“Robbery Related and Non-Social Fabric Murders” 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016

There are 176 Victims remembered in this project

Suburban and other category Attacks - 109

Farm Attacks - 63

Social Fabric - 11

• This figure includes 6 couples killed during a suburban home invasion between 02/08/2015 - 19/03/2016
• This figure includes 3 farming couples killed between 15/08/2015 - 10/03/2016

2015 April

Urban Attacks

• Michael Milham "Mike" (?) 07/04/2015 Boskraai Close, Bromhof, Randburg, GP (father shot through a security gate) FB link, Twitter link
• Andre Botha (59) 11/04/2015 Northcliff, Johannesburg, GP (shot, died in hospital) media article, media article
• Vera Routledge (70) 14/04/2015 Van Dykpark, Boksburg, GP (bound, beaten then stabbed to death) media article media article
• Greg Poustie (47) 16/04/2015 Fascadale Road, Ramsgate, KZN (tied up and stabbed) media article, media article, media article
• Sandra Malcolm (74) 18/04/2015 Capri Mews, Lakeside, Cape Town, WC (stabbed 24 times, beheaded, dismembered and disemboweled) media article, media article, media article
• Gertrud Tiefenbacher (Sr) (86) 19/04/2015 Ixopo, KZN (raped, strangled) media article, media article, media article, media article
• Nonkululeko Swartbooi (61) 20-26/04/2015 Mdantsane, EC (shot in head at home in front of her autistic 26-year-old son) media article, media article

Farm Attacks

• Carel Badenhorst "Bossie" (64) 02/04/2015 Farm Doelgerig, Modimolle (Nylstroom) LP (beaten to death with a metal pipe) external link
• [Male Victim] 06/05/2015 Cullinan, Pretoria, GP (farm manager beaten to death during a robbery) media article
• Noeline Koekemoer (15) 07/04/2015 Bainsvlei, Bloemfontein (raped and bludgeoned to death) media article
• Ndiphiwe Maxham (69) 14/04/2015 Seymore, Alice, EC external link
• Allan Clarke (62) 20/04/2015 Sundowner farm, Sunland, Addo, EC (bludgeoned to death) external link, additional link

Hijackings / Road Attacks

• Male Victim (40) 22/04/2015 Arbroath st, near Eastgate Mall, GP (shot four times in the upper body) media link

Outdoor Attacks

• Marlien du Plessis (20) 16/04/2015 Danville, Pretoria, GP (given an overdose of drugs, raped and murdered) media article, media article
• Libona Swartbooi "Jigga" (23) 20-26/04/2015 (tied up, murdered on soccer field) media link, media article, media article

May

Urban Attacks

• Jan Byles (34) 02/05/2015 Johannesburg, GP (shot in neck, bullet lodged in brain) media link
• Gerard Pillay (45) 08/05/2015 Chatsworth, KZN (fatally stabbed by a robber) media link, police report
• Daphne Higgins (86) 15/05/2015 Heemstede, Bellville, WC (tied up, sustained head injuries) media article media article, media link
• Sandy Paroniti (69) 20/05/2015 Thornhill Estate, Modderfontein, GP (tied up, strangled and her wrists cut) media article
• Susan Loubser (79) 22/05/2015 Ruyterwacht, Cape Town, WC (beaten, stabbed chest and neck) media article, media article, media article, media article

Farm Attacks

• Male Victim () 06/05/2015 Cullinan, Pretoria, GP (Farm manager beaten to death during a farm robbery) media article
• Andy Halpin 16/05/2015 Farm near Harding, KZN (shot dead) media article
• Thys Besselaar (35) 20/05/2015 Certainty Lodge, Sodwana, KZN (died from complications from being shot in the leg with a shotgun) media article
• Andries Snyman (60) 27/05/2015 smallholding Brits, NW (stabbed to death) media article
• Christo Kruger (64) 28/05/2015 farm Byron, Kuruman, NC (shot in the chest) external link

Outdoor Attacks

• John George Stigling (83) 19/05/2015 Somerset West, WC (stabbed three times with hands tied) NPA FB link
• Female Victim (?) 25/05/2015 Corner of Fred Nicholson st and Smook ave, Moot, Pretoria, GP (killed in crossfire) media link

