“Farm Murders” 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001

SAPS 2000/01 "official" figures: 147 Murders from 908 Attacks (calculated by Financial Year)

There are 110 victims remembered in this project year

• This figure includes 11 couples (farmer and wife) between 16/04/2000 - 27/03/2001
• 52 Victims were aged between 60 - 85

2000 April

• Jan Adriaan Erasmus (61) 02/04/2000 Groot Marico, NW media article
• Desire Aline Hector Kloeck (72) 10/04/2000 Plot 57 Doornrandjies, Erasmia, GP (hands and feet tied, strangled) media link
• Jan Engelbrecht (85) 13/04/2000 Rooipoort smallholding, Potgietersrus, LP (beaten with steel pipe) media article
• Balbina Cross "Bina" (76) 16/04/2000 Cottondale, Gravelotte, LP (multiple murder) media article, media article
• John Anton Cross (77) 16/04/2000 Cottondale, Gravelotte, LP (multiple murder) media article, media article
• Johannes Petrus Aldum "Hannes" (74) 25/04/2000 Aona, Tshipise, Messina, LP (shot dead) media article
• Sithsaba Madasa 04/2000 (34) (shot) EC media article

May

• Hendrik Willem Ras (53) 03/05/2000 farm Kromhoek, Wakkerstroom, Amersfoort, MPL (shot in the chest with his own shotgun) media link
• Patrick Summers (46) 04/05/2000 farm Charlottes, Hazyview, MPL (shot in his garage) media link
• Susanna Johanna Lubbe (41) 09/05/2000 farm Peagan Place, Estcourt, KZN (shot in the face) media link
• Alan Alchin (61) 10/05/2000 Geduldsfontein, Rocklands, Port Elizabeth, EC (shot in the chest) media link
• Ivan Cecil Butt (62) 15/05/2000 Farm Mooiplaas, East London, EC (shot dead) media link
• Ina Volgraaf (54) 17/05/2000 Farm Volgraafsig, Groblershoop, NC (beaten to death with a hammer and a fence dropper) media link
• Jan Johannes van der Merwe (36) 18/05/2000 near Steilloop, LP (shot dead at farm shop, multiple murder) Report
• Paul Adriaan Swart (24) 18/05/2000 near Steilloop, LP (shot dead at farm shop, multiple murder) Report
• Francis Graham Henderson (41) 29/05/2000 Hunters Farm, Hekpoort, GP (attacked with a pick and beaten) list
• Susara Alida Debora Scholtz (70) 29/05/2000 Farm Goudplaas, Amalia, NW (shot with her own .22 revolver) media link
• Nelia Pienaar (54) 05/2000 Farm Mooitoekoms, Vierfontein, FS Afrikaaans blogspot

June

• Jan van der Woude (71) 04/06/2000 Farm Steynsdraai, Roossenekal, MPL (shot and stabbed in the head and chest) media link
• Mr Motsamai (21) 04/06/2000 Winston Farm, Vierfontein, FS (shot in the head) media link
• Edward John Strick (79) 05/06/2000 Farm Roodepoortjie, Ogies, MPL (shot at close range in the face with his shotgun) media link
• Christiaan Johannes de Nysschen (64) 08/06/2000 farm Twee Buffels, Coligny, NW (beaten to death) media link
• Mr Cele 09/06/2000 farm Jammersaal, Kranskop, (farm worker, shot and killed) media link
• Gerhard Johannes Rabe "Gert" (28) 18/06/2000 Wakkerstroom, MPL (murdered by his employees) media article
• Josias Kearney (77) 18/06/2000 smallholding Hammanskraal, GP (shot twice in the head) media link
• Gert Jacobus de Vries (36) 21/06/2000 Heidelberg, GP (Cause of death : gunshot wound to head)
• Michael Wilson (77) 24/06/2000 Donnybrook, KZN (report alludes to the death of the farmers father) media link

