“Farm Murders” 1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999

TAU (Transvaal Agricultural Union) 1998: 104 Murders from 201 Attacks

SAPS 1998/99 "official" figures: 144 Murders from 827 Attacks

There are 107 victims remembered in this project

• This figure includes 9 couples (farmer and wife) between 14/05/1998 - 28/02/1999
• 61 Victims were aged between 60 - 87

1998 April

• Muzuffarr Khan (41) 03/04/1998 Blinkwater, Camperdown, KZN (shot in the head) external link
• Hendrik Mathyse Strauss (72) 04/04/1998 Palmietfontein farm, Bloemhof, NW (shot dead while asleep) external link
• Dirk Cornelius Swart "Dirkie" (74) 09/04/1998 farm near Tzaneen, LP (shot in chest and killed) (D.O.B 09/05/1923) (Official cause of death : Hemopericardium)
• Gieljam Otto (81) 14/04/1998 Weltevrede farm, Roossenekal, LP (hands tightly bound and choked to death with fertilizer) media article
• Claude Goffrey Drummond (Dr.) (70) 18/04/1998 Morebeng/Soekmekaar, LP (shot at while he was driving away from his plot) media article
• Karel Kruger (Brig.) (70) 18/04/1998 Jaagbaan smallholding, Mokopane/Potgietersrus, LP (shot three times in the chest) media article
• Johannes Hermanus du Plessis (62) 22/04/1998 Plot 7, Drakeville Smallholding, Vanderbijlpark, GP (shot dead) media article
• Theunis Brits (?) 04/1998 Farm Jersey, Vierfontein, FS media report
• John Hamilton (58) 30/04/1998 Hamiltons Farm, Port St Johns, EC (severely tortured and beaten, hacked to death) media article

May

• Daniël Marais (65) 12/05/1998 Marydale, Oppermansgrond, Koffiefontein, FS (stabbed to death) media article
• Norman Alexander McCardle (76) 13/05/1998 Bredell, Kempton Park, GP (shot in the upper leg and died at the scene) media article
• Anna Sophia Johanna Marais (85) 14/05/1998 Baviaanskransfarm,near Ladismith, WC (shot and killed)
• Johannes Wynand Marais "Hannes"' (88) 14/05/1998 Baviaanskransfarm,near Ladismith, WC (shot and killed)
• Donne Deniss Delafield (62) 16/05/1998 Leeupoort, Rustenburg, NW (stabbed in an artery below the ear) (multiple murder) case study
• Verina Delafield (52) 16/05/1998 Leeupoort, Rustenburg, NW (raped, bludgeoned to death) (multiple murder) case study
• Martha Louisa du Plessis (83) 16/05/1998 Tarkastad, EC (murdered on farm) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• Hendrik Petrus Hancke (48) 23/05/1998 Bethal, MPL (Cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• Stephanus Francois Nieuwoudt "Faantjie" (43) 24/05/1998 Stella, NW (Cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• Dennis Ludvig Petersen (72) 24/05/1998 Frere farm, Estcourt, KZN (hands tied tightly behind back, massive contusions to the head)
• James Unknown 26/05/1998 Sunrise farm, Barberton, MP (farm worker, throat slit) media article
• Dawn Yvonne Barkhuizen (45) 26/05/1998 Fern Arber farm, Muden, KZN (gunshots in her right side) case study
• Hendrik Coetzee “Hennie” (49) 27/05/1998 Valleifontein farm, Buhrmansdrif, Mafikeng, NW (shot at least eight times in the chest, neck and elsewhere) media article
• Susanna Magdalena Bodenstein "Lientjie" (47) 29/05/1998 De Rust farm, Letsitele, LP (shot and killed) media article
• Albert Mtembo (?) 29/05/1998 Plaston farm, Witrivier, MPL (shot and killed) media article

