Farm Attacks

Farm robbed vehicles and rifles

Modimolle - Police in Limpopo have launched a manhunt for suspects after a farm was robbed of a vehicle and rifles at Roedtan, near Modimolle.

It is alleged that the suspects invaded the farm and held up the farm owners.

Lieutenant Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said an unknown number of suspects attacked this farm in the early hours of Tuesday.

He said a Toyota cruiser with registration numbers CXK 356 MP, hunting rifles, ammunitions, two plasma TVs, a DVD home theatre system and and two laptops were taken.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of this suspect, may contact Detective/Sergeant Kubayi on 071 602 0268 Or Captain Boshomane at 079 894 5501 or crime stop at 086 001 0111 or the crime line sms 32211.

News24
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/vehicle-rifles-stolen-in-limpopo-farm-attack-20170704
 
Three sentenced in farm attack case

The Mtunzini High Court has dealt heavy sentences to three people implicated in a farm attack two years ago.

The three – Sabelo Zulu, 22, Nana Madikane, 44, and Thandiwe Cele, 54 – were sentenced by the court for the attack in Nyoni area near Mandeni in 2015 on Thursday.

Zulu was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, twelve years for attempted murder and fifteen years for robbery.

Madikane was given six years for robbery and Cele received four years for robbery as well.

Two other suspects remain at large.

Police said in a statement that Madikane and Cele arranged to the robbery at the farm.

“The fourth suspect, Sandile Mjadu, 30, was later shot and killed in the KwaMbonambi area by police when he allegedly shot at members who were looking for him for other crimes as well. He was found in possession of a rifle suspected to be the one that was taken during the farm attack.”
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More at : http://www.iol.co.za/mercury/news/three-sentenced-in-farm-attack-case-10273523
 
Man, 83, shot dead, wife tied up for 15 hours in Ballito farm attack

Durban - An elderly resident of Glendale Heights, outside Ballito in KwaZulu-Natal, struggled for almost 15 hours to free herself so that she could help her dying husband after they were attacked in their house on the De Mist sugar farm, Netwerk24 reported.

Bob Gawler, 83, died hours after being shot in the stomach by robbers. It is suspected that he bled to death.

The robbers used cable ties to tie his 74-year-old wife Denise’s hands.

They were attacked in their home at about 18:00 on Friday.

Ricky Pissarra, the couple's son-in-law, said on Tuesday morning that Denise was very traumatised and found it difficult to speak about what had happened on Friday evening.

"It was another farm attack," Pissarra said, adding that he doesn’t think there was a political motive.

The motive was robbery. "Now it has become murder as well."

The robbers burst into the house through a glass sliding door. "Denise was lying on her bed. She’d recently undergone knee replacement surgery and was still recuperating.

"Bob had just finished showering. He was killed in the passage with his own firearm. He didn’t die immediately and obviously had put up a tremendous fight. We could see the bruises on his hands."
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More at: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/N...-for-15-hours-in-ballito-farm-attack-20170802
 
'I'm not going to make it' - farmer after attack

Polokwane - “I’m not going to make it today.”

That’s what Herman Botha, 64, kept on telling Benita Botha, his daughter-in-law, after a farm attack in the Groblersdal district.

“You are going to be okay. You are going to pull through,” she kept on reassuring him, Netwerk24 reported.

“He said he was in a lot of pain and went to lie down on the lawn,” said Benita.

It’s thought that Botha had a heart attack soon after that and before an ambulance arrived to take him from the farm to a rugby field in Groblersdal, where an emergency helicopter was on standby to take him to a hospital in Pretoria. Botha died in the ambulance before he could be transferred to the helicopter.

Botha, a well-known farmer in the Loskop district, had had an angiogram last week and had two stents inserted in his heart.

The family believe Botha probably died of a heart attack as a result of the shock of the attack.

They had to get counselling after the attack and Botha’s death.

“He still spoke to us just after the attackers left. I told him to take it easy,” Benita said.