June

Urban Attacks

• Chrissoffel Johannes Orban (71) 06/06/2015 Pretoria, GP (beaten, head injury, died 07/06/2015) media article

Farm Attacks

• Peter Johnson (56) 02/06/2015 Nyoni, Amatikulu, KZN (shot dead) external link, additional link
• Marlene Brits (70) 04/06/2015 Pretoria, GP (hacked to death with an axe) external link, additional link
• Hans Roelofsen (57) 30/06/2015 Louisiana sugarcane farm, Batstone Drift, KZN (dead outside his vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head) additional link

Outdoor Attacks

• Michael Thomas "Jody" (24), 05/06/2015 Copesville, Pietermaritzburg, KZN (stabbed to death for his shoes while on his way home) media link, media link
• Elzaan Smit (41) 13/06/2015 outside a Tavern in Bela Bela, LP (badly beaten, lost an eye, died from complications in10/2016) media article, media article media article

July

Urban Attacks

• Rekha Govender (30) 02/07/2015 Browning Str, Dundee, KZN (tortured, raped, strangled with electrical cord, stabbed) media article, media article, media article
• Martiens Bann (?) 11/07/2015 Edleen, Kempton Park, GP (shot dead when trying to assist neighbours who were being robbed) media link
• Anton Nicholas Els (56) 13/07/2015 Wild Sea Cabanas, Port Edward, KZN (stabbed multiple times, neck, chest, back) media article, media article
• Yashin Bagwandeen (43) 14/07/2015 Mottramdale Road, Berea, Westville, KZN (shot dead) media article media article, media article, media article
• Errol James Hammon (75) 23/07/2015 Kelvin Estate, Kempton Park, GP (tied up, stabbed to death) media article
• Peter Charles Christian Hesselman (36) 30/07/2015 Sea Point, Cape Town, WC (beaten, stabbed, wrapped in blanket) media article, media article
• Magda Harington (67) 31/07/2015 Horison, Roodepoort, GP (deaf recluse tied up and murdered) media link, media link
• Rose Gaynor Krause (61) 31/07/2015 Koba Str, Norkem Park, Kempton Park, GP (murdered by gardener) media link
• Marie Thorpe "Molly" (65) 07/2015 Umbilo, Durban, KZN (award winning author found murdered in her flat, hands bound, head wound) media link, media link

Farm Attacks

• Daniel van Wyk (57) 05/07/2015 farm Viskuil, Bergsig, Laingsburg, WC (beaten to death with a blunt object) external link
• Abram Johannes Cornelius Blignaut "Braam" (35) 10/07/2015 Buffelsfontein area, Rustenburg, NW (shot in chest and paralysed, passed away 4 years later on 05/10/2019) external link
• Hein Smith (77) 18/07/2015 Lindley, FS (hands tied behind his back, severely assaulted, burnt) external link
• John Barnes (66) 24/07/2015 Plettenberg bay, WC (shot dead) external link

Hijackings / Road Attacks

• Petrus Johannes Holz (50) 29/07/2015 Cape Town’s N2 highway, WC (stabbed to death while changing tyre, after rocks strewn on highway) media link, media link, media link, media link

Business Attacks

• Johan Stevens (65) 09/07/2015 Tops liquor store, Kibler Park, Johannesburg, GP (gunned down in a robbery) media link, media link
• [Male Victim] (?) 25/07/2015 store on the corner of Station Rd and Botha Ave, Centurion, GP (shot, taken to Steve Biko hospital where he later died from extensive injuries) media link, media link

August

Urban Attacks

• Christine Davis (64) 02/08/2015 Knysna, WC (stabbed several times in the neck, injuries to head) (multiple murder) media link, media article, media article, media article
• Marthinus Herbst (28) 02/08/2015 Parklands Estate, Boksburg, GP (shot twice in chest) media link
• Molly Fisher (35) 02/08/2015 James Dewrance Crescent, Eersterust, Pretoria, GP (strangled to death) media link, media link, media article
• Brian Davis (67) 08/08/2015 Knysna, WC (blunt force trauma to head) (multiple murder) media link media article, media article, media article
• George Wesvaal (70’s) 09/08/2015 Rietkol, MPL (brutally murdered, house set alight) media link
• Anton Janse van Rensburg (52) 12/08/2015 Drie Riviere, Vereeniging, GP (shot dead in car outside house robbery) video, media link, media link, media link
• Nodangile Pantsi (85) 14/08/2015 Ngcizela Village near Centane, EC (shot dead) media link
• Ellen Mlaba (90) 15/08/2015 eSikhaweni, near Richards Bay, KZN (shot dead) media link, media link
• Denise Webber (76) 29/08/2015 Needham Street, Kabega Park, Port Elizabeth, EC (tied up, strangled to death) media link media link media link
• Bollie Botes (86) 31/08/2015 Schweizer Reneke, NW (beaten, stabbed in face and neck, strangled) media article, media link, FB link
• Brenda Nyala (32) 08/2015 Gugulethu, WC (shot dead in friends home) media link

