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- Retired South African medical journalist, ex-Sunday Times of Johannesburg.
Saturday, 10 September 2011
Crime-week ending Sept 9 2011
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Tonie Swanepoel, 59, engineer, stabbed to death in farm attack, Ritchie, North Cape SEPT 9 2011: - http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1766
Mr Tonie Swanepoel, 59, a retired resident of Ritchie in the North cape, was found murdered inside his freezer after a tip-off to the Modderrivier- police.
The tip-off was received by phone at 3am and police immediately went to Mr Swanepoel's house.
They found the body stuffed in the freezer. Apparently his killers had thrown the frozen meat out of it - and after killing him had cooked and eaten his food. Swanepoel had stab wounds in the chest and back. Robbery did not seem to be the primary motive as his handgun was found discarded in the veld near his homestead. SAPS capt Tony Modise said three suspects were arrested in two local homes; the 18, 21 and 28 year old appear in Kimberley court Monday for a remand date. A cellphone and housekeys belonging to Mr Swanepoel were found in their possession. Swanepoel had lived on the smallholding on Eerste Laan for the past 12 years. He's a retired engineer and raised vegetables on his plot together with Mr Chrisjan Rossouw. Neighbours rescued his three traumatised dogs on Friday after the little animals were reportedly thrown with rocks.
http://www.volksblad.com/NoordKaap/Nuus/Man-doodgesteek-lyk-toe-in-vrieskas-gesit-20110909
Roz van der Vyver: gangraped, beaten, in ICU with brain-damage after responding to Gumtree job-ad: Online job hunt ends in horror -September 7 2011 journalist Tanya Farber reports that Cape Town resident Roz van der Vijver, 38, is fighting for her life in hospital after being gang-raped.
A close friend and colleague said the Claremont woman, had responded to the advert by phone. She was told that transport had been arranged to ferry the stocktakers from a meeting point to the Pick n Pay store in Observatory, where they would work the night shift.
The friend told the Cape Times: “She was unemployed, but she phoned me to say she had at least found casual work to do some stocktaking. She was told to be there by 8.30pm, but the earlier she arrived the better.” She arrived at 7pm on a Sunday. She joined a group of other passengers, who she assumed were job seekers, on a minibus that drove to the Observatory store.
“She got off the bus,” the friend said, “but was told to get back on as it was so cold. “One of the men said he would check if there were still places for more stocktakers, but later returned and said the positions were all taken and that those on the bus could have complimentary tea, coffee and juice for their efforts.”
The woman told her friend she drank some of the juice and began to feel very sick. The last thing she remembered was being hit over the head, but she could not recall any other details.
In the early hours of the following morning, she woke up on a stretch of grass in Table View with all her belongings missing, apart from her cellphone. According to her friend, she then called a taxi driver friend who took her home.
Her neighbour told the Cape Times that he had been awoken by the sound of the woman trying to break down her front door at 3am. “She was in shock and I noticed that her pants were torn,” he said. “I then took her to the trauma section at Groote Schuur where she was examined by a doctor. She was then transferred to the gynaecology department and was given a course of anti-retroviral therapy.”
She told her neighbour later that semen from four men had been found in her body, and another friend was then called to take care of her.The second friend told the Cape Times that the woman remembered nothing after she was hit over the head.
“From what we have been able to piece together, it sounds like she was out cold for approximately five hours.”The following day, while in the care of her friend, she had a seizure and was taken back to hospital. After another bad seizure she was taken to ICU at Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville. The friend said: “A catscan was done to see if there was any internal injury from the blow to the head, and it was negative, but there was suspicion that a blood clot could have affected her on her first day of standing up after the attack.”
Karl Bremer Hospital confirmed that the woman had been in their care, but had since been moved to ICU at Tygerberg Hospital for an MRI.Tygerberg Hospital confirmed that she had been admitted there on Monday.