July

• Carel Pieter Bakkes Engelbrecht (76) 05/07/2000 farm Hawerford, Paterson, EC (body was found next to the Slagboom/Addo road) media link
• Topson Zwelibanzi Ncube (40) 09/07/2000 Plot 33, Jackaroo, Witbank, MPL (shot 5 times, sustained bullet wounds to his head, right cheek, left arm, hand and upper leg) media link
• Barend Matthys de Beer (43) 20/07/2000 Farm Rustplaas, Piet Retief, MPL (body found in a plantation) (official cause of death: Hemorrhagic shock (severe blood loss))media link
• Christoffel Frederik de Wit (63) 20/07/2000 Kliprandkloof, Dannhauser, KZN (beaten to death with a knobkierie) media link
• Christo Janse van Rensburg (54) 21/07/2000 Plot in Baart Rd, Raslow, Centurion, GP (shot dead at gate) media link
• Ronald Ernst Heinrich Wohlberg (65) 27/07/2000 farm Simbria, Helpmekaar, near Elandskraal, LP (shot dead) media article, media article
• Gerrit Jan Gootendorst "Gerrie" (37) 27/07/2000 Plot 77, Kaalfontein smallholding, Rayton, GP (fatally wounded) media link
• Ernest Julius Schmidt (42) 29/07/2000 Louwsberg, KZN ( gunned down in front of his eight-year-old son) media link
• Dhanpalan Gownden (46) 31/07/2000 Umkomaas South, KZN (shot dead in front of his wife and son) media link

August

• Jan Hendrik Petrus Richter (78) 05/08/2000 Karos Plot 498, Upington, NC (stabbed twice with a sharp object) media link
• Mario de Wet Theron (72) 06/08/2000 farm Leeupoort, Heilbron, FS (fatally shot in the face) media link
• Anna Francina Catharina Marais (75) 07/08/2000 Farm Klipkraal, Citrusdal, WC (shot with their own firearms) (multiple murder) media article
• Willem Johannes Marais "Willie" (83) 07/08/2000 Farm Klipkraal, Citrusdal, WC (shot with their own firearms) (multiple murder) media article
• Derek Keth (41) 08/08/2000 Farm Florida, Port Edward, KZN (assaulted with a hammer and strangled with a piece of wire, garrotted) media link
• Archibald John Graham (59) 14/08/2000 Farm Tuschenbei, Utrecht, KZN (shot with R4 SADF assault rifle and died on the scene) media link
• Willem Christiaan Kritzinger (73) 15/08/2000 farm Glenroy near Kommadagga.East London, EC (beaten to death, multiple murder)
• Ada Alberta Kritzinger "Albie" (67) 15/08/2000 farm Glenroy near Kommadagga.East London, EC (beaten to death, multiple murder)
• Susanna Johanna Smith "Kinnie" (71) 19/08/2000 Delmas, MP (strangled) FB link
• Mathys Jacobus Buitendag "Mariens/MJ" (58) 23/08/2000 Spruitfontein farm, Marikana, NW (strangled) Report
• Cedric Ayre Biggs (33) 24/08/2000 Woodvale farm, Fort Brown, EC (stabbed in the neck after a quarrel over missing livestock) media link, media link
• Dina Cordier (57) 26/08/2000 Ebenaeser, Wesselsbron, FS (stabbed to death, multiple murder) media link
• Marthinus Petrus Johannes Cordier (57) 26/08/2000 Ebenaeser, Wesselsbron, FS (stabbed to death, multiple murder) media link

September

• Nicolaas Lourens Botes "Nico" (31) 01/09/2000 Vergenoeg Farm, Swartruggens, Groot Mariko, NW (shot) Report
• Justin Killian (70) 01/09/2000 Farm Quathquan, Barberton. MP (shot)
• Isabel Ellen Louw (73) 06/09/2000 Smallholding, De Deur, GP (strangled) Report
• Eduard Jacobus Engelbrecht (34) 11/09/2000 De Kroon holdings, Brits, NW (shot)
• Christina Petronella Jansen van Vuuren "Chrissie" (71) 14/09/2000 Farm Olyvenkloof, Jamestown, EC (shot, multiple murder) Report
• Samuel Greyvensteyn Naude "Sam" (68) 14/09/2000 Farm Olyvenkloof, Jamestown, EC (shot, multiple murder) Report
• William Skinner (79) 19/09/2000 Loskop North farmlets, Marble Hall, LP (shot dead by six attackers) media article
• Carlo Hector van Litsenborgh (69) 24/09/2000 Sanici, Paarl, Klabmuts, WC (shot in the head) media article