Steel pipe

Botha was beaten over the head with a steel pipe on Sunday as he opened the garage door to take out a braai-stand.

He’d been with his son Bernard to feed some of the cattle on the farm shortly before that. Bernard had dropped Botha off at home after which he’d gone to a pivot irrigation plant near the house.

Bernard became suspicious when he got back to the farm house and didn’t see his dad.
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More at: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/im-not-going-to-make-it-farmer-after-attack-20170811
 
Rhino farmer and wife killed on their farm

Polokwane - A well-known Limpopo rhino farmer who was arrested by the Hawks in 2016 for allegedly trying to sell rhino horns has been murdered on his farm along with his wife, Netwerk24 reported.

The bloodied bodies of Piet van Zyl, 68, and his wife Tilla, 66, were found on Sunday morning in their house in the Immerpan district near Roedtan.

It is not clear if they were shot or stabbed to death.

"There must have been a terrible struggle because there was blood everywhere," said a police offer who had been at the scene, but wanted to remain anonymous.

It seems as if the attackers entered the house via the back door. Tilla was found in her pyjamas in the couple’s bedroom on the top floor. Piet was killed there as well.

The safe was forced open but is not clear what was stolen. After farmers heard of the murders, they blocked the roads leading to the area in an attempt to catch the robbers.

The police, in co-operation with the Heritage Protection Group (HPG), a crime fighting organisation, are searching for the killers.

HPG trackers were following clear shoe sole prints in sand, but by Sunday afternoon, no arrests had been made.

Tilla’s brother, Paul Maree, said the murders "show how vulnerable we all are".

'Enough is enough'

Marcelle Maritz, the FF+ leader in Limpopo, condemned the murders. "We’ve reached a point where people must join hands. Enough is enough."
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More at: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/rhino-farmer-and-wife-killed-on-their-farm-20170820
 
Pitbull said:
So many farm attacks in the Roedtan area as of late. I have family who own a farm there.

It's mainly game farms so I don't see what the thieves are looking for...
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I was a few farms away from where this happened this weekend. By Sunday midday the cops still had not pitched.
 
supersunbird said:
Cash, guns, electronics and other valuables and to be sadists....
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That is a fallacy. These game farms don't stock pile cash as normal farmers do due to the lack of overheads and all income will normally happen via EFT. I do get the Guns thing though. I think this is probably their main target.
 
Jase said:
I was a few farms away from where this happened this weekend. By Sunday midday the cops still had not pitched.
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Nothing new.

People have to realize that they cannot rely on the police anymore. Which means that some will take the law into their own hands, and dispose of the evidence without anybody being any wiser.
 
Jase said:
I was a few farms away from where this happened this weekend. By Sunday midday the cops still had not pitched.
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Couple of weeks ago, hunters were targeted, weapons, ammo and a Toyota Land cruiser taken. That was on the farm adjacent to my cousin's farm. It's really getting out of hand there as of late.
 
Pitbull said:
That is a fallacy. These game farms don't stock pile cash as normal farmers do due to the lack of overheads and all income will normally happen via EFT. I do get the Guns thing though. I think this is probably their main target.
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Just normal cash is enough, R1000 taken is a R1000 you didn't have before.
 
The_Librarian said:
Nothing new.

People have to realize that they cannot rely on the police anymore. Which means that some will take the law into their own hands, and dispose of the evidence without anybody being any wiser.
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I was with one of the farmers who is also a tracker and he said their hands are tied. He tracked down a perp and said perp just basically walked away even though he had a firearm pointed at him. Criminals know their rights and know when the law is in their favour.
 
supersunbird said:
Just normal cash is enough, R1000 taken is a R1000 you didn't have before.
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I guess that much is true. I always thought that game farms are so "rough" that attackers normally don't go in there due to the risk of all the wild animals/snakes and the likes. I always assumed they would prefer plantations as get away. I guess it just shows, no one is safe anywhere.
 
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