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“Farm Murders” 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006 2005 April Pieter Swart (49) 01/04/2005 Kameelfontein, Pretoria, GP (shot execution-style) media article Catherine Ferreira (f) 11/04/2005 Pinetown, KZN (tortured to death) Frederick Esterhuizen (48) 12/04/2005 Pinetown, KZN (tortured to death) G Steenkamp (70) 12/04/2005 Bloemfontein, FS J Lourens 16/04/2005 Dundee, KZN Ulrich...
Crime in South Africa is at epidemic proportions, Many who immigrate cite crime as one of the primary reasons for leaving South Africa. IRR crime analyst Kerwin Lebone said: “South Africans live with horrific levels of violent crime. While the murder rate has fallen since 1994, at 31.9 per 100 000 people, it remains one of the highest in the world.” According to Lebone, South Africa’s murde...
“Farm Murders” 1st April 2019 - Present 25 Murders logged in this project to date April William Maluleka (61) 13/04/2019 Bela-Bela, LP (shot below the chin) external link Janus Powell "Boeta" (37) 20/04/2019 Hoopstad/Bloemhof, NW (shot dead) external link [ Male Victim ] (21) 21/04/2019 Noupoort road, Potchefstroom, NW (head wound) external link external link [ Male Victim ] (18) ...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005 2004 April Ben Keyter (79) 01/04/2005 Dresden farm, near Alldays, LP (beaten to death with a spade) media article Cornelius J.P Lourens (Dr) (78) 12/04/2004 farm near Hekpoort, Magaliesburg, GP (multiple murder) [media article] Olive May Lourens (76) 12/04/2004 farm near Hekpoort, Magaliesburg, GP (multiple murder) [media article] Johanne...
Farm Murders in South Africa are a highly politicised issue. Outside of the general concern for homicide in the country, the farm murder rate has been used by many as evidence that South Africa’s white minority is facing victimisation, oppression, and possibly genocide. During a parliamentary debate, the Freedom Front Plus and African Christian Democratic Party quoted farm murder rates of 97 an...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 2006 April K Fourie (72) 02/04/2006 Melmoth, KZN May J de Ville Roos (40) 06/05/2006 Brits, NW N.J Bezuidenhout (59) 07/05/2006 Excelsior, EC Lipholi 26/05/2006 Greytown, KZN Charlotte van Tonder (68) 30/05/2006 Vrede, FS (killed with sheep shears) (multiple murder) media article Jacobus van Tonder (78) 30/05/2006 Vrede, FS (...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011 SAPS 2010/11 "official" figures: 71 Murders from 665 Attacks 88 Farm Murders logged in this project 2010 April Eugène Terre'Blanche (69) 03/04/2010 Ventersdorp Ernest Hoon (18) 06/04/2010 Leeufontein smallholding, Kameeldrift, GP (shot dead while studying for his exams) media article , media article Gert Pretorius (67) 13/04/201...
“Farm Murders” 1st April 2018 - 31st March 2019 There are 52 Victims remembered in this project (email don(at)diyden.net if you are able to contribute) April Heila Killian (62) 16/04/2018 Stilbaai, Garden Route, WC (shot dead) external link Des Krause (63) 17/04/2018 Summerpride 1, Nkqonkqweni, King Williams Town, EC external link Virathapusharam Govender (70) 18/04/2018 Spioe...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 58 Murders logged in this project 2007 April Susan Bristow (54) 15/04/2007 Louis Trichardt, LP (stabbed to death with a garden fork) media article May [ J Heyneke ] (38) 08/05/2007 Kameeldrift, GP Willie Potgieter (45) 12/05/2007 Marikana (shot and killed) media article [ Hans Polensky ] (52) 26/05/2007 Nigel, GP (dob 1955-08-...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013 SAPS 2012/13 "official" figures: 60 Murders from 556 Attacks TAU 2012/13 "official" figures: 61 Murders from 173 Attacks 55 Murders logged 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 Sroneman (64) 08/04/2012 Far...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 1996 to 31 March 1997 1996 April R Daniels (40) 07/04/1996 Greytown, KZN Johan Gouws (84) 13/04/1996 Oranjeville, FS (suffocated) C Vorster (29) 17/04/1996 Piet Retief, MPL [ Hannah/Ester Greig ] (74) 27/04/1996 Hartzenbergfontein farm, Walkerville, GP (shot dead article link Koos Steyn 61 29/04/1996 Mount Olive, Barberton, MPL (axed to death) D.J van...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999 TAU (Transvaal Agricultural Union) 1998: 104 Murders from 201 Attacks SAPS 1998/99 "official" figures: 148 Murders from 827 Attacks 89 Murders logged in this project 1998 April Muzzufar Khan (41) 03/04/1998 Blinkwater farm, Umlaas Road are near Camperdown, KZN (shot and killed) external link Hendrik Strauss (70) 04/04/1998 Palmietfont...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 1997 to 31 March 1998 TAU (Transvaal Agricultural Union) 1997/98: 153 Murders SAPS 1997/98 "official" figures: 153 Murders from 490 Attacks 107 Murders logged in this project 1997 April W.J.J Kok (86) 06/04/1997 Vanderbijlpark, GP Andries .M Vermaas “Dries” (49) 06/04/1997 Greylingstad, MPL (shot) John Henry Denner (71) 06/04/1997 Lizumpi, Klerksdorp, NW...
