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“Farm Murders” 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 SAPS 2006/07 "official" figures: 86 Murders from 636 Attacks There are 71 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 3 couples (farmer and wife) between 30/05/2006 - 17/12/2006 26 Victims were aged between 60 - 81 2006 April Karel Johannes Fourie (70) 02/04/2006 Melmoth, KZN (shot dead) media article Kobus Cronjé (45) 21/0...
Femicide or feminicide is a hate crime which is broadly defined as "the intentional killing of women or girls because they are female", with definitions varying based on cultural context. In 1976, the feminist author Diana E. H. Russell first defined the term as "the killing of females by males because they are female." A spouse or partner is responsible in almost 40% of homicides involving...
“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 65 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 4 couples (farmer and wife) between 07/10/2013 - 01/03/2014 39 Victims were aged between 60 - 89 2013 April Gert van Wyk (40) 01/04/2013...
“Farm Murders” 1st April 2019 - 31 March 2020 There are 50 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 2 couples (farmer and wife) between 12/07/2019 - 01/08/2019 32 Victims were aged between 60 - 86 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 ...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 SAPS 2000/01 "official" figures: 147 Murders from 908 Attacks There are 110 victims remembered in this project year This figure includes 11 couples (farmer and wife) between 16/04/2000 - 27/03/2001 52 Victims were aged between 60 - 85 2000 April Jan Adriaan Erasmus (61) 02/04/2000 Groot Marico, NW media article Desire Aline Hector Kloe...
“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 far...
“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 65 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 6 couples (farmer and wife) between 20/06/2012 - March 2013 39 Victims were aged between 60 - 93 2012 April Adriaan Johannes van der Merw...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 There are 32 Victims remembered in this Project This figure includes 3 incidents of multiple murder cases on different farms between 24/04/2021 - 09/01/2022 14 Victims were aged between 60 - 95 2021 April Samuel Maposa (41) 07/04/2021 Smallholding, Remhoogte, Hartbeespoortdam, NW (multiple head injuries) media link Neil Mckay (46) 09/04/2...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 1996 to 31 March 1997 SAPS 1996/97 "official" figures: 84 Murders from 433 Attacks There are 66 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 3 couples (farmer and wife) between 29/04/1996 - 22/03/1996 33 Victims were aged between 60 - 85 1996 April Willie Engelbrecht (66) 13/04/1996 Amsterdam, MP (stabbed to death) FB link Gert Johannes Stephanus ...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999 TAU (Transvaal Agricultural Union) 1998: 104 Murders from 201 Attacks SAPS 1998/99 "official" figures: 144 Murders from 827 Attacks There are 107 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 9 couples (farmer and wife) between 14/05/1998 - 28/02/1999 61 Victims were aged between 60 - 87 1998 April Muzuffarr Khan (41) 03/04/1...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 SAPS 2001/02 "official" figures: 140 Murders from 1,069 Attacks There are 115 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 13 couples (farmer and wife) between 25/04/2001 - 15/03/2002 49 Victims were aged between 60 - 88 2001 April Catherina Elisabeth 'Irene' Holder (52) 01/04/2001 farm Elna, Greylingstad, MPL (shot dead) medi...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 No official SAPS figures released for 2007/08 There are 48 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 1 couple (farmer and wife) on 21/07/2007 23 Victims were aged between 60 - 88 2007 April Susan Alwin Bristow (54) 15/04/2007 Louis Trichardt, LP (stabbed to death with a garden fork) media article Pieter de Lange (27) 17/...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011 SAPS 2010/11 "official" figures: 71 Murders from 665 Attacks There are 89 Farm Attack Victims remembered in this project This figure includes 8 couples (farmer and wife) between 16/07/2010 - 16/12/2010 35 Victims were aged between 60 - 90 2010 April Jacobus Ludeke (76) 01/04/2010 Toise, near Stutterheim, EC (attacked and killed on h...
“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 63 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 5 couples (farmer and wife) between 20/04/2014 - 12/01/2015 33 Victims were aged between 60 - 87 2014 April Lazlow Bercsényi (87) 12/04...
“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% Definitio...
“Farm Murders” 1st April 2018 - 31st March 2019 There are 46 Victims remembered in this project This figure includes 5 couples (farmer and wife) between 10/05/2018 - 14/12/2018 32 Victims were aged between 60 - 79 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...
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...