Farm Attacks

• Hermien Gouws (88) 15/08/2015 Pinevale Farm between Indwe and Elliot, EC (stabbed and strangled to death, multiple murder) external link
• Ruben Gouws (59) 15/08/2015 Pinevale Farm between Indwe and Elliot, EC (stabbed and strangled to death, multiple murder) external link
• Mbanjwa Mngoma (51) 22/08/2015 Ixopo, KZN (shot in the shoulder and in the back of the head) external link
• Keanu Jon Badenhorst (17) 27/08/2015 Bashewa Agricultural Holdings, Welbekend, GP (shot and killed) external link
• Robert Rhadebe (67) 28/08/2015 farm Silo, Harrismith, GP external link

Business Attacks

• Koos van der Leeuw (68) 18/08/2015 Potchefstroom abattoirs, NW (shot in the head) media link, media link
• Manuel Correia (72) 18/08/2015 Broadway Confectionery/Deli, Voortrekker Str, Maitland, WC (shot in face died in Vincent Pallotti Hospital an hour later) media article,media article, media link

Outdoor Attacks

• Maxwell Ndlovu (?) 02/08/2015 Comet, Boksburg, GP (gunshot wound to the chest) media link

September

Urban Attacks

• Johan Vos (73) 04/09/2015 Riebeeckstad, Welkom, FS (beaten to death in his garage) media article, external link
• Theo van Wyk (34) 06/09/2015 Park Road, Bloemfontein, FS (stabbed and hacked with a sharp object) media link media link media link media link
• Male Victim (elderly) 09/09/2015 Comet, Boksburg, GP (elderly couple stabbed to death, 2 suspects arrested, multiple murder) media link media link media link
• Female Victim (elderly) 09/09/2015 Comet, Boksburg, GP (elderly couple stabbed to death, 2 suspects arrested, multiple murder) media link media link media link
• Rose Bosman 12/09/2015 Humansdorp, EC (murdered in her home) media article
• Wayne Bennett (53) 24/09/2015 Chapman Dr, Gordon’s Bay, WC (found in his home, bullet wound to the head) media article
• Gippie Roodt (71) 30/09/2015 Sophiatown, Johannesburg, GP (stabbed, strangled) media article

Farm Attacks

• Krishna Govender (50) 01/09/2015 Camperdown, KZN (shot dead) external link
• Mike Danker (67) 12/09/2015 Copperhouse Road, Nooitgedacht, Muldersdrift, GP (gunshot wound in his upper body) external link
• Magrieta Petronella Res (f) (60) 18/09/2015 Matlopi, Thabazimbi, LP (shot in the head) external link, additional link
• Jonas Sirovheli (24) 19/09/2015 Makhado. LP (stabbed to death) media link
• Hansie Raath (50) 19/09/2015 Farm Palmietkuil, Vredefort, FS (shot dead, as well as two workers children) (multiple murder) media article, media article, media article
• Petrus Mohlamme (11) 19/09/2015 Farm Palmietkuil, Vredefort, FS (shot dead) (multiple murder) media article, media article, media article
• Katleho Mosolodi (15) 19/09/2015 Farm Palmietkuil, Vredefort, FS (shot dead) (multiple murder) media article, media article, media article

Hijacking / Road Attacks

• Maggie Castleman (48) 12/09/2015 Louis Trichardt, LP (shot dead in her car) media link, external link

Outdoor Attacks

• Venktas Govender (87) 03/09/2015 Dannhauser, KZN (body was found near a railway line) media article media article, media article media article
• Elchenette Rademeyer (26) 12/09/2015 vicinity of Hennops Pride Resort in Pretoria, GP (witness alleged she saw two white males and a white female dumping a body in the river) media article media article, media article

