BENONI COUPLE STABBED IN FRONT OF DAUGHTER, HUSBAND DIES
Police say the little girl is still visibly traumatised after the attack.
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Farm attackers pour petrol down victims’ throat
August 7, 2014
Pretoria, South Africa – Ponty Thuynsma (76) was confronted by 4 attackers on his smallholding in Tweedracht, east of Pretoria on Sunday evening.
The savages poured an entire can of petrol down his throat and threatened to set him on fire in an effort to get the keys to his safe.
They then brutally tortured him with a hot iron for hours severely injuring the elderly man.
They eventually found the safe keys, stole 4 firearms and fled.
Despite being tortured for several hours, Thuynsma whispered through his burnt lips and swollen tongue that he is still not afraid of them.
Thuynsma had to be admitted to the intensive care unit of the Wilgers hospital.
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Train torched at Pretoria station
November 18 2015 at 04:54pm
By Karishma Dipa
Indiaretail
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File Photo: Mukesh Gupta
Johannesburg - Disgruntled commuters torched a train at a Pretoria station because they apparently grew frustrated as it was running late due to a technical fault.
Metrorail spokeswoman Lillian Mofokeng told The Star on Tuesday morning that two trailers and a motor coach were burnt to shreds during the blaze at the Fountains railway station on Tuesday night.
She explained that the train was experiencing a fault and that technicians were called in to attend to it. “The commuters got impatient waiting for the train so they burnt it,” said Mofokeng.
She was unable to confirm what initially caused the fault, which resulted in the train being torched but admitted that the infrastructure was ageing. “These trains are old and from time to time they experience problems,” she said.
Despite the commotion, no one was injured during the incident and the train has since been removed from the track in a bid to avoid delays there on Wednesday.
Tuesday night’s incident comes just four months after enraged commuters torched two trains at the Germiston railway station in Ekurhuleni because several trains were running late at the time.
This amounted to damage estimated at about R30 million and effected operations at the station as the two trains made about 12 trips per day. This meant that many commuters were inconvenienced at the time and were forced to make alternative transport arrangements or wait for another train.
No one was injured in that incident. Meanwhile, several trains around Joburg, including those in Daveyton, Tembisa and Springs, were running late on Tuesday morning due to a technical fault but Mofokeng said that the delays were not more than 15 minutes.
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DOUBLE #FarmMurder: Update: Gavin Wolfswinkel (32) shot dead in cold blood on Sunday night on a smallholding in Boschkop area, east of Pretoria
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Elderly widow brutally murdered in farmhouse
November 25, 2015
The body of a 66-year-old widow was found Tuesday night November 24, 2015 in a pool of blood in her farmhouse between Devon and Endicott in Gauteng.
Irene Vermaak, who lived alone on the farm since her husband passed away nine years ago, was found brutally murdered early evening by a neighbor.
“At this stage it is unknown exactly what time she was murdered. It must have occurred between 17:00 and 19:00, “Warrant Officer. Tommy Tomlinson, police spokesperson said on Wednesday to Maroela Media.
Vermaak was in connection with neighboring farmers on a regular basis with a radio system and they became suspicious when she did not called about 19:00.
“A neighbor, who lives about a kilometer from her home, went to investigate and found her body. Her throat was cut with a knife, “said Tomlinson.
Tomlinson said there were no visible signs that anything of value was stolen from the house. “It is being investigated whether any of her money was stolen.”
Devon police are investigating a case of murder and other matters can be added later as the investigation progresses. It is not yet known how many attackers were involved in her brutal murder. “The forensic unit is on the scene to gather more information,” said Tomlinson.
Nobody has been arrested in connection with the incident.
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Piet de Kock was murdered on a farm where he worked in Nylstroom.
Nylstroom farm manager murdered in farm attack
November 26, 2015
Piet de Kock, 40-year-old manager who lived on a farm near Nylstroom (Modimolle) was shot dead on Friday November 20, 2015. He lived for his two young boys.