The friend, who visited the woman at Tygerberg this week, said: “There doesn’t seem to be brain damage, but she is confused and they are monitoring her. Her only living relative is her mom, who lives in the Eastern Cape, so I am the closest thing she has to family in Cape Town.”
Pick n Pay, meanwhile, "has distanced itself from the online posting" - cautioning other job seekers against being lured by false adverts. The retail giant’s marketing From Page 1 and sustainability director, Bronwen Rohland, said: “Pick n Pay does not advertise any positions on Gumtree and views false advertising of employment positions within the company very seriously.
“We strongly urge individuals to be cautious and check the credentials of companies advertising employment opportunities.” She said the Observatory Pick n Pay did have a stock-take on August 22 (the morning after the attack), but that “the store and the staff complement was booked one month in advance of this stocktake procedure”.
She said Pick n Pay would value any additional information about the advertisement in question. This week there was no sign of the advert on Gumtree, and queries to the online advertising site had not been answered by the time of going to press.
According to Gumtree’s policy, a condition of use of the site is that the user agrees not to violate any laws, or be false or misleading in their adverts. The site states, however, that it cannot be held liable for the actions of any users who do violate those conditions. It says the Gumtree team “works with local and international law enforcement agencies to help keep the site free from scams and other illegal activities”.
To this end, it offers a service whereby a law enforcement inquiry can be lodged and the site, “in accordance with (their) privacy policy and data protection legislation, will provide evidence to law enforcement and give evidence in court where necessary”. Such a request, however, has to come from the police or another law enforcement agency, and it is not clear at this point whether the woman reported the alleged gang rape or not.
Her neighbour said she had sent him an SMS after he helped her, saying she would report the crime at the Claremont police station. However, personnel at the station as well as those at the Woodstock police station, situated closest to the alleged crime scene, say they have no record of a report of that nature. - Cape Times
source: tanya.farber@inl.co.za https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001154767159&sk=info
http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/online-job-hunt-ends-in-horror-1.1132854
Greyling family and Mr Nico Hattingh attacked by 5-member black gang who were looking to kill a specific 'Chinese man' in Pretoria North security complex.
Sept 9 2011 - Hilda Fourie, journalist at Beeld newspaper, writes that a five-member armed gang of black males attacked the Sommerso-security complex in Sanddappel Street, Florauna, Pretoria North.
The Greyling family maid
Mr Greyling: "They told us they weren't there to kill us; they were there for the Chinaman. One of the Chinese residents also was attacked at the gate by a gunman two months ago.'
Mr Greyling rushed out, but immediately saw the armed gang and ran back inside: too late: the attackers grabbed him and Annie, forced them inside the house and tied them up.
Mrs Greyling, 52, was in her room at her usual morning-prayer. "I was on my knees, praying when a gunman tapped me on the shoulder with a firearm," she said.
SAPS capt Solly Marindi confirmed the attack, which occurred in broad daylight at 8:30am.
The attackers took Mrs Greyling's jewellery (and cellphone to stop them from raising the alarm), and then went to Unit 1 where 4 Chinese immigrants are living.
' A struggle broke out between the Chinese citizens and the attackers inside the flat: and one man named Gim Min Wa, 49, was shot dead. They took no money.' said Marindi.
Marindi said the four Chinese immigrants saw the attackers approaching and pushed closed the front door, with the attack-gang eventually getting inside.
On their way out the attack gang hijacked a car driven by Nico Hattingh of Graaff-Reinet and was visiting his sister Mrs Julie de Klerk and his mother Mrs Grietie Hattingh, 78 in Unit 5.
The attackers fled in the Ford Bantam and VW Golf in which they had arrived. Nobody was arrested.
