Three thugs attacked an elderly couple on their smallholding outside Humansdorp during the early hours of yesterday morning.
According to police, an 82-year-old man and his 65-year-old wife were attacked inside their house – about 4km outside Humansdorp – shortly after midnight. The smallholding is next to the R102 which leads from Jeffreys Bay to Humansdorp.
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#FARMATTACK: Elderly Couple Attacked On Their Smallholding Outside Humansdorp – Eastern Cape
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Farm attack in Hennenman District leaves two people injured
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Two people sustained injuries ranging from minor to moderate after an apparent farm attack in Rietgat in the Hennenman District Sunday afternoon. When ER24 arrived on the scene at 14H20, they found one patient in the kitchen. Upon further assessment, he was found to have sustained minor injuries. Paramedics treated the man but he later..
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Massive police hunt after brutal farm attack outside Kimberley
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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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Cape becomes dangerous – DA-controlled Western Cape government is unable to fight crime
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The Cape is no longer the crime-free area it was and more and more violent crime occurs, especially on tourists, while the DA-controlled Western Cape government is apparently just as incapable of doing something about just like the ANC in the other provinces . After several hikers was attacked and seriously injured on Table Mountain..
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Eastern Cape farmer dies weeks after brutal attack
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The family of farmer Riaan Scheepers from Alexandria in the Eastern Cape said this evening that Scheepers had died after a weeks-long battle to stay alive following a savage beating from robbers at the farm he managed late last month. A message from his daughter Bianca Scheepers shared on WhatsApp‚ states: “Papa went to a..
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Farmer strikes back after farm invasion, shoots 1, Roodekuil
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The Police in Bela-Bela have arrested three suspects who were involved in the farm attack which occurred in the Roodekuil area on 26 November 2017, in the afternoon at about 16:00. It is alleged that eight armed suspects traveling with two cars entered the house, tied up the three victims and robbed them of several..
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SOUTH AFRICAN FARMERS THREATEN TO HALT FOOD PRODUCTION IF GOVERNMENT DOESN’T STEP IN TO HELP
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The KwaZulu-Natal Agricultural Union (Kwanalu) on Thursday admitted that crime was a huge concern for everyone, including farmers, and that safety and security was not just a single-day initiative, but required a proactive response. Kwanalu was responding to threats by some farmers to halt food production to force the government to protect them after the..
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Farm worker arrested after farm murder, Albertinia
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A 20 year old suspect is scheduled to appear in the Albertinia Magistrates’ Court this morning after he had been charged with the murder of the 52 years old Sharon Bester whose body was found by one of her employees on Saturday, 28 October 2017 at about 20:30 when he went to feed the dogs…
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Farmer shot and killed on his farm near Griekwastad
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Brig. Mohale Ramatseba from the SAP said that a 35-year-old farmer, around 15:00 on Tuesday was shot dead on his farm Bonteheuwel. The police did not release the name of the farmer, but Marius Muller from Afriforum identified the former farmer as Willem Woux. According to Ramtseba, Woux was engaged in an argument with a..
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Elderly woman and farm worker attacked, Free State
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A 68-year-old female and a male worker were attacked by two armed suspects on Thursday, August 24 on a farm situated in the Clocolan area, Free State. The suspects held both victims at gunpoint before ordering the female to open the safe. The suspects fled in a white Toyota Hilux bakkie. The police and community..
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Elderly couple assaulted, tied up and robbed on their farm in Mpumalanga
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An elderly husband and wife were assaulted and robbed on their farm in Houtboshoek in the early hours of Monday morning. According to Bossies Community Justice’s (BCJ) Albert Gryvenstein, three suspects, one of which was armed, committed the crime. ”At 05:30 the suspects bent a burglar bar of a window in the study to get..
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Elderly farmer brutally killed in Glendale Heights outside of Ballito
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A well-known elderly couple were subjected to a night of horror, when they were attacked in their farmhouse, De Mist, in Glendale Heights 40 minutes outside of Ballito, yesterday evening. Alpha Security area manager Rex Hunt struggled to repeat the details of the terrible tragedy that unfolded at St Martin sugar estate where Bob Gawler..
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64-year-old farmer stabbed, set alight in the Bulwer/Underberg area of KwaZulu-Natal
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A group of men stabbed to death and then set fire to a 64-year-old Bulwer farmer on Wednesday. The man’s wife, who had luckily not been home at the time, discovered his charred body inside their house on the Midlands farm. Authorities responding to the scene said the charred remains of a KZN farmer killed..
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Farm attack on West Rand – 71 year old man shot several times
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On Friday evening May 4 around about 7.50pm, a 71-year-old man was shot several times in an alleged farm attack on the West Rand. Just after the incident, reports of the attack went viral on several Whatsapp groups in Randfontein. Constable Lucky Matome, Tarlton Police’s spokesperson, said the West Rand Trio Task Team and the..
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