Deon Verwey, 49, Afrikaans resident, Jeffreys Bay – stabbed in bed with screwdriver
Afrikaner widower Deon Verwey, 49, a resident of the world-famous surfing town of Jeffreys Bay, died after he was stabbed with a screw-driver while asleep in his bed on June 17 2009, Sunday-morning between 2am and 2.30am . His sister Annetta van der Merwe and SAPS inspector Petra Els both said Verwey was asleep in his bed when someone gained access to his house through a window and stabbed him. http://www.kougaexpress.co.za/index.php/newscat/34-headlines/83-inwoner-wreed-vermoor
Die Burger journalist Mariska Spoormaker reports that Verwey had left a trail of blood as he then struggled from the bedroom to the backdoor where he screamed for help. His feet were tied with some kind of cable, said his sister. However the police 'could not confirm this'. Mrs van der Merwe, who lives next door to her brother, said she and her friend J H Potgieter had heard him screaming for help. They ran to his home and discovered he had been stabbed. They took him to Humansdorp hospital in her car but he was dead on arrival. His daughter Michelle, 23, who also lives in Jeffreys Bay, said her father's death was 'so unnecessary. He was a kind loving person who never hurt anyone,' she said. Ten years earlier on 30 June 1999 Michelle had also lost her mom Laura in another violent tragedy: she was shot dead by a boyfriend. SAPS inspector Marianette Olivier said nobody was arrested for Deon Verwey’s murder. She claimed that 'items were missing from the house but we need to establish exactly what.' Anyone with information may contact the police at insp. Dobela tel 042 200 6600, 042 200 6600, or 083 739 2810, 083 739 2810 . Published in Kouga Express. http://www.kougaexpress.co.za/index.php/newscat/34-headlines/83-inwoner-wreed-vermoor
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Margaret Snyman 72; and Griet Swart 86, had their fingers broken by 4 black attackers – but still fought back…
VANDERBIJLPARK. – Two elderly Afrikaner residents of an old-age home, Mrs Margaret Snyman, 72 and her friend Mrs Griet Swart, 86, were attacked outside at 4pm outside their retirement residency complex by four young black men who had amazingly enough, first signed their names in the register of the guard-house of the heavily-protected, gated community of Herfsoord …
When the two Afrikaans women returned from their shopping trip at 4pm at Mrs Swart's cottage, a vehicle stopped behind them, four black men jumped out and tackled the two old women, trying to rip off their jewellery. Mrs Swart, who was driving, wasn't having this and smacked the two black men attacking her with her kierie (walking stick). They then threatened to shoot her butd she shouted at them: “What are you waiting for?” The witnesses who told the local newspaper of the incident said the the old lady continued defending herself so fiercely that one of the other men assaulting her friend in the passenger seat rushed to help the other two deal with Mrs Swart. One of the attackers then broke her finger to rip off her ring, as they also did with her friend. The angry women were taken to the Emfuleni Medi-Clinic for treatment and trauma treatment. Herfsoord chairman Fred van Rensburg also confirmed the attack. He said the four attackers had actually registered in the security gate's identity register telling the guard that they were fetching one of their employees. "This has never happened here before and we have tightened our security measures,' he said. Mrs Snyman also had her handbag stolen about a month earlier - and it is believed that the same crime-gang. The lo9cal police said they are 'investigating'. http://www.vaalweekblad.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3206:-rower-breek-bejaarde-se-finger&catid=1:warm-nuus&Itemid=27
When the two Afrikaans women returned from their shopping trip at 4pm at Mrs Swart's cottage, a vehicle stopped behind them, four black men jumped out and tackled the two old women, trying to rip off their jewellery. Mrs Swart, who was driving, wasn't having this and smacked the two black men attacking her with her kierie (walking stick). They then threatened to shoot her butd she shouted at them: “What are you waiting for?” The witnesses who told the local newspaper of the incident said the the old lady continued defending herself so fiercely that one of the other men assaulting her friend in the passenger seat rushed to help the other two deal with Mrs Swart. One of the attackers then broke her finger to rip off her ring, as they also did with her friend. The angry women were taken to the Emfuleni Medi-Clinic for treatment and trauma treatment. Herfsoord chairman Fred van Rensburg also confirmed the attack. He said the four attackers had actually registered in the security gate's identity register telling the guard that they were fetching one of their employees. "This has never happened here before and we have tightened our security measures,' he said. Mrs Snyman also had her handbag stolen about a month earlier - and it is believed that the same crime-gang. The lo9cal police said they are 'investigating'. http://www.vaalweekblad.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3206:-rower-breek-bejaarde-se-finger&catid=1:warm-nuus&Itemid=27
Lizamore newspaper couple – founders of Barberton Times – brutally murdered, Pinetown KZN –
NELSPRUIT - The founders of Barberton Times, Mr Graham Lizamore (62) and Ms Kathleen (Kate) Lizamore (50), were brutally murdered in their home in Pinetown in KwaZulu-Natal last week. The couple had been working in the media industry for many years and got Barberton Times off the ground in 2001. They moved from the Eastern Cape to Durban barely two months ago where Ms Lizamore started working for Independent Newspapers. Their decomposing bodies were discovered on top of a toilet in a bathroom on Friday. Preliminary reports suggest that Mr Lizamore was strangled. A refuse bag was covering Ms Lizamore’s head - indicating that she might have suffocated. The bodies were later moved to the bedroom where they were carefully examined. No signs of forced entry could be found to their home in Moseley Park. A TV and even a handbag remained untouched in the lounge. The couple was last seen by a neighbour in the complex on Wednesday. Phone calls by family members remained unanswered and a sister of Mr Lizamore went to their home on Friday where she made the gruesome discovery at about 14:30. She was severely traumatised and is currently being hospitalised.The houses are situated close to one another and neighbours said that one could easily have heard screams from that distance. Two cases of murder are being investigated. Ms Michélle Sephton, who was part of the Barberton Times team, described Mr Lizamore as a patient, kind person who had so much love to give. "Kate and Graham were an inspiration to many and made Barberton Times rise out of the ashes like a phoenix, despite many Barberton residents saying that it was an impossible task. They were true pioneers in more ways than one."
