“Farm Murders” 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006

SAPS 2005/06 "official" figures: 88 Murders from 636 Attacks

There are 56 victims remembered in this project

• This figure includes 5 couples (farmer and wife) between 10/07/2005 - 08/02/2006
• 30 Victims were aged between 60 - 90

2005 April

• Catharina Elizabeth Ferreira (36) 11/04/2005 Hillcrest, KZN (tortured, stabbed to death) media article
• Jaap Lourens (86) 16/04/2005 Dundee, KZN (severely assaulted, died two weeks after the attack) media article Report
• Ulrich Lange (81) 17/04/2005 Muldersdrift, GP (shot)media article
• Siqome Mthethwa (?) 17/04/2005 Ntambanana, KZN (multiple murder) Report
• Tabitha Mthethwa (?) 17/04/2005 Ntambanana, KZN (multiple murder) Report

May

• Robert McNeil (60) 01/05/2005 Bronkhorstspruit, GP (attacked with a wheel spanner, died the next day) media article

June

July

• Pearla Dawn Argall (71) 01/07/2005 Spring Valley farm, Winterton, KZN (murdered on farm) remembrance link
• Willem Hendrik Lourens (61) 05/07/2005 Hekpoort, GP (shot) media article
• Helgard du Preez Brink (56) 10/07/2005 Heatherdale in Akasia, north of Pretoria, GP (beaten to death with a hammer, multiple murder) media link, media link
• Magdalena Salomina Brink "Salomie" (59) 10/07/2005 Heatherdale in Akasia, north of Pretoria, GP (beaten to death with a hammer, multiple murder) media link, media link
• Elsa Venter (43) 19/07/2005 Donkerhoek, east of Pretoria, GP (shot dead) media article
• Cornelia Dorothea Rogers (nee Liebenberg) (51) 25/07/2005 Kriel, MPL (official cause of death: unnatural causes - case no: 440/2005)
• Pieter Theo Ernst (Dr) (48) 29/07/2005 Hekpoort farm, Magaliesburg, NW (ambushed at the farm entrance, shot the head) media article
• James Cooks Biggs (Dr) (60) 29/07/2005 Committee’s Drift, Grahamstown, EC (struck with an object on his head) media article

August

• Karsten Hammel (35) 01/08/2005 De Kroon smallholdings, Brits, NW (murdered inside his house) media article
• Ruth Walsh (62) 02/08/2005 farm Ingwelala, Hekpoort holdings, Magaliesburg, GP (beaten to death) media article
• Austin Bulman Sydow (74) 10/08/2005 Hillcrest, Durban, KZN (stabbed to death in his smallholding flat) media link
• Trevor Anthony Weightman (54) 11/08/2005 Winterton, KZN media article

September

• Rina de Klerk (59) 01/09/2005 Amersfort, MP (shot) Report
• Charles Henry du Preez Martinson (75) 13/09/2005 Hartsvallei, Warrenton, NC media article
• Herman de Jong (37) 23/09/2005 Swartkops, Muldersdrift, GP (shot in his stomach and thigh, died the next day) media article

October

• Jacobus Lodewikus Martinson "Koos" (90) 17/10/2005 Hallgate smallholdings, Nigel, GP (severe assault with a blunt object, particularly to the head) media article
• Michael Robb (63) 26/10/2005 Creighton, KZN (brutally beaten, tortured and murdered) media article
• Jacqueline Ivy Chatterton (46) 31/10/2005 Boston Farm, Mantshonga, KZN (stabbed 31 times) media article

November

• Simon Graff (71) 03/11/2005 Doornfontein, Magaliesberg, NW (shot dead) media article
• Noel Donald Bannell (63) 13/11/2005 Maribashoek smallholdings, Potgietersrus, LP Report
• Carl Gottlieb Höll "Karel" (74) 13/11/2005 Kaalfontein near Orange Farm south of Johannesburg, GP (shot in his stomach and thigh and died the next day) media article
• Robert Robertson "Robbie" (56) 17/11/2005 Van Vuuren lane, Vallambrosa, Bloemfontein, FS (bound, beaten, kicked to death) media article
• Harold John Hart (88) 18/11/2005 Swing-gate farm, Muldersdrift, GP (killed with repeated blows to the head and chest) (multiple murder) media article
• Sylvia Mary Hart (84) 18/11/2005 Swing-gate farm, Muldersdrift, GP (beaten to death with a golf club) (multiple murder) media article
• Billy Meyer (43) 19/11/2005 Lovedale farm, near Makhado outside Louis Trichardt, LP (shot dead when he put his baby daughter down) media article, media article
• John Louis Steyn (73) 19/11/2005 Sand River smallholdings between Makhado and Polokwane, LP (hit on the head with a blunt object) media article
• Martha Cathrina Jacomina Vuyk (72) 23/11/2005 Smallholding outside Pretoria, GP (multiple murder, Fredrik died 30/12/2005)
• Frederik Koster Vuyk (74) 23/11/2005 Smallholding outside Pretoria, GP (multiple murder, Fredrik died 30/12/2005)
• Richard Lemmer (73) 27/11/2005 Farm Reitkuil, Klerksdorp district, NW
• Susan Mattias (?) 11/2005 Farm Lindley, Muldersdrift, GP (Belgium farmer, murdered)