Business Attacks

• Piet Maré (43) 03/09/2015 Durnacol, KZN (stabbed to death) media article media article, media aricle, media article
• Male Victim (70) 20/09/2015 China Town in Ottery, Cape Town, WC (shop owner killed in an armed robbery) media link

October

Urban Attacks

• Sophia Gehring (70) 02/10/2015 Riebeeckstad, Welkom, FS (bound, beaten and suffocated) media article, media article, media article
• Marius Els (47) 16/10/2015 Bon Accord, Pretoria North, GP (shot in the chest) media article, media article, media article
• Mlandu Mnguni (?) 16/10/2015 Pretoria North, GP (shot dead through kitchen door) media link, media link media link
• Charlotte Viviers (78) 20/10/2015 Memel, FS (tied up, gagged, suffocated to death, multiple murder) media article, media article, media article
• Eric Oosthuizen (78) 20/10/2015 Memel, FS (tied up, gagged, suffocated to death, multiple murder) media article, media article, media article
• Imtiaz Abdool (?) 22/10/2015 As Salaam, Modimolle, Nylstroom, LP (shot in the chest, multiple murder) media link media link
• Riaz Abdool (?) 22/10/2015 As Salaam, Modimolle, Nylstroom, LP (shot in the chest, multiple murder) media link media link
• Norman Aarons (68) 23/10/2015 Middelburg (shot dead in bedroom) media link, media link
• John Seals Berrington (85) 29/10/2015 Duncan Ferguson Park retirement village, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth, EC (strangled and beaten to death) media link, media link

Farm Attacks

• Danie du Plessis (64) 12/10/2015 Smallholding outside Vereeniging, GP (severely assaulted then executed, shot 3 times) external link, additional link
• Johan van der Berg (54) 17/10/2015 Greenbushes, Port Elizabeth, EC (stabbed to death) external link, additional link
• Johan Oelofse (42) 25/10/2015 Louis Trichardt, LP (shot dead through window) external link, additional link

Outdoor Attacks

• Male Victim (35) 07/10/2015 corner of Zeiler and Frederik streets in Pretoria West, GP (open wound to the head) media link, media link
• Zukisa Kela (25) 17/10/2015 Rhodes Park in Kensington, Johannesburg, GP (tied up, thrown into lake, drowned, multiple murder) media link, media link, media link, media link
• Sizwe Tyeke (33) 17/10/2015 Rhodes Park, Kensington, Johannesburg, GP (tied up, thrown into lake, drowned, multiple murder) media link, media link, media link, media link
• Lindie Bosch Jansen (35) 18/10/2015 grounds of Laerskool Warmbad, Bela Bela, LP (stabbed to death) media link, media link media link

Hijackings / Road Attacks

• Wandile Bozwana (43) 02/10/2015 N1 Garsfontein offramp, Pretoria, GP (shot and killed in a suspected hit) media link, media link, media link, media link
• Leon Mainstry (42) 07/10/2015 Lotus Drive, Isipingo, KZN (Tool and die maker, shot in botched hijacking) media link, media link, media link

Business Attacks

• Cindy Swanepoel (36) 28/10/2014 Belfast, MP (shot dead at point blank range) media link media link media link

November

Urban Attacks

• Henk Hopley 03/11/2015 Bedfordview, GP
• Male Victim (75) 19/11/2015 Goldband St, Lillianton, Boksburg, GP (killed in front of his wife in their house) media link
• Female Victim (45) 19/11/2015 Blue Sky, near Cason, Boksburg, GP (hit by three bullets) media link
• Female Victim (74) 20/11/2015 Langenhoven St, Parkrand, Boksburg, GP (brutally murdered in her house, she suffered two stab wounds to the left of her neck and one stab wound to her waist) media link
• Joan Meyer (47) 27/11/2015 Rudd St, Noordheuwel, GP (beaten and stabbed to death) (multiple murder) media link, media article
• Peter Meyer (51) 27/11/2015 Rudd St, Noordheuwel, GP (beaten and stabbed to death) (multiple murder) media link, media article, media article
• Quintin Vermeulen (?) 29/11/2015 Honeydew, GP (beaten with a crowbar, shot in head) media article, media article
• Banele Sindane (60) 30/11/2015 Ruimsig, Johannesburg, GP (former athletics boss, fatally wounded in his home) media article