October

• Theunis Adolfus Oosthuizen (76) 01/10/2000 Klipdrift smallholding, Hammanskraal, GP (bludgeoned) Report
• Jurie J Geldenhuys (Dr.) (52) 27/10/2000 Rietfontein, Hartbeesfontein, NW (shot in the throat and died) media article
• Audrey Bartlett (69) 10/2000 Silverdale, Stutterheim, EC

November

• Anna Cornelia Jacomina Bezuidenhout (72) 05/11/2000 Vogelfontein, Breyten, MPL (beaten to death) media article
• Jan Hendrik Bezuidenhout "Boet" (79) 05/11/2000 Vogelfontein, Breyten, MPL (beaten to death) media article
• Johannes Petrus George Botha (57) 16/11/2000 farm Rietfontein, Maartenshoop, near Lydenburg, MPL (shot dead while he was asleep) media article, media article
• Jose Mendes Freitas (65) 16/11/2000 Farm Kingstonvale, Nelspruit, MPL (shot and killed) media article, media article
• Gerthruida Jacoba Diedericks (59) 19/11/2000 Baviaanskloof farm, near Volksrust, MPL (strangled by a teenager, former worker who escaped from jail) media article
• Willem Jacobus de Lange (65) 20/11/2000 Grootvlei smallholdings, Hammanskraal, GP (shot) Report
• Willem Jacobus van Heerden "Willie" (72) 29/11/2000 Honeybird Farm, Low's Creek, Karino outside Nelspruit, MP (Shot 13 times) media link

December

• Abraham Pistorius "Braam" (58) 08/12/2000 Maanhaarrand area, Magaliesburg, NW (shot) Report
• Zwelikhulu Seti (27) 11/12/2000 Moyeni, Port Alfred, EC (murdered on farm)
• Martin Joseph Walsh (77) 12/12/2000 Farm Ingwelala, Hekpoort, NW (tied up and stabbed and slashed to death) media article media link
• Phillipus Daniel Cronje "Flip" (70) 13/12/2000 Farm Waterval, Koster, NW (shot) Report
• Chris de Wet (67) 13/12/2000 Smallholding, Geluk, Brits, NW (shot) Report
• Huntley Vivian Kirby (76) 18/12/2000 Natal Midlands farm, Mooirivier, KZN (murdered)
• Muziwamandla Khuzwayo (39) 19/12/2000 Ashtone Farm, Umhlali, KZN (nightwatchman murdered on farm)

2001 January

• Loretta van Zyl (Dr) (58) 01/01/2001 Muldersvlei, WC (murdered on their farm, multiple murder) reference
• Percy James van Zyl (68) 01/01/2001 Muldersvlei, WC (murdered on their farm, multiple murder) reference
• Gieljam van Aardt (67) 01/01/2001 Hartswater, NC (tied up with electrical cables before being shot, died later at Kimberley Hospital) media article
• Claudio Sanna (19) 10/01/2001 Rietspruit, Vereeniging, GP media link
• Ernst Neuenschwander (83) 12/01/2001 Wellington, WC (murdered by an armed gang, multiple murder)
• Gertrude Neuenschwander "Trudie" (81) 12/01/2001 Wellington, WC (passed away in Paarl, on 16/07/2001, officially of "natural causes")
• Malcolm Robert Potgieter (63) 15/01/2001 Witrivier, MPL media link
• Herman Jones (59) 16/01/2001 Klipplatsdrift farm, Standerton, MPL media link
• Jeanne Kriel (38) 16/01/2001 Plot 76 Kromdraai Farm (Bergrivier Farm?), near Witbank, MPL media article
• Martha 'Martie' Louise Gertina Scheppel (53) 20/01/2001 Maclear, EC (shot in her kitchen) media link
• Stephanie van Baalen (28) 22/01/2001 un-named farm, Bela Bela (Warmbaths), LP (murdered on farm)
• Dawid Hermanus Jacobs van Rooyen (62) 25/01/2001 Farm Valliefontein, Rooigrond, Lichtenburg, NW Report
• Petrus Johannes Potgieter "Piet" (41) 26/01/2001 Lindleyspoort, Swartruggens, NW (shot five times) (brother of Kobus murdered in 1996) media article, media article
• Andre Boucher Jr. (35) 26/01/2001 Farm Middelwater, Fochville, Carletonville, GP (shot) Report