June

• Salmon Gerhardus Antonie Nortje "Salie" (67) 03/06/1999 Vastfontein, Pretoria, GP (bludgeoned with a pickaxe handle) (multiple murder) media article
• Maria Elizabeth Nortje "Ria" (52) 03/06/1999 Vastfontein, Pretoria, GP (beaten, drenched in petrol and set alight) (multiple murder) media article
• Ronald John Duncan Reid Elgie (57) 18/06/1998 Creighton/Howick, KZN (Official cause of death: unnatural causes)
• Harry Farquharson Lambert (64) 19/06/1998 Curry's Post farm, Howick, KZN (killed with an axe) Report
• Doreen Maria Whelehan (77) 26/06/1998 Dexter cattle/stud farm, Muldersdrift, GP (hands tied behind her back, bludgeoned to death) external link media article media article

July

• Martha Maria Oosthuizen (79) 04/07/1998 Zandfontein farm, Ladismith, WC (hacked with an axe) media article
• Abraham Johannes Fourie (56) 05/07/1998 Coetzeerrust farm, Welkom, FS (wire round neck and chop wounds) media article
• Jeanette Adriana Robbertze (56) 05/07/1998 Klipplaatsdrift farm, Middelburg, MPL (shot dead) (multiple murder)
• Johannes Hendrik Francois Robbertze (61) 05/07/1998 Klipplaatsdrift farm, Middelburg, MPL (shot dead) (multiple murder)
• Willem Martin Brits (60) 05/07/1998 05/07/1998 Klipplaatsdrift farm, Middelburg, MPL (shot dead) (multiple murder) media article
• Cornelius Petrus Slabbert "Neels" (64) 06/07/1998 Vereeniging smallholding, GP (stabbed to death) Report
• Barend Johannes Kruger (68) 06/07/1998 Paardekop farm, Standerton/Volksrust, MPL (multiple murder) FB link
• Elsie Johanna Kruger (67) 06/07/1998 Paardekop farm, Standerton/Volksrust, MPL (multiple murder) FB link
• Gestune Petronel Carletz (79) 17/07/1998 Nigel smallholding, GP (beaten to death) Report
• Theunis Johannes Bester Rautenbach (70) 19/07/1998 West Lisley farm, Underberg, KZN (hit over the head with a heavy blunt object)
• Philippus Jacobus Greef "Flippie" (76) 24/07/1998 Middelwater farm, Hanover, NC (shot in the head) (multiple murder)
• Martha Elizabeth Greef "Martie" (72) 24/07/1998 Middelwater farm, Hanover, NC (shot in the head) (multiple murder)
• Elizabeth Radloff "Beth" (57) 29/07/1998 Waterfall farm, Ficksburg, FS (stabbed in the neck and stomach, a cross cut into her chest)
• Dina Carolina Jacoba Catharina Buys (60) 30/07/1998 Gelksrus farm, Middlerus, Mooi River, KZN (shot in the head and died en route to hospital) (multiple murder) media article
• Piet Erasmus (46) 30/07/1998 Geluksrus farm, Middelrus, Mooi River, KZN (shot in the chest with AK47) (multiple murder) media article
• Mathys George van Huyssteen (30) 31/07/1998 Welkom farm, Viljoenskroon, FS (shot in the head and neck)
• Johanna van Wyk (41) 31/07/1998 Bitterspoort farm, Carnarvon, NC (bludgeoned to death)