Mr Hattingh was just driving into the complex to pick up his mom for breakfast in a borrowed Mercedes-Benz C200. The merc was recovered through its tracking system.
http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Wapen-teen-kop-terwyl-vrou-bid-20110909
Mr Gim Min Wa, 49, Chinese citizen, murdered by a five-member assassin-gang who came looking for him at security complex
Sept 9 2011 - Hilda Fourie, journalist at Beeld newspaper, writes that a five-member armed gang of sadistic black males attacked the Sommerso-security complex in Sanddappel Street, Florauna, Pretoria North, tied up the residents and said they were looking for a Chinese immigrants who lived in the complex.
The maid Annie, and her employers Fred and Ria Greyling were the first victims. After leaving open the gate, the maid ran inside their flat and warned that there were two suspicious cars in the complex.The gang of assassins said they were 'there to kill the Chinaman'. SAPS capt Solly Marindi said the gang attacked in broad daylight at 8:30am - after a black maid had left open the security gate while putting out the garbage on the street.
Mrs Greyling, 52, was in her room at her usual morning-prayer. "I was on my knees, praying when a gunman tapped me on the shoulder with a firearm," she said.
The attackers took Mrs Greyling's jewellery and cellphone to stop them from raising the alarm, and then went to Unit 1 where Chinese immigrants are living.
Mr Greyling rushed out, but immediately saw the armed gang and ran back inside: too late: the attackers grabbed him and Annie, forced them inside the house and tied them up.
Mr Greyling: "They told us they weren't there to kill us; they were there for the Chinaman. One of the Chinese residents also was attacked at the gate by a gunman two months ago.'
Marinda said the four Chinese immigrants saw the attackers approaching and pushed closed the front door, with the attack-gang eventually getting inside.
The attackers fled in the Ford Bantam and VW Golf in which they had arrived. Nobody was arrested.
On their way out the attack gang hijacked a car driven by Nico Hattingh of Graaff-Reinet and was visiting his sister Mrs Julie de Klerk and his mother Mrs Grietie Hattingh, 78 in Unit 5.
'A struggle broke out between the Chinese citizens and the attackers inside the flat: and one man named Gim Min Wa, 49, was shot dead. They took no money.' said Marindi.
Mr Hattingh was just driving into the complex to pick up his mom for breakfast in a borrowed Mercedes-Benz C200. The merc was recovered through its tracking system.
http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Wapen-teen-kop-terwyl-vrou-bid-20110909
Three pupils stab another pupil re alleged racial slur at PW Botha College George:
Eyewitness News : Sept 9 2011 - Southern Cape police are questioning three high school pupils in connection with the stabbing of a fellow pupil. A 15-year-old boy allegedly stabbed a 16-year-old with a pair of scissors at PW Botha College in George on Thursday.Two other pupils then joined in. It is believed the attack was sparked by one of the pupils uttering a racial slur. The police’s Malcolm Pojie, “Our investigating officer is interviewing possible suspects. So far no arrests have been made. The victim’s condition was not mentioned in this article by Eyewitness News.
