) media link, media link, media link, media link
• Margaret Edwards (70) 15/10/2005 Cinsta, EC (Assaulted and murdered, found in a field) Remembrance page

Vehicle/Hijacking Attack

• Errol Liyone Clark (29) 12/10/2005 Eden Park, Alberton, GP (shot dead)
• Helmut Conrad Eggers (75) 31/10/2005 N2 highway, KZN (shot dead while parked on the side of the highway) media link

November

• Stephan Verster (41) 15/11/2005 Johannesburg, GP (assaulted by Metrorail guards, died in custody) Remembrance link

Urban Attacks

• Beryl Lamberth (55) 12/11/2005 Riverside Terrace, WC (throat slit) media article
• Lionel Conradie (76) 18/11/2005 Parys, FS (hit twice over the head with a hammer) media article
• Gloria Rosemarie Baleta (66) 21/11/2005 Orange Grove, Johannesbsurg, GP
• Samantha Uys (18) 29/11/2005 Cullinan, Pretoria, GP (strangled, stabbed three times and robbed) media article

Farm Attacks

• Simon Graff (71) 03/11/2005 Doornfontein, Magaliesberg, NW (shot dead) media article
• Noel Donald Bannell (63) 13/11/2005 Maribashoek smallholdings, Potgietersrus, LP Report
• Carl Gottlieb Höll "Karel" (74) 13/11/2005 Kaalfontein near Orange Farm south of Johannesburg, GP (shot in his stomach and thigh and died the next day) media article
• Robert Robertson "Robbie" (56) 17/11/2005 Van Vuuren lane, Vallambrosa, Bloemfontein, FS (bound, beaten, kicked to death) media article
• Harold John Hart "John" (88) 18/11/2005 Swing-gate farm, Muldersdrift, GP (killed with repeated blows to the head and chest) (multiple murder) media article
• Sylvia Mary Hart (84) 18/11/2005 Swing-gate farm, Muldersdrift, GP (beaten to death with a golf club) (multiple murder) media article
• Billy Meyer (43) 19/11/2005 Lovedale farm, near Makhado outside Louis Trichardt, LP (shot dead when he put his baby daughter down) media article, media article
• John Louis Steyn (73) 19/11/2005 Sand River smallholdings between Makhado and Polokwane, LP (hit on the head with a blunt object) media article
• Martha Cathrina Jacomina Vuyk (72) 23/11/2005 Smallholding outside Pretoria, GP (multiple murder, Fredrik died 30/12/2005)
• Frederik Koster Vuyk (74) 23/11/2005 Smallholding outside Pretoria, GP (multiple murder, Fredrik died 30/12/2005)
• Richard Lemmer (73) 27/11/2005 Farm Reitkuil, Klerksdorp district, NW
• Susan Mattias (?) 11/2005 Farm Lindley, Muldersdrift, GP (Belgium farmer, murdered)

Business Attacks

• Ian Douglas Tarr (33) 05/11/2005 Broadacres, Fourways, GP (shot dead outside grocery store) media link media link media link

Outdoor Attacks

• Victoria Louise Stadler (20) 10/11/2005 bushes behind Hornlee, Knysna, WC (allegedly raped and asphyxiated) media link media link media link media link
• Peter Joseph Timotheus Mc Helm (48) 11/11/2005 bushes behind Hornlee, Knysna, WC (beaten after his feet had been tied, strangled and hidden under bushes) media link media link media link media link media link
• Timothy Cox (18) 14/11/2005 Anerley beach, South Coast, KZN (beaten to death) media link, media link

Hijacking/Vehicle Attacks

• Karin De Kooker (25) 23/11/2005 Johannesburg, GP (shot during botched hijacking) Remembrance link