August

• Andries Johannes Breytenbach "Andre" (60) 04/08/1998 Ruigtevlei farm, Soekmekaar, Makhado/Louis Trichardt, LP (shot in the stomach, body posed)media article
• Lionel Edmund Brittanicus Thorne (62) 08/08/1998 Plaston smallholding, White River, MPL (beaten, strangled) FB link
• Goodenough Dlamini (29) 08/08/1998 farm Kortbegrip, Melmoth, KZN (shot) Report
• Sipho Mthembu (41) 08/08/1998 farm Kortbegrip, Melmoth, KZN (shot) Report
• George Makhunja (33) 08/08/1998 farm Kortbegrip, Melmoth, KZN (shot) Report
• Andrew Peter Reid (25) 09/08/1998 farm Boschrug, George, WC (shot, body torched) (multiple murder) media article, media article
• John Robertson Reid "Bobby" (57) 09/08/1998 farm Boschrug, George, WC (suffered serious head wounds and been set alight, and died later) (multiple murder) media article, media article
• Charlotte Maria Heathfield "Ria" (43) 09/08/1998 farm Boschrug, George, WC (raped, shot dead and petrol poured over her and set alight) (multiple murder) media article, media article
• Marchand Martin Gerber (30) 09/08/1998 farm Boschrug, George, WC (shot dead) (multiple murder) media article, media article
• Roelof Vermeulen 25/08/1998 Plot 4 outside Randfontein, GP
• Simon Buntting (66) 25/08/1998 Wellington farm, Rosetta, Mooirivier, KZN (hacked to death) media article
• Jacobus Frederik Human “Bokkie” (56) 27/08/1998 Welgemeend farm, Paterson, EC (shot by 4 attackers posing as cattle buyers) case study, media article
• Johannes Henry van Heerden (67) 27/08/1998 Nooitgedacht farm, Kromdraai, Witbank, MPL (beaten on the back of the head and socks stuffed in his mouth) media article
• George Peter Wylie (76) 29/08/1998 Upper Gletwyn farm, Grahamstown, EC (shot just below the ribs, died shortly after) media article, media article
• Adriaan Hendricus Stander "Andre" (65) 30/08/1998 Dysseldorp farm, Oudtshoorn, WC (stabbed and battered round the face and head) media article

September

• John Jackson "Johnnie" (41) 04/09/1998 Pongola, KZN (shot and stabbed to death)
• Cecil Nathaniel Frauenstein (66) 05/09/1998 Farm Sunny Grove, Kidds Beach, EC (hacked to death) media article
• Septina Muriel Gillespie (65) 13/09/1998 smallholding outside Eerstrivier/Kareedouw, EC (throat was slit) Report

October

• Eva Johanna Revenhorst "Evertje" (87) 03/10/1998 Hoekwil smallholding near Wilderness, WC (died of a heart attack a week after a brutal attack, 10/10/1998)
• David Doyer Vermaak (55) 05/10/1998 Barlow Combine State Farm, Hluhluwe, KZN (shot through the windscreen of his vehicle) case study
• Petrus Johannes Bouwer "Peet" (75) 09/10/1998 Farm Uitkyk, Kareedouw, EC (murdered on farm) (Official cause of death : unnatural causes) (DOB: 1922-11-03) Inquiry report
• [Male Victim] () 09/10/1998 Bloemfontein, FS (elderly couple with axe wounds to their heads, multiple murder) media article
• [Female Victim] () 09/10/1998 Bloemfontein, FS (elderly couple with axe wounds to their heads, multiple murder) media article
• Abraham Johannes Hendrik Greyvenstein (50) 20/10/1998 Jan Kempdorp, NC (Cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• Anna Elizabeth Roos "Annetjie" (60) 31/10/1998 Koerland farm, Fouriesburg, FS (multiple murder) case study
• Michiel Willem Odendaal Roos (Col.) (65) 31/10/1998 Koerland farm, Fouriesburg, FS (multiple murder) case study

November

• Patricia Anne van den Heever (60) 06/11/1998 Wheatlands smallholding, Randfontein, GP (strangled to death) media article
• Michael Beckett (63) 06/11/1998 Standerstead Farm, Southport. Port Shepstone, KZN
• Magdalena Petronella Mey (nee Maree) (67) 22/11/1998 Farm Berdina, Louwsburg, KZN (Official cause of death: unnatural causes)
• Martha Magdalena Marais (57) 24/11/1998 Krokodilspruit smallholding, outside Cullinan, GP (shot and killed in kitchen) Report

