“Farm Murders” 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 (67 Murders)

45 Farmers in Total
28 Farmers – Commercial (27 white)
6 Farm Commercial employees (Managers/Foreman/Workers) (3 white)
4 Farmers – Informal (2 white)
7 Farmers - Retired
30 white farmers involved in commercial agriculture murdered.

Definition of a Farm Attack

The National Priority Committee for Rural Safety defines a Farm Attack as follows: Acts of
violence against farms and smallholdings are those acts aimed at any person or persons
living on, working at or visiting farms or smallholdings with the intent to either murder,
rape, rob or otherwise inflict bodily harm or to intimidate. It is important to note that cases
of domestic violence and/or crimes caused by a dispute between family and/or friends are
not included in the definition of a farm attack.

Thus the definition of “Farm Murders” specifically EXCLUDES “Social Fabric Crimes”, for
example: this neighbour quarrel over a fence below would be excluded:

Luke von Johnston 66 & John Khoza 72

27/10/2017 Louw’s Creek, Mpumalanga
http://www.2oceansvibe.com/2017/11/06/a-tale-of-two-houses-how-a-quarrel-over-a-fence-ended-
with-a-double-murder/

Therefore when murder rates are compared, Other Social Fabric Crimes should also
be excluded... (To use the German term “Raubmord”- murder committed in an
aggravated robbery)

StatsSA’s 2016 Community Survey did produce estimates of the size of that section of the
white population that is affected by farm attacks. It found that there were 47 218 white-
headed households engaged in some kind of agricultural activities on “farm land” – including
both commercial farm land and small holdings. Of these 24 959 were involved in commercial
agriculture and 11 007 were small holders.

30 out of 24 959, Gives a Commercial Farmer Murder Rate of: 120/100000

The “Raubmord” rate for the population as a whole would be in the vicinity of 12 per 100
000 for all aggravated robberies, and 4 per 100 000 for home and business robberies
(combined). (See “Farm murders: Fact-checking the fact-checkers” by James Myburgh)
https://www.politicsweb.co.za/opinion/farm-murders-factchecking-the-factcheckers

What this boils down to is Commercial Farmers are 30 times more at risk than average
South Africans from being killed in the event of an aggravated robbery in their homes or on
their farms..

In 2012/13 financial year, 84 police officials out of a total of 155,531 were murdered. That is
a ratio of 54 per 100 000. Commercial Farmers are more than 2 times at risk than
Policemen.

This points to the fact that Farmers are being targeted in high numbers way out of
proportion to the size of their community, and gives credence to those who believe that
white farmers are the victims of a 25 year ongoing terrorist campaign to drive them from
disputed land.
2017 April

Peet van Es 55 (Farmer- Commercial)

11/04/2017 Moseley Farm, Barberton (tortured, stabbed to death)
https://lowvelder.co.za/382934/farm-attack-man-begged-life/

“Oom Klein” Harmse 87 (Pensioner)

19/04/2017 Modderfontein Farm, Vanderbijlpark (tortured, savagely beaten, fractured skull)
http://archive.vn/ecuWc

Elizabeth Matsabisa Tsietso 57 (Domestic Helper)

20/04/2017 Pharoasfontein Farm, Wepener (shot dead)
https://archive.is/d0Q5e

Johannes van den Berg Pieter 49 (Farmer- Commercial)

20/04/2017 Pharoasfontein Farm, Wepener (shot dead)
https://archive.is/d0Q5e

Dirk du Randt 67 (Farmer - Commercial)

22/04/2017 Farm Elim, Ladybrand (tied up, stabbed repeatedly, throat slit)
http://archive.vn/sDRm2

May
Pranesh Namnath 22 (Student)
01/05/2017 Hibiscus Coast (shot and killed)
https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/post/20170510/281578060577925

Michael Kernick 64 (Farmer - Commercial)

10/05/2017 Tatoon Farm, Bulwer (stabbed with garden fork, doused with petrol and set alight)
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/bulwer-man-found-burnt-20170511

Grietn Mahlangu 78 (Pensioner)

12/05/2017 Roossenekal, Groblersdal (brutally beaten, stabbed)
http://archive.vn/rP2WE

Barend Christian Greyling 59 (Farmer - Owner- Commercial)