February

• Ismail Abrahams (46) 02/02/2001 Groot Drakenstein, Boland, WC (shot in the back) (multiple murder) media article
• Mariam Abrahams (43) 02/02/2001 Groot Drakenstein, Boland, WC (shot in the back) (multiple murder) media article
• Alison May Rushmere (f) (80) 08/02/2001 Queenstown, EC media link
• Mabheta Mtembu (?) 09/02/2001 Vonono, Gingindlovu, KZN (multiple murder)
• Mavis Mtembu (?) 09/02/2001 Vonono, Gingindlovu, KZN (multiple murder)
• Sindiswa Mtembu (?) 09/02/2001 Vonono, Gingindlovu, KZN (multiple murder)
• Colin Bruce Webster (70) 18/02/2001 Richmond, KZN (bound, stab wounds to the face) media link

March

• Feokhwa Dlamini (?) 03/03/2001 Hutton farm, Mooi River, KZN (murdered on farm) remembrance link
• John Ernest Partridge "Jock" (75) 03/03/2019 Mathendelena farm, in Port Edward, EC (shot in the chest) media link
• Phathiswa Constance Mzamo (36) 11/03/2001 Richmond Farm. KwaMashu near Durban, KZN (shot dead, multiple murder) media link
• Zinhle Xulu (6) 11/03/2001 Richmond Farm. KwaMashu near Durban, KZN (shot dead, multiple murder) media link
• Williem Jacobus du Plessis "Willie" (73) 12/03/2001 Greylingstad, MPL (shot) media article media article
• Kevin James McGregor (40) 25/03/2001 Blomvlei farm, Elliot, EC (shot in the head, multiple murder) media link
• Mary Louise McGregor "Lou/Lu" (47) 25/03/2001 Blomvlei farm, Elliot, EC (shot in the head, multiple murder) media link
• Pieter Raaths (52) 26/03/2001 ( stabbed neck, shoulder, chest, ribs) Groot Marico, NW media article, media article, media article
• Hester Janse van Rensburg (56) 27/03/2001 (shot twice, died in hospital, multiple murder) Rooikoppies, Marikana, NW media article, media article, media article
• Nicolaas 'Nick' Jacobus Janse van Rensburg (35) 27/03/2001 (shot several times, then in head, multiple murder) Rooikoppies, Marikana, NW media article, media article, media article
• Amos Elmon Nkuna (42) 30/03/2001 Karino, Nelspruit, MPL (shot) Report
• Irene Botha (53) 31/03/2001 Greylingstad, MP (murdered on farm)

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

• Mr. Mphasa (?) 15/07/2000 Plot 158, Swartkoos, Muldersdrift, GP (shot in the stomach and chest) media link
• Willem Jacobus van Heerden "Willie" (72) 29/11/2000 road between KaNyamazane and White River. MP (ambushed, suffered 13 gunshot wounds and died on the scene, possibly business related) media article

Further information sought

• Aldin (m) (61) 07/2000 Geduldfontein, Rocklands, KZN
• Peter Jozef Raymond Bieseman (29) 31/12/2000 Benoni, GP (official cause of death: haemopneumothorax) (DOB 1971-06-19)
• Keseval Munsami Govender (35) 08/01/2001 Durban, KZN (DOB : 1966-06-07) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• Gregory Allen Nel (41) 28/01/2001 Bishop Lavis, WC (DOB : 18/07/1960) (Official cause of death : Multiple stab wounds of the chest TDR197/01)
• C.L. Aldridge (m) 02/2001 Boston, SC
• Isabella Elizabeth Magretha Smith (born Scheepers) (64) 28/02/2001 Estcourt, KZN (DOB : 1937-10-24) (Cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• Willem Schalk Jacobus van Heerden (36) 03/03/2001 Fourways, GP (DOB : 1965-01-21) (Cause of death : Unnatural causes - 547/2001)
• Wessel Johannes Nel (62) 22/03/2001 Rustenburg, NW (DOB : 09/01/1939) (Official cause of death : Unnatural cause Case Ref DR173/2001)