December

Urban Attacks

• Phillip Ronald Nash (47) 14/12/2005 Gustav Prelier Str, Vorna Valley, Midrand, GP (shot dead) media report
• Aurelina Isidora Ribeiro (65) 18/12/2005 Tulisa Park, Johannesburg, GP (strangled in the passage) media link, media link
• Male Victim (70) 18/12/2005 Linden, Johannesburg, GP (shot dead, 54-year-old wife was driven away and raped) crime page
• Jeannette Maria Grobler (54) 20/12/2005 Lynnwood, Pretoria, GP (shot and died shortly afterwards) media article
• Peter John Howell (74) 20/12/2005 Gordons Bay Golf Estate, WC (assaulted and died)

Farm Attacks

• Gert Frederik Simon Hattingh (85) 11/12/2005 Het Blok, Edicott, between Delmas en Nigel, MPL (hands and feet tied with rope, beaten to death) media article
• Gert Hattingh (85) 11/12/2005 Endicott, Devon, GP (hands and feet bound and strangled) media article
• Celia Elizabeth Janse van Vuuren (53) 15/12/2005 Doringfontein farm, Roedtan, LP (shot dead in the garden, multiple murder) media article media article
• Johannes Janse van Vuuren "Hennie" (53) 15/12/2005 Doringfontein farm, Roedtan, LP (forced to kneel then executed, multiple murder) media article media article
• Lodewikus Jacobus Stoffberg "Wikus" (50) 27/12/2005 Osplaat, Bethlehem/Ficksburg, FS (shot dead)

Business Attacks

• Walter Blackaller (23) 04/12/2005 Sasol fuel station, Pelindaba, west of Pretoria, GP (shot in the head from a close distance) media link
• Ian Baldwin Gillies (50) 05/12/2005 Giles restaurant, Craighall Park, GP (stabbed multiple times) media link
• Male Victim (26) 25/12/2005 supermarket in Springs, GP (Chinese national shot and killed during a robbery) media link
• Margrit Brantschen (Sr. Clementine) (74) 28/12/2005 Ngqeleni, O.R. Tambo, EC (shot in the head) martyr list, media article

Vehicle/Hijacking Attacks

• Jacques Petrus Botha (34) 06/12/2005 Pretoria, GP (shot at place of work during hijacking) Remembrance link

Outdoor Attacks

• Nicolaas van Zyl Meyer "Nic" (53) 06/12/2005 Sinoville, Pretoria, GP (found tied up, robbed and strangled) media link media report
• Chunni Bagwandn (70) 12/12/2005 Renishaw, Scottburgh, KZN (shot in the chest) crime page
• Kalin Jooste (16) 18/12/2005 Ramsgate, KZN (stabbed to death) media link, media link
• Male Victim (70) 18/12/2005 Linden, Johannesburg, GP (shot dead, wife raped at Emmarentia dam)
• Leonie Chantler (47) 27/12/2005 Tweedracht, Boschkop east of Pretoria, GP (raped, strangled, tied to tree after offering a lift) media article, media article

2006 January

Suburban Attacks

• Lau Heung-wing (39) 10/01/2006 Johannesburg (Hong Kong businessman attacked and robbed at his home) media link
• Elizabeth Vos (?) 22/01/2006 Sea View, KZN (murdered in home)
• Andre Rudolph (44) 26/01/2006 Randfontein, GP (shot n the chest) crime page

Farm Attacks

• Edna van Heerden (53) 02/01/2006 Kromdraai farm, Makhado, LP (shot in the chest) media article
• Horst Adolf Heckerodt (71) 15/01/2006 DeRust smallholdings, Hartbeespoort, NW (shot) Report
• Jennifer Grace Thornton "Jenny" (56) 17/01/2006 Devon Bank farm, Ida district, Elliot, EC media article
• Anna-Marie Potgieter (39) 17/01/2006 Agricultural holding near Vereeniging, GP (shot dead) article link

Business Attacks

• Jean Germishuys (67) 17/01/2006 Kempton Park, GP (receptionist at a dental surgery shot dead) crime page

Vehicle/Hijacking Attacks

• Allan Lewis Griffiths (60) 20/01/2006 Colenso area, KZN (strangled and sustained injuries to the chest) Court papers

Outdoor Attacks

• Charl du Plessis "Doepie" (45) 03/01/2006 Motherwell, Port Elizabeth, EC (shot in the head, died 27/01/2006)