16/05/2017 Leeukuil farm near Sannieshof (shot dead)
https://archive.is/PPsEw

Bert van Rensburg 67 (Businessman)

25/05/2017 Rayton (shot execution style)
http://archive.vn/HTpvW
June

Sibusiso Jojisa 60 (Farmer - Informal? Chicken)

01/06/2017 KwaJali, Harding (shot in the chest)
http://archive.fo/3Vq0h

Robert “Oki” Turner 66 (Farmer – Commercial, Gum trees)

14/06/2017 Cheerio Gardens, Magoebaskloof, Haenertsburg (tortured, shot upper leg, beaten to
death with a metal pole)
http://www.bulletin.us.com/articles/news/42601/2017-06-15/farmer-brutally-murdered

Hanno Steyn 47 (Farmer – Commercial, Sheep and cattle)

16/06/2017 Hibernia Farm, Lichtenburg (assaulted, taken outside and executed)
http://archive.vn/0sXqK

Bafana Mohami 32 (Farm Worker)

17/06/2017 Rooikraal, Heidelberg (shot, passed in hospital)
https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/beeld/20170620/281831463728515

Dries Schoeman 70 (Farmer - retired?)

21/06/2017 Waterval Boven (hacked, bound, beaten with angle iron, succumbed to his injuries on
11/07/2017)
https://archive.is/mP1sj

Patrick Itumeng 68 (Farmer - Commercial, and local shop owner)

30/06/2017 Vryburg (shot and killed)
https://www.ofm.co.za/article/local-news/246771/two-farmers-murdered-in-north-west-at-the-
weekend

July
Elsa Erasmus 74 (Farmer - Commercial)
02/07/2017 Schweizer-Reneke (hands tied behind back, shot, executed)
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/woman-murdered-on-farm-after-putting-flowers-on-spot-
where-husband-died-20170703

Dries Botha 57 (Farmer – Commercial, Herbalist)

04/07/2017 Brits (shot, died almost a week later)
https://www.ofm.co.za/article/local-news/246935/a-third-north-west-farmer-dies-in-recent-farm-
attack

Bob Gawler 83 (Farmer - Retired)

28/07/2017 De Mist sugar farm, Glendale Heights, Ballito (attacked and beaten, before being shot in
the stomach)
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/man-83-shot-dead-wife-tied-up-for-15-hours-in-ballito-
farm-attack-20170802

Jason Winrow 47 (Farmer – Commercial, Chicken)

28/07/2017 Bare Acres Farm, Donga Creak, Bluewater, Stutterheim (several gunshot and stab
wounds)
http://archive.vn/TqWpi

Dennis Gawler 88 (Farmer - Retired)

28/07/2017 De Mist, Glendale Heights (beaten, before being shot in the stomach)
https://northcoastcourier.co.za/90220/elderly-farmer-attacked-left-die-glendale-heights/

August
Herman Botha 64 (Farmer – Commercial, Cattle)
06/08/2017 Kameeldoring, Polokwane (beaten over head with a steel pipe, died from heart attack)
http://archive.vn/l10z0

Vic Cook 75 (Pensioner)

17/08/2017 Potchefstroom (tortured with hot oil then stabbed) (Retiree)
https://archive.is/AQAoC

Anton Smuts 64 (Farmer - Commercial)

19/08/2017 Kinross and Leandra (shot then burnt in his bakkie)
https://archive.li/WqZDw

Arno Niehaus 53 (Lodge Owner /Manager)

19/08/2017 Big Creek Lodge, Moon Bay (strangled)
https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/volksblad/20170822/281814283983285

Piet van Zyl 68 (Farmer – Commercial, Rhinos)

20/08/2017 Immerpan, Roedtan (shot dead)
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/rhino-farmer-and-wife-killed-on-their-farm-20170820

Matilda “Tilla” van Zyl 66 (Wife of farmer)

20/08/2017 Immerpan, Roedtan (shot dead)
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/rhino-farmer-and-wife-killed-on-their-farm-20170820