“Gray complained about money being extorted from the aged. Perhaps this is why they were killed…’
A relative wrote from New Zealand: “Gray and Kate loved people and living. They were Bafana (SA football team) supporters and he worked hard for the good of all races in the Eastern Cape. They were adored by family and friends and South Africa have lost two wonderful people. We are saddened at the dreadful way they died. They definitely did not deserve to die this way. Gray complained that they were extorting money from the aged. Perhaps this why they were killed. We will miss their lovely smiling faces here in New Zealand.
http://www.lowvelder.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1910:newspaper-pioneers-brutally-murdered&catid=34:news&Itemid=98
“Gray complained about money being extorted from the aged. Perhaps this is why they were killed…’
A relative wrote from New Zealand: “Gray and Kate loved people and living. They were Bafana (SA football team) supporters and he worked hard for the good of all races in the Eastern Cape. They were adored by family and friends and South Africa have lost two wonderful people. We are saddened at the dreadful way they died. They definitely did not deserve to die this way. Gray complained that they were extorting money from the aged. Perhaps this why they were killed. We will miss their lovely smiling faces here in New Zealand.
http://www.lowvelder.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1910:newspaper-pioneers-brutally-murdered&catid=34:news&Itemid=98
Burger family, Potchefstroom, attacked at home, July 22 2010.
Four armed black men invaded the home of Mr Botha Burger and his wife Adele at 3am on July 22 2010, dragged their two young sons Christiaan, 12 and Jan-Harm, 10, from their beds, and tied them up with their parents while their home was looted of some electronic bling and jewellery. http://www.potchefstroomherald.co.za/top10.htm#30
The family home was looted and the bling – including a TV set, two cameras, a laptop computer, cellphones and jewellery – was loaded onto the family bakkie and the gang drove off. When things quieted down Jan-Harm screamed for help through the open bathroom window to their housekeeper, who lives on the same erf but had somehow not noticed anything untowards whatsoever. She cut them loose and Mr Burger used the housekeeper’s cellphone to contact their security company. His bakkie was found abandoned alongside the road to Parys. Apparently the gang had gained access to the house by bending the burglar-bars in front of the livingroom windows. Another house-robbery als was reported the same week when a resident discovered that a window had been forced open and his TV set stolen. No-one was arrested in either case. http://www.potchefstroomherald.co.za/top10.htm#30
The family home was looted and the bling – including a TV set, two cameras, a laptop computer, cellphones and jewellery – was loaded onto the family bakkie and the gang drove off. When things quieted down Jan-Harm screamed for help through the open bathroom window to their housekeeper, who lives on the same erf but had somehow not noticed anything untowards whatsoever. She cut them loose and Mr Burger used the housekeeper’s cellphone to contact their security company. His bakkie was found abandoned alongside the road to Parys. Apparently the gang had gained access to the house by bending the burglar-bars in front of the livingroom windows. Another house-robbery als was reported the same week when a resident discovered that a window had been forced open and his TV set stolen. No-one was arrested in either case. http://www.potchefstroomherald.co.za/top10.htm#30
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Boer tweede keer in huis oorval
Jana van der Merwe
BETHLEHEM.– Hy het in sy eie bloed gelê en voorgegee hy is dood. Nadat sy aanvallers weg is, het hy die 150 m na sy plaaswerkers se wonings gestrompel om hulp te soek.
Só vertel mnr. Gert Lange (67) van die plaas Vaalbank naby Bethlehem wat eergisteraand die tweede keer vanjaar in sy plaashuis aangeval is.
Lange, wat dié huis huur en ook op sy eie plaas by Kransfontein met beeste boer, oorweeg dit nou om als te verkoop en pad te gee.
“Die dokters sê vir my hulle kan nie verstaan dat ek nie geskok is nie. Dié keer was daar niks in die huis om te steel nie. In Januarie het hulle al my gewere en geld gevat. Als wat ek gehad het, is reeds gesteel,” het Lange gister byna emosieloos in die Dihlabeng-hospitaal op Bethlehem gesê.
“Ek het laataand by die verwarmer gesit en televisie kyk toe ek iets in die kamer hoor. Ek hoor nie meer so goed nie. Ek dog dit is die hond.
“Toe ek die deur oopmaak, het drie mans met klapmusse my oorrompel en vasgebind. Hulle wou geld hê,” sê hy.
Lange het gesê al sy geld en gewere is reeds gesteel.
Die mans het hom in sy gesig en bors met ’n mes gesteek.
Hy is ook herhaaldelik in sy ribbes, gesig en teen sy kop geskop.
Die wond in sy bors was gelukkig nie diep genoeg om sy hart te deurdring nie.
“Ek was nie bang of geskok soos die eerste keer nie. Ek het niks meer oor nie.”
Lange het daarna gemaak asof hy dood is.
Die mans het weer verby geloop om te kyk of hy lewe.
“Dit het gelyk asof ’n skaap geslag is. Ek het baie stil gelê,” sê hy.
Die mans het met sy eenton- vragmotor gevlug, maar die voertuig het op pad na Lindley sonder brandstof gaan staan.
Die polisie het gister die voertuig aan hom terugbesorg.
Hy sê een van sy werkers het die polisie gebel, wat baie vinnig gereageer en ’n ambulans ontbied het.
“Ek weet ek was gelukkig. Die tweede aanval was eintlik baie gevaarliker. Hulle wil al die boere doodmaak. Hoe wreder dit is, hoe lekkerder kry hulle. Ek oorweeg dit nou om te trek. Dit raak nou net te rof hier,” sê hy.
Lange oorweeg dit nou om na sy kinders op Upington te trek.
Hy sê hy vermoed die gemeenskap praat onder mekaar dat die boere geld in hul huise het. Hy het voor die vorige aanval beeste vir duisende rande verkoop. Hy glo die inligting lek uit en dan kom die mense vir die geld.
