Andries vd Berg 82 murdered Randfontein

Afrikaner smallholder Andries vd Berg 82 murdered: praying hands tied to his chest Sept 31 2010

2010-11-07 KNOPPIESHOOGTE SMALLHOLDINGS, RANDFONTEIN - Amanda Roestoff of Beeld reports that 82-year-old smallholder Andries van den Berg was found trussed up and murdered – with his praying hands still clutched to his chest. His body was found at 7pm Thursday Nov 4 2010 by son Joë (50) on the bedroom floor. He was dressed in his pajama pants. With his hands and feet tied up, the old Afrikaner's crushed-in face was covered by a jacket . The family had begged the deeply religious Afrikaner to move to town – but because of his love for his environment he refused to move when wife Elaine, 75, moved to Joë 's house in town four years ago for her safety .



Joë said the house had been locked from the inside when he went to investigate why he had not heard from his dad. He broke open the kitchen window and found his dad on the floor - murdered. He slept on the floor at times because he suffered from back problems."The right side of his face was crushed in and one ear was torn off. Two baseball bats and a knob-kierie were next to the body”. The SAPS believe the killers broke in through a living room window and attacked Van den Berg in his sleep.

His other son Mark 45 also said his father was 'a jewel, a deeply-religious human being.' His sons also said he was a ‘very honest but argumentative old man who would just start quoting the Bible at you…’

•The family and police suspect that he may have been murdered on Sunday night Sept 31 2010 : it has also since then been discovered that thousands of Rands were drawn from his bank account since that time and spent at luxury shops at the Vaal-Rand.
Widow Elaine described the murder on her husband as 'barbarous'. Mike Bosch, deputy-chair of Randfontein's Police Community Forum said the community members are very upset."Despite all our efforts and all our patrols it remains unsafe.' The community offers a R5,000 reward for tips leading to the killers' conviction.SAPS capt Appel Ernst said investigating officer w/o Karen Nel can be contacted at 011 278 8100 He was a member of the Dutch-Reformed Church Middelvlei outside Randfontein.
http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bejaarde-op-hoewe-vermoor-20101107

Sons Joë and Mark van den Berg: their murdered father was a ‘jewel, a deeply-religious human being…’