

“Farm Murders” 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 This project is intended to stand as a memorial to the victims of Farm Murders in South Africa. Contributions and any assistance is welcome. Please note that this project is a work in progress. There are 132 victims remembered in this project 2002 April Pieter Olivier (54) 01/04/2002 Tomato farm Blesbokfontein, Bronkhorstspruit, GP (beaten...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 There are 106 victims remembered in this project year 2000 April Jan Adriaan Erasmus (61) 02/04/2000 Groot Marico, NW media article Desire Aline Hector Kloeck (72) 10/04/2000 Plot 57 Doornrandjies, Erasmia, GP (hands and feet tied, strangled) media link Jan Engelbrecht (85) 13/04/2000 Rooipoort smallholding, Potgietersrus, LP (beaten wi...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 There are 112 victims remembered in this project 2001 April Catherina Elisabeth 'Irene' Holder (52) 01/04/2001 farm Elna, Greylingstad, MPL (shot dead) media article Barend Pienaar (?) 05/04/2001 De Deur smallholding, Vereeniging, GP (Sapa report) Francina Hiles "Ina" (62) 15/04/2001 smallholding outside Badplaas, MPL (beaten to death) Re...
“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 Archived SAPS website There are 120 victims remembered in this project 1997 April Andries M Vermaas “Dries” (49) 06/04/1997 Greylingstad, MPL (shot in the face) FB link Report John Henry Denner (71) 06/04/1997 L...
South African Crime Victims, (mostly robbery related) 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 ...
This page is intended to stand as a memorial to the victims of murder in New Zealand. Please add names by year and then by date of murder. Please note that this page is a work in progress. There are separate pages, indexed on this page, for New Zealand mass murders (defined as the murder of four or more people at one time). Links New Zealand Cemeteries Index New Zealand Mass Murders N...
There is no sense to the killing of our children, and each case seems slightly different, but these children have been failed by us all. My heart broke while adding the over 300 profiles to this project with the knowledge that more would come, and that right now, somewhere in Aotearoa New Zealand, a child is being hurt and no one is hearing their cries - or someone is ignoring them. Text by Deb...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006 There are 64 victims remembered in this project 2005 April Ben Keyter (79) 01/04/2005 Dresden farm, near Alldays, LP (beaten to death with a spade) media article Pieter Swart (49) 01/04/2005 Kameelfontein, Pretoria, GP (shot execution-style) media article Sipho Mthethwa (?) 01/04/2005 farm in KwaZulu-Natal (found murdered) Report Cathe...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 There are 77 victims remembered in this project 2006 April Karel Fourie (70) 02/04/2006 Melmoth, KZN (shot dead) media article Kobus Cronjé 21/04/2006 Kammelsdrift AH, Pretoria, GP (shot in the neck, died in hospital on 25/04/2006) media article De Ville Roos (Jr) (40) 22/04/2006 farm Uitvalgrond, Sonop, Brits, NW (shot twice in chest a...
“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 128 victims 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 Palmietfonte...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 There are 61 victims remembered 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 (Offi...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 1996 to 31 March 1997 There are 74 victims remembered in this project 1996 April R Daniels (40) 07/04/1996 Greytown, KZN Willie Engelbrecht (66) 13/04/1996 Amsterdam, MP (stabbed to death) FB link Johan Gouws (84) 13/04/1996 Oranjeville, FS (tied up and suffocated) Report Chris Vorster (29) 17/04/1996 Piet Retief, MPL (shot dead in his pick-up truck) FB li...
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...
=Homicide= Please try to start sub projects with the actual cause of death. {note from morel : I am adding a few profiles here, until we establish how we breakdown homicide death. After that, I will move those profiles into their applicable subprojects.}===related projects===* Assassinated (36 profiles)* Family killing family * Killed by a Mob * Lynched ** Lynchings in Kentucky * Killed in a Ma...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 There are 41 Victims remembered in this Project 2021 April Samuel Maposa (41) 07/04/2021 Smallholding, Remhoogte, Hartbeespoortdam, NW (multiple head injuries) media link Neil Mckay (46) 09/04/2021 Skietdrif Farm, Winterton, KZN (wheelchair-bound, strangled) media link media link Christoffel Johannes Herbst "Christo" (64) 10/04/2021 small...
From America's Top Killing Machine For the better part of a century, the machine most likely to kill an American has been the automobile.Car crashes killed 33,561 people in 2012, the most recent year for which data is available, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Firearms killed 32,251 people in the United States in 2011, the most recent year for which the Centers ...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011 SAPS 2010/11 "official" figures: 71 Murders from 665 Attacks There are 95 Farm Attack Victims remembered in this project 2010 April Jacobus Ludeke (76) 01/04/2010 Toise, near Stutterheim, EC (attacked and killed on his farm) media link Eugène Terre'Blanche (69) 03/04/2010 farm Villana, Ventersdorp, NW (beaten to death with pipes and...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013 SAPS 2012/13 "official" figures: 60 Murders from 556 Attacks TAU 2012/13 "official" figures: 62 Murders from 173 Attacks There are 73 victims remembered 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 Froneman (64) ...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 There are 66 Victims remembered in this Project 2020 April May Patricia Orpen 'Paddy ' (78) 04/05/2020 Cradock, EC (found murdered in bedroom) FB Link , media link , media link , media link [ Molefe Ralebenyn ] (20) 28/05/2020 Rustlers Valley farm, Ficksburg, FS (beekeeper stabbed and killed) media link , media link June Roelof Bo...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 27/11/2022: TLU South Africa statistics indicate that 2,204 people have been killed on farms since 1990. In 2002, a total of 119 people were killed on farms, of whom 82 were farmers. This is the most murders recorded in one year during this 32-year period. There are 37 Victims remembered in this project year 2022 April Ingrid Koch (65...