September
Cecil Petersen 83 (Pensioner)
13/09/2017 Bela-Bela, Modimolle (shot in the face, passed while being operated on 26/10/2017)
http://archive.vn/Xhtci
Pattie Petersen 73 (Pensioner)
13/09/2017 Bela-Bela, Modimolle (shot in the stomach and died at the scene)
http://archive.vn/Xhtci

Craig Smith 70 (Farmer - Retired)

15/09/2017 Arniside, Mid Illovo (bludgeoned to death with a walking stick)
http://archive.is/FYhRT

Werner Emslie (Dr.) 55 (Medical Doctor)

18/09/2017 Lephalale (shot and killed)
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/doctor-killed-family-injured-in-limpopo-farm-attack-
20170921

October

Mark Fagan 46 (Owner petting zoos)

13/10/2017 Philadelphia (shot dead)
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/he-saved-all-of-us-wife-of-slain-heroic-farmer-20171015

Kyle Stols 22 (Farmer – Foreman, Game farm)

22/10/2017 Hatari Game Farm, Jagersfontein (shot in chest and killed)
https://m.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Local/Express-News/farmer-22-shot-killed-20171024

Joubert Conradie 47 (Farmer - Commercial)

24/10/2017 Uitkyk Farm, Klapmuts (shot several times, passed during surgery)
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/stellenbosch-farmer-dies-after-attack-20171024

Sharon Bester 52 (Farmer – Commercial, Tomatoes)

28/10/2017 Zout van de Aarde, Albertinia (strangled to death)
https://maroelamedia.co.za/nuus/sa-nuus/tamatieboer-dood-in-bed-aangetref

Barry Baars 49 (Farmer – Commercial, Guest and game farm)

30/10/2017 Daskop, Ficksburg (shot in the head)
https://briefly.co.za/5467-another-farmer-killed-a-day-blackmonday.html

Bokkie Potgieter 73 (Farmer – Small scale, Vegetables)

30/10/2017 Gelukstad, Vryheid (hacked with a panga)
http://news.searchsa.co.za/incidents/farm/another-farm-murder-vryheid

Willem van der Westhuizen “Willem Woux” 35 (Farmer - Commercial)

31/10/2017 Bonteheuwel, Griquatown (shot in the head)
https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/northern-cape/worker-killed-farmer-and-shot-me-in-the-
testicles-11878067
Willie Barnard 55 (Farmer - Commercial)
31/10/2017 Jagersbosch, Fochville(shot dead)
http://carletonvilleherald.com/18191/farmer-murdered-fochville-area

November
Elizabeth “Toodles” Kotze 73 (Pensioner)
02/11/2017 Lichtenburg (stabbed, mutilated)
http://nuus.info/moord-bejaarde-se-gesig-met-mes-in-n-kruis-oopgesny

Daniel Swanepoel 57 (Farmer - Commercial)

04/11/2017 Eensgevonden, Vryheid (stabbed to death)
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/2-convicted-of-murder-for-vryheid-farm-attack-20171117

Fourie Danie (Kat) 70 (Pensioner)

14/11/2017 Kuruman (stabbed, throat slit)
https://www.dfa.co.za/news/suspect-in-brutal-farm-attack-hangs-himself

Kgotlele Tshidiso 53 (Farmer -Sheep Shepard)

14/11/2017 Kilimanock, Dewetsdorp (shot in the stomach)
http://archive.vn/vjJAG

Christo Redelinghys 60 (Farmer - Commercial)

19/11/2017 Farm Jonkmanspruit, Hoedspruit (shot with a shotgun)
https://archive.is/6vlJU

Riaan Scheepers 62 (Farmer - Commercial)

25/11/2017 Alexandria (savagely beaten, passed 3 weeks later, 19/12/2017)
http://archive.vn/4jG4u

December
Anisha van Niekerk 30 (Landlord)
10/12/2017 Mooinooi, Magaliesberg (abducted, repeatedly raped, executed)
http://archive.vn/lQ1NL

Joey van Niekerk 32

10/12/2017 Mooinooi, Magaliesberg (abducted, repeatedly raped, executed)
http://archive.vn/lQ1NL

Kayla McKenna 16 (grade 10 pupil)