Farm Attacks

• Piet Venter (51) 14/11/2015 Chaheng Hunting Safaris, Rooiberg near Bela-Bela, LP (may have been strangled) additional link, additional link
• Lucky Sithome (30) 15/11/2015 Boschkop A H, GP (shot dead, multiple murder) media link
• Gavin Wolfswinkel (32) 15/11/2015 Boschkop A H, GP (shot dead, multiple murder) additional link
• Jan Barnard (72) 19/11/2015 Palmietkuil, Odendaalsrus, FS (shot) external link, additional link
• Piet de Kock (40) 20/11/2015 Farm Doringfontein, between Nylstroom and Vaalwater, LP (shot behind ear) external link, additional link
• Irene Vermaak (66) 24/11/2015 Devon/Endicott, GP (hands tied, throat slit) external link, additional link
• Cesar de Sousa Lopes (59) 25/11/2015 Northam, south of Thabazimbi, LP (strangled to death) external link

Hijackings / Road Attacks

• Robert Vermaak (21) 20/11/2015 Thistle Str, Florida, GP (shot dead during an attempted hijacking) media link media link media link

Business Attacks

• Peter Mabilo (51) 16/11/2015 KIC Factory Store, China Gate Mall, Kempton Park, GP (shot dead during botched armed robbery) media link media link
• [Male Victim] () 24/11/2015 shop cnr of Jennings and Redelinghuys st, Pretoria, GP (bound and beaten to death) media article

Outdoor Attacks

• Carl Ronald Schoombie (27) 21/11/2015 Avoca Road, Rondebosch, WC (beaten and kicked in head, died in hospital on 25/11/2015) media article, Video, media article, media article

December

Urban Attacks

• [Female Victim] (92) 05/12/2015 Sunnyside, Pretoria, GP (found locked in her cupboard and barely alive, died a week later in hospital) media link
• Steve Audie (60) 19/12/2015 Riverside Lifestyle Estate in Abbotsford, East London, EC (found dead at his home) media link
• Female Victim (?) 21/12/2015 Rondebult, GP (musician was raped and murdered and a teenage girl was raped) media article

Farm Attacks

• Albert Brits (63) 01/12/2015 between Rustenburg and Mooinooi, NW (shot twice in the chest) external link
• George van Schalkwyk Featherstone "Schalk" (75) 03/12/2015 Farm Glenloch, Aberdeen, EC external link
• Anna Catharina Langenhoven "Rina" (67) 06/12/2015 Haenertsburg, LP external link
• Robbie Lötter (69) 06/12/2015 Modimolle, LP (head wounds, multiple murder) external link
• Una Lötter (64) 06/12/2015 Modimolle, LP (burnt to death in farm house, multiple murder) external link

Vehicle/Hijacking Attacks

• Clint Douglas Castlemaine (45) 21/12/2015 Kempton Park West, GP (shot twice in upper body in driveway of home) media link

Outdoor Attacks

• Shayleen van Zanten (15) 16/12/2015 Falke Land Rd, Trafalgar, KZN (stabbed repeatedly in the chest, groin and arm) media link, media link, media link

Business Attacks

• Male Victim (45) 26/12/2016 Gezina, Pretoria, GP (Bangladeshi man strangled to death in his shop) media link

2016 January

Urban Attacks

• Karen Rautenbach (48) 12/01/2016 Brentwood Park, Benoni, GP (believed to have been strangled a few days prior) media link media link
• Ian Murry (81) 13/01/2016 Elbon Str, Blairgowrie, GP (stab wound at the back of his head) media article
• Ann Strauss (73) 18/01/2016 Glendower Crescent, KwaMbonambi, Zululand, KZN (tied up, beaten, stabbed to death, multiple murder) media article, media article, media article
• David Strauss (76) 18/01/2016 Glendower Crescent, KwaMbonambi, Zululand, KZN (tied up, beaten stabbed to death, multiple murder) media article, media article, media article
• Gordon Donaldson (55) 26/01/2016 Gardenia Place, Westville, KZN (stabbed and shot dead) media article, media article, media article, media article
• Pierre van Schalkwyk (50) 31/01/2016 Westville, KZN (stabbed twice, shot in stomach, died 15/02/2016) media article, media article, media article

