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

There are 130 victims remembered in this project

Suburban and other category Attacks - 74

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

Outdoor Attacks

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

• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• 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)