“Mens moenie geld in jou huis hou nie,” sê hy.
Sers. Mmako Mophiring, ’n polisiewoordvoerder, sê die polisie ondersoek die saak. Niemand is nog in hegtenis geneem nie.
- Volksblad
BETHLEHEM.– Hy het in sy eie bloed gelê en voorgegee hy is dood. Nadat sy aanvallers weg is, het hy die 150 m na sy plaaswerkers se wonings gestrompel om hulp te soek.
Só vertel mnr. Gert Lange (67) van die plaas Vaalbank naby Bethlehem wat eergisteraand die tweede keer vanjaar in sy plaashuis aangeval is.
Lange, wat dié huis huur en ook op sy eie plaas by Kransfontein met beeste boer, oorweeg dit nou om als te verkoop en pad te gee.
“Die dokters sê vir my hulle kan nie verstaan dat ek nie geskok is nie. Dié keer was daar niks in die huis om te steel nie. In Januarie het hulle al my gewere en geld gevat. Als wat ek gehad het, is reeds gesteel,” het Lange gister byna emosieloos in die Dihlabeng-hospitaal op Bethlehem gesê.
“Ek het laataand by die verwarmer gesit en televisie kyk toe ek iets in die kamer hoor. Ek hoor nie meer so goed nie. Ek dog dit is die hond.
“Toe ek die deur oopmaak, het drie mans met klapmusse my oorrompel en vasgebind. Hulle wou geld hê,” sê hy.
Lange het gesê al sy geld en gewere is reeds gesteel.
Die mans het hom in sy gesig en bors met ’n mes gesteek.
Hy is ook herhaaldelik in sy ribbes, gesig en teen sy kop geskop.
Die wond in sy bors was gelukkig nie diep genoeg om sy hart te deurdring nie.
“Ek was nie bang of geskok soos die eerste keer nie. Ek het niks meer oor nie.”
Lange het daarna gemaak asof hy dood is.
Die mans het weer verby geloop om te kyk of hy lewe.
“Dit het gelyk asof ’n skaap geslag is. Ek het baie stil gelê,” sê hy.
Die mans het met sy eenton- vragmotor gevlug, maar die voertuig het op pad na Lindley sonder brandstof gaan staan.
Die polisie het gister die voertuig aan hom terugbesorg.
Hy sê een van sy werkers het die polisie gebel, wat baie vinnig gereageer en ’n ambulans ontbied het.
“Ek weet ek was gelukkig. Die tweede aanval was eintlik baie gevaarliker. Hulle wil al die boere doodmaak. Hoe wreder dit is, hoe lekkerder kry hulle. Ek oorweeg dit nou om te trek. Dit raak nou net te rof hier,” sê hy.
Lange oorweeg dit nou om na sy kinders op Upington te trek.
Hy sê hy vermoed die gemeenskap praat onder mekaar dat die boere geld in hul huise het. Hy het voor die vorige aanval beeste vir duisende rande verkoop. Hy glo die inligting lek uit en dan kom die mense vir die geld.
“Mens moenie geld in jou huis hou nie,” sê hy.
Sers. Mmako Mophiring, ’n polisiewoordvoerder, sê die polisie ondersoek die saak. Niemand is nog in hegtenis geneem nie.
- Volksblad
Slegte nuus vir boere oor misdaad
Die veiligheidskonferensie oor misdaad wat Agri SA vroeër die week aangebied het, dreig nou om te ontaard in ‘n woordetwis tussen dié landbou-unie en regeringsministers oor watter minister daar moes wees en wie toe nie opgedaag het nie.
Dit is egter nie waaroor dit gaan nie. Hierdie twis mag nie die aandag aftrek van misdaad op die platteland wat die boere raak nie.
Die eerste veiligheidsberaad in landbou het reeds onder Nelson Mandela se inisiatief plaasgevind toe hy nog staatshoof was. Dit het gelei tot die aanvaarding van ‘n tienpunt-veiligheidsplan vir landbou in 1998. En dit was min of meer die laaste mate van vordering wat daar was om boere veiliger op hulle plase te hou. Sedertdien het die veiligheidstoestand op plase net vêrder versleg.
Die ANC-minister van polisie, Nathi Mtetwa, het wel die beraad bygewoon. Maar hy het nie gesê wat boere werklik wou hoor nie, en in daardie lig word die opmerking van Agri SA se veiligheidsvoorsitter, naamlik dat Mtetwa se teenwoordigheid toon dat hy ernstig is oor sy portefeulje, as ietwat opportunisties gesien. Uit Mtetwa se stellings het dit duidelik geblyk dat hy die misdaad op boere probeer afspeel en minder ernstig probeer maak as wat dit regtig is.
So het hy byvoorbeeld gesê dat daar tussen 1997 en 2007 ongeveer een duisend drie honderd moorde op plase plaasgevind het, en volgens hom was die meerderheid van hierdie moorde, op plaaswerkers en nie op boere nie. Ons betwyfel hierdie stelling van hom ernstig, in die lig van syfers wat voorheen al deur TLU SA vrygestel is, en hulle syfers word ondersteun deur ‘n databasis van name en adresse van boere wat vermoor is. Mtetwa probeer dus weer ‘n saak uitmaak van die arme plaaswerkers, en dit is, in die lig van regeringsuitsprake van die verlede, nog net verbasend dat hy nie daaraan toegevoeg het dat die boere eintlik hulle werkers vermoor nie, want dit is die soort uitsprake wat keer op keer gehoor word.
Verder het hy gewaarsku teen stellings dat moorde op boere ander motiewe het as misdaad. Verskeie landbou leiers het al die stelling gemaak dat daar ander motiewe agter die moorde op veral boere sit. Hoe verduidelik ‘n mens die feit dat moordenaars wat ure tyd gehad het om te steel wat hulle kon, eenvoudig ure lank in ‘n plaashuis sit en wag dat ‘n boer Sondag van die kerk af terugkom, hom en sy gesin martel tot die dood toe, en dan met feitlik niks van die plaas af vertrek? Dit is nie gewone misdaad nie. Ook hier het TLU SA al by herhaling verklaar dat dit deel is van ‘n etniese volksmoord-proses, en die ANC-regering het nog niks gedoen om daardie stelling as onwaar te bewys nie.
