“Farm Murders” 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015

SAPS 2014/15 "official" figures: 60 Murders from 497 Attacks

• https://pmg.org.za/committee-question/4501/

TAU 2014/15 "official" figures: 68 Murders from 300 Attacks

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

There are 63 victims remembered in this project

• This figure includes 5 couples (farmer and wife) between 20/04/2014 - 12/01/2015
• 33 Victims were aged between 60 - 87

2014 April

• Lazlow Bercsényi (87) 12/04/2014 Bon Accord smallholding outside Pretoria, GP (hacked with an axe, died in hospital 13/04/2014) media article, media article
• Brian Charles Pope (61) 20/4/2014 Harrismith, Thabo Mofutsanyane, FS (shot dead, multiple murder) media article media article media article
• Matilda Pope "Tillie" (47) 20/4/2014 Harrismith, Thabo Mofutsanyane, FS (shot dead, multiple murder) media article media article media article
• Tefo Mokheseng (46) 22/04/2014 Tikwe Lodge, Virginia, FS (executed, gunshot wound to the head) media article media article
• Danie Dercksen (44) 26/04/2014 Losloperfontein, Geluk AH, Brits, NW (shot in the chest and died at the scene) external link

May

• Hannes Kelly (52) 04/05/2014 Levubu, Limpopo (attacked with hammers and sticks 01/05/2014, died 3 days later in hospital) media article media article media article media article
• Andrew Monakane (39) 14/05/2014 Graigmont near Dewetsdorp, FS (shot dead) external link
• Loryn Monakane (39) 14/05/2014 Graigmont near Dewetsdorp, FS (raped and shot in face) external link
• Charles Groenewald (76) 13/05/2014 Boschkop, Pretoria East, GP (shot dead] external link
• Louis Swanepoel (82) 16/05/2014 Mooiplaats, Pretoria, GP (shot dead) external link
• Sandra Swanepoel (80) 16/05/2014 Mooiplaats, Pretoria, GP (shot dead) external link
• Karl Jaentsch (41) 22/05/2014 Paternoster, WC (shot dead) media article media article
• Louis van Wyk (55) 24/05/2014 farm near Brits, NW (passed away from injuries received, July 2014) external link
• Riaan van den Berg (43) 29/05/2014 Malalane (hands and feet tied up, strangled) external link additional link

June

• Nic Stopforth () 04/06/2014 Farm near Ellisras, LP (shot in the head and side) media article, media article
• Joshua Joubert (70) 16/06/2014 Mamogaleskraal, Brits, NW (fatally shot while visiting family) external link
• Carl Wessels (55) 29/06/2014 New Hannover, KZN (shot, point blank range) media article

July

• Andre van Greunen (47) 06/07/2014 farm Danielsrus near Reitz (died 25/07/2014 after being shot the stomach) external link
• Rudolph Pretorius (54) 07/07/2014 Groblersdal/Dennilton, LP (shot in the face) external link
• Jan de Kok (69) 13/07/2014 Petrus Steyn, FS (tied up, suffocated with a wire bound gag) external link
• Gert Stephanus Swanepoel "Buks" (81) 21/07/2014 farm Sterkfontein, Vierfontein, FS (died 04/08/2014 after a head injury, from an assault with a hammer) external link, additional link, external link
• Christine Robinson (59) 30/07/2014 Rra Ditau Bush Lodge, Thabazimbi, LP (stabbed in the neck) external link

August

• Koos Jonker (79) 03/08/2014 Lephalale/Ellisras (tied up and beaten to death) external link additional link
• Theresa Buys (43) 05/08/2014 Cradock, EC (murdered in home, thrown into Fish River) media article video footage media article
• Piet van Wyk (55) 08/08/2014 California, Letsitele,Tzaneen, LP (beaten to death) external link
• Kobus van der Westhuizen (58) 16/08/2014 Hartbeespoort, NW external link
• Koba Odendaal (74) 19/08/2014 Vredendal, WC (strangled, stabbed, throat slit) external link
• Josef Puleng Makua 30/08/2014 Elandskloof, Belfast, MPL external link

