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South Africa - Farm Attack Victims: 2012 to 2013

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Meshack Captain Ntjingila (1954 - 2012)
Meshack Ntjingila (1954 - 2012) Brief overview: Meshack (58), was shot dead in his home on a farm in De Deur on the evening of Friday 21st September 2012. The armed robbers first attacked and tied ...
Gert F van Wyk (1973 - 2013)
Gert van Wyk (1973 – 2013) Brief overview: Gert (40), the farm owner, and his foreman, Edward Fouche (30), were attacked at the farm shop on the 28th January 2013, by four armed men who pretended to...
Z Mkhize (c.1960 - 2012)
Mr Z Mkhize (d.o.b. unknown - 2012) Brief overview: Mr Z Mkhize, (first name unknown) a security guard at Haffajees farm, Hammarsdale, KZN was murdered on 21st October 2012. Brief Biography: O...
Gert Uys (1957 - 2012)
Gert Uys (1957- 2012) Brief overview: Gert (55), was shot twice by two attackers on farm Rotspark, Swart-UmMfolozi, Gluckstadt, KZN, on 31st May 2012. The perpetrators stole about R18,000. "They a...
H Jordaan (1945 - 2012)
H Jordaan (1945 - 2012) Brief overview: Mr. H Jordaan (christian name unknown), a farmer from Maclear, was ambushed by two attackers, and murdered on 27th July 2012. The perpetrators hit him over th...

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“Farm Murders” 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013

SAPS 2012/13 "official" figures: 60 Murders from 556 Attacks

https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/492-farm-attacks-and-58-far...

TAU 2012/13 "official" figures: 62 Murders from 173 Attacks

https://africacheck.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/SAP-FIN-JAAR.pdf

There are 73 victims remembered in this project

2012 April

Adriaan Johannes van der Merwe "At" (68) 03/04/2012 Leeubos farm, Bloemhof (head injuries) media article, media article
Charlotte Froneman (64) 08/04/2012 Farm Dagbreek, George (stabbed in the chest) media article
Des Hart (77) 07/04/2012 Ohrigstad, LP (died from stabbing injuries) media article
Loderick Foxon "Dave" (43) 10/04/2012 Umbhaba Lodge near Hazyview, MPL (shot dead in front of his pregnant wife and two children) media article
[Johan Erasmus "Jo"] (40) 23/04/2012 Stone Cradle smallholding, Rietvlei, Pretoria, GP (shot in the head and later died in the Kalafong Hospital) media article
Henna Smith (75) 27/04/2012 Farm Theerivier, Citrusdal’s Bo-Rivier area (tied to a chair, rag wound around her head, smothered) media article
Vanessa Stafleu (34) 30/04/2012 Doornfontein 2, Randfontein (shot dead) media article

May

David Alexander Bainbridge Barclay (66) 14/05/2012 Lindbergh Lodge, Vaalbochfontein, Wolmaransstad, NW (shot in the neck) media article media article media article media article
Ronald Alexandra Drake (69) 19/05/2012 Ashburton, Camperdown, KZN (stabbed to death) media article
[Male Victim] 26/05/2012 Muldersdrift, GP (couple shot in bed, husband was shot dead) media article
Petie Bouwer (88) 31/05/2012 Syferfontein, Potchefstroom, NW (survived the attack, but died died just over a month later, on 05/07/2012) media article
Gert Uys (55) 31/05/2012 farm Rotspark, Swart-UmMfolozi, Gluckstadt, KZN (shot twice) media link media link media link

June

Arina Muller (29) 04/06/2012 Mnandi, Centurion, GP media article , media article
[Male Victim] 06/06/2012 Plot 13, Johan rd, Honeydew, GP (shot and killed, son orphaned, multiple murder) media link
[Female Victim] 06/06/2012 Plot 13, Johan rd, Honeydew, GP (shot and killed, son orphaned, multiple murder) media link
Helena Gouws (62) 09/06/2012 Plein st, Ugie, EC (23 stab wounds and several brutal blows) media article
David Dlali (51) 11/06/2012 Cedarville, EC (shot dead) media article
Johan Janse van Rensburg (77) 20/06/2012 Cosmopolite, Baltimore, LP (shot in the side while asleep, multiple murder) media article, media article
Gloudien Janse van Rensburg (65) 20/06/2012 Cosmopolite, Baltimore, LP (shot four times and died of her injuries 15 days later, on July 5 2012, multiple murder) media article, media article