December

• Rian Joubert (37) 05/12/1998 Bloemfontein, FS (stabbed in chest)
• Friedel Richard Redinger (49) 07/12/1998 (shot in the head at close range) Dalumbe farm, Kranskop, KZN media article, media article, media article
• Pieter Van Der Byl Theron "Piet" (73) 15/12/1998 Hazor farm, Virginia/Winburg, FS (bludgeoned to death) Report
• Louis Lafras Fourie (62) 16/12/1998 Klerksdorp, NW (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• Maurice Tristan Souchon (65) 22/12/1998 Chiselhurst farm, Mandeni, KZN (shot and killed) case study
• Hendrik Christoffel Knox “Hennie” (72) 24/12/1998 Sendelingsfontein farm, Hartbeesfontein, Klerksdorp, NW (tied up then beaten to death) Report
• Richard Nortjie (55) 26/12/1998 Bulpan smallholding, eMalahleni/Witbank, MP (tied up, strangled and hacked with an axe) FB link

1999 January

• Jacobus Erasmus van der Merwe (62) 03/01/1999 Oskraal, Bethlehem. FS (severely assaulted with an iron bar and tied up, passed away on 21/01/1999) case study
• Johannes Barnard "Joe" (74) 08/01/1999 Glenacres farm, Boekenhoutfontein area, near Rustenburg, NW (shot and killed) Report
• Aboobaker Gani (71) 09/01/1999 Ogies smallholding (trampled to death) Report
• Aletta Wannenburg ”Lettie” (55) 15/01/1999 Woodford farm, Weenen, KZN (shot) media article
• Alexander Steyn "Alec" (73) 20/01/1999 Fort Weber farm, Christiana, NW (died of burns and brain injuries) (multiple murder) case study
• Petlana Steyn “Nellie” (67) 20/01/1999 Fort Weber farm, Christiana, NW (died of brain injuries and a stab wound of the neck) (multiple murder) case study
• Maria Catharina Elizabeth Jacomina Deetlefs (born Britz) (56) 17/01/1999 Jan Kempdorp, NC (Identity Number : 4208080061083) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• Anna Adriana Sophia van den Berg (74) 30/01/1999 Steynsdraai farm, Carolina, MPL (axed to death) Report FB link
• Dirk Willemse (?) 01/1999 Farm Eensgevonde, Reitz, FS

February

• Thomas Vermaak (69) 02/02/1999 Winnaarspoort farm, Machadodorp, MPL (shot) Report FB link
• Hermanus Bernardus Jacobus Botha "Harry" (60) 05/02/1999 Mount St. Bernard farm, Muden, KZN (ambushed, shot dead, body found 5klm away) Report
• Ester Maud van der Westhuizen (67) 08/02/1999 Henorg Dairy, Fochville, GP (shot dead in her vehicle) Report
• Marion Dawn Bignoux (59) 11/02/1999 Dhlakati, Mapumulo, KZN (shot) Report
• Andreas Thulani Zungu (Sgt) (37) 11/02/1999 Dhlakati, Mapumulo, KZN
• Carel Lodewyk Van der Merwe (66) 15/02/1999 Fochville, GP
• Carel Aaron Visagie (62) 16/02/1999 Loeriesfontein, NC
• Frederick Wallis Pettit "Fred" (79) 20/02/1999 Landskrona farm, Queenstown, EC (stabbed repeatedly in the upper body) media article
• Jan Adriaan van Zyl (40) 22/02/1999 Farm Langverwacht, Pomeroy, KZN (shot while selling milk) Report
• Francina Cornelia van der Merwe “Fransie” (71) 28/02/1999 Rustig, Rietvallei, Naboomspruit, LP (raped & throat slit) (multiple murder) case study
• Gert Jacobus van der Merwe (73) 28/02/1999 Rustig, Rietvallei, Naboomspruit, LP (shot & throat slit) (multiple murder) case study

March

• Yunus Mohammed (56) 03/03/1999 farm Masonite outside Estcourt, KZN (beaten to death) Report
• Perumal Naidoo (55) 05/03/1999 Nova Estate, Groutville, KZN (shot) Report
• Abraham Absalom Theunissen "Braam" (46) 10/03/1999 Marikana smallfolding, NW (beaten to death with a metal pipe and a spade in kitchen) Report
• Johannes Hendrik Harmse "Jan" (69) 17/03/1999 Ogies, MPL (shot) Report FB link

