“Home Invasion and Non-Social Fabric Murders” 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011

There are 177 Victims remembered in this Project

Urban Attacks - 55

Rural Attacks - 95

Business Attacks - 6

Vehicle Attacks / Hijackings - 8

Outdoor Attacks - 10

Victims that do not fit the strict definition of a "Farm Attack" - 3

2010 April

Suburban Attacks

• Conrad Griss (23) 16/04/2010 Saddlers Close, Hout Bay, Cape Town, WC (bludgeoned with a hammer, stabbed in the face) media article media link
• Paul Strydom (52) 21/04/2010 München St, Evander, MPL (shot dead in his home) media article

Rural Attacks

• Eugène Terre'Blanche (69) 03/04/2010 farm Villana, Ventersdorp, NW (beaten to death with pipes and pangas (machetes), while asleep) media link, Wiki link
• Ernest Hoon (18) 06/04/2010 Leeufontein smallholding, Kameeldrift, GP (shot dead while studying for his exams) media article, media article
• Gert Pretorius (67) 13/04/2010 Nigel (shot at point-blank range in the chest) media article
• Suna Steenberg (f) (42) 16/04/2010 Leeufontein smallholding, Kameeldrift, GP (died 10/10/2010 six months after she was shot in the head) external link additional link
• Mr. Tembe (40/54) 17/04/2010 Dalmada smallholding, Polokwane, LP (bound and beaten to death, wife gang raped) media article, media article
• Alicia Muller (16) 19/04/2010 Villiersdorp, WC (stabbed her several times) media article
• Dirk Human (41) 28/04/2010 Mooiplaats, Boschkop (hacked and shot dead) media article

Hijackings / Vehicle Attacks

• Willie Pienaar (24) 10/04/2010 Kwaggasrand shopping centre, Pretoria, GP (shot dead after getting into his vehicle) media link media article
• Liesel Fourie (28) Windmill Pioneers Park, Springs, GP (hijacked, abducted, raped, murdered) media article media link media link

Business Attacks

• George Owens (24) 02/04/2010 McDonalds Drive Thru, Kolonnade, Sinoville, Pretoria, GP (shot dead in an apparent road rage incident) media link

Outdoor Attacks

• Johannes Jacobus Hendrikus Coetzee (60) 12/04/2010 stream outside Parys, FS (at least one stab wound) media article
• Carlos Vinhas (48) 20/04/2010 Numbi Gate, Kruger Park, Hazyview, MPL (tortured and shot dead, clothes and shoes missing, car untouched) FB link

May

Suburban Attacks

• Martin Krügel (78) 09/05/2010 Colorado flats, Pretoria, GP (kicked and beaten to death) media article
• Carel van Zyl (74) 11/05/2010 Florapark holdings, Upington, NC (bludgeoned to death, found in bathroom) media article
• Alta Duvenage (64) 15/05/2010 St Michaels Street, New Redruth, Alberton, GP (strangled, wrapped in carpet down sewage manhole) media link
• Marius Marais (44) 22/05/2010 Rustenburg, NW (shot dead) media link
• Cedric Allen (64) 25/05/2010 Elspark, Germiston, GP (stabbed in the neck at home) media link
• Maria Ute Wiing (70) 27/05/2010 Silver Mist, Equestria, Pretoria, GP (tied up, kicked, tortured, strangled or suffocated to death) media link, media link, media link

Rural Attacks

• [Danie Pienaar] 01/05/2010 Groblersdal, LP (stabbed 33 times)
• Koos van Zyl (63) 01/05/2010 Farm Poortjie, Steynrust, Senekal (tortured on meathooks, stabbed, shot) (multiple murder) media article, media article
• Retha van Zyl (f) (66) 01/05/2010 Farm Poortjie, Steynrust, Senekal (tortured on meathooks, stabbed, shot) (multiple murder) media article, media article
• Jan du Toit (80) 05/05/2010 Kameeldrift, Pretoria, GP (not clear if Jan passed away from being shot in the stomach) media article
• Theunis Pelser (66) 05/05/2010 Kameeldrift, Pretoria, GP media article
• Robert Botha (57) 10/05/2010 Kameeldrift West, Pretoria, GP (stabbed 5 times in the chest) media article
• Johannes Strydom (40) 15/05/2010 Naderfontein, Buffelshoek (dragged behind a bakkie/ute) additional link, media link
• Marius Marais (44) 26/05/2010 Kroondal smallholding in the Waterval region, NW (shot dead) media link
• Male Victim (50) 28/05/2010 Meyerton smallholding, GP (shot dead, 2 daughters raped)