“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 There are 64 victims remembered in this project 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 , medi...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010 SAPS 2009/10 "no official" figures released There are 96 victims remembered 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, EC Jacobi van den Bosch (60) 10/04/2009 Mooiplaas, Pretoria,...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009 TAU (Transvaal Agricultural Union) 2008: 79 Murders from 184 attacks There are 95 victims remembered 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)...
Please add Geni profiles for our drowned ones to this project. Additional demographic data is especially appreciated as added resources.==Drowning==From Wikipedia Drowning is defined as respiratory impairment from being in or under a liquid. It is further classified by outcome into: death , ongoing health problems and no ongoing health problems . Using the term "near drowning" to refer to those...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004 There are 109 victims remembered in this project 2003 April Johan van der Bank (38) 04/04/2003 Vereeniging, GP (shot dead on his dairy farm) media article Nicholas Goosen (41) 06/04/2003 Meadowbank Farm, near Vrede, FS (throat had been slit and there were open wounds to his abdomen) media article Johan Taljaard (33) 13/04/2003 Delareyvi...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005 There are 84 victims remembered in this project 2004 April Abel Pardau (78) 07/04/2004 Farm Oorbietjiesfontein, Hartbeesfontein, NW (several stab wounds) media article Cornelius J P Lourens (Dr) (78) 12/04/2004 farm near Hekpoort, Magaliesburg, GP (beaten to death, multiple murder) [media article] Olive May Lourens (76) 12/04/2004 farm ne...
“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 62 victims remembered in this project 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 ...
“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 There are 67 victims remembered in this project 2013 April Paul Schulze (56) 02/04/2013 Heia Safari Ranch, Muldersdrift, GP (shot dead) media article , media link
Family killing family==Do you have ancestors who have killed each other? This could be on purpose or by accident. I have found several of these tragedies in my own tree. ===notes===A familicide is a type of murder or murder-suicide in which at least one spouse and one or more children are killed, or in which a parent or parents and possibly other relatives such as siblings and grandparents are ...
“Farm Murders” 1st April 2019 - 31 March 2020 There are 65 victims remembered in this project April 2019 William Maluleka (61) 13/04/2019 Bela-Bela, LP (shot below the chin) media link Janus Powell "Boeta" (37) 20/04/2019 Hoopstad/Bloemhof, NW (shot dead) media link [ Male Victim ] (21) 21/04/2019 Noupoort road, Potchefstroom, NW (head wound) media link media link [ Male Victim ] ...
“Farm Murders” 1st April 2018 - 31st March 2019 There are 55 Victims remembered in this project April 2018 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 Spioenkop Esnembe, OThongathi, KZN external link May R...
==Indian Massacres Cultural clashes between European settlers and Natives lasted for over four hundred years, from isolated incidents to large scale, organized wars. If the casualty was a civilian, of any background, our goal is to capture their death in a project on this list of “Indian Massacres.” So please add profiles to the massacre projects listed below; those projects are also found in t...
=Unnatural death= is a category used by coroners or Medical Examiners and vital statistics specialists for classifying all human deaths not properly describable as death by natural causes. Hence it would include events such as:* accident * Drug Overdose * attacked by an animal * killed by a mob * execution * homicide * medical error * misadventure* State-sponsored mass murder
A stabbing is penetration with a sharp or pointed object at close range. Stab connotes purposeful action, as by an assassin or murderer, but it is also possible to accidentally stab oneself or others. Stabbing differs from slashing or cutting in that the motion of the object used in a stabbing generally moves perpendicular to and directly into the victim's body, rather than being drawn across i...
“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 fa...
“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% There ar...
Cut-throats can be of homicidal, suicidal or accidental origin. In cases of death from a cut-throat, distinguishing the cause is one of the important functions in crime investigation. The features that differentiate suicidal and homicidal cut-throat injuries are the presence of hesitation cuts, depth of wound, signs of struggle, edges of the wound, etc. In the case of a suicidal cut-throat, it ...
Strangling is compression of the neck that may lead to unconsciousness or death by causing an increasingly hypoxic state in the brain. Fatal strangling typically occurs in cases of violence, accidents, and as the auxiliary lethal mechanism in hangings in the event the neck does not break. Strangling does not have to be fatal; limited or interrupted strangling is practised in erotic asphyxia, in...
Shot at Dawn - World War One306 British Army and Commonwealth soldiers executed after courts-martial for desertion and other capital offences during World War I. They received no medal, are never mentioned in memorial services and their grieving families received no pensionOf the ±200,000 men who had a court-martial during the First World War, 20,000 were found guilty of offences carrying the d...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Bełżec, Poland. Gesher Galicia - Belzec ===Belzec Extermination Center===Established November 1, 1941, Belzec extermination center consisted of two camps divided into three parts: administration section, barracks and storage for plundered goods, and extermination section. Initially, there were three gas chambers using car...
This is an "umbrella" project. Please do not add profiles; please do start related projects, and index them below. Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. --Lord ActonPower kills; absolute power kills absolutely.-- powerkills website ===Mass murder by a state===From Wikipedia Mass murder may also be defined as the intentional and indiscriminate murder of a large number o...