“Farm Murders” 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016
SAPS 2015/16 "official" figures: 58 Murders from 519 Attacks
TAU 2015/16 "official" figures: 70 Murders from 344 Attacks
There are 63 victims remembered in this project
- This figure includes 3 couples (farmer and wife) between 15/08/2015 - 10/03/2016
- 29 Victims were aged between 60 - 88
2015 April
- Carel Badenhorst "Bossie" (64) 02/04/2015 Farm Doelgerig, Modimolle (Nylstroom) LP (beaten to death with a metal pipe) external link
- [Male Victim] 06/05/2015 Cullinan, Pretoria, GP (farm manager beaten to death during a robbery) media article
- Noeline Koekemoer (15) 07/04/2015 Bainsvlei, Bloemfontein, FS (raped and bludgeoned to death) media article
- Ndiphiwe Maxham (69) 14/04/2015 Seymore, Alice, EC (bludgeoned to death) external link
- Allan Clarke (62) 20/04/2015 Sundowner farm, Sunland, Addo, EC (bludgeoned to death) external link, additional link
May
- Male Victim () 06/05/2015 Cullinan, Pretoria, GP (Farm manager beaten to death during a farm robbery) media article
- Andy Halpin () 16/05/2015 Farm near Harding, KZN (shot dead) media article
- Thys Besselaar (35) 20/05/2015 Certainty Lodge, Sodwana, KZN (died from complications from being shot in the leg with a shotgun) media article
- Andries Snyman (60) 27/05/2015 smallholding Brits, NW (stabbed to death) media article
- Christo Kruger (64) 28/05/2015 farm Byron, Kuruman, NC (shot in the chest) external link
June
- Peter Johnson (56) 02/06/2015 Nyoni, Amatikulu, KZN (shot dead) external link, additional link
- Marlene Brits (70) 04/06/2015 Pretoria, GP (hacked to death with an axe) external link, additional link
- Hans Roelofsen (57) 30/06/2015 Louisiana sugarcane farm, Batstone Drift, KZN (dead outside his vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head) additional link
July
- Daniel van Wyk (57) 05/07/2015 farm Viskuil, Bergsig, Laingsburg, WC (beaten to death with a blunt object) external link
- Abram Johannes Cornelius Blignaut "Braam" (35) 10/07/2015 Buffelsfontein area, Rustenburg, NW (shot in chest and paralysed, passed away 4 years later on 05/10/2019) external link
- Hein Smith (77) 18/07/2015 Lindley, FS (hands tied behind his back, severely assaulted, burnt) external link
- John Barnes (66) 24/07/2015 Plettenberg bay, WC (shot dead) external link
August
- Hermien Gouws (88) 15/08/2015 Pinevale Farm between Indwe and Elliot, EC (stabbed and strangled to death, multiple murder) external link
- Ruben Gouws (59) 15/08/2015 Pinevale Farm between Indwe and Elliot, EC (stabbed and strangled to death, multiple murder) external link
- Mbanjwa Mngoma (51) 22/08/2015 Ixopo, KZN (shot in the shoulder and in the back of the head) external link
- Keanu Jon Badenhorst (17) 27/08/2015 Bashewa Agricultural Holdings, Welbekend, GP (shot and killed) external link
- Robert Rhadebe (67) 28/08/2015 farm Silo, Harrismith, GP external link
September
- Krishnadhaven Govender (50) 01/09/2015 Camperdown, KZN (shot dead) external link
- Mike Danker (67) 12/09/2015 Copperhouse Road, Nooitgedacht, Muldersdrift, GP (gunshot wound in his upper body) external link
- Magrieta Petronella Res (60) 18/09/2015 Matlopi, Thabazimbi, LP (shot in the head) external link, additional link
- Jonas Sirovheli (24) 19/09/2015 Makhado, LP (stabbed to death) media link
- Hansie Raath (50) 19/09/2015 Farm Palmietkuil, Vredefort, FS (shot dead, as well as two workers children) (multiple murder) media article, media article, media article
- Petrus Mohlamme (11) 19/09/2015 Farm Palmietkuil, Vredefort, FS (shot dead) (multiple murder) media article, media article, media article
- Katleho Mosolodi (15) 19/09/2015 Farm Palmietkuil, Vredefort, FS (shot dead) (multiple murder) media article, media article, media article
October
- Danie du Plessis (64) 12/10/2015 Smallholding outside Vereeniging, GP (severely assaulted then executed, shot 3 times) external link, additional link