Hijackings / Vehicle Attacks

Outdoor Attacks

• Killian Johannes van Tonder (75) 24/05/2010 West Park, Pretoria, GP (shot dead after walking out a hardware store) media link, media link

June

Suburban Attacks

• Jacobus Swanepoel (79) 11/06/2010 5th ave, Georginia, Roodepoort, GP (strangled to death, multiple murder) []
• Annabela Swanepoel (77) 11/06/2010 5th ave, Georginia, Roodepoort, GP (strangled to death, multiple murder) []

Rural Attacks

• Gerhard van Jaarsveld (48) 11/06/2010 Willowbray, near Pretoria, GP (shot dead, Rudolph Terblanche paralysed and Elrene Jones injured) media article, media article

Outdoor Attacks

• George Cronje (48) 02/06/2010 Komatipoort, MPL (shot twice in the chest) [] media report media report

July

Suburban Attacks

• Chanel du Toit (28) 07/07/2010 Kaaps-Hollandse, Franschhoek, WC media link media link
• Kate Lizamore (60) 14/07/2010 Pinetown, Durban, KZN (bludgeoned with hammer, multiple murder) media link
• Graham Lizamore (62) 14/07/2010 Pinetown, Durban, KZN (bludgeoned with a hammer, multiple murder) media link
• Christopher Early (69) 14/07/2010 Woodgrange, Hibberdene, KZN (beaten to death with a blunt object, multiple murder) media link
• Jennifer Early (62) 14/07/2010 Woodgrange, Hibberdene, KZN (beaten to death with a blunt object, multiple murder) media link
• Ryan Geyer (35) 24/07/2010 Swavelpoort, east of Pretoria, GP (shot dead) media link media link
• Giovanni Peripoli (74) 31/07/2010 Virginia Road, Virginia, FS (stabbed three times in the stomach) media link
• Charles 'Charlie' Baty (72) 27/07/2010 Magaliesberg Str, White River, MP (Attacked in home on 18/06/2010 with a hatchet, serious head injuries, died in hospital) media link media link FB link

Rural Attacks

• Jakobus Deez "Roman" (32) 03/07/2010 Villiersdorp, WC (farm worker, went missing, body found mutilated) media article
• Russel Walford (73) 04/07/2010 Farm Sterkspruit, Inchanga (head injuries and a fractured skull) media article, media article
• Johanna Smit "Hannie" (77) 04/07/2010 Wolmaransstad (strangled, no evidence of robbery) media article
• Chanel du Toit (f) (28) 07/07/2010 Franschhoek, WC media article
• Neels Jansen (61) 11/07/2010 Roodia smallholding, Fauresmith, FS (fatally shot in the stomach) media article
• Lazarus Matla (49) 13/07/2010 Boltonwold smallhoding, Meyerton, GP (security guard, shot dead) media article
• Christopher Early (69) 16/07/2010 Hibberdene, KZN (bludgeoned to death) (multiple murder) media article
• Jennifer Early (62) 16/07/2010 Hibberdene, KZN (bludgeoned to death) (multiple murder) media article
• Lorraine Karg (f) (58) 21/07/2010 Kamberg, Mooi River (throat slit) (multiple murder) media article
• Hilda Linyane (f) (58) 21/07/2010 Kamberg, Mooi River (shot in the abdomen) (multiple murder) media article
• Zakeue Shayi Mhlongo (65) 21/07/2010 Kamberg, Mooi River (throat cut, stabbed repeatedly in the chest and back) (multiple murder) media article
• Ryan Geyer (35) 28/07/2010 Boschkop Pad, Tygerberg Country Estate, GP (shot dead at point-blank range) media article