Skaars enkele dae later kom die nasionale polisiekommissaris vorendag met die stelling dat misdaad in Suid-Afrika nie die ergste in die wêreld is nie. Moet ons daaruit aflei dat ons dankbaar moet wees dat daar “net” 52 moorde per dag plaasvind, en nie 55 nie? Moet ons bly wees dat “net” twee duisend boere sedert 1994 vermoor is, en nie 3 000 nie? Moet boere bly wees as “net” die helfte van hulle veekudde gesteel word, en nie driekwart nie?
Die waarde van die landbouveiligheidsberaad lê daarin dat boere weer eens moet besef dat die regering nie ernstig is oor die belang van die boere nie, en die misdaad waaraan boere onderwerp word, word minder gemaak as wat dit regtig is. Ons kan helaas nie aanvaar dat die minister van polisie ernstig is oor sy portefeulje nie, as hy nie sy kommissaris tot orde roep oor sy roekelose stellings nie, en as hy nie eens wil probeer uitvind wat werklik agter plaasaanvalle sit nie.
Na die veiligheidsberaad is boere steeds op hulleself aangewese vir hulle veiligheid. Veral hierdie jaar, kan dit nuttig wees om daardie strukture op te knap, want plattelandse polisiestasies gaan leeggetrek word van mannekrag om die wêreldbeker sokkertoernooi te beveilig, en misdadigers weet dit ook en gaan uitwyk na die platteland. Boere, wees paraat. Die moeilikheid is nie verby nie. Die grootste deel daarvan kom nog!
Bron: Radio Pretoria se nuuskommentaar 10 maart 2010.
Dit is egter nie waaroor dit gaan nie. Hierdie twis mag nie die aandag aftrek van misdaad op die platteland wat die boere raak nie.
Die eerste veiligheidsberaad in landbou het reeds onder Nelson Mandela se inisiatief plaasgevind toe hy nog staatshoof was. Dit het gelei tot die aanvaarding van ‘n tienpunt-veiligheidsplan vir landbou in 1998. En dit was min of meer die laaste mate van vordering wat daar was om boere veiliger op hulle plase te hou. Sedertdien het die veiligheidstoestand op plase net vêrder versleg.
Die ANC-minister van polisie, Nathi Mtetwa, het wel die beraad bygewoon. Maar hy het nie gesê wat boere werklik wou hoor nie, en in daardie lig word die opmerking van Agri SA se veiligheidsvoorsitter, naamlik dat Mtetwa se teenwoordigheid toon dat hy ernstig is oor sy portefeulje, as ietwat opportunisties gesien. Uit Mtetwa se stellings het dit duidelik geblyk dat hy die misdaad op boere probeer afspeel en minder ernstig probeer maak as wat dit regtig is.
So het hy byvoorbeeld gesê dat daar tussen 1997 en 2007 ongeveer een duisend drie honderd moorde op plase plaasgevind het, en volgens hom was die meerderheid van hierdie moorde, op plaaswerkers en nie op boere nie. Ons betwyfel hierdie stelling van hom ernstig, in die lig van syfers wat voorheen al deur TLU SA vrygestel is, en hulle syfers word ondersteun deur ‘n databasis van name en adresse van boere wat vermoor is. Mtetwa probeer dus weer ‘n saak uitmaak van die arme plaaswerkers, en dit is, in die lig van regeringsuitsprake van die verlede, nog net verbasend dat hy nie daaraan toegevoeg het dat die boere eintlik hulle werkers vermoor nie, want dit is die soort uitsprake wat keer op keer gehoor word.
Verder het hy gewaarsku teen stellings dat moorde op boere ander motiewe het as misdaad. Verskeie landbou leiers het al die stelling gemaak dat daar ander motiewe agter die moorde op veral boere sit. Hoe verduidelik ‘n mens die feit dat moordenaars wat ure tyd gehad het om te steel wat hulle kon, eenvoudig ure lank in ‘n plaashuis sit en wag dat ‘n boer Sondag van die kerk af terugkom, hom en sy gesin martel tot die dood toe, en dan met feitlik niks van die plaas af vertrek? Dit is nie gewone misdaad nie. Ook hier het TLU SA al by herhaling verklaar dat dit deel is van ‘n etniese volksmoord-proses, en die ANC-regering het nog niks gedoen om daardie stelling as onwaar te bewys nie.
Skaars enkele dae later kom die nasionale polisiekommissaris vorendag met die stelling dat misdaad in Suid-Afrika nie die ergste in die wêreld is nie. Moet ons daaruit aflei dat ons dankbaar moet wees dat daar “net” 52 moorde per dag plaasvind, en nie 55 nie? Moet ons bly wees dat “net” twee duisend boere sedert 1994 vermoor is, en nie 3 000 nie? Moet boere bly wees as “net” die helfte van hulle veekudde gesteel word, en nie driekwart nie?
Die waarde van die landbouveiligheidsberaad lê daarin dat boere weer eens moet besef dat die regering nie ernstig is oor die belang van die boere nie, en die misdaad waaraan boere onderwerp word, word minder gemaak as wat dit regtig is. Ons kan helaas nie aanvaar dat die minister van polisie ernstig is oor sy portefeulje nie, as hy nie sy kommissaris tot orde roep oor sy roekelose stellings nie, en as hy nie eens wil probeer uitvind wat werklik agter plaasaanvalle sit nie.
Na die veiligheidsberaad is boere steeds op hulleself aangewese vir hulle veiligheid. Veral hierdie jaar, kan dit nuttig wees om daardie strukture op te knap, want plattelandse polisiestasies gaan leeggetrek word van mannekrag om die wêreldbeker sokkertoernooi te beveilig, en misdadigers weet dit ook en gaan uitwyk na die platteland. Boere, wees paraat. Die moeilikheid is nie verby nie. Die grootste deel daarvan kom nog!