July

Frans Modisa (52) 01/07/2012 Ventersdorp, NW (severe head and arm injuries, died on 02/07/2012 in hospital) media article
H Jordaan (67) 27/07/2012 Maclear, EC (hit over the head, stabbed, then shot in the head) Afriforum report

August

Hendrien de Lange (62) 01/08/2012 Hartbeesfontein farm, NW (shot dead) media article
Rob Anderson (39) 07/08/2012 Richmond, KZN (shot dead) media article
Owen Charles (70) 12/08/2012 Farm Armadale, Jansenville, EC (stabbed to death) media article
Ronél van Eyk (46) 12/08/2012 Witklip, Hartbeesfontein, NW (shot three times) media article
Bereford Jobling (56) 30/08/2012 Hartbeeshoek, Britz, NW (hit with an iron pipe and then strangled to death) media article

September

Mauritz Oberholzer (66) 04/09/2012 Soutpansdrift, Brits, NW media article
Alyssa Botha (13) 05/09/2012 Muldersdrift, GP (shot in the abdomen) media article
Cecile Fourie (72) 08/09/2012 Farm Knoppe, Trompsburg, FS (axed, battered with a spade, then executed shot) (multiple murder) media article, media article
Johannes Fourie (71) 08/09/2012 Farm Knoppe, Trompsburg, FS (axed, battered with a spade, then executed shot) (multiple murder) media article, media article
André Jordaan (50) 13/09/2012 Muldersdrift, GP (shot 7 times through a door) media article
Ria Mills (65) 15/09/2012 Potsteel-Hoogte, Hamelkop, Groot Brak, WC (gunshot wound to the neck) media article
Meshack Captain Ntjingila (58) 21/09/2012 De Deur, GP (shot) media link
[Male Victim] (52) 23/09/2012 smallholding on Dam st, De Deur, GP (shot twice in the head) media article

October

Koos Roux (67) 03/10/2012 Edelweiss, Springs, GP (savagely stabbed to death) media article
Anthony Eric Stafford Saville (93) 08/10/2012 Eshowe, KZN (shot dead)
David Rodrick Foxon (42) 09/10/2012 Umbhaba Lodge, Hazyview, Ehlanzeni, MP (shot twice in face, and leg) media article media article
Susan van Dyk (65) 20/10/2012 Rosendal, FS (hacked with spades, died in hospital)
Alexander Otten (53) 20/10/2012 Vlamink Vlei A, game lodge near Velddrif, WC (plastic bag over head, head wound from a blow from a blunt object) media article
Mr Z Mkhize (?) 21/10/2012 Haffajees farm, Hammersdale, KZN (Security Guard murdered on farm) remembrance link
Willem Andrew Verkerk "Andy" (58) 31/10/2012 Walker Fruit Farms, south of Johannesburg, GP (shot 5 times) media article

November

Ronald Peffers (74) 02/11/2012 Saxonwold, Atlantis, WC (shot during an apparent robbery) media article
Hester Koch (62) 05/11/2012 Die Erf farm, Philippi, WC (strangled to death) media article
Walter Niedinger (70) 14/11/2012 Buffelshoek, Mafikeng, NW (farmer murdered) media article, media article
Jacques Botha (51) 18/11/2012 Muldersdrift, GP (shot six times) media article
Christopher Preece (54) 24/11/2012 Fleur de Lys, Ficksburg, FS (stabbed and hacked to death)
Hekkie Barnard (74) 29/11/2012 Farm Geluk, Brits, NW (shot in the shoulder, back, and back of the head) media article
[Male Victim] (?) 30/11/2012 Muldersdrift, GP (Farm worker shot execution style in room, Paul Starkey's farm, wages stolen) media link