August

Suburban Attacks

• Laura Nienaber (49) 03/08/2010 Van Oudtshoorn st, Nigel, MPL (shot dead) [] media link media link
• Louis Rothschild (43) 07/08/2010 Blair­gowrie, Randburg, GP (shot in the upper body) media link

Rural Attacks

• Riana Schoeman (f) (35) 05/08/2010 Cullinan, GP (shot in the chest) media article
• Chrissie Harmzen (f) (70) 06/08/2010 farm Dresden, Burgersfort/Steelpoort (savagely assaulted, died later that day of her injuries) media article
• Simon Kwenaete 07/08/2010 Barnardsvlei smallholding, Mooinooi (shot dead) media article
• Theuns Fourie “Whitey” (46) 10/08/2010 Agatha, outside Tzaneen, LP (bound then beaten and hacked to death) media article
• Koos Daffeu (46) 10/08/2010 Ellisras, LP (shot at close range while driving his bakkie) media article
• Theo de Jager (43) 22/08/2010 Rietfontein, West Rand, GP (shot dead) media article

Business Attacks

• Don Butler (54) 20/08/2010 RADM Konstruksie, East Bloemfontein, FS (shot twice at the gate) media link link media link

September

Suburban Attacks

• Louis Deneghere (63) 18/09/2010 Kensington Country Club, GP (kidnapped on the same night his house was burgled and his vehicle was stolen, shot dead) media article
• Jacoba Cornelia Coetzee "Jakkie" (62) 23/09/2010 Ermelo, MPL (hacked to death with the axe) media article
• Christo Mouton (54) 30/09/2010 Three Rivers, Vereeniging, GP (shot in the heart) media article

Rural Attacks

• Elizabeth Dorey (f) (64) 02/09/2010 Hilltop, Nelspruit (hands tied behind back, choked and strangled] media article, media article
• Radash Anandlal (51) 03/09/2010 Cramond , KZN media article
• Jakobus Cornelius Wartington (74) 04/09/2010 farm Disselskuil, Philipstown, NC media article
• Naas Grobler (56) 08/09/2010 Club 40 near Deneysville, FS (shot dead) media article media article
• Sylvia van Niekerk 10/09/2010 Boplaas, Danielskuil external link
• Farm Worker 14/09/2010 Mpumalanga (beaten to death)
• Christa du Toit (53) 23/09/2010 Swacina Park, Uitzicht smallholdings, west of Pretoria (shot in the head) media article
• John Staples (79) 27/09/2010 Bronkhorstspruit, GP media article
• Chris Bronkhorst (67) 29/09/2010 Walkerville smallholding, GP (beaten, repeatedly whipped with a sjambok and melting plastic, died 24/04/2011 from complications) media article

Outdoor Attacks

• Daniel 'Danie' Booysen (22) 16/09/2010 Stellenbosch, WC (stabbed in the neck] media link media link

October

Suburban Attacks

Rural Attacks

• Kevin Marallich (53) 03/10/2010 Ashhill, Nyoni, KZN (shot and killed while fishing on a farm) media article
• Elizabeth Ann Smit “Lilly” (57) 14/10/2010 Jongensfontein, Still Bay (stabbed with a garden fork in her chest) (multiple murder) additional link additional link
• Jan Benjamin Brits Smit (62) 14/10/2010 Jongensfontein, Still Bay (severe head wound) (multiple murder) additional link
• Gert Reyneke (71) 17/10/2010 Kameeldrift, North East of Pretoria, GP (shot dead) media article
• Anna-Marie Rohrs 17/10/2010 Estcourt, KZN media article
• Mandy Pestana (66) 17/10/2010 agricultural holding in Linbro Park, GP (throat slit) media article
• Anna Myburgh (56) 18/10/2010 Bronkhorstspruit, GP (attacker put a gun in her mouth and shot her) media article
• Christiaan van Wyngaard (43) 26/10/2010 farm Goedehoop near Warden, FS (stabbed to death)media article
• Jan Badenhorst (35) 04/10/2010 Levubu, Louis Trichardt, LP (body found in a field)

Business Attacks

• Ananda Pedlar (?) 02/10/2020 Carnival Mall, Brakpan, GP (shot dead during a jewellery heist) media link