Bron: Radio Pretoria se nuuskommentaar 10 maart 2010.
Geyer, Ryan, father of two, murdered, Swavelpoort smallholdings
Geyer, Ryan; 35 murdered Swavelpoort smallholdings Boschkop, Pretoria July 26 2010 nothing robbed
2010-07-26 Attackers have shot dead a young Afrikaner father on the Swavelpoort smallholdings on Monday July 26 at point-blank range - and then pushed his wife Bronwyn, 33 into a cupboard with her husband's corpse. Nothing was 'robbed' during the 7pm attack on Monday - but Boschkop police station commander LtCol Gavin The-Kisho describes it as a 'robbery'.
Virginia Keppler, Beeld, quoted LtCol The-Kisho as saying that the 'robbers' gained access to the Afrikaner couple's homestead on the rural smallholding by firing shots through the locks of front door. One attacker had a firearm, the other a steel pipe. Mrs Geyer ran to push the emergency button, chased by the black male with the steel pipe; while the male with the firearm grappled with Mr Geyer and then shot him dead at point-blank range.The attackers then pushed Mr Geyer's body into a cupboard together with his wife's before strolling out again. Nothing at all was robbed. The couple have two small children aged four and two years, Nathan and Morgan.
Mr Geyer's business partner Werner Scholtz wrote on his facebook page: "It is with great heartsore that I write the following. My best friend, my business partner and my 'brother' Ryan Geyer has become another crime statistic in South Africa.Ryan, Soutie, my old mate, I am going to miss you a lot, a lot, I love you. Ryan is survived by his wife Bronwyn and their two children Nathan(4) and Morgan(2) -
sources: Werner Scholtz http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786185924
http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Skurke-druk-vrou-in-kas-by-man-se-lyk-20100726
2010-07-26 Attackers have shot dead a young Afrikaner father on the Swavelpoort smallholdings on Monday July 26 at point-blank range - and then pushed his wife Bronwyn, 33 into a cupboard with her husband's corpse. Nothing was 'robbed' during the 7pm attack on Monday - but Boschkop police station commander LtCol Gavin The-Kisho describes it as a 'robbery'.
Virginia Keppler, Beeld, quoted LtCol The-Kisho as saying that the 'robbers' gained access to the Afrikaner couple's homestead on the rural smallholding by firing shots through the locks of front door. One attacker had a firearm, the other a steel pipe. Mrs Geyer ran to push the emergency button, chased by the black male with the steel pipe; while the male with the firearm grappled with Mr Geyer and then shot him dead at point-blank range.The attackers then pushed Mr Geyer's body into a cupboard together with his wife's before strolling out again. Nothing at all was robbed. The couple have two small children aged four and two years, Nathan and Morgan.
Mr Geyer's business partner Werner Scholtz wrote on his facebook page: "It is with great heartsore that I write the following. My best friend, my business partner and my 'brother' Ryan Geyer has become another crime statistic in South Africa.Ryan, Soutie, my old mate, I am going to miss you a lot, a lot, I love you. Ryan is survived by his wife Bronwyn and their two children Nathan(4) and Morgan(2) -
sources: Werner Scholtz http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1786185924
http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Skurke-druk-vrou-in-kas-by-man-se-lyk-20100726
Afrikaner woman torched in Bloemfontein
2010-07-27 Mrs Johanna Breedt, 64, Bayswater, Bloemfontein, torched to death: police ‘do not suspect a crime’.
BLOEMFONTEIN. The SAPS ‘do not suspect a crime’ in the torching-death of Mrs Johanna Breedt, 64, of the Serenitas Retirement Centre in Bayswater. Volksblad journalist Earl Coetzee reports that ‘it appears as if a flammable liquid was poured over Mrs Breedt in a field at Polhymnia Street before she was set alight.’ Her distraught husband Rev Johan Breedt reportedly is inconsolable and says he doesn’t know what could have happened.
SAPS LtCol Annelie Wrensch said that from the evidence found at the Breedt home and that of a friend, her death ‘may not have been crime-related’. As required by law, an inquest into her death was opened.
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A worker at a private residenceright next to the field went to investigate why their dogs were barking so much – and when she saw the burning woman, she alerted her homeowner Mr Mos Grobler, the SAPS and the fire department. A member of the Bloemsec-private security company who was patrolling the street also rushed in to help douse the flames. Mr Grobler said that initially he did not recognise the burnt woman – until he noticed her car parked nearby, and her cellphone near the scene, and realised that it was Mrs Breedt – a close family friend.
She was still alive when paramedics from ER24 rushed her from the scene to the Bloemfontein MediClinic with 100% burn wounds: she died shortly after 9pm. Medical personnel said her burn wounds were ‘the worst any of them had ever seen’. Her distraught and crying husband, Reverend Johan Breedt, stood helplessly at the scene and was reportedly inconsolable. He told the journalist that he ‘doesn’t know what happened at all and is awaiting information from the SAPS”. Their two daughters, Mrs Marina Wessels and Ms Daleen Breedt, were with their father, and their eldest daughter Mrs Marisa van Niekerk was expected to arrive from Hongkong.
Daughter Daleen said “she was a phenomenal mom. A homemaker par excellence and always well-dressed and immaculately groomed.’
SAPS Lt-Col Annelie Wrensch said that according to evidence found at the Breedt home and that of a friend, the indications are that her death may not have been crime-related. An inquest into her death has been opened. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Aan-brand-gesteek-vrou-sterf-in-veld-20100728
BLOEMFONTEIN. The SAPS ‘do not suspect a crime’ in the torching-death of Mrs Johanna Breedt, 64, of the Serenitas Retirement Centre in Bayswater. Volksblad journalist Earl Coetzee reports that ‘it appears as if a flammable liquid was poured over Mrs Breedt in a field at Polhymnia Street before she was set alight.’ Her distraught husband Rev Johan Breedt reportedly is inconsolable and says he doesn’t know what could have happened.