Farm Attacks

• Female Victim (39) 09/01/2016 Karino area near Mbombela/Nelspruit, MPL (partially decomposing body found on a farm on 18/01/2016) external link
• Jannie Stander (47) 16/01/2016 Plot 61, Driefontien area of Muldersdrift, GP (shot and killed) external link
• Bernardus Johannes van Zyl "Bernie" (84) 16/01/2016 Panbult, Dirkiesdorp, Piet Retief (beaten to death with a crutch) external link
• Charlotte Giddy (58) 19/01/2016 Ermelo Hospital (died 3 days after brutal attack) external link
• Ivy Hobbs (68) 23/01/2016 Oorlogs Poort Farm, Patensie, EC (multiple stab wounds to the chest and arms) external link
• Bernard Cilliers "Bennie" (Dr) (61) 29/01/2016 Rouxville (shot in the head) external link additional link
• Steyn Steenekamp (Dr) (75) 31/01/2016 Rietfontien in Mooinooi, NW (bound hand and foot, strangled) external link

Outdoor Attacks

• Cornelius Oosthuizen (47) 01/2016 Hoekwil, Wilderness, WC (stabbed in the left side of his chest 30/01 or 31/01) media link
• Female Victim (50s) 24/01/2016 Boksburg lake, GP (strangled and then hit on the head with a hard object, naked body pulled out of the lake) media link
• Coert Jordaan (39) 27/01/2016 Aston lake, Springs, GP (found murdered when out fishing) media link media link media link
• John de Lange (53) 31/01/2016 Geelhoutboom, George, WC ( stabbed in his chest while walking along a foot path on a farm) media link

Business Attacks

• Johan de Beer (64) 06/01/2016 Tuks University, Pretoria, GP (tied up, suffocated) media link media link

Hijackings / Road Attacks

• [Male Victim] (37) 08/01/2016 Mqantsa Section in Tembisa, GP (Centurion man in a Chevrolet SUV was shot and killed) media link

February

Urban Attacks

• Raymond Collyer (43) 19/02/2016 Lewis Rd, Amanzimtoti, Durban, KZN (stabbed in leg, shot in the chest) media article, media article

Farm Attacks

• Nick Heyns (73) 26/02/2016 Smallholding near Poortjie, GP (stabbed to death)

Hijackings / Road Attacks

• Blessing Mnikathi (32) 06/02/2016 Bruntville, Mooi River, KZN (multiple gunshot wounds near his car) media link

March

Urban Attacks

• Bernadette Orphan (40) 03/03/2016 Military Base, Saldanha, WC (suffocated and put in freezer) media link
• [Male Victim] (teen) 04/03/2016 Randpark Ridge, Randburg, GP (succumbed to his wounds after being shot during a robbery) media article
• Paul Swart (86) 05/03/2016 Jan Smuts St, Sasolburg, FS (beaten and kicked to death) media link, media article, media article
• Casper van der Westhuizen (68) 07/03/2016 Pannall Street, Mindalore, Krugersdorp, GP (shot in the chest, died at the scene) media link, media link
• Allan Pienaar (69) 19/03/2016 Leeds ave, Nigel, GP (stabbed 18 times, multiple murder) media link, media article
• Chrissie Pienaar (69) 19/03/2016 Leeds ave, Nigel, GP (stabbed to death, multiple murder) media link, media article
• Susanna Sofia Marie Sadler (72) 24/03/2016 Delville, Germiston, GP (stabbed and mutilated) media link, media article

Farm Attacks

• Anton Phillip Verwey (67) 06/03/2016 Ixopo, KZN (assaulted then murdered) external link
• Kayla Meyer (9) 10/03/2016 Rodora, Randfontein, GP (multiple murder) external link
• Marietjie Meyer (46) 10/03/2016 Rodora, Randfontein, GP (multiple murder) external link
• Kenneth McCormack (42) 10/03/2016 Rodora, Randfontein, GP (multiple murder) external link
• Monty McCormack (73) 10/03/2016 Rodora, Randfontein, GP (multiple murder) external link
• Nico Ras (31) 11/03/2016 Smallholding Kameeldrift-West, GP (beaten then shot, executed) external link
• Johann le Roux (61) 14/03/2016 Rhenosterspruit south of Hartbeespoort (tied up and beaten to death with a sharp object) external link, additional link
• Kobus Visser (54) 15/04/2016 Overberg-district near Bredasdorp (stabbed to death) external link
• Bonisile Bixa (75) 19/03/2016 Nqabara Village, Dutywa, EC (stabbed on his upper body, body burnt) external link
• Richard Vickers (46) 19/03/2016 Bergville, KZN (shot and killed) external link
• [Male victim] (24) 19/03/2016 farm near Rustenburg, NW (male was stabbed and the woman shot, multiple murder)
• [Female victim] 19/03/2016 farm near Rustenburg, NW (male was stabbed and the woman shot, multiple murder)

