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South Africa - Farm Attack Victims: 1994 to 1995

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Bekker, Bowie, Breet, Brent-Meek and 16 others
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  • Marie Antionette Reeders (1963 - 1995)
    Marie Reeders (1963 - 1995) Brief overview: Marie (32), was attacked and stabbed to death in a farm store, on farm Skaaphoek, Balfour, MPL Brief Biography: Other Victims/Family Funeral/Memorial ...
  • Nancy Joyce Taylor (1922 - 1995)
    Nancy Taylor (1922 - 1995) Brief overview: Nancy (72), of Muldersdrift, GP. she was tied up, every bone in her face broken, succumbed in a Krugersdorp hospital 3 weeks after the attack. Brief Biograp...
  • Gordon Bowie (1947 - 1995)
    Gordon Bowie (1947 - 1995) Brief overview: Gordon (48), of the farm Buffelshoek 7km outside Parys, FS was stabbed in the back and neck Brief Biography: Other Victims/Family Funeral/Memorial The...
  • Else Kjeldgaard (1940 - 1995)
    Else Kjeldgaard (1940 - 1995) Brief overview: Else (55), A Danish tourist visiting friends on farm Heldemoed 16km outside Ladybrand, FS was beaten and possibly strangled. Brief Biography: Other Vic...
  • Walter Muir (1936 - 1994)
    Walter Muir (1936 - 1994) Brief overview: Walter (58), of the farm Woodstock, Modderfontein district near Rustenburg, NW shot and killed Brief Biography: Other Victims/Family Funeral/Memorial T...

“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

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

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 (Possibly Matthys Janse van Rensburg, 18/02/1921 - 28/07/1994 Grave Gendata
  • 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)
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