September

• Martha Mary Magdalena Lens (61) 03/09/2014 Elim farm, Groenvlei, KZN (shot in the head execution style, multiple murder) external link
• Nicolaas Lens (62) 03/09/2014 Elim farm, Groenvlei, KZN (shot from behind while he was standing or kneeling execution style, multiple murder) external link
• Nelmarie Coetzee (55) 07/09/2014 Estoire holding area of Bloemfontein, FS (raped and tortured to death) media article, media article
• Andy Rajpaul (63) 08/09/2014 Glendale, Stanger, KZN (shot several times) external link
• Helmut Wohlfarter (73) 11/09/2014 Bonnivale, WC (hacked with machete 09/09/2014, died 2 days later Tybergberg Hospital)
• Sarel Janse van Rensburg (75) 18/09/2014 farm Froggy Pond, Tonteldoos district, Dullstroom, LP (tortured while tied up, then shot dead) media article
• Virgil Pappas (40) 20/09/2014 Steynsvlei smallholding, Muldersdrift (shot dead) media article, media article
• Lynette Pamela Lavender (60) 25/09/2014 Rust de Winter, LP (stabbed several times with a sharp object) media article, media article

October

• Johan van Rensburg (77) 25/10/2014 farm Droëkraal, Leeudoringstad, NW (shot dead) external link
• Willie Jansen van Rensburg (69) 30/10/2014 farm Nuwejaarsbosch, Odendaalsrus, FS (shot dead) external link

November

• Tom Sawyer (63) 04/11/2014 Oudehoutdraai, MPL(shot dead) media article
• Rita Roux (67) 15/11/2014 Outside Calitzdorp, WC (attacked in home on smallholding) media link

December

• Maggie Boshoff (?) 01/12/2014 (disabled in wheelchair, found murdered after armed attack) Joostenbergvlakte smallholding, WC
• Anthea du Preez (64) 01/12/2014 Rawsonville, Breede Valley, WC (shot dead) external link
• Jill Penelope Masterton (62) 04/12/2014 Letamo Game farm, Krugersdorp, GP media article
• Rensia de Wet (46) 09/12/2014 White River, MPL (multiple stab wounds) media article
• Freddie Tolman (52) 17/12/2014 Hartenbos, WC (shot in the upper body in an ambush) media article
• John Eckhardt (74) Rietfontein, Hartbeespoort, NW 31/12/2014 (assaulted and bludgeoned to death) external link
• Leon Snyman (48) Rietfontein, Hartebeespoort, NW 31/12/2014 (shot dead through window when climbing out of bed, wife shot in the face, a 9mm round is lodged in her spine) media link media link external link

2015 January

• Willem Skippie de Klerk 03/01/2015 Rustenburg, NW (shot dead) external link
• Malcolm Green "Stick" (69) 05/01/2015 Estcourt, KZN (single gunshot wound in the stomach) external link
• Simon Mchunu (58) 05/01/2015 Sokhulu, KZN (stab wounds to his chest) external link additional link
• Susan Kotze (66) 06/01/2015 Lephalale (strangled with a wire coat hanger) external link additional link
• Charles Henderson (61) 08/01/2015 Lindley, Muldersdrift, GP (assaulted with a brick and a shovel until dead) external link
• Martie Bester (66) 12/01/2015 Theunissen, FS (house set on fire, with body in it) media article
• Rienie Swanepoel (70) 12/01/2015 Waaikraal, Bainsvlei, Bloemfontein (raped, tortured, executed) external link
• Toon Swanepoel (72) 12/01/2015 Waaikraal, Bainsvlei, Bloemfontein (tortured, executed) external link
• Clive Anthony Bowers (60) 13/01/2015 Bundu Estate near White River (fatally shot) external link

February

• Corrie Claase (70) 28/02/2015 Robbehoek, Stormsrivier naby Uitenhage (stabbed in the upper body) external link
• Louis-John Botha (64) 28/02/2015 Gwelo Safaris, Swartwater, LP (mutilated) external link
• Koos Kruger (47) 28/02/2015 Brondal, Hazyview, MP (shot, died in Mediclinic Nelspruit on 05/03/2015) external link
• Terence Peter Rizzato "Terry" (62) 24/02/2015 Hluhluwe, KZN (shot in the chest) external link

March

• Willie Clarence (59) 16/03/2015 Slypsteenkop, Laingsburg/Touwsrivier, WC external link
• Jacobus van Deventer "Jakes" (35) 17/03/2015 Bela-Bela LP (stabbed at least 21 times) external link additional link

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

• [Mia Rickert] (45) 18/04/2014 Bela-Bela smallholding, LP (beaten to death, husband arrested) external link
• Amanda Janse van Rensburg (Mey) "Mandie" (51) 24/06/2014 smallholding close to Kroondal, NW (shot dead while closing store, murdered for an insurance payout) external link, media article, media article
• André du Preez (76) 04/01/2015 Ifafi, Hartbeespoort, NW (bludgeoned to death) external link