“Farm Murders” 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008

No official SAPS figures released for 2007/08

There are 48 victims remembered in this project

• This figure includes 1 couple (farmer and wife) on 21/07/2007
• 23 Victims were aged between 60 - 88

2007 April

• Susan Alwin Bristow (54) 15/04/2007 Louis Trichardt, LP (stabbed to death with a garden fork) media article
• Pieter de Lange (27) 17/04/2007 farm outside Sasolburg, FS (shot in the head) media article

May

• Willem Hendrik Potgieter "Willie" (45) 12/05/2007 Marikana (shot and killed) media article

June

• Deon Eugene de Bruyn (49) 09/06/2007 Strydfontein smallholding, north of Pretoria, GP (breaten with a hammer, shot) media article
• Philmer Booije Pattison "Pat" (88) 17/06/2007 Eikenhof, GP (beaten to death with a hammer) media article
• Armando de Paiva (79) 23/06/2007 smallholding near Vanderbijlpark (bound, strangled) news report
• Gwen Smith (67) 24/06/2007 Windfall farm, Monzi, KZN media article
• Pieter Gerardus Vermooten (58) 25/06/2007 farm Sekonyela, Ficksburg, FS (shot dead) media article

July

• Raymond Victor Fitch (78) 21/07/2007 Swartberg, Kokstad (tortured with molten plastic, blunt force trauma) (multiple murder) media article, media article
• Yvonne Pamela Fitch (79) 21/07/2007 Swartberg, Kokstad (tortured with molten plastic, blunt force trauma) (multiple murder) media article, media article
• Susana Jacomina Viljoen "Sannie" (86) 27/07/2007 Witriver, MPL (throat was slit) media article

August

• Lynette Marlene Oosthuizen (63) 24/08/2007 Boston (strangled to death, body thrown of a cliff) media article
• Muriel Kathleen Bates (72) 26/08/2007 Alwynspoort, Eikenhof, GP, (raped and stabbed) media report
• Gerald Wait (51) 27/08/2007 St Albans smallholdings, Port Elizabeth, EC (shot in garden)

September

• Jose Akino Capazorio (47) 11/09/2007 Grootvlei holdings, Verena, Witbank, MPL (beaten to death with a blunt object)
• Andrew Roy Main "Andy" (52) 24/09/2007 Farm Gilmore Hill, Cramond, Midlands, KZN (shot with an AK47 assault rifle) media article
• Willem Jacobus Christiaan Botha (42) 25/09/2007 farm Mosterhoek near Mashishing/Lydenburg, MPL (shot in the chest)
• Stienie Botha (61) 27/09/007 smallholding Hartbeespoort dam area, NW (shot at close range in the chest, died from her injuries 06/11/2007) media article

October

• Stephan Mantha (64) 21/10/2007 Kameeldrift smallholding, Pretoria, GP (suffocated with tape) media article
• Michael Johannes du Plessis "Mike" (70) 24/10/2007 farm Jagfontein, near Randfontein, GP media article
• Pieter Willem Adriaan Smit (29) 25/10/2007 Lunds Poultry farm, Polokwane/Pietersburg, LP (shot in the heart media article

November

• Machiel de Lange (70) 06/11/2007 Dorset, Vaalwater, LP (body charred when murdered and house set on fire) media article
• Herman Daniel Strydom (45) 16/11/2007 smallholding near Vryheid, KZN (shot twice with his own shotgun stolen 3 weeks earlier) media article
• Kallie Pieterse (47) 17/11/2007 farm Straussfontein outside Trompsburg (kicked and beaten to death) media article
• Vusi Makhonjurek (?) Sundra smallholding, Delmas (tortured with acid and electric shock) Report
• Jan Voster (79) 23/11/2007 Nelspruit (hacked in the face and neck with a panga, died 25/11/2007 in hospital) media article
• Susarah Johanna Greyling (73) 24/11/2007 Schweizer-Reneke (beaten to death with fists) media article
• Franz Richter (80) 28/11/2007 Heia Safari Ranch near Muldersdrift, Krugersdorp, GP (shot in the head and chest) media article

December

• Rudi Harris (55) 01/12/2007 Marloth Park, near Komatipoort, MPL (shot with an AK47) media article
• Antonio Caldeira (57) 04/12/2007 Marken area, LP (stabbed in the neck) Report
• David Merwyn Green (75) 20/12/2007 farm Rustenburgspruit near Estcourt, KZN (shot in the head) media article, media article
• Fanie Keyser (47 or 49) 27/12/2007 Marloth Park or Christiana (shot dead with AK47) media article

