“Farm Murders” 1 April 1994 to 31 March 1995

There are 70 Victims remembered in this Project

• This figure includes 7 couples (farmer and wife) between 21/04/1994 - 15/11/1994
• 27 Victims were aged between 60 - 86

1994 April

• Gert Johannes Marthinus Scheepers (79) 12/04/1994 Morgenzon, TVL (stabbed to death) FB link
• Michiel Andries Stephanus Pretorius "Mike" (66) 17/04/1994 Mooinooi smallholding, Brits, WTVLR (stabbed in chest, died on way to hospital) Report,[recorded as incident #405 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Johannes van der Westhuizen (63) 20/04/1994 farm Acht, Cullinan district, TVL (killed with a hammer and a knife) Report, [recorded as incident #407 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• George Henry John Gourlie (38) 21/04/1994 Northriding holding, Randburg, TVL (shot in the head at entrance of smallholding, multiple murder) Report, [recorded as incident #408 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Charlotte Kent Gourlie (35) 21/04/1994 Northriding holding, Randburg, TVL (shot in the head, found in the bedroom, multiple murder) Report, [recorded as incident #408 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• 1994 South African general election 26/04/1994 - 29/04/1994 wiki link

May

• Stephanus Daniel Swanepoel (49) 02/05/1994 Grootvlei, Balfour, MPL (shot) FB link, [recorded as incident #413 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Philip Pieterse (16) 06/05/1994 farm in the Wolmaransstad district, NW (succumbed to injuries on 25/05/1994) [recorded as incident #415 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]

June

• Rudolf van Niekerk (32) 02/06/1994 farm Wooloomooloo near Gingindlovo, KZN (went missing, found with multiple stab wounds, multiple murder) [recorded as incident #417 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Catherina Jacobs () 02/06/1994 farm Wooloomooloo near Gingindlovo, KZN (went missing, found with multiple stab wounds, multiple murder) [recorded as incident #417 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Mohamed Dawood (33) 14/06/1994 Farm London, Craigieburn, KZN (shot) Report, [recorded as incident #424 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Corne Stassen (16) 18/06/1994 Ohrigstad, LP (shot, father also murdered in the attack, multiple murder) grave stone, [recorded as incident #425 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Gerrit Stassen (41) 18/06/1994 Ohrigstad, LP (shot, son also murdered in the attack, multiple murder) grave stone, [recorded as incident #425 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Selaki Nthombeni (35) 20/06/1994 farm Rooibokkop, Marblehall district, MPL (shot through a window) [recorded as incident #426 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Gerhardus Petrus Roos "Gert" (41) 20/06/1994 Balmoral, Witbank, MP (shot dead) FB link, [recorded as incident #427 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Jacobus Christiaan Barnard "Koos" (34) 23/06/1994 Farm Goedgevind, Ventersburg, Steynsrus, FS (shot dead) Report,[recorded as incident #409 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]

July

• Johannes Frederik Hermanus Visser (61) 08/07/1994 Smallholding Endicot plot 82, Springs, GP (shot) Report, [recorded as incident #428 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Pieter Jozia White (33) 10/07/1994 Komatipoort, Ladybrand, FS (shot in abdomen)
• Matthys Janse van Rensburg (73) 28/07/1994 farm Langvlei, Smithfield, FS (stab wounds to the chest) [recorded as incident #432 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Jacob Breet "Jaap" (49) 29/07/1994 Marikana, Mooinooi, NW (shot dead)

August

• Stanley Knight Wattrus (73) 02/08/1994 Cathcart, EC (official cause of death: unnatural causes) (DOB 1920-12-22)
• Petrus Johannes Pienaar "Piet" (55) 02/08/1994 Paardeplaats, Hartbeesfontein, NW (shot) Report, [recorded as incident #437 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Pieter Willem Adriaan Rheeder "Piet" (40) 06/08/1994 Saamwerk Farm, Wesselsbron, FS (Official cause of death: unnatural causes) (DOB 1953-10-31)
• Yolanda Marais (19) 07/08/1994 Oudedorp holdings, Potchefstroom, NW (shot dead on parents smallholding farm) [recorded as incident #442 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Gert van Zyl (70) 17/08/1994 farm Koppie Enkel, Christiana district, NW (shot, succumbed to his wounds) [recorded as incident #444 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Heinrich Bunge "Hannes" (71) 17/08/1994 farm Zilletal, Port Shepstone, EC (shot twice) [recorded as incident #445 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Schalk Willem Burger (33) 18/08/1994 Muden, KZN (shot in the back and then through his head with an AK 47) AfriForum Report
• Cornelius Louw Retief (28) 27/08/1994 Klipkop, Weenen, KZN Inquiry Report