November

Suburban Attacks

• Maria Elizabeth Hermina Smith “Betsie” (74) 09/11/2010 Three Rivers East, Vereeniging, GP (strangled)
• Ann Pederson (74) 29/11/2010 Elm st, Irene Park, Klerksdorp, NW (shot dead) media link

Rural Attacks

• Barend Jacobus Ludeke (76) 01/11/2010 Toise, Stutterheim, EC (attacked and murdered in his farm store) media article, media article
• Annelise Greyvenstein (53) 02/11/2010 Musina, LP (shot dead) (multiple murder) media article, media article
• Johan Greyvenstein (54) 02/11/2010 Musina, LP (shot dead) (multiple murder) media article, media article
• Andries van den Berg (82) 04/11/2010 Knoppieshoogte, Rikarus, Randfontein, (beaten to death with a baseball bat and a knopkierie) (hate crime) media article
• Barend Steyn "Ben" (73) 05/11/2010 Bloemspruit, Bloemfontein, FS (hacked to death with a pickaxe) media article
• Mdu Mchunu 11/11/2010 Weenen, KZN
• Elija Nyathi 11/11/2010 Weenen, KZN
• Henna van der Lith (54) 16/11/2010 Farm Zwartklip, Vivo, LP (multiple murder) media article
• Pieter Blomerus van der Lith (65) 16/11/2010 Farm Zwartklip, Vivo, LP (multiple murder) media article
• Andrew Fourie (62) 18/11/2010 Vaalwater, Boschpoort, NW (died 29/11/2010, 2 weeks after brutal assault) media article
• Jurie Louw (38) 28/11/2010 Rietfontein farm, Kromdraai, Krugersdorp, GP (dies 13 Dec 2010 - from vicious assault) media link

Outdoor Attacks

• Amelia Henning (36) 24/11/2010 Hospital Park, Bloemfontein, FS (raped and stabbed) media link, media link, media link

December

Suburban Attacks

• Ursula Arkner (76) 09/12/2010 Klopper Park, Germiston, GP (died of heart attack 20th December 2010, presumably from the shock and trauma) media link
• Evelyn Hodnett (86) 26/12/2010 Prince Street, Durban, KZN (beaten to death) media link

Rural Attacks

• Attie Potgieter (40) 01/12/2010 Lindley, FS (multiple murder) media article media article, media article
• Wilna Potgieter (36) 01/12/2010 Lindley, FS (multiple murder) media article media article
• Willemien Potgieter (3) 01/12/2010 Lindley, FS (multiple murder) media article media article
• Felokwale Johannes Mchunu 02/12/2010 Kingsley, KZN
• Bakkies Böhmer (54) 02/12/2010 Piet Retief, MP (shot) media link FB link
• Marthie Erasmus (63) 02/12/2010 farm Hartbeesfontein, Moedwil, Koster, NW (hands and feet bound, severely beaten with a hammer, fatally stabbed, multiple murder) media article
• Chris Erasmus (63) 02/12/2010 farm Hartbeesfontein, Moedwil, Koster, NW (bound and beaten, died more than a month after the attack, multiple murder) media article
• Tolstoy Schoeman (86) 16/12/2010 Farm Vygeboom, Badplaas, MPL (strangled) media article
• Casper Aucamp (55) 16/12/2010 Farm Vandas, Thabazimbi, LP (multiple murder) media article
• Magdeline Aucamp “Daleen” (52) 16/12/2010 Farm Vandas, Thabazimbi, LP (multiple murder) media article
• Johan Schoeman (40) 16/12/2010 (dragged over a farm road until he died of a burst liver) media article
• Marie Weilbach (79) 21/12/2010 Walkerville, GP (beaten to death with a metal pipe) media article
• Janine Meintjies 24/12/2010 Dundee, KZN (died 25/12/2010 from hammer attack) media article
• Hennie Viljoen (51) 27/12/2010 Bloemspruit smallholding near Bloemfontein (stabbed and pelted to death with stones) media article