SAPS LtCol Annelie Wrensch said that from the evidence found at the Breedt home and that of a friend, her death ‘may not have been crime-related’. As required by law, an inquest into her death was opened.
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A worker at a private residenceright next to the field went to investigate why their dogs were barking so much – and when she saw the burning woman, she alerted her homeowner Mr Mos Grobler, the SAPS and the fire department. A member of the Bloemsec-private security company who was patrolling the street also rushed in to help douse the flames. Mr Grobler said that initially he did not recognise the burnt woman – until he noticed her car parked nearby, and her cellphone near the scene, and realised that it was Mrs Breedt – a close family friend.
She was still alive when paramedics from ER24 rushed her from the scene to the Bloemfontein MediClinic with 100% burn wounds: she died shortly after 9pm. Medical personnel said her burn wounds were ‘the worst any of them had ever seen’. Her distraught and crying husband, Reverend Johan Breedt, stood helplessly at the scene and was reportedly inconsolable. He told the journalist that he ‘doesn’t know what happened at all and is awaiting information from the SAPS”. Their two daughters, Mrs Marina Wessels and Ms Daleen Breedt, were with their father, and their eldest daughter Mrs Marisa van Niekerk was expected to arrive from Hongkong.
Daughter Daleen said “she was a phenomenal mom. A homemaker par excellence and always well-dressed and immaculately groomed.’
SAPS Lt-Col Annelie Wrensch said that according to evidence found at the Breedt home and that of a friend, the indications are that her death may not have been crime-related. An inquest into her death has been opened. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Aan-brand-gesteek-vrou-sterf-in-veld-20100728
Monday, July 26, 2010
Three sugar-cane workers arrested for loathsome double-murder of Jennifer, Christopher Early from UK on their Hibberdene, KZN smallholding
Three sugar-cane workers arrested for loathsome double-murder of Jennifer, Christopher Early from UK on their Hibberdene, KZN smallholding
HIBBERDENE, KZN. July 23 2010 - A convicted burglar who had been jailed for breaking into a Hibberdene smallholding - and who was released from prison in June – was amongst three sugar-cane workers arrested at a kampong 12 km away; suspected of murdering the retired white English-speaking couple Christopher (69) and Jennifer (62) Early, who are originally from the United Kingdom. The kampong is 12km away from the smallholdings. The Early couple had been found dead inside their crashed, torched car.
Beeld newspaper journalist Dries Liebenberg reports on July 23 2010 that the 23-year-old suspect was jailed for breaking in at Hibberdene – the same region where Mr and Mrs Early were hacked to death. A team of detectives from Port Shepstone descended on the Silver Hill kampong at a sugar-cane farm co-operative at 4pm on Fridayto arrest the man. SAPS lt.col. Zandra Hechter said the kampong is located about 12km from the Early smallholding. The couple’s .22 and .38 special handguns, their two cellphones and various other items from the Early household were found with the suspects. The SAPS believe that Mrs Early was shot dead with the couple’s own .22 handgun. Mr Early was hacked to death with a machete – police believe he had surprised the attackers inside the homestead while they were holding his wife captive. The men are scheduled to set remand court appearance date on Monday July 26. The SAPS is also investigating whether the attack-gang can be linked to any other armed robberies in the region. 2010-07-23 Dries Liebenberg http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Hy-moor-glo-na-sy-vrylating-20100723
HIBBERDENE, KZN. July 23 2010 - A convicted burglar who had been jailed for breaking into a Hibberdene smallholding - and who was released from prison in June – was amongst three sugar-cane workers arrested at a kampong 12 km away; suspected of murdering the retired white English-speaking couple Christopher (69) and Jennifer (62) Early, who are originally from the United Kingdom. The kampong is 12km away from the smallholdings. The Early couple had been found dead inside their crashed, torched car.
Beeld newspaper journalist Dries Liebenberg reports on July 23 2010 that the 23-year-old suspect was jailed for breaking in at Hibberdene – the same region where Mr and Mrs Early were hacked to death. A team of detectives from Port Shepstone descended on the Silver Hill kampong at a sugar-cane farm co-operative at 4pm on Fridayto arrest the man. SAPS lt.col. Zandra Hechter said the kampong is located about 12km from the Early smallholding. The couple’s .22 and .38 special handguns, their two cellphones and various other items from the Early household were found with the suspects. The SAPS believe that Mrs Early was shot dead with the couple’s own .22 handgun. Mr Early was hacked to death with a machete – police believe he had surprised the attackers inside the homestead while they were holding his wife captive. The men are scheduled to set remand court appearance date on Monday July 26. The SAPS is also investigating whether the attack-gang can be linked to any other armed robberies in the region. 2010-07-23 Dries Liebenberg http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Hy-moor-glo-na-sy-vrylating-20100723
Two white couples gruesomely murdered, KZN
2010-07-23 Newspaper couple Kate and Graham Lizamore murdered at Pinetown home – sister discovers their bodies
PINETOWN, KZN. The decomposing bodies of newspaper couple Kate Lizamore, 50, and Graham Lizamore, 62, were discovered in their Pinetown home on July 23 2010. They were murdered: a plastic bag was pulled over her head and his hands and feet were tied behind him. Her sister Mrs Patricia Hayes of Pietermaritzburg had alerted the couple’s colleagues and police after she was unable to reach them on their cellphones. They had moved from the East Cape five weeks earlier. Mr Lizamore ‘s hometown was Gonubie, EC.
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He wrote on his facebook page on July 8: “ Durbs makes everything good and bad people behind you” ..
On April 26 he also wrote: “ Happy birthday dear Katey, my wife and closest companion, who is always the first to come to the aid of those who need help no matter the time nor circumstance. Enjoy today and countless more…”
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Independent Newspapers confirmed that their employee Kathleen (Kate) Lizamore and her husband, Graham had only been living in KZN for one month and a week after moving from the Eastern Cape. Kate Lizamore's colleagues said she had not been at work since Wednesday and Mrs Hayes had called the newspaper to find out if her colleagues had heard from her because she had been unable to get hold of the couple since Monday.
