Sixteen firearms were stolen from a house at Matekula farm in Watverval Boven on May 10.
According to an official statement by the South African Police Service (SAPS) they are still searching for the three suspects that allegedly forced their way into the home through a window.
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In this video by Willem Petzer the crisis pertaining to farm murders and farm attacks are looked at.
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His well-developed biceps may have saved his arm, believes the victim of a farm attack.Furthermore his previous army training and experience as a security officer may have saved his and his wife’s life, said Pieter Els from Hazyview.
Pieter and his wife Tessa were attacked in their farmhouse near Sabaan Holiday Resort on Friday night. It was the second attack they survived this year. The other occurred in February.
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Me. Sonja Joubert, the girlfriend of Mr. Jasper von Kleist (61) whom was shot in a farm attack, said it did not seem that the terrorists wanted to rob anything but actually just wanted to kill the people on the farm.
Mr. Von Kleist, a foreman on the farm Dale in the Tom Burke area, died after being shot in the upper body. Me. Joubert was shot twice. One shot through her arm and the other through her shoulder.
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A former farmer of Zimbabwe who fled the country because of old president Robert Mugabe’s groundbreaking policy, died on Monday afternoon after he and his wife were attacked on their farm in the Northern Cape almost three weeks ago. Athol Harvey (80) and his wife, Colleen (78), of the farm Weltevrede near Spitskopdam were attacked and robbed in their home on February 14.
A FEISTY 79-year-old woman fought off three men who forcefully entered her home on a farm situated between Barkly West and Windsorton during the early hours of the morning of February 14.
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The Grobelershoop police in the Northern Cape are investigating a case of murder after the body of a woman (65) was found on her smallholding on Tuesday 27 February 2018.
Captain Jaques September, a police spokesperson, said the body was found in her home at about 14:00 on Tuesday.
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A farmer from Lichtenburg in the North West has been rushed to hospital in Rustenburg after being attacked and robbed on Sunday 25 February 2018.
Lt. Col Amanda Funani, the police spokesperson said that Dirk(69) and his wife Lettie Pretorius (56) had just returned from church at 12:00 when they were attacked by the three suspects.
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A teenage schoolgirl was ambushed, dragged into the bushes and left for dead while walking to Linkside High School on Wednesday morning (21/02/18).
The attack happened less than 1km from the school shortly after 8am – while the girl was running late for class.
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The chairperson of the portfolio committee on police has called for CCTV cameras to be installed in police stations across the country following the killing of five police officers and a soldier this morning.
Francois Beukman said the installation of the cameras would be an urgent implementation of police station safety which was in line with strong recommendations made by his team.
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The SAPS Northern Cape Trio Crime Unit are investigating a farm attack that allegedly took place during the evening of Tuesday, 13 February 2018 at a farm near Windsorton.
The 82 year old farmer and his wife were allegedly asleep when the suspects entered the house, assaulted them and tied them up.
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An elderly couple was attacked in their home on the farm in the Reitz area in the Free State on Sunday morning 11 February 2018.
Marius Müller, National Operations Co-ordinator of AfriForum, told Maroela Media on Sunday that a preliminary investigation indicates that three armed robbers attacked the couple at about 05:00.
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A 65-year-old man from Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria, was stabbed in his house on Wednesday in from of his entire family Provincial police spokesperson, Capt. Mavela Masondo told the media on Wednesday that the incident occurred at Puntlyf at 03:30. “Seven armed suspects broke the sliding door and entered the house; Everything in the house..
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A massive police hunt has been launched after a well-known businessman and diamond dealer, Piet Els, was brutally attacked on his farm outside Kimberley last night. Els and his partner, Magrietha (Rikkie) Alsemgeest (67), the owner of Kimberley Clothing, are currently being treated in the emergency department of Gariep Mediclinic where they are expected to..
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Last weekend a family were attacked and robbed in their home in Pretoria, South Africa. Their niece was beaten with a crowbar, her husband stabbed and shot in the head. Their two young daughters were tied up and witnessed this gruesome event. Their niece’s husband survived. The bullet came out above his eye. They are..
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A Gauteng man is in a critical condition after a hijacking occurred on a smallholding in the west of Pretoria on Monday. It is believed that the man was severely assaulted with an iron rod. Ian Cameron, Head of Community Safety at AfriForum, said the incident happened on a smallholding in the Zandfontein area at..
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