September

• John Peter Lauryssen (54) 02/09/1994 Farm Koppie-alleen, Nylstroom, LP (shot) Report, [recorded as incident #450 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Andries Martinus Kraft (27) 02/09/1994 Farm Skoongesicht, Koster, NW (shot in the back) Report, [recorded as incident #451 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Darren Mc Farlane (20) 15/09/1994 farm Silwer Glen, Klipriver, near Meyerton, GP (shot dead) [recorded as incident #452 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• William Ochse (69) 20/09/1994 farm Klaarstroom, Zeerust, NW (beaten to death) [recorded as incident #453 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Johannes Hermanus Greeff "Jan" (78) 21/09/1994 Farm Mooihoek, Vredefort, FS (tortured, murdered in the storeroom) Report

October

• Jacobus Johannes Jurgen Kotze "Kobus" (52) 02/10/1994 Charl Cilliers, MP FB link, [recorded as incident #456 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Burgert Gildenhuys (57) 04/10/1994 Farm Nooitgedacht, Groblersdal, LP (shot) Report, [recorded as incident #457 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Susanna Nel (74) 08/10/1994 farm Vrisgewaagd near Vaalwater, LP (hacked to death with an axe) [recorded as incident #458 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Cornelius Almero Oosthuizen Henning (Prof) (56) 13/10/1994 Loerie, Port Elizabeth. EC (stabbed and beaten to death) Report, [recorded as incident #461 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Wallace Pieter Roux (40) 18/10/1994 Farm Kromdraai, Balmoral, MPL (shot) FB link, [recorded as incident #462 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Gideon Ceronie "Giep" (69) 24/10/1994 Plot 30 Rosahof outside Vanderbijlpark, GP (stabbed to death, multiple murder) [recorded as incident #465 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Magdalena Ceronie "Lena" (68) 24/10/1994 Plot 30 Rosahof outside Vanderbijlpark, GP (stabbed to death, multiple murder) [recorded as incident #465 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Gert Petrus Jacobus Briers "Piet" (50) 25/10/1994 EastLeigh, Orkney, NW (ambushed, shot in the face) [recorded as incident #466 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Izak Johannes Hattingh (60) 27/10/1994 Cradock, EC (Official cause of death: unnatural causes, multiple murder) (DOB 1934-02-06)
• Johanna Christiana Hattingh (59) 27/10/1994 Cradock, EC (Official cause of death: unnatural causes, multiple murder) (DOB 1934-12-24)

November

• Susanna Wilhelmina Hattingh (86) 11/11/1994 Smithfield, FS (Official cause of death: unnatural causes) (DOB 1908-02-21)
• Richard Munro Clendinning (83) 15/11/1994 Farm Manderstam, Thornville (axed, multiple murder) Report, [recorded as incident #470 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Rhoda Ethel Clendinning (71) 15/11/1994 Farm Manderstam, Thornville (axed, multiple murder) Report, [recorded as incident #470 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Sarah Majadibodu (48) 18/11/1994 Plot 73 Melvic Holdings, outside Pretoria, GP (raped and strangled, multiple murder) Report, [recorded as incident #472 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• James Ndlovu (?) 18/11/1994 Plot 73 Melvic Holdings, outside Pretoria, GP (stabbed in throat and beaten, multiple murder) Report, [recorded as incident #472 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Cornelius Muller (71) 29/11/1994 Sonskyn smallholding at Dewagensdrif near Cullinan, GP (stab wounds, suffocated), [recorded as incident #474 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]

December

• Walter Muir (58) 14/12/1994 farm Woodstock, Modderfontein district near Rustenburg, NW (shot and killed), [recorded as incident #477 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Jeffry Ivan Taynton (34) 22/12/1994 Richmond, KZN (official cause of death: Unnatural)