19/12/2017 Mtwalume, Hibberdene (tied up, strangled)
https://citizen.co.za/news/news-cns/1766646/update-family-murdered-set-alight-in-mtwalume-named/
Peter McKenna 73 (Pensioner)
19/12/2017 Mtwalume, Hibberdene (tied up, strangled)
https://citizen.co.za/news/news-cns/1766646/update-family-murdered-set-alight-in-mtwalume-named/

Ethan Julyan 9 (pupil at Port Shepstone Junior Primary)

19/12/2017 Mtwalume, Hibberdene (tied up, strangled)
https://citizen.co.za/news/news-cns/1766646/update-family-murdered-set-alight-in-mtwalume-named/

Jeffery Shaun Julyan 34 (worked at Halfway Ford)

19/12/2017 Mtwalume, Hibberdene (tied up, strangled)
https://citizen.co.za/news/news-cns/1766646/update-family-murdered-set-alight-in-mtwalume-named/

Gunther Prigge 66 (Farmer - Commercial)

22/12/2017 Mooihoek, Piet Retief (killed in a shootout)
https://maroelamedia.co.za/nuus/sa-nuus/vyf-vas-na-piet-retief-plaasmoord/

2018 January
Attie Jooste 60 (Farmer – Small scale sheep)
07/01/2018 Jan Kempdorp (stabbed to death)
https://www.dfa.co.za/news/northern-cape-farmer-murdered/

Koos Benadie 65 (Farmer - Commercial,)

24/01/2018 Bronkhorstspruit (stabbed to death)
https://rekordeast.co.za/158997/update-slain-bronkhorstspruit-farmer-fondly-remembered-family/

Piet Els 87 (Farmer – Commercial, Owner)

24/01/2018 Kimberley (died 15/05/2018, 111 days after brutal attack)
https://archive.is/4qW1T

Dries Steenkamp 77 (Farmer, retired?)

25/01/2018 Lydenburg (shot and killed)
https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/mpumalanga/elderly-farmer-dies-after-being-shot-in-
his-farm-house-lydenburg/

February
Riana Louw du Toit 44 (Farm Restaurant Manager)
06/02/2018 between Sutherland and Merweville (beaten to death with a rock)
https://www.dfa.co.za/news/nc-woman-beatento-death-with-rock-13173092
Athol Harvey 80 (Farmer - retired?)
14/02/2018 Weltevrede near Spitskopdam (hit with a crowbar, past 3 days after release from
hospital)
https://sa-news.com/farmer-of-northern-cape-who-was-brutally-assaulted-with-crowbar-dies-three-
weeks-after-farm-attack/

Meyer Johannes Cornelius”Kort Hans” 73 (Farmer, retired?)

16/02/2018 Vogelvlei farm, Charl Cilliers (shot twice)
https://seskhonanews.co.za/help-charl-cilliers-police-find-farm-murder-suspects/

van der Vyfer Hentie 72 (Pensioner)

25/02/2018 Welgelegen, Chrissiesmeer, Ermelo (strangled to death)
https://maroelamedia.co.za/nuus/sa-nuus/mpumalanga-plaasmoord-vrou-dalk-ingewag/

Hannes Christie 65 (Farmer - Commercial)

27/02/2018 Coligny (assaulted and died)
https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/beeld/20180301/281668255471359

March
Dirk Steenkamp 71 (Farmer - Commercial, Cattle)
04/03/2018 Vredefort (shot dead )
https://www.ofm.co.za/article/local-news/258731/well-known-cattle-farmer-killed-near-vredefort

Martin Louw 59 (Farmer - Manager)

14/03/2018 Wolwefontein, Tulbagh (fatally stabbed)
http://ewn.co.za/2018/03/21/farm-murder-suspects-to-appear-in-court

Robin McGregor 59 (Farmer - Commercial,)

14/03/2018 Wolwefontein farm,Tulbagh (fatally stabbed)
https://archive.is/ka1sf

Tankiso Isaac Pharoe 40 (Farmer - Manager)

19/03/2018 Brandenburg, Ladybrand (stabbed and hacked to death)
http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politics/farm-manager-brutally-murdered-wife-raped--da-fsta

Jasper von Kleist 61 (Farmer - Foreman)

21/03/2018 Tom Burke, Lephalale (Ellisras) (shot and killed)
https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/limpopo/farmer-shot-dead-two-others-wounded-tom-
burke/