February

Suburban Attacks

• Stanley Edmund Daniel (51) 12/02/2006 Johannesburg, GP (assaulted, strangled with an electric cord) Remembrance link

Farm Attacks

• Ronald John van Vuuren "Ronnie" (67) 04/02/2006 Hoopstad, FS (shot in the head) article link
• Andrinah Nzaca (60) 05/02/2006 Onverwag farm, Rietvlei, KZN (employee on Onverwag farm, murdered) remembrance link
• Carl Izak Jacobus Botha "Charles" (72) 08/02/2006 farm just outside Naboomspruit, LP (leg, back and head injuries) article link
• Johanna Hester Albertha Botha "Joey" (70) 08/02/2006 farm just outside Naboomspruit, LP (head injuries) article link
• Ludwig Wambach (65) 14/02/2006 Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, GP (found on his knees with a rope tied around his neck) article link
• Pat McGuire () 27/02/2006 Gottberg farm, Paddock, KZN (murdered on farm) remembrance link

Business Attacks

• Willem Marais (68) 04/02/2006 Farmhouse Butchery, Umhlanga Rocks Drive, Durban North, KZN (shot in the head at close range) crime page
• Chen Jingmin (23) 04/02/2006 Johannesburg, GP (shot in the head during a robbery) media link
• Chen Jianqing (35) 05/02/2006 small town 45 kilometres away from Johannesburg, (shot dead on the premises, multiple murder) media link, media link
• Female Victim () 05/02/2006 small town 45 kilometres away from Johannesburg, (Chinese national shot dead on the premises, multiple murder) media link, media link
• Lin Yixing (40s) 05/02/2006 Welkom, FS (gunned down by a robber in his bar) media link

Vehicle/Hijacking Attacks

• Lyle Andrew Stephens (28) 09/02/2006 KwaNyuswa near Hillcrest, KZN (shot dead while transporting food parcels to an orphanage) media link, media link, tribute page

Outdoor Attacks

• Wessel Johannes van der Merwe (28) 27/02/2006 Princess Squatter Camp, Roodepoort, GP (shot in heart) media link

March

Urban Attacks

• Joey Ackerman (88) 04/03/2006 Penford, Uitenhage, EC (bashed on the head with a blunt object, died in hospital a week later) memorial link
• Wilhelmina Archibaldina Brown Yeomans (86) 07/03/2006 Heathfield, Cape Town, WC (hands and legs tied, strangled to death) media link
• Makgabo Bernice Matlala (4) 08/03/2006 Lenasia, Johannesburg, GP (found dead under a bed) media link, media link
• Constance van der Merwe (39) 09/03/2006 Tygerdal, Cape Town, WC (hands tied behind her back then strangled) media link
• Cherill Myra Carter (57) 12/03/2006 Craighall Park, GP (stabbed in the head) media link

Farm Attacks

• Deon Nel (35) 02/03/2006 Kya Sands smallholding, Randburg, GP (shot dead by four black men in front of his wife Elizma) media article
• Johannes Christoffel Labuschagne "Sokkies" (61) 06/03/2006 Vredepoort, Indwe, KZN (shot once in the neck and then in the head) media article
• Dawid Frederick Naude (62) 16/03/2006 Boschkop plot , Pretoria East, GP

Business Attacks

Vehicle/Hijacking Attacks

• William Bezuidenhout (61) 09/03/2006 Boksburg, GP (shot dead and his 34 year old son wounded in an attempted hijacking) crime page
• Male Victim () 26/03/2006 Merebank, Durban, KZN (shot and killed in an attempted hijacking) crime page, media link

Outdoor Attacks

Victims who do fit in the strict categories above (usually GBV or social fabric crimes)