Vehicle/Hijacking Attacks

• Hein Roos (31) 03/12/2010 Pretoria West, GP (shot dead climbing out of car) media link media link
• Desire Hall (42) 24/12/2010 Enterprise Street, Hamilton, Bloemfontein, FS (shot at point-blank range) media link

2011 January

Suburban Attacks

• Chantelle Barnard (20) 01/01/2011 Benoni, GP (raped, stabbed in the throat) media link media link
• Mavis Smith (74) 13/01/2011 Victoria Park complex, Waterfall, Durban, KZN (strangled in home) media link
• Male Victim 16/01/2011 Soshanguve, Pretoria, GP (shot at petrol station)
• Abbie Phillipson (80) 19/01/2011 Krugersdorp, GP (throttled in garden) media link
• Nico de Lange (55) 22/01/2011 West Village, Krugersdorp, GP (stabbed & throat slit in home) media link
• Piet van den Heever (65) 28/01/2011 Riebeeck stad, Welkom, FS (stabbed in home) media link media link
• Ode Retief de Lange 30/01/2011 Springs, GP (battered & bludgeoned in home) media link

Rural Attacks

• Glenwall du Toit (?) 14/01/2011 Hardie farm, Sutherland farm, WC (shot on duty) (multiple murder media link
• Jacob Boleme (27) 14/01/2011 Hardie farm, Sutherland farm, WC (shot on duty) (multiple murder) media link

Business Attacks

• Lodie Grobler (27) 14/01/2011 Ladybrand, FS (stabbed in a shop) [] media link media link
• Magda Fraser (42) 15/01/2011 Balfour, MPL (beaten with hammer outside post office) media link, media link, media link

Outdoor Attacks

Vehicle / Hijacking Attacks

• Johan Nortje (51) 17/01/2011 Montclair, KZN (shot twice in chest, a hit) media report media report media report

February

Suburban Attacks

• Ettienne Gert Coetzer 01/02/2011 Claremont, Pretoria (kidnapped, strangled, torched) [] media link
• Gerhard Groenewald (47) 04/02/2011 Stephanie complex, Stephan st, Magalieskruin, Pretoria, GP (stabbed in the back) media article
• Andre Pieterse (40) 04/02/2011 Nelspruit, MPL (torched in home, multiple murder) media article media link
• Marco Pieterse (9) 04/02/2011 Nelspruit, MPL ( torched in home, multiple murder) media article media link
• Suzelle Pieterse (38) 04/02/2011 Nelspruit, MPL (beaten with hammer & torched in home, died later at Nelspruit Medi-Clinic, multiple murder) media article media link
• Myrick 'Bob' Michael Hudson-Bennett (61) 05/02/2011 Ashburton, KZN (stabbed) media link
• Doris de Jager (50) 05/02/2011 Ridgeway, Johannesburg, GP (shot in driveway at home) media article
• Georgie Jacklin (65) 05/02/2011 Third ave, Linden, Johannesburg, GP (kidnapped from home, bashed, body found in Sasolburg) media link, media link, media link, []
• Giel du Toit (69) 09/02/2011 Vosburg, Karoo, NC (stabbed to death) media article
• Japie Alberts (43) 15/02/2011 Vanderbijlpark, GP (numerous wounds & shot in home) [] media link media link
• Schalk Oosthuizen (50) 17/02/2011 Myburgh Street, Wonderboompoort, Pretoria, GP (bludgeoned to death) media link
• Dillon Ensley (21) 25/02/2011 6th Avenue, Edenvale, GP (shot outside home) media link
• Phillip Jackson (53) 25/02/2011 6th Avenue, Edenvale, GP (shot outside home) media link
• Phillip van Zyl (42) 26/02/2011 Waarburgh st, Joostenbergvlakte, Kraaifontein, WC (hands tied and a stab wound to the chest) media link