2008 January

• Susanna van Zyl (77) 15/01/2008 Aberdeen (stabbed to death) media article
• Connie Janneke (61) 21/01/2008 Kaalfontein smallholding, Cullinan, GP (strangled, hands and feet were tied behind her back) media article
• Desmond Naidoo (?) 22/01/2008 Band farm, Umzimkulu, KZN (murdered on farm) remembrance link
• Daya Moodley (62) 27/01/2008 farm outside Port Shepstone (charred body found in boot of his car) media article

February

• Bertina Genis (58) 18/02/2008 farm Ranchero outside Musina, LP media article
• Johan Georg Muller "Org"' (72) 20/02/2008 Farm Bahudi, Malelane (shot outside home, died in hospital 24/02/2008) media article
• Marc Anthony Pohlmann (31) 22/02/2008 smallholding outside Cliffdale, Hammarsdale area (shot in chest and stomach) media article

March

• Susanna Johanna Maria Viljoen "Suzie" (86) 01/03/2008 Stella, NW (brutally raped and murdered, internal damage from a sharp object, died a week later) (hate crime) media article
• Alleyne Ross (21) 02/03/2008 Austin View smallholding, Midrand, GP (shot and killed) media article
• Ben Jansen van Rensburg (58) 04/03/2008 Uitzight Holdings, west of Pretoria. GP (amputee, stabbed to death) media article
• Hendrik Janse van Rensburg (82) 06/03/2008 Zusterstroom, Bronkhorstspruit, GP (head wounds, beaten to death, multiple murder) media article
• Dean Charles Woodroffe (17) 06/03/2008 Zusterstroom, Bronkhorstspruit, GP (strangled to death, multiple murder) media article
• Shirley Taylor (65) 07/03/2008 Rispark smallholding just outside Alberton, GP (beaten to death with a cricket bat) media article
• Kobus Marais (59) 20/03/2008 Marister smallholding, Bapsfontein, East Rand, GP media article
• Marius van Greunen (38) 31/03/2008 Kameeldrift, Pretoria, GP media article

Victims who do not fit the strict definition of a Farm Attack

• Ian Jacobs (15) 11/09/2007 rural road, Witbank, MP (shot dead by police mistaking vehicle as stolen) media link
• Elize Havenga (26) 03/02/2008 Rietfontein outside Pretoria, GP (raped, strangled) media article

Further information sought

• Frans Pieterse (43) 07/04/2007 Vredendal, WC (DOB : 06/10/1964) (Cause of death : UNNATURAL CAUSES VDR51/2007)
• Jan Pieterse (47) 15/04/2007 Hofmeyr, EC (DOB : 25/04/2007) (Cause of death : UNNATURAL CAUSE)
• Cornelia Pieterse (45) 07/05/2007 Worcester, WC (DOB : 21/09/1962) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes - Case Ref: WDR175/2007)
• Pieter Johannes Smit (26) 22/05/2007 Pretoria, GP (DOB : 29/12/1981) (Cause of death : UNNATURAL CAUSE 800/07)
• Hans Polensky (52) 26/05/2007 Nigel, GP (official cause of death: unnatural causes) (dob 1955-08-30)
• Susan Henrietta Botha (52) 06/06/2007 Badplaas, MPL (DOB : 06/06/2007) (Cause of death : UNNATURAL CAUSES MR 156/2007)
• [H Fourie] (33) 29/06/2007 Marble Hall
• Gerhard Oosthuizen (45) 15/07/2007 Muldersdrift, GP (DOB : 29/01/1962) (Official cause of death : Unnatural causes - Case Ref: 724/07)
• Petrus Johannes Smit (40) 30/07/2007 Potchefstroom, NW (DOB : 17/07/1967) (Cause of death : UNDER INVESTIGATION 0442003)
• [Female Victim] (35) 03/08/2007 Gingindlovo Sugar Estate (strangled to death)
• Wilhelm Jacobus Heyneke (38) 04/08/2007 Kameeldrift, Pretoria, GP (official cause of death: unnatural causes) (DOB 1969-06-13)
• Werner Pieterse (38) 23/08/2007 Pretoria, GP (DOB : 22/12/1969) (Cause of death : UNNATURAL CAUSE DR1467/07)
• Rishi Singh (33) 21/09/2007 Pietermaritzburg, KZN (DOB : 09/07/1974) (Official cause of death : Unnatural)
• Frans Pieterse (52) 11/09/2007 Dysselsdorp, WC (DOB : 14/08/1955) (Cause of death : UNNATURAL CAUSES REF WC08/0027/07)
• Hendrik Botha (58) 07/10/2007 Dunnottar plot, GP (died the following day from his injuries)
• Herculaas Johannes Botha (62) 25/09/2007 Milpark Hospital, GP (ID : 4505035041080) (Cause of death : Unnatural causes)
• E Sanders (36) 08/10/2007 Hekpoort, GP
• J.M Benade (71) 29/11/2007 Henley on Klip, GP %
• [Female Victim] (4) 24/12/2007 Maedane Village, LP (raped and murdered) media link