December

Betsie Gouws (60) 05/12/2012 Belfast, MPL (wound on her head likely caused by a sharp object) media article
Arnold Schultz (68) 08/12/2012 Die Erf farm, Philippi (multiple stab wounds, murdered a month after his partner Hester Koch)
Gerhard Rudolph (65) 14/12/2012 Geluk Butchery/Superette, Brits, NW (shot four times, multiple murder) media article
Gerhard Rudolph "'Gerrie" (31) 14/12/2012 Geluk Butchery/Superette, Brits, NW (shot 6 times, died 14 days later, multiple murder) media article media article
Wentsel Smit (40) 25/12/2012 Spruitfontein, Rustenburg, NW (shot dead) media article
Daan Fourie (73) 28/12/2012 Vanderbijlpark, GP (stabbed seven times, multiple murder) media article
[Male Victim] (?) 28/12/2012 Vanderbijlpark, GP (stabbed, multiple murder) media article

2013 January

Jannie du Plessis (63) 06/01/2013 Gretna Green, Villiers, FS (shot in the stomach and later died from his injuries in hospital a month later) media article
Annetjie van Rooyen (76) 14/01/2013 Somerset, Parys, FS (stabbed, tied up, suffocated in a freezer) (multiple murder) media article
Ernest van Rooyen (77) 14/01/2013 Somerset, Parys, FS (died from shock following a stab wound to his chest) (multiple murder) media article
Fiona Finnis (57) 15/01/2013 Centurion, GP (shot to death stole a cellphone) media article
Somane Tabete (68) 17/01/2013 Normandien, KZN (attacked with a ‘hard object’) media article, media article
Andries Becker (29) 24/01/2013 Muldersdrift, GP (shot dead after arriving home) media article
Desmond Botha (59) 26/01/2013 Muldersdrift, GP (shot to death) media article
Gert van Wyk (40) 28/01/2013 Olifantsfontein, near Kempton Park, GP (attacked and shot, died of his injuries in hospital 2 months later on 01/04/2013, multiple murder) media article, media article
Edward Fouche "Eddie" (30) 28/01/2013 Olifantsfontein, near Kempton Park, GP (shot to death, multiple murder) media article, media article
Hettie Phillips (52) 29/01/2013 Cradock, EC (attacked, raped and murdered)
Manfred Schmidt (42) 31/01/2013 Bredell small holding, Kempton Park, GP (shot dead in his bedroom) media article

February

Gordon Adam (78) 09/02/2013 Bethulie, FS (stabbed to death) (multiple murder) media article
Lorraine Adam (63) 09/02/2013 Bethulie, FS (hacked to death with a panga) (multiple murder) media article
André Potgieter (39) 16/02/2013 Farm Andwas on the Addo Hoogte road media article
David Alexander Barclay "Sandy" (66) 23/02/2013 Wolmaransstad (shot in the neck) media article

March

[M Botha] (65) 04/03/2013 Fochville, GP
Eric Labuschagne (51) 13/03/2013, Rustenburg, NW, (brutally murdered, 78-year old mother locked up for several days) media article, media article
Johan Stighlingh (65) 17/03/2013 Sterkstroom, Ventersdorp (beaten to death) media article additional link
Anje Kiesling (67) 03/2013 Zanzibar, Merebank (multiple murder) media article media article
Willem Kiesling "Will" (69) 03/2013 Zanzibar, Merebank (multiple murder) media article media article

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

Christel Steenkamp (43) 06/04/2012 Naauwhoek, Griekwastad (Note: Not a “Farm Attack”, but a family murder)
Deon Steenkamp (44) 06/04/2012 Naauwhoek, Griekwastad (Note: Not a “Farm Attack”, but a family murder)
Marthella Steenkamp (14) 06/04/2012 Naauwhoek, Griekwastad (Note: Not a “Farm Attack”, but a family murder)
Gert Uys (55) 31/05/2012 farm Rotspark, Gluckstadt, KZN (shot with a shotgun) media article , media link (Note: Not a “Farm Attack”, but a hit over a business deal)