Rural Attacks

• Frik Hermann (78) 02/02/2011 Alma, Bela Bela, LP (bound, kicked and stabbed to death) media article
• Vivien Tillett (90) 03/02/2011 Mtubatuba, KZN (was so weakened by the attack that she passed away in November 2011) media article
• Babs Strecker (73) 04/02/2011 Bethanie, NW (stabbed numerous times and hit on the back of the head with a shovel) (multiple murder) media article
• Deon van Staden (51) 04/02/2011 Bethanie, NW (multiple knife wounds and stabbed with a shovel, back of his head and body) (multiple murder) media article
• Leslie Daniels (58) 11/02/2011 between Kyalami and Diepsloot, GP (tied up and stabbed to death) media link media link
• Helgard Muller (66) 19/02/2011 Frankfort, FS media article
• Alberto Costa (44) 18/02/2011 Farm Cloetesdal, Stellenbosch, WC (multiple gunshot wounds to the neck and torso) media article
• Cornelius Bosch (55) 24/02/2011 veld in Kameeldrift, Pretoria, GP (the artist went missing on 24/02/2011, body found on 9th March, gunshot wound to the head) media link, media link, media link
• Phillip van Zyl (42) 26/02/2011 Joostenbergvlakte plot, Kraaifontein, WC (tortured & stabbed) media link, media link

Hijackings / Road Attacks

• Sarah-Jane Oliphant (22) 01/02/2011 Port Elizabeth, EC (hi-jacked, shot along Marine Drive, multiple murder) media article
• Owen Dominigo (31) 01/02/2011 Port Elizabeth, EC (hi-jacked, shot along Marine Drive, multiple murder) media article

Outdoor Attacks

• Susan Vorster (63) 04/02/2011 Boksburg, GP (went missing 04/02, recovered from lake 10/02/2011) media link
• Luke Fairweather (49) 05/02/2011 Newlands, WC (shot in the stomach) media link media link
• Charl Geldenhuys (35) 05/02/2011 Trichardt, MPL (beaten and burnt to death) media link FB link

• Theresa Hector (21) 26/02/2011 Humansdorp, WC (was found naked in bushes near her home) media link

March

Suburban Attacks

• Heinz Brenner (71) 01/03/2011 Linden, Johannesburg, GP (assaulted in home 9/2/2011, died in hospital) [] media link
• Basie van der Merwe (68) 07/03/2011 Booysens, west of Pretoria, GP (stabbed 6 times) media link
• Bernard Davis (65) 12/03/2011 High Street, New Germany, KZN (shot dead outside house) media link
• Michael Desgranges (71) 13/03/2011 Kloof, KZN (tied up and strangled in home) media link
• Joof Janse van Rensburg (55) 13/03/2011 Selonica Street, Evander, MPL (shot in garden)
• Juan de Villiers (38) 30/03/2011 Mayberry Park, Alberton, GP (shot, died a few days later in Union hospital, Alberton)media link, media link
• George Savvides (63) 30/03/2011 Dadelpalm Ave, Wonderboom, Pretoria, GP (shot in heart through bedroom door) media link media link

Rural Attacks

• Jacobus van Rooyen “Koos” (63) 03/03/2011 Witfontein, Randfontein, GP additional link, media link, media link
• Wendy Wilken (f) (60) 21/03/2011 Walkerville, GP (shot dead) media link
• Corne Maree (42) 23/03/2011 Alkmaar outside Nelspruit, MPL (security guard, shot dead on a farm) media link
• Frans Eric Powell (70) 17/03/2011 Rietkol, Sundra, MPL (bound then hacked to death) media link, media link

Outdoor Attacks

Hijackings / Road Attacks

• Christo Hattingh (26) 20/03/2011 between Trichardt and Secunda, MPL (run down on road, driver then reversed over his body) media link media link

Business Attacks

• Jaco Rossouw 06/03/2011 Kranskop petrol station, N1-highway near Modimolle (Nylstroom), LP (petrol-bombed in office) media link media link

Social Fabric Murders

• [Johan Nortje] (51) 17/01/2011 Montclair, Durban, KZN (shot in driveway in a paid hit) media link

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

• [Erica Croeser] (32) 28/08/2010 Msinsi Game Reserve, Albert Falls Dam (throat slit, husband jailed) media article, media article, media article
• Jan Badenhorst (75) 02/10/2010 Makhado, LP (cause of death suspect) media article
• [Kobus de Vries] 23/01/2011 Babanango farm, KZN (shot in by police in an alleged standoff) media article, media article, media article