bit.ly/nx47Ws - http://www.ewn.co.za/Story.aspx?Id=73742
Afrikaner teacher: “12-year-old black pupil tells me ‘whites should all be shot dead like dogs’… “
Boksburg, Gauteng 9 Sept 2011 - Afrikaner teacher Leon Coetzee writes on Face book today that a 12-yo black pupil told him 'he hated whites and that he agrees with Malema that whites should all be shot dead like dogs...' https://www.facebook.com/prof.coetzee
Suspected killer Fizile Hlanganiso, 24, on trial for murdering pensioner Mrs Louis Pitzer, 71, May 2011 – one of four white Margate pensioners killed at the popular Zululand resort town that month…
Sept 2 2011: Fizile Hlanganiso, 24, one of the suspected killer of Margate Pensioner Louise Pitzer, 71, and possibly also for the murders of three other white pensioners - is behind bars: his trial is pending in Margate according to Margate journalist Mike Fisher. http://www.farmitracker.com Murder-suspects on trial in execution-murders of hoteliers Hetta and Leon Steyn on Oct 29 2009, Hendriksdal, Lowveld
Graskop circuit court, Limpopo. The murder-trial started this month of four of the 9-member gang which allegedly murdered hoteliers Hetta and Leon Steyn on Oct 29 2009 at the popular Lowveld tourist attraction Artists' Café, Hendriksdal railway station. During the first three days of testimony, forensic experts revealed that Mrs Hetta Steyn had been in a ‘kneeling position’ when she was killed at close range by a burst from an R4-military assault carbine. Mr Steyn was killed with an 9mm police-issue handgun. And very little of value was actually robbed – if indeed the robbery had been the motive of this huge militia-style attack gang. http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1743
Boer-agriculturalist Collin Zietsman murdered in farm attack north of Harare As has only become known a week later … http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1750
Homeless man, 26, found dead hanging from tree, Tom Jones Street, Benoni 1 Sept 2011 - Journalist: Marcia van Tonder. BENONI. A lifeless body of a homeless man was found, hanging from a tree branch next to Tom Jones Street near the N12 on ramp, on September 8, 2011. The man was known to local Afrikaner residents; was said to be only 26 years old and apparently came from Springs. He was often seen begging at various traffic lights in Benoni. http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/benoni/benoni-news-general?oid=4700315&sn=Detail&pid=40&Homeless-man-found-dead
Anna-Marie van Noordwijk, 53, editor, Harrismith Chronicle, sustains horrific facial injuries from shotgun blasts in farm-attack - Editor Anna-Marie van Noordwijk, 53, of Harrismith Chronicle, survives facial shotgun-blasts in farm-attack 2011-09-02 As reported by Volksblad. http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1733
Chineze citizen murdered in gated Dainfern Estate, Johannesburg: apparent hit by 4 uniformed men Journalist: Tara Meaney of Eye Witness News, Sept 7 2011
http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1752
Boer-agriculturalist Collin Zietsman murdered in farm attack north of Harare -As has only become known a week later…
http://www.farmitracker.com/admin/reports/edit/1750
Farmer Emile vd Merwe, 19, threatened with knife after trumped-up arrest by Ventersdorp police Farmer Emile vd Merwe, 19, threatened with knife by Ventersdorp police officers Marisa Phillips of Volksblad reports on Sept 6 2011 http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1747
Scorched earth: popular Lowveld tourist site Num-Num 5 trail at God's Window up in flames Popular Lowveld tourist spot Num-Num 5 Hiking Trail at God's Window goes up in flames. The Lowveld tourism industry has been under attack for months by Cosatu trade unionists who block access to tourist sites and attack Western tourists. http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1741
Thandi Brewer, author, animal welfare activists, Writers’ Guild member: survives mugging Sept 2
Three suspects of execution-style murder of Edenvale residents Phillip Jackson and Dillyn Elsley on trial from Oct 14 2011 - murdered Feb 23 2011 Edenvale Bedfordview: trial postponed to October 14 2011 6 Sept 2011 - The case against two men believed to have been involved in the execution-double murder of Edenvale residents Mr Phillip Jackson and Mr Dillyn Elsley on Oct 14 2011, was postponed to Oct 14 2011. Journalist Charmaine Slater writes that the two men were shot dead at Jackson’s Sixth Avenue home Edenvale on Wednesday, February 23. Three black men had entered the house and fled after firing several shots at the two men - leading to their deaths. There seemed to be no robbery motives. Mr Jackson died on the scene while Mr Elsley was taken to Glynwood Hospital and died in the early hours of the next day..