Vehicle Attacks

• Morne Reyneke () 18/03/2016 R554 and R23 road intersection, Brakpan, GP (shot in the chest, airlifted to hospital where he passed away) media link

Business Attacks

• Billy Magoo (78) 14/03/2016 Mayet Drive, Actonville, Benoni, GP (shot dead during armed robbery) media link
• Fakrudeen Muthalib () 17/03/2016 Western Extension, Benoni, GP (shot twice in the upper chest) media link media link

Outdoor Attacks

• Franziska Blöchliger (16) 07/03/2016 Tokai, Cape Town, WC (jogging in Tokai Forest when she was raped, murdered, and her body abandoned in the fynbos) media link, media link

Victims who do fit in the above strict categories (usually GBV/Social fabric crimes)

• Gabriela Alban "Gaby" (39) 29/07/2015 Cape Town boutique Hotel, Camps Bay, WC (strangled to death - US businesswoman, buried at Hillside Memorial Park in Los Angeles) media article media article, media article, media article
• Thandazile Mpunzi (20) 01/08/2015 Phelandaba, Emanguzi, northern KZN (17-year-old who had his albino girlfriend murdered so he and his friends could mix her body parts with muti in a bid to get rich) media link media link
• Alfred Mudau (47) 10/06/2015 Tshifudi Gonela, Thohoyandou, Vhembe, Limpopo, South Africa (mutilated body found 2 klm from his home) media link media link
• Dakalo Bulannga (23) 02/07/2015 Lwamondo, Thohoyandou, Vhemba, Limpopo South Africa (Went missing, found two weeks later with body parts missing in an orchard hanging at the back of a house belonging to a local traditional leader) media link media link
• Ntshengedzeni Mabunda (18) 02/09/2015 Tshidzini, near Thohoyandou, Limpopo, South Africa (found murdered in bushes by villagers, body was found with her left breast and flesh from her entire left leg missing) media link
• Nawaaz Khan (23) 31/10/2015 Isonti‚ Umzinto, KZN (intellectually impaired cricket player‚ muthi murder) media link
• [Female Victim] () 12/11/2015 Gandhinagar‚ Umzinto, KZN (decapitated‚ muthi murder) media link
• Evah Beetge (49) 26/12/2015 Capital Park, Pretoria, GP (murdered in home, dumped in Hennops River, serious head injuries and strangulation, multiple murder) media article, media article, media article
• Piet Beetge (59) 26/12/2015 Capital Park, Pretoria, GP (murdered in home, dumped in Hennops River, serious head injuries and strangulation, multiple murder) media article, media article, media article
• Male Victim (40) 20/01/2016 Tsakani Trust in Mariti near Hazyview, MPL (genital organs, lips, and nose had been removed, muthi murder) media article
• Livhuwani Sivhaga (19) 07/02/2016 Itsani outside Thohoyandou, LP (found in Tshidumbi River with body parts missing, muthi murder) media link
• Loy Farmer (62) 05/02/2016 farm Bastersput in the Kenhardt Area. NC (killed by his house mate after a quarrel) Police Report, external link
• Ashraf Tajoodeen Mohideen (57) 25/02/2016 Scottsville, KZN (stabbed to death, Ashraf's son, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder) media article, media article, media article
• Zarah Hector (34) 14/03/2016 Kuils River, WC (bludgeoned to death) media link, media link

Police recorded Crime Statistics Annual figures - April 2015 to March 2016

https://www.saferspaces.org.za/uploads/files/SAPS_Annual_Crime_repo...

Murder - 18,673 (51/day)
Attempted Murder - 18,127 (50/day)
(Farm attacks and murders are not officially recognised as a separate crime category)