Horrific Dullstroom farm attack, hours of torture and murder, 2 accused...
The accused in the brutal farm attack on Robert Lynn and Susan (Sue) Howarth in February 2017 were each sentenced on 30 June 2022, in the Breyten Magistrate’s Court to 37 years imprisonment. Lynn and...
View ArticlePolice report on the savage Dullstroom farm attack, murder and sentencing
The two brothers, Nkosinathi Yika (28) and Themba Yika (38) received a hefty sentence for the murder of Ms Sue Howarth (65) and the attempted murder of her husband who was 68 years old at the time, a...
View Article3 Farm attacks, 1 farm murder in South Africa – June 2022
During June 2022, there were three farm attacks and one farm murder in South Africa. During the month of May 2022, there were ten farm attacks and two farm murders in South Africa. During this period...
View ArticleFarm attack, couple brutally assaulted, husband shot, Paulpietersburg
A farm attack took place on 3 July 2022, on the farm Morgenzon in Paulpietersburg near Vryheid, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Three attackers overpowered Amanda and Lothar Klingenberg...
View ArticleFarm attack, woman (62) hospitalised after brutal attack by farm worker,...
A farm attack took place on Monday afternoon 2 July 2022, on the farm Straussfonteinin in Trompsburg in the Free State province of South Africa. Beminde Jacobs (62) arrived on the farm after a trip to...
View ArticleFarm attack foiled, swift operation nets 5 armed suspects, Vaalwater
An intelligence led tactical operation conducted on Tuesday 5 July 2022 at about 18:30 at Vaalwater area outside Modimolle, with assistance of Community members and Shambala Welgevonden Reaction Unit...
View ArticleFarm attack, farmer hospitalised, attackers roll robbed bakkie, Heidelberg
A farm attack took place on the night of 10 July 2022, during load shedding, on a farm along the R549 road in Heidelberg in the Gauteng province of South Africa. A farmer went outside to investigate...
View ArticleFarm attack, attacker opens fire on bakkie, farmers son wounded, Westonaria
A farm attack took place on Friday 8 July 2022, on a farm outside Westonaria in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The farm belongs to Jaco Taute who is also the chairman of the national stock theft...
View ArticleVaal Marina farm attack: Swift response yields success – Police report and...
Three suspects aged 24, 27 and 31 were arrested in Vaal Marina soon after they attacked and robbed a family on a plot in Vaal Marina on Sunday 10 July 2022, at approximately 20:45. Police received...
View ArticleFarm attack, family tied up, farmer hit over the head with crowbar, Klapmuts
A farm attack took place on Monday 11 July 2022, on a farm situated on Hercules Pilaar road in Klapmuts, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Five black attackers entered the home of the 64...
View ArticleFarm attack, man (76) stabbed with knives and garden fork, Withoogte, PE
A farm attack took place on Tuesday 12 July 2022, on a smallholding in the Withoogte area outside Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. A 76 year old man was alone in his house...
View ArticleFarm attack, farming community and police cooperate, save farmer, Bloekomspruit
Effective cooperation between the police and farming community on the night of 10 July 2022, ensured that the offenders were apprehended shortly after a couple was attacked on their farm in the...
View ArticleAttempted farm murder of Beminde Jacobs (62), Trompsburg attacker arrested
A farm worker was apprehended in connection with the attempted murder investigation after an alleged incident on a farm in the Trompsburg district. On Monday 4 July 2022 at around 17:00 the victim,...
View Article7 Farm workers brutally murdered on a farm outside Kestell
Seven people, six women and a young man were brutally killed at Lismor Farm District, Kestell in the Free State province of South Africa On Friday 15 July 2022 the farm owner came across lifeless...
View ArticleFarm attack averted, farmer fires warning shot, suspects flee, Uitkyk
A farm attack was averted in Uitkyk, Mokopane (Potgietersrus) in the the Limpopo province of South Africa. The owner of a smallholding heard a knocking sound outside his front door just after 12...
View ArticleKestell farm murders, police track down, arrest 2 suspects
After seven people were brutally murdered at Lismor farm near Kestell, the police investigating team followed intelligence driven information which led to the arrest of two men aged 22 and 34. The two...
View ArticleFF Plus –‘Farm murders in South Africa are out of control’
The FF Plus condemns the brutal and senseless farm attack outside Kestell in the Free State in which seven people were killed. What is especially shocking is that six of the victims were women. Five of...
View ArticleKestell farm murders: Police commended for swift action, mass funeral to take...
The Free State Provincial Commissioner, Lt General Baile Motswenyane and members of Thabo Mofutsanyana District, Crime Intelligence, K9 Unit and Public Order Police were commended by the Premier of the...
View ArticleFarmer and son both shot within 2 weeks of each other on the same farm,...
A farm attack took place on Wednesday 20 July 2022, at 23:50, on a farm outside Westonaria in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Jaco Taute, who is also the chairman of the national stock theft...
View ArticleHorrific Bonnievale farm murder and torture, 4 Lesotho Nationals arrested
The horrific farm attack and murder occurred on Monday 13 May 2019, on the farm Kapteinsdrif near Bonnievale. Mr. Tool Wessels (55) was murdered and his wife, Liezel, was seriously injured after she...
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