http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/bedfordview-edenvale/bedfordview-edenvale-news-general?oid=4682394&sn=Detail&pid=217415&Double-murder-case-postponed-to-October
Rosebank cops shot: did SAPF clerk David Kekana shoot his superior officers because they were females? Killed: Capt Neelavathi Naidu, injured Rosebank Police Station commander LtCol Thandi Mkhize, and kills himself A political ANC-SAPF turf-war has erupted between the police trade-union and the SAPF-Gauteng leadership after a black police-clerk's revenge-shooting.. http://www.farmitracker.com/admin/reports/edit/1744Anti-white-racism charge against Adv Menzi Simelane by SA Institute for Race Relations to Human Rights Commission for Sunday Times remarks 4 Sept: http://bit.ly/oIjGsg
A charge of anti-white-racism was lodged against Adv Menzi Simelane by Frans Cronje of the SA Institute for Race Relations against the SA Human Rights Commission for his Sunday Times of Johannesburg remarks on 4 September 2011. Simelane claimed that only whites carried out 'racist crimes in whcih racism continues to be an important factor' and that 'racism was behind many crimes'. He said 'the majority of criminals are whites'. Cronje said he 'was not aware that any race-related crime-statistics were being maintained in South Africa.It is not possible for Advocate Simelane to make such claims. Simelane's statement are not based on facts, yet many people will summise that Simelane 's claims are factual. Such public statements can incite racial hatred in South Africa. ' or his SunTimes remarks on 4 Sept: Smelane claimed that 'only whites carried out crimes in which racism continues to be an important factor' and that 'racism was behind many crimes'; also that 'the courts was full of them (whites charged with racist crimes). “The majority of criminals are whites', according to Simelane. Cronje said he 'was not aware that any race-related crime-statistics were being maintained in South Africa at all. SAPS.gov.za ‘s crime statistics are not recorded in racial categories. It is therefore not possible for Advocate Simelane to make such claims. Simelane's statement are not based on facts, yet many people will summise that Simelane 's claims are factual. Such public statements can incite racial hatred in South Africa. 'http://bit.ly/oIjGsg
Primrose SAPS officer charged after pointing weapon at driver parking lot dispute, Bedford Centre A policeman from Primrose SAPS was charged with pointing a firearm after a dispute in Bedford Centre's parking lot on 23 August 2011.Source: Bedfordview journalist Brian Mchunu. The policeman's service- and personal guns were also confiscated. This follows allegations that he pointed a firearm at a white motorist after an argument over a parking space at Bedford Centre on Friday, August 12 after 3pm. Bedfordview SAPS, communications officer, Sergeant Mduduzi Nhlabathi, said that the unnamed off-duty Primrose policeman parked his personal vehicle behind another car and went into the shopping centre. “When the driver of the other car came back he found that he had been boxed in. When the policeman arrived, an argument ensued. It is said that the policeman pointed a firearm at the other driver,” said Sgt Nhlabathi. He said that the police traced their colleague through his car registration and his two guns have since been confiscated. Sgt Nhlabathi could not tell if the policeman is still at work or suspended. At the time of going to print the Primrose SAPS communications officer, Warrant Officer Mavela Masondo, said that the incident had not been reported to Primrose SAPS. http://www.looklocal.co.za
Orgy of murder and rape by 10,000 black revellers at Pretoria holiday retreat: 5 killed, 9 raped
The Eyewitness News service for Radio 702 in Gauteng published exclusive pictures of an orgy of violence and rape in Derdepoort recreation centre were ‘at least’ 5 people were slaughtered, nine women were raped. However the blame does not lay with the party-goers noted EWN: instead the police, the ambulance service were blamed for ‘slow responses’. (Let’s face it: who wouldn’t be terrified of having to go into such a violent melee unarmed, with sirens screaming, but NOT enough police-protection? ) EWN noted that ‘police resources’ were sent to guard a party in Mamelodi attended by the Pretoria mayor… Does anyone still wonder why AIDS remains so rampant in South Africa ?
Hilda Mokgakgo, 65 of Pietersburg, tortured with hot iron, stabbed to death in suspected xenophobic violence Pietersburg (Ga-Lekgothoane) woman Hilda Mokgokgo, 65, tortured with hot iron, stabbed to death in suspected xenophobic violence 2011-09-06. Pietersburg. http://www.farmitracker.com/reports/view/1748
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