The Mercury newspaper reported that on Friday, Mrs Hayes had ‘managed to get the police to check on them at their house in Rushbrook Road South, in Mosley Park, only to discover that the house had been locked.” KwaZulu-Natal Police spokesman Vincent Mdunge said on inspection police had found them dead. "Their bodies were slumped in the toilet. The man had his hands tied behind his back with a rope and the wife's head was covered with what looked like a refuse bag. Their bodies were already in a state of decomposition."
A neighbour said she had last seen the couple on Wednesday. The Lizamores were having some painting work done at their home by the local complex caretaker. The neighbour said they were busy painting when she heard what sounded like an altercation between Graham Lizamore and the complex's caretaker. She said she locked herself in her house and after a while there was silence. That same night the complex caretaker and his girlfriend, who had been living with him on the premises, packed up their belongings and left. There were blood stains on the curtain of their flatlet. Mdunge said they were still investigating and had not established the cause of death. It was not clear if they had been strangled. "Because of the level of heat their bodies were already in a state of decomposition but they were fully clothed. Nothing was stolen from the house. There is also no evidence of forced entry".
The couple had arrived in Durban last month and Kate Lizamore had got a job with Independent Newspapers Special Projects. Kate Lizamore's line manager, Vinesh Naidoo, said they were all shocked by her death. She had worked at media houses across the country. Graham Lizamore had been employed by the then Argus group, which became Independent Newspapers after it was bought out by Irish entrepreneur Sir Anthony O'Reilly. He had worked in editorial sections of the Cape Argus and Star titles. He also worked for Johnnic Communications, now the Avusa group, overseeing the relaunch of the old Kei Mercury community newspaper in King William's Town. Graham Lizamore had also been accredited with the launches of The Barberton Times, The Natural Farmer, The Coastal Profile and The Mpumalanga Tourist. http://www.themercury.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=vn20100724091601884C761363
PINETOWN, KZN. The decomposing bodies of newspaper couple Kate Lizamore, 50, and Graham Lizamore, 62, were discovered in their Pinetown home on July 23 2010. They were murdered: a plastic bag was pulled over her head and his hands and feet were tied behind him. Her sister Mrs Patricia Hayes of Pietermaritzburg had alerted the couple’s colleagues and police after she was unable to reach them on their cellphones. They had moved from the East Cape five weeks earlier. Mr Lizamore ‘s hometown was Gonubie, EC.
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He wrote on his facebook page on July 8: “ Durbs makes everything good and bad people behind you” ..
On April 26 he also wrote: “ Happy birthday dear Katey, my wife and closest companion, who is always the first to come to the aid of those who need help no matter the time nor circumstance. Enjoy today and countless more…”
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Independent Newspapers confirmed that their employee Kathleen (Kate) Lizamore and her husband, Graham had only been living in KZN for one month and a week after moving from the Eastern Cape. Kate Lizamore's colleagues said she had not been at work since Wednesday and Mrs Hayes had called the newspaper to find out if her colleagues had heard from her because she had been unable to get hold of the couple since Monday.
The Mercury newspaper reported that on Friday, Mrs Hayes had ‘managed to get the police to check on them at their house in Rushbrook Road South, in Mosley Park, only to discover that the house had been locked.” KwaZulu-Natal Police spokesman Vincent Mdunge said on inspection police had found them dead. "Their bodies were slumped in the toilet. The man had his hands tied behind his back with a rope and the wife's head was covered with what looked like a refuse bag. Their bodies were already in a state of decomposition."
A neighbour said she had last seen the couple on Wednesday. The Lizamores were having some painting work done at their home by the local complex caretaker. The neighbour said they were busy painting when she heard what sounded like an altercation between Graham Lizamore and the complex's caretaker. She said she locked herself in her house and after a while there was silence. That same night the complex caretaker and his girlfriend, who had been living with him on the premises, packed up their belongings and left. There were blood stains on the curtain of their flatlet. Mdunge said they were still investigating and had not established the cause of death. It was not clear if they had been strangled. "Because of the level of heat their bodies were already in a state of decomposition but they were fully clothed. Nothing was stolen from the house. There is also no evidence of forced entry".
The couple had arrived in Durban last month and Kate Lizamore had got a job with Independent Newspapers Special Projects. Kate Lizamore's line manager, Vinesh Naidoo, said they were all shocked by her death. She had worked at media houses across the country. Graham Lizamore had been employed by the then Argus group, which became Independent Newspapers after it was bought out by Irish entrepreneur Sir Anthony O'Reilly. He had worked in editorial sections of the Cape Argus and Star titles. He also worked for Johnnic Communications, now the Avusa group, overseeing the relaunch of the old Kei Mercury community newspaper in King William's Town. Graham Lizamore had also been accredited with the launches of The Barberton Times, The Natural Farmer, The Coastal Profile and The Mpumalanga Tourist. http://www.themercury.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=vn20100724091601884C761363
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Boervrou, werker keelaf gesny ná set met brand
Bongani Hans
Drie mense is gisteraand vermoor in ’n klaarblyklik goed beplande plaasaanval in Mooirivier in KwaZulu-Natal.
Die aanvallers het ’n 58-jarige boervrou en ’n 65-jarige werker keelaf gesny. Die derde slagoffer, ’n 34-jarige huishulp, is verskeie kere in die kombuis geskiet.
Kol. Jay Naicker, polisiewoordvoerder, het gesê die aanvallers het omstreeks 20:00 ’n brand op die plaas Sherwood gestig. Hulle het gewag dat die boer die huis verlaat – en toe toegeslaan.
“Die boer het uitgegaan om die brand te gaan blus, terwyl sy vrou ’n werker gaan roep het om te help. Op pad na die brand is die vrou en die werker deur twee mans gekonfronteer.”
Mnr. Fritz Erasmus, ’n paramedikus, het gesê die boervrou se lyk is in ’n motorhuis gevind en dié van die werker buite die kombuisdeur. Albei het steekwonde gehad en is keelaf gesny.
Die huishulp se lyk is in die kombuis gevind.
