Old Bronkhorstspruit farmer, grandson killed by ‘hungry’ worker

Hendrik Janse van Rensburg,82; grandson Dean Charles Woodraffe, 17, murdered 7 March 2008: Bronkhorstspruit worker Isaac Masuku told arresting officer he was ‘hungry, bashed the white man to death and strangled his grandson’ - he did not steal any food though…
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2010-11-22 Arrested farm-worker Isaac Masuku told the black constable who arrested him in Bronkhorstspruit in 7 March 2008 for the double-murder of 82-year-old farmer Hendrik Janse van Rensburg and his grandson Dean Charles Woodraffte, 17, that ‘the white man ignored his complaints that he was hungry so he got angry and beat him to death with a spade”. However the long list of stolen goods and guns from the farm shows that he did not steal any food after the gruesome double-murders.
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Jeanne-Marié Versluis reports from the Pretoria High Court that Bronkhorstspruit SAPS dog unit constable Aaron Kabini testified to the circumstances in which Masuku was arrested on 7 March 2008 on the farm Zusterstroom near Bronkhorstspruit. Masuku denies murdering the old Afrikaner farmer and his grandson, he also denies illegal ownership of four guns, a pistol and ammunition, and denies armed robbery and theft of firearms, electrical- and electronic appliances, a cupboard with china, linnenware and clothing, a matress and R3,000 cash from Van Rensburg’s homestead.
Forensic evidence showed that the old man was bashed to death and sustained lethal injuries to his head; and that his grandson was strangled to death.
Kabini testified that Masuku, who worked on the farm, had told his employer that ‘he was hungry, but that the old Afrikaner walked away from him several times and had mumbled that ‘the kaffir is always hungry.’ This had allegedly angered the worker and he then decided to kill the old man. While he was bashing him to death, the 17-year-old grandson stormed from the homestead with a shotgun – but Masuku grappled the gun away from the youngster and strangled him to death. He then left the murdered Afrikaners on the scene, arranged transport from someone else and loaded the stolen items in a vehicl, taking it to a farm where his girlfriend lived. Kabini testified that Masuku clearly was terrified during his arrest and that he was not beaten nor injured in any way: “I think that if he confessed to everything, there would be no problems’. Masuku took the investigating police directly to the stolen goods which were identified as coming from the Van Rensburg farm. The constable also testified that ‘Masuku was never assaulted in any way and in fact the police protected him because the white farmers in the area were very angry’ about the double-murder. He also made the unsubstantiated claim that ‘if the farmers had gotten their hands on Masuku before the police had done, ‘he would not be alive today.’ The case continues. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Boer-82-kleinseun-vermoor-na-werker-glo-se-hys-honger-20101122