“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 57 Murders logged in this project 2015 April Bossie Badenhorst (64) 02/04/2015 Farm Doelgerig, Modimolle (Nylstroom) LP (beaten to death with a metal pipe) external link [ Male Victim ] 06/05/2015 Cullina...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015 SAPS 2014/15 "official" figures: 60 Murders from 497 Attacks TAU 2014/15 "official" figures: 68 Murders from 300 Attacks 50 Murders logged in this project 2014 April Danie Dercksen (44) 26/04/2014 Losloperfontein, Geluk AH, Brits, NW (shot in the chest and died at the scene) external link May Andrew Monakane (39) 05/...
Please bring your Texas Ranger profiles on over to this project - must be set to "public." from Texas Department of Public Safety Silver Stars and Sixguns: The Texas Rangers "They were men who could not be stampeded" That's the way the late Colonel Homer Garrison, Jr., longtime director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, once described the men who have worn the silver or gold...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010 SAPS 2009/10 "no official" figures released 92 Murders logged in this project 2009 April Jan van Wyk (82) 01/04/2009 Vierfontein, Viljoenskroon (slaughtered by witchdoctor for 'muti') media article , media article [ R Eckerhardt ] (f) (35) 02/04/2009 Port Elizabeth Jacobi van den Bosch (f) (60) 10/04/2009 Mooiplaas, Pretoria, GP (multi...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 TAU 2017/18 "official" figures: 70 Murders from 418 Attacks SAPS 2017/18 "official" figures: 62 Murders from 561 Attacks The South African Police Service, during their press briefing, released updated figures for the number of recorded farm murders (though not attacks) for 2017/18. The SAPS presentation stated that there were, in fact, 62...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 SAPS 2016/17 "official" figures: 74 Murders from 638 Attacks TAU 2016/17 "official" figures: 78 Murders from 406 Attacks 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% 50 Mu...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009 TAU (Transvaal Agricultural Union) 2008: 79 Murders from 184 attacks 91 Murders logged in this project 2008 April Phillip Engelbrecht "Flip" (59) 02/04/2008 Geluksvlei farm, Vrede (shot in the chest) (multiple murder) media article [ Male Victim ] (40's) 02/04/2008 Geluksvlei farm, Vrede (shot from behind) (multiple murder) media arti...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014 SAPS 2013/14 "official" figures: 58 Murders from 492 Attacks TAU 2013/14 "official" figures: 61 Murders from 242 Attacks 57 Murders logged in this project 2013 April Gert van Wyk (40) 01/04/2013 (died 63 days after an attack on 28/01/2013) (multiple murder) Bapsfontein, GP media article Paul Schulze (56) 02/04/2013 Heia S...
Scope of project This project seeks to identify American gangsters during the Prohibition era of the 1920s and 1930s. Overview A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang; some gangs are considered to be part of organized crime. Gangsters are also called “mobsters,” a term is derived from "mob" and the suffix "-ster." The terms "gangster" and "mobster" are mostly used in the Unit...
This aim of the project is the research of Infamous South African Criminals. Serial Killers South Africans convicted of multiple murders. As of October 2014 South Africa had 160 recorded serial killers since 1950. Moses Sithole is known as South Africa’s most evil serial killer. Sithole committed 38 murders and raped 40 women in 1995. His MO was raping, then tying up and strangling his ...
I've been running across ancestors who were publicly "punished" in Colonial America, have you? Here's a project to remember what they endured. from Crimes and Punishment in Colonial America In Colonial America the court structure was quite different from Great Britain. The colonial system was a hierarchy of overlapping courts and common law was the law of the land. The common law was gr...
The James-Younger Gang was a notable 19th-century gang of American outlaws that included Jesse James. The gang was centered in the state of Missouri. Membership fluctuated from robbery to robbery, as the outlaws' raids were usually separated by many months. At various times, it included the Younger Brothers (Cole, Jim, John, and Bob), the James Brothers (the infamous Jesse James and his broth...
Genealogical roots of gang members and leaders, discussion of the history and legacy of street gangs, motorcycle gangs, Mafia families, and crews in New York City: all five boroughs; and neighboring areas of Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut. Please join us by collaborating and adding your public profiles to the Project. Document uploads are more than welcome, too. Background ...
Every human is a living epistle i.e. has a story. Unfortunately, many stories are untold due to the sudden unexpected death as result of horrific circumstances. (e.g. natural disasters, homicides, and war). Hopefully, this project will encourage family historians to fully accept circumstances of family members' death. In so doing, there's a move towards healing, knowing 'you are not alone'. I...
This is an Australian portal page similar to the Occupations Portal , with two separate lists, Crime and Punishment. Please add persons who committed crimes and were deported to Australia, the crimes can have been committed anywhere, the punishment must have taken place in Australia. When we work in migration areas, often the occupation, place born and in many cases in Australia the crime a...
Most executions in South Australia were at the Adelaide Gaol. Several at Mount Gambier and, prior to the gaol opening, in random locations. South Australia was a settlement that was not founded on convicts, and as such, being a free colony were free to set their standards as they saw fitting. The attitude in 1840 toward capital punishment is well expressed by this excerpt "However abhorrent s...
Irish Gangs in America Aim of this project is to create a collection of profiles of Irish gang members, please feel free to add anyone not already listed in this project. The Irish Mob is one of the oldest organized crime groups in the United States, in existence since the early 19th century. Originating in Irish American street gangs of the 19th century Irish gangs date at least to the...