December

• Gert Frederik Simon Hattingh (85) 11/12/2005 Het Blok, Edicott, between Delmas en Nigel, MPL (hands and feet tied with rope, beaten to death) media article
• Gert Hattingh (85) 11/12/2005 Endicott, Devon, GP (hands and feet bound and strangled) media article
• Celia Elizabeth Janse van Vuuren (53) 15/12/2005 Doringfontein farm, Roedtan, LP (shot dead in the garden, multiple murder) media article media article
• Hendrik Johannes Janse van Vuuren "Hennie" (53) 15/12/2005 Doringfontein farm, Roedtan, LP (forced to kneel then executed, multiple murder) media article media article
• Lodewikus Jacobus Stoffberg "Wikus" (50) 27/12/2005 Osplaat, Bethlehem/Ficksburg, FS (shot dead)

2006 January

• Edna van Heerden (53) 02/01/2006 Kromdraai farm, Makhado, LP (shot in the chest) media article
• Horst Adolf Heckerodt (71) 15/01/2006 DeRust smallholdings, Hartbeespoort, NW (shot) Report
• Jennifer Grace Thornton "Jenny" (56) 17/01/2006 Devon Bank farm, Ida district, Elliot, EC media article
• Anna-Marie Potgieter (39) 17/01/2006 Agricultural holding near Vereeniging, GP (shot dead) article link

February

• Ronald John van Vuuren "Ronnie" (67) 04/02/2006 Hoopstad, FS (shot in the head) article link
• Andrinah Nzaca (60) 05/02/2006 Onverwag farm, Rietvlei, KZN (employee on Onverwag farm, murdered) remembrance link
• Carl Izak Jacobus Botha "Charles" (72) 08/02/2006 farm just outside Naboomspruit, LP (leg, back and head injuries) article link
• Johanna Hester Albertha Botha "Joey" (70) 08/02/2006 farm just outside Naboomspruit, LP (head injuries) article link
• Ludwig Wambach (65) 14/02/2006 Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, GP (found on his knees with a rope tied around his neck) article link
• Pat McGuire () 27/02/2006 Gottberg farm, Paddock, KZN (murdered on farm) remembrance link

March

• Deon Nel (35) 02/03/2006 Kya Sands smallholding, Randburg, GP (shot dead by four black men in front of his wife Elizma) media article
• Johannes Christoffel Labuschagne "Sokkies" (61) 06/03/2006 Vredepoort, Indwe, KZN (shot once in the neck and then in the head) media article
• Dawid Frederick Naude (62) 16/03/2006 Boschkop plot , Pretoria East, GP

Victims whose murder does not fit the strict definition of a "Farm Attack"

• Shirley Karen van Rensburg (37) 20/08/2005 North Riding, Randburg, GP (disappeared, decomposing body found) media link media article
• Leonie Chantler (47) 27/12/2005 Tweedracht, Boschkop east of Pretoria, GP (raped, strangled, tied to tree after offering a lift) media article, media article

Further information sought

• Jan Labuschagne (m) 04/2005 Cape Town, WC
• Jurie Labuschagne (32) 26/04/2005 Stanger, KZN (ID Number : 7305115082089) (Cause of death : UNNATURAL CAUSES)
• Johan Sakkie Labuschagne (m) 05/2005 Indwe, Port Elizabeth, EC
• Gysie Labuschagne (m) 05/2005 Waterfall Boven, MP
• C Stroebel (59) 07/05/2005 NW
• Andries Benjamin Lombard Meyer (86) Hendrina, MPL (DOB : 1919-06-14) (Cause of death : Unnatural causes - 166/05)
• Cornelius van der Walt (42) 08/07/2005 Pretoria, GP (ID : 6307305071089) (Cause of death : UNNATURAL CAUSE 1114/05)
• Brian Labuschagne (m) (51) 10/2005 Moira, Krugersdorp, GP
• Marius Labuschagne (24) 25/11/2005 Kuruman, NC (DOB : 25/07/1981) (Official cause of death : Unnatural cause)
• Gerhardus Albertus Petrus Steenkamp (70) 04/12/2005 Bloemfontein, FS (official cause of death: compatible with strangulation) (case no: BDR1161-05) (DOB 1935-04-24)
• C Wilkens (f) (60) 06/12/2005 Meyerton, GP
• Jacobus Petrus Marais (68) 09/02/2006 Ysterspruit, Orkney, NW (Official cause of death: unnatural causes) (DOB 1938-07-25)