“Farm Murders” 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017

SAPS 2016/17 "official" figures: 74 Murders from 638 Attacks

• https://www.biznews.com/undictated/2018/09/14/sa-farm-death-stats-w...

TAU 2016/17 "official" figures: 78 Murders from 406 Attacks

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

According to the police’s crime statistics, the figures for farm attacks and murders increased drastically for the 2016/2017 year under report. Farm murders increased with 27,5% and farm attacks with 22,9%

Definition of a Farm Attack

The National Priority Committee for Rural Safety defines a Farm Attack as follows: Acts of violence against farms and smallholdings are those acts aimed at any person or persons living on, working at or visiting farms or smallholdings with the intent to either murder, rape, rob or otherwise inflict bodily harm or to intimidate. It is important to note that cases of domestic violence and/or crimes caused by a dispute between family and/or friends are not included in the definition of a farm attack.

Thus the definition of “Farm Murders” specifically EXCLUDES “Social Fabric Crimes”, see examples bottom of page.

There are 60 victims remembered in this project year

• This figure includes 5 couples (farmer and wife) between 17/06/2016 - 17/02/2017
• 34 Victims were aged between 60 - 89

2016 April

• Henning Joubert "Hennie" (54) 01/04/2016 Stoffberg, MPL (stabbed to death) external link additional link
• Mathew Morgan (42) 15/04/2016 Knoppieslaagte, Mnandi, Centurion, GP (shot twice) external link
• Male Victim (55) 15/04/2016 Farm between Waterval Boven and Belfast, MP (Farm guard found killed in a guard house with his hands and feet tied)
• William van Rooyen "Billy" (38) 19/04/2016 Swart Umfolozi, Glükstadt, KZN (shot in the chest) external link
• Ronnie Lombard (62) 19/04/2016 Swart Umfolozi, Glükstadt, KZN (shot, succumbed the following morning) external link

May

• Friedel Johannes Filter (77) 13/05/2016 Paulpietersburg, KZN (shot dead) external link
• Male Victim (68) 05/2016 (tortured, a towel was pushed down throat, wire wrapped around the his neck) external link

June

• Male Victim (70) 10/06/2016 Sassobyl smallholding outside Vanderbijlpark, GP (murdered) external link
• Romance Thompson (79) 17/06/2016 Uitenhage, EC external link additional link
• Eurika Human (68) 17/06/2016 Groot Brak River, WC (stabbed to death, multiple murder) external link
• Tewie Human (72) 17/06/2016 Groot Brak River, WC (bludgeoned to death, multiple murder) external link
• Annatjie Myburgh (58) 18/06/2016 Witrivier, Ehlanzeni, MPL (kidnapped from her gate and strangled to death) external link
• Simon Shepherd (80) 19/06/2016 Upper Tongaat, KZN (beaten, chopped with a cane knife, passed away 12/07/2016) external link
• Riekie Steenberg (51) 29/06/2016 Leeufontein smallholding, GP (shot dead) external link
• Jan Hettema (83) 29/06/2016 smallholding in Boschkop, Cullinan just outside of Pretoria, GP (rally ace, shot dead) external link, additional link

July

• Sarel David Theron (49) 04/07/2016 Mistly Farm, Seven Oaks, Greytown, KZN (stabbed, strangled) external link
• Male Victim (25) 23/07/2016 farm in Laezonia on the R511, Centurion, GP (shot and killed) media link
• Brent Gibbons (45) 24/07/2016 Steynsburg, EC (shot dead) external link

August

• Laurika Potgieter (44) 10/08/2016 Farm Uitval near Silkaatsnek, T-junction, Hartbeespoort, NW (attacked and stabbed to death) external link
• Johan van Rensburg (62) 19/08/2016 Sundra, MPL (shot in the head) external link

September

October

• Johann Heunis (43) 01/10/2016 Kameeldrift, Pretoria, GP (shot dead) external link additional link
• Neil Greyling (58) 13/10/2016 farm in Malmesbury, WC external link
• Anna-Marie Potgieter (39) 17/10/2016 Smallholding outside Vereeniging, GP (shot 3 times in bath) media report
• Hendrick Pieter Bonnema “Hennie” (60) 18/10/2016 Levubu LP external link
• Robert Gerrard (74) 20/10/2016 Isandlwana Lodge, Ladysmith, KZN (died from complications from an assault) external link
• Louis Petrus van den Berg (76) 26/10/2016 farm Rustig, Maclear, EC (attacked with knives and a blunt object) external link
• [Male Victim] (?) 28/10/2016 Benoni agricultural holdings, GP (stabbed and strangled to death, wife stabbed and raped) media link, media link
• Johannes J Lamprecht "Poem" (89) 29/10/2016 Ellisras, LP (tied up, assaulted, died later) external link
• Annerie Grobler (f) (55) 30/10/2016 Farm Witrantjiesfontein, Ventersdorp, NW (stabbed with a garden fork) external link

November

• Buks Oosthuizen (47) 02/11/2016 near the Soetdoring Outdoor Club, Vaal River, GP external link
• Male Victim (45) 10/11/2016 Protearif, Krugersdorp, GP (shot dead) external link, external link
• Kathleen van Coppenhagen (68) 11/11/2016 Sundra, MPL (shot four times) external link
• Michael Andrews (66) 24/11/2016 farm in Paddock, Port Shepstone, KZN (body found in a shallow grave on 17/01/2017) external link, external link, external link