Naicker het gesê die motief vir die aanval is onbekend. Die moordenaars het te voet gevlug sonder om iets te buit.
Die polisie se honde-eenheid was teen druktyd steeds besig om na hulle te soek.
’n Groep boere het 15 paaie in die omgewing afgesper om die moordenaars te probeer vastrek.
Mnr. Koos Marais, veiligheidshoof van die KwaZulu-Natalse Landbouvereniging, het sy skok oor die moorde uitgespreek.
“Ons doen ’n beroep op die regering om die sinnelose moorde op ons land se voedselprodusente stop te sit.”
http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Boervrou-werker-keelaf-gesny-na-set-met-brand-20100722
Drie mense is gisteraand vermoor in ’n klaarblyklik goed beplande plaasaanval in Mooirivier in KwaZulu-Natal.
Die aanvallers het ’n 58-jarige boervrou en ’n 65-jarige werker keelaf gesny. Die derde slagoffer, ’n 34-jarige huishulp, is verskeie kere in die kombuis geskiet.
Kol. Jay Naicker, polisiewoordvoerder, het gesê die aanvallers het omstreeks 20:00 ’n brand op die plaas Sherwood gestig. Hulle het gewag dat die boer die huis verlaat – en toe toegeslaan.
“Die boer het uitgegaan om die brand te gaan blus, terwyl sy vrou ’n werker gaan roep het om te help. Op pad na die brand is die vrou en die werker deur twee mans gekonfronteer.”
Mnr. Fritz Erasmus, ’n paramedikus, het gesê die boervrou se lyk is in ’n motorhuis gevind en dié van die werker buite die kombuisdeur. Albei het steekwonde gehad en is keelaf gesny.
Die huishulp se lyk is in die kombuis gevind.
Naicker het gesê die motief vir die aanval is onbekend. Die moordenaars het te voet gevlug sonder om iets te buit.
Die polisie se honde-eenheid was teen druktyd steeds besig om na hulle te soek.
’n Groep boere het 15 paaie in die omgewing afgesper om die moordenaars te probeer vastrek.
Mnr. Koos Marais, veiligheidshoof van die KwaZulu-Natalse Landbouvereniging, het sy skok oor die moorde uitgespreek.
“Ons doen ’n beroep op die regering om die sinnelose moorde op ons land se voedselprodusente stop te sit.”
http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Boervrou-werker-keelaf-gesny-na-set-met-brand-20100722
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Moord op Egpaar
Die Vryheidsfront Plus in KwaZulu-Natal is geskok oor die uiters wreedaardige moord op twee bejaarde inwoners van Hibberdene aan die Suidkus van KwaZulu-Natal, wat op Donderdag 15 Julie 2010 in hulle woning oorval is en op barbaarse wyse met pangas en vuurwapens vermoor is.
Hierdie gewelddadige moord op twee weerlose inwoners het hulle woning en selfs buite die woning in chaos met bloedbevlekte tonele gelaat.
Na die moord is die slagoffers se lyke in die bagasiebak van hulle motor gelaai en daarmee rondgery.
Die motor is in die Umzumbe-woongebied omgegooi gevind. Hier het die SAPD ook afgekom op die vermoorde egpaar se lyke en hulle teruggespoor na hul woning.
Die Vryheidsfront Plus spreek sy skok en afkeuring uit oor hierdie wrede moord en doen ‘n beroep op die Minister van Polisie om alles in die stryd te werp om hierdie barbaarse moordenaars op te spoor en aan die man te bring. Die VF Plus versoek verder die Kommissaris van Polisie om behoorlike en doeltreffende aksie patrollies in woongebiede te ontplooi om sodoende misdaad te voorkom en te bekamp, aangesien hierdie moord vooraf gegaan is deur twee motorkapings op slagoffers in hierdie gebied gedurende die week waarvoor niemand nog gearresteer is nie.
Na die Wêreldbekersokker is alle polisielede wat daar ontplooi was vir diens, terug by hulle standplase en kan hulle doeltreffend vir bogemelde dienste aangewend word.
Die VF Plus dring daarop aan dat die Minister van Polisie nou daadwerklik sal optree om misdaad in ons land te bekamp en duidelike opdragte sal uitreik aan die Polisie op grondvlak om hulle pligte behoorlik uit te voer.
Omdat die familielede van die oorledenes nog nie opgespoor is nie, kan hulle besonderhede nog nie bekendgemaak word nie.
Hierdie gewelddadige moord op twee weerlose inwoners het hulle woning en selfs buite die woning in chaos met bloedbevlekte tonele gelaat.
Na die moord is die slagoffers se lyke in die bagasiebak van hulle motor gelaai en daarmee rondgery.
Die motor is in die Umzumbe-woongebied omgegooi gevind. Hier het die SAPD ook afgekom op die vermoorde egpaar se lyke en hulle teruggespoor na hul woning.
Die Vryheidsfront Plus spreek sy skok en afkeuring uit oor hierdie wrede moord en doen ‘n beroep op die Minister van Polisie om alles in die stryd te werp om hierdie barbaarse moordenaars op te spoor en aan die man te bring. Die VF Plus versoek verder die Kommissaris van Polisie om behoorlike en doeltreffende aksie patrollies in woongebiede te ontplooi om sodoende misdaad te voorkom en te bekamp, aangesien hierdie moord vooraf gegaan is deur twee motorkapings op slagoffers in hierdie gebied gedurende die week waarvoor niemand nog gearresteer is nie.
Na die Wêreldbekersokker is alle polisielede wat daar ontplooi was vir diens, terug by hulle standplase en kan hulle doeltreffend vir bogemelde dienste aangewend word.
Die VF Plus dring daarop aan dat die Minister van Polisie nou daadwerklik sal optree om misdaad in ons land te bekamp en duidelike opdragte sal uitreik aan die Polisie op grondvlak om hulle pligte behoorlik uit te voer.
Omdat die familielede van die oorledenes nog nie opgespoor is nie, kan hulle besonderhede nog nie bekendgemaak word nie.
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