• Thomas (Mthimana) Mathebula () 27/08/2005 Thulamahashe, MPL, South Africa (hacked to death by a group of people, allegedly to sell his blood to sell to a sangoma in Gauteng for muti) media link, media link
• [Ryan Arnold] (26) 09/01/2006 East London, EC (Daily Mail UK employee, shot dead when trying to stop a fight) media link Cremation Service GenData Link
• Marlene Mauer (20) 10/02/2006 Meyerspark, Pretoria, GP (strangled, she also had numerous other injuries, including a broken skull) media link
• Unborn Child (0) 15/02/2006 Fort Jackson, East London, EC (unborn baby girl died when her father and expectant mother were shot, father implicated) media link, media link
• Marissa Naidoo (10) Benoni, Johannesburg, GP (kidnapped and suffocated in a suitcase) media link, media link
• Sizeni Shelembe (23) /07/2005 Mpophomeni area, Howick, KZN (missing for more than two months, was found in the Inguga River, muthi murder) media link
• Male Victim () /08/2005 Mpophomeni area, Howick, KZN (body found in the Inguga River, muthi murder) media link
• Steven Siebert (6) 23/12/2005 Plettenberg Bay, WC (molested and strangled to death) media link, media link, media link
• Shirley Karen van Rensburg (37) 20/08/2005 North Riding, Randburg, GP (disappeared, decomposing body found) media link media article
• Maanda Sendedza (27) 22/10/2005 Makonde-Shadani, LP (murdered for Muti) media link
• Male Victim (40) 07/11/2005 Mafukani village, LP (murdered for Muthi) media link
• Phineas Dikotla (26) 06/11/2005 Maripathekong Boshega village, Polokwane, LP (found murdered in street, genitals removed, murder for Muti) media link
• Leonie Chantler (47) 27/12/2005 Tweedracht, Boschkop east of Pretoria, GP (raped, strangled, tied to tree after offering a lift) media article, media article
• Connie Ncube (4) /02/2006 Nellmapius, east of Pretoria, GP (mutilated body was found in a river, muthi murder) media link, media link, media link, media link
• Mulweli Nemadandila (7) 25/02/2006 Dzondo River, Vhembe District, LP (Villagers strongly believe that the boy was murdered for muti as some of his body parts were missing) media link, media link
• Phophi Munyai (72) 25/03/2006 Tshibvumo Village, Vhembe. LP (probable muti murder) media link

Further information sought

• Jan Labuschagne (m) 04/2005 Cape Town, WC
• Jurie Labuschagne (32) 26/04/2005 Stanger, KZN (ID Number : 7305115082089) (Cause of death : UNNATURAL CAUSES)
• Johan Sakkie Labuschagne (m) 05/2005 Indwe, Port Elizabeth, EC
• Gysie Labuschagne (m) 05/2005 Waterfall Boven, MP
• C Stroebel (59) 07/05/2005 NW
• Andries Benjamin Lombard Meyer (86) Hendrina, MPL (DOB : 1919-06-14) (Cause of death : Unnatural causes - 166/05)
• Cornelius van der Walt (42) 08/07/2005 Pretoria, GP (ID : 6307305071089) (Cause of death : UNNATURAL CAUSE 1114/05)
• Brian Labuschagne (m) (51) 10/2005 Moira, Krugersdorp, GP (Possibly Brian Allen Labuschagne 1955 - 2005) GenData link
• Marius Labuschagne (24) 25/11/2005 Kuruman, NC (DOB : 25/07/1981) (Official cause of death : Unnatural cause)
• Gerhardus Albertus Petrus Steenkamp (70) 04/12/2005 Bloemfontein, FS (official cause of death: compatible with strangulation) (case no: BDR1161-05) (DOB 1935-04-24)
• C Wilkens (f) (60) 06/12/2005 Meyerton, GP
• Jacobus Petrus Marais (68) 09/02/2006 Ysterspruit, Orkney, NW (Official cause of death: unnatural causes) (DOB 1938-07-25)

Police recorded Crime Statistics Annual figures - April 2005 to March 2006

https://www.saps.gov.za/about/stratframework/annual_report/2007_200...
https://archive.is/orKZo

Murder - 18,528 (51/day)
Attempted Murder - 20,571 (56/day)
(Farm attacks and murders are not officially recognised as a separate crime category)