- Johan van der Berg (54) 17/10/2015 Greenbushes, Port Elizabeth, EC (stabbed to death) external link, additional link
- Johan Oelofse (42) 25/10/2015 Louis Trichardt, LP (shot dead through window) external link, additional link
November
- Piet Venter (51) 14/11/2015 Chaheng Hunting Safaris, Rooiberg near Bela-Bela, LP (may have been strangled) additional link, additional link
- Lucky Sithome (30) 15/11/2015 Boschkop A H, GP (shot dead, multiple murder) media link
- Gavin Wolfswinkel (32) 15/11/2015 Boschkop A H, GP (shot dead, multiple murder) additional link
- Jan Barnard (72) 19/11/2015 Palmietkuil, Odendaalsrus, FS (shot) external link, additional link
- Piet de Kock (40) 20/11/2015 Farm Doringfontein, between Nylstroom and Vaalwater, LP (shot behind ear) external link, additional link
- Irene Vermaak (66) 24/11/2015 Devon/Endicott, GP (hands tied, throat slit) external link, additional link
- Cesar de Sousa Lopes (59) 25/11/2015 Northam, south of Thabazimbi, LP (strangled to death) external link
December
- Albert Brits (63) 01/12/2015 between Rustenburg and Mooinooi, NW (shot twice in the chest) external link
- George van Schalkwyk Featherstone "Schalk" (75) 03/12/2015 Farm Glenloch, Aberdeen, EC external link
- Anna Catharina Langenhoven "Rina" (67) 06/12/2015 Haenertsburg, LP external link
- Robbie Lötter (69) 06/12/2015 Modimolle, LP (head wounds, multiple murder) external link
- Una Lötter (64) 06/12/2015 Modimolle, LP (burnt to death in farm house, multiple murder) external link
2016 January
- Female Victim (39) 09/01/2016 Karino area near Mbombela/Nelspruit, MPL (partially decomposing body found on a farm on 18/01/2016) external link
- Jannie Stander (47) 16/01/2016 Plot 61, Driefontien area of Muldersdrift, GP (shot and killed) external link
- Bernardus Johannes van Zyl "Bernie" (84) 16/01/2016 Panbult, Dirkiesdorp, Piet Retief, MPL (beaten to death with a crutch, multiple murder) external link
- Charlotte Giddy (58) 16/01/2016 Panbult, Dirkiesdorp, Piet Retief, MPL (died 3 days after brutal attack, multiple murder) external link
- Ivy Hobbs (68) 23/01/2016 Oorlogs Poort Farm, Patensie, EC (multiple stab wounds to the chest and arms) external link
- Bernard Cilliers "Bennie" (Dr) (61) 29/01/2016 Rouxville (shot in the head) external link additional link
- Steyn Steenekamp (Dr) (75) 31/01/2016 Rietfontien, Mooinooi, NW (bound hand and foot, strangled and bludgeoned) external link
February
- Nick Heyns (73) 26/02/2016 Smallholding near Poortjie, GP (stabbed to death)
March
- Anton Phillip Verwey (67) 06/03/2016 Ixopo, KZN (assaulted then murdered) external link
- Kayla Meyer (9) 10/03/2016 Rodora, Randfontein, GP (multiple murder) external link
- Marietjie Meyer (46) 10/03/2016 Rodora, Randfontein, GP (multiple murder) external link
- Kenneth McCormack (42) 10/03/2016 Rodora, Randfontein, GP (multiple murder) external link
- Monty McCormack (73) 10/03/2016 Rodora, Randfontein, GP (multiple murder) external link
- Nico Ras (31) 11/03/2016 Smallholding Kameeldrift-West, GP (beaten then shot, executed) external link
- Johann le Roux (61) 14/03/2016 Rhenosterspruit south of Hartbeespoort (tied up and beaten to death with a sharp object) external link, additional link
- Kobus Visser (54) 15/04/2016 Overberg-district near Bredasdorp (stabbed to death) external link
- Bonisile Bixa (75) 19/03/2016 Nqabara Village, Dutywa, EC (stabbed on his upper body, body burnt) external link
- Richard Vickers (46) 19/03/2016 Bergville, KZN (shot and killed) external link
- [Male victim] (24) 19/03/2016 farm near Rustenburg, NW (male was stabbed and the woman shot, multiple murder)
- [Female victim] 19/03/2016 farm near Rustenburg, NW (male was stabbed and the woman shot, multiple murder)
Victims that do not fit the strict definition of a "Farm Attack"
- Loy Farmer (62) 05/02/2016 farm Bastersput in the Kenhardt Area. NC (killed by his house mate after a quarrel) Police Report, external link