1995 January

• Else Kjeldgaard (55) 02/01/1995 farm Heldemoed 16km outside Ladybrand, FS (Danish tourist, beaten possibly strangled) [recorded as incident #478 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow
• Wilhelmus Diederick Rochér "Boet" (70) 14/01/1995 Farm Brakfontein, Swaartruggens, NW (shot in the head in bedroom) Report, [recorded as incident #483 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Alfred Viktor Eduard Engelke (55) 19/01/1995 Highlandsplaas, Weltevredenweg, Philippi, WC (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• Tono Motobi (36) 22/01/1995 Farm Krokodildrift outside Brits, NW (stabbed in the head, multiple murder) [recorded as incident #487 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Pene Motobi (6) 22/01/1995 Farm Krokodildrift outside Brits, NW (strangled, multiple murder) [recorded as incident #487 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Eunice Hall (65) 23/01/1995 Kraaihoek Farm, Rustenburg, NW (murdered on her farm) media article
• Gordon Bowie (48) 25/01/1995 farm Buffelshoek 7km outside Parys, FS (stabbed in the back and neck) [recorded as incident #488 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Nancy Taylor (72) 26/01/1995 Muldersdrift, GP (tied up, every bone in her face broken, succumbed in hospital) [recorded as incident #489 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Don Bekker (Dr) (66) 26/01/1995 Farm Bloekomkrans, Lothair, MPL (slashed with panga) FB link, [recorded as incident #490 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Paul Jacobus Mostert (41) 29/01/1995 Doornkop, GP (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)

February

• Gideon Johannes Alberts (29) 05/02/1995 Nooitgedacht holdings, Orkney, NW (his body fund 100 metres from his house) Report, [recorded as incident #494 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Marie Reeders (32) 23/02/1995 farm Skaaphoek, Balfour, MPL (stabbed to death in the farm store) [recorded as incident #499 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Lodewickus Johannes Venter (86) 28/02/1995 Smallholding 28, outside Tzaneen, LP (beaten, suffered fractures, died in hospital on 13/04/1995 from his injuries) [recorded as incident #503 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Marthinus Johannes Els (54) 28/02/1995 Klerksdorp, NW (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)

March

• Willie Ndlovu (76) 04/03/1995 farm near Hazyview, LP (assaulted and died following day) [recorded as incident #507 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Johannes Jacobus Pretorius (55) 10/03/1995 Farm Tweefontein, Nylstroom, LP (shot, multiple murder) [recorded as incident #510 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Samuel Mokwena (40) 10/03/1995 Farm Tweefontein, Nylstroom, LP (shot, multiple murder) [recorded as incident #510 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Willem Petrus Engelbrecht Botha (72) 16/03/1995 Farm Panvaan, Vryheid, KZN (stabbed) Report, [recorded as incident #505 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• Walter Erich Blase (33) 16/03/1995 Farm Mooihoek, Utrecht, KZN (shot in the back) Report, [recorded as incident #506 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]
• William George van Eeden (Prof) (66) 24/03/1995 Leeukraal, Greylingstad, MPL (stabbed) genza link, [recorded as incident #512 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]

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

• Marlene Jean Brent-Meek (57) 05/01/1995 Stoneyridge agricultural holdings, Warmbad, LP (ambushed, strangled) Report, [recorded as incident #480 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow]

Further information sought

• T Janse van Rensburg (71) 16/06/1994 Smithfield, FS
• van Zyl (70) 16/06/1994 Vanderbijlpark, GP (multiple murder)
• van Zyl (f) (70) 16/06/1994 Vanderbijlpark, GP (multiple murder)
• H du Rand 16/06/1994 Vaalwater, LP
• W.C Bouwer (88) 16/06/1994 Ventersdorp, NW
• Piet Pienaar (33) 18/06/1994 Danielskuil, NC (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes) (ID Number : 6110305774086)
• Noel Peter Van Rooyen (64) Vryheid, KZN (DOB : 22/06/1930) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• Andrew Stephen Thompson (68) 27/07/1994 Hopetown, NC (Official cause of death: unnatural causes) (DOB 1925-08-30)
• Christiaan de Wet (24) 15/08/1994 Boksburg, GP (DOB :1970-03-11) (Cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• Marthinus Petrus Pienaar (55) 10/12/1994 Reitz/Bethlehem, FS (Official cause of death: unnatural causes) (DOB 1939-10-03)
• Pieter Jacobus Alwyn Pienaar (34) 21/11/1994 Bethlehem, FS (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes) (ID Number : 1910065035080)
• P Hugo (38) 11/1994 Vanderbijlpark, GP
• Theunis Gerhardus Brits (31) 11/12/1994 Bloemfontein, FS (Identity Number : 6304235028081) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• Philippus Rudolph van Aswegen (75) 01/02/1995 Ermelo, MP (DOB : 21/04/1919) (Official cause of death : cerebral bleeding)
• S.P van Rensburg 25/02/1995 Bethlehem. FS
• Andre Daniel Boucher (30) 08/03/1995 Port Elizabeth, EC (DOB : 1965-05-21) (Cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• Christiaan Hendrik Paulsen (41) 10/03/1995 Somerset West, WC (DOB : 22/08/1953) (Cause of death : Unnatural causes)