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

• Marius Louis du Preez (36) 28/08/1998 Dundonald near Ermelo, MPL (shot in the back while selling milk)
• Trevor Robert Culverwell 02/09/1998 Pongola, KZN (shot by car highjackers at 6:30 am outside his work at the Sugar Research Institute)
• George Theron (37) 15/05/1998 Drakeville smallholdings Plot 7, Vanderbijlpark, GP (shot in the neck, chest, jaw and shoulder) media article

Further information sought

• L.L. Fourie (m) (62) (21) 1998 Klerksdorp, NW
• Christiaan Rudolph de Wet (28) Westonaria, GP (DOB : 1970-09-28) (Cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• Christina Catherina Oosthuizen (born Kruger) (33) 26/04/1998 Pretoria, GP (Identity Number : 6505170076089) (Cause of death : ONNATUURLIKE OORSAKE)
• A. Fourie (56) 05/1998 Welkom, FS
• Barend Buurman Christiaan Greyvenstein (34) 10/05/1998 Schweizer Reneke, NW (ID : 6409055078080) (Cause of death : UNNATURAL CAUSES)
• John Jacobus van der Westhuizen (62) 19/05/1998 Atlantis, KZN (DOB : 09/07/1938) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• Jacob Johannes van der Westhuizen (66) 19/06/1998 Grootvlei, MP (DOB : 26/06/1932) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• van Leeuween (95) 05/1998 Kokstad, KZN
• Llewellyn van Leeuwen (79) 23/05/1998 Kokstad, KZN (official cause of death: Pulmonary Embolus) (Identity Number:1809025010086)
• Jacobus Nicolaas van Antwerp (51) 03/06/1998 Ventersdorp, NW (official cause of death "unnatural") (D.O.B 1946-08-31)
• G van Vuuren (60) 20/06/1998 Bethlehem, FS
• W.J Wilkenson (89) 20/06/1998 Villiers, FS
• G. v W du Plessis (65) 20/06/1998 Barkley West, NC
• Cluetkowic 27/06/1998 Camperdown, KZN
• Tina Oosthuizen (f) (79) 07/07/1998 Zandfontein, Ladysmith, KZN
• Govender 11/07/1998 Stanger, KZN
• van der Westhuizen (male victim) 18/07/1998 Winterton, KZN
• Jan Dawid van Rensburg (74) 24/07/1998 Klerksdorp, NW (DOB : 13/06/1924) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• W Kuhn (69) 07/1998 Makwassie, NW
• Johannes Theodorus Janse van Rensburg (39) 12/08/1998 Mabopane, GP (DOB : 27/02/1959) (Official cause of death : multiple gunshot wounds)
• G.A Lourens (56) 28/08/1998 Migdol, NW
• Leargas 09/09/1998 Scottburgh, KZN
• Jacobus Johannes Gerhardus van der Westhuizen (38) 20/09/1998 Gordons Bay, WC (DOB : 22/05/1960) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• Muller G van Wufling (48) 09/1998 Vereeniging, GP
• J.J.M van Rensburg (56) 29/10/1998 Klerksdorp, NW
• M Mosterd 31/10/1998 Fouriesburg, FS
• Naggesir 16/11/1998 Stanger, KZN
• Joyceline Eleanor van der Westhuizen (born Crawford) (33) 05/12/1998 Bloemfontein, FS (DOB : 29/04/1965) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes, Ref: BDR1380/98)
• H.P Prinsloo (67) 16/12/1998 Bothaville, FS
• Hendrik Gideon Prinsloo (44) 26/12/1998 Groblersdal, LP (DOB : 12/09/1950) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• H Schutte 12/01/1999 Kokstad
• Maria Elizabeth Nortje (born Liebenberg) (77) 27/02/1999 Pretoria, GP (Identity Number : 2202170008080) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)