December

• Mark Hadiaris (55) 02/12/2016 Heidelberg Farm, White River, MPL (shot dead) external link
• Gelome Enslin (61) 04/12/2016 Brits, NW (beaten to death with a wrench) external link
• Manie Steyn (53) 05/12/2016 Elandsdrift, Muldersdrift, GP (shot in the upper body multiple times) external link
• Jerry Zandamela (?) 05/12/2016 Winterhoek farm, Dundee, KZN (murdered on farm) remembrance link
• Raymond Forbes (64) 08/12/2016 smallholding near Vereeniging, GP (shot twice, died a week later in hospital) external link, external link
• Hendrik Ooshuizen "Hennie" (49) 09/12/2016 Groblershoop, NC (stabbed in the neck with garden shears) external link
• Schalk Lourens 15/12/2016 smallholding in Rhenosterfontein, Rustenburg, NW external link

2017 January

• Ester Kidson (70) 13/01/2017 Poortjie, Jachtfontein, Westonaria, GP (throat slit while in a wheelchair, multiple murder) external link
• Hannes Kidson (70) 13/01/2017 Poortjie, Jachtfontein, Westonaria, GP (throat slit, multiple murder) external link
• Dennis Courtney (77) 19/01/2017 Haakdoringboom smallholding north of Pretoria, GP (hacked and kicked to death) external link, external link
• Marius Deysel (61) 28/01/2017 Maroupi Wedding Venue in Umhlali, KZN (shot dead) external link

February

• Nicolaas Harmse "Nicky" (61) 02/02/2017 Kameeldrift West, Pretoria, GP (shot in the chest) external link
• Daniel Killian Jacobs (62) 02/02/2017 Leeupoort Holiday reserve smallholding outside Rooiberg, Bela Bela, LP (gunshot wound to his upper-left chest) external link
• Gavin Carter (47) 02/02/2017 Underberg, KZN (shot twice on the left side of his chest) external link
• Trevor Rees (79) 04/02/2016 Pudsey farm‚ southern Drakensburg, KZN (bound and beaten over two days, shot twice, died in hospital 07/02) external link
• Pieter Hendrik Pieterse (57) 06/02/2017 farm Fourieskloof, Lephalale district (Ellisras), LP (beaten to death) external link
• Niels Erichsen (65) 08/02/2017 Rustenburg, NW (shot twice in the stomach) external link, external link
• Chiliza Cecelia (60) 11/02/2017 Richmond, Midlands, KZN (shot dead) (mass murder) external link, external link
• Masango Nkosikhona (26) 11/02/2017 Richmond, Midlands, KZN (shot dead) (mass murder) external link, external link
• Chiliza Dumisani (48) 11/02/2017 Richmond, Midlands, KZN (shot dead, mass murder) external link, external link
• Esihle Molefe (7) 11/02/2017 Richmond Midlands, KZN (shot dead, mass murder) external link, external link
• Ryno Janse van Rensburg (23) 13/02/2017 Warmbaths, Bela Bela, LP external link
• Paulina Smuts (77) 14/02/2017 Modderbult, Balfour, MPL (raped, then shot, multiple murder) external link
• Gert Smuts (78) 14/02/2017 Modderbult, Balfour, MPL (shot in the head, multiple murder) external link
• Belinda Smuts (42) 14/02/2017 Modderbult, Balfour, MPL (multiple murder) external link
• Louis Smuts (48) 14/02/2017 Modderbult, Balfour, MPL (shot in the head, multiple murder) external link
• Marie Verwey (80) 16/02/2017 Villa Merwe Guesthouse in Paradyslkloof, Stellenbosch, WC (tortured and stabbed more than 60 times) external link
• Christine Solik(f) (57) 17/02/2017 Bend Country Estate, Nottingham Road, KZN (multiple murder) external link
• Roger Solik (66) 17/02/2017 Bend Country Estate, Nottingham Road, KZN (multiple murder) external link
• Susan Deborah Howarth "Sue" (64) 19/02/2017 Dullstroom, MPL (tortured with a blow torch, knives, plastic bag stuffed down throat) external link
• Petrus Jacobs “Piet” (79) 25/02/2017 Tadcaster, near Hartswater, NC (hands bound, strangled) external link

March

• Henry Kirsten (50s) 02/03/2017 Mooiplaats smallholding, situated in Boschkop, Tshwane, GP (shot in upper chest) external link
• Frikkie Liebenberg (Dr.) (53) 10/03/2017 Vaalbank, Bronkhorstspruit, MPL (shot in the back) external link
• Eddie McQuire (79) 21/03/2017 Broederstroom, Bojanala, NW (strangled to death) http://archive.is/7lEXu external link]
• Edwin Mapstone (53) 31/03/2017 Thornville, KZN (stabbed and shot dead) external link

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

• [Tony Strydom] (45) 07/2016 Ridgeway smallholding, Louis Trichardt, LP (shot in the back, wife and son arrested) external link
• Bertie Cilliers (54) 08/12/2016 Spitskop smallholding, Thabazimbi, LP (shot 8 times, relative arrested) external link