Dennis Mossop, De Kock’s brother in law, told Maroela Media Piet was a “real farmer’s boy” who loved nature. “He was extremely fond of his two children. After his divorce, they were everything for him.” Mossop said Peter (8) and Sias (5) don’t yet fully realize that their father was dead. “It is extremely difficult to tell things like that for such small children.”
Pieter and Sias went to live, at about the beginning of the year, with Mossop and De Kock’s sister, Hantie in Thabazimbi. “Peter has worked very long hours and did not want to do his children any injustice. They visited him many weekends.” The boys will meanwhile remain in the care of Dennis and Hantie.
According to Mossop someone called De Kock on Friday and said there were people who were stripping an empty house on the farm Doornfontein, about 20km from Nylstroom. “Pete went there and stopped one of the perpetrators. He phoned Jaco Kriel – owner of the farm – and while he was talking to Jaco, shots were fired.” Mossop said De Kock was shot just above his ear.
“Safety on farms is a major issue across the country. Pete was not the first victim and he will not be the last. People feel sort of helpless and frustrated. But this is something that happened and what can you do about it. If the perpetrators are caught, they will probably be fined R2 500 and be back on the streets,” Mossop said.
A memorial service will be held Friday morning for De Kock at the Dutch Reformed Church in Thabazimbi. De Kock leaves his two sons, a brother and sister and his parents behind. De Kock would have been 41 years old on December 20.
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#FarmMurder: 59 year old man from Northam was strangled to death at home
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Husband killed while protecting wife
November 27 2015 at 06:57pm
By Bernadette Wolhuter
Pineridge engineer, Hennie Warricker, was shot dead during a hijacking while he and his wife, Taryn, were walked their dogs in a Pinetown park this week.
Durban - A Pineridge woman was left shattered after her husband of 17 years died while trying to protect her during a hijacking this week.
The incident - which has rocked the Pineridge community - took place early on Tuesday evening and by Thursday afternoon Taryn Warricker was still too traumatised to speak publicly.
Her brother-in-law, Christo Meintjes, said the past 24 hours had been a nightmare.
“It’s been terrible, just absolutely terrible,” he said.
Meintjes retold Taryn’s story as he had heard it.
She and her 39-year-old husband, Hennie, took their two Yorkshire terriers for a walk in a park in Seaforth Road, late in the afternoon. The park was close to their home but they drove there.
“It’s a nice little park, the grass is kept short and there’s an area where your kids can play,” Meintjes, a resident of the area himself, said.
Locals went there often, he added. While in the park, two men started approaching them from the top border.
Taryn knew something was wrong and the pair started making their way back to the car but before they could reach it, the men were on them, demanding their cash and car keys, which they handed over.
“Then as they turned around, Hennie grabbed one of the men,” Meintjes said.
A tussle ensued, during which Hennie was wrestled to the ground and shot in the leg.
By this time, Taryn was hysterical, her brother-in-law said.
“Hennie was trying to crawl to her, when he was shot again, in the chest this time.”
The men fled, leaving Taryn and her husband’s bloodied body in the park.
Quick as they were to respond, by the time the authorities arrived at the scene, Hennie was dead.
The family was on Thursday still in the process of making funeral arrangements.
Meintjes said Pinetown was rife with crime and that residents were living in fear and he called for action to be taken.
And the chairman of the Pineridge neighbourhood watch, Dylan Jenkins, who was at the scene, said the community woke up angry on Thursday.
“This was a horrific thing that happened but we have an incredible group of people on our neighbourhood watch - we’ve seen an 80% decrease in crime - and we remain undeterred,” Jenkins said.
Police spokesman, Major Thulani Zwane, confirmed a case of murder and hijacking was opened.
No arrests had been made on Thursday.
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November 27 2015 at 06:57pm
By Bernadette Wolhuter
Pineridge engineer, Hennie Warricker, was shot dead during a hijacking while he and his wife, Taryn, were walked their dogs in a Pinetown park this week.
Durban - A Pineridge woman was left shattered after her husband of 17 years died while trying to protect her during a hijacking this week.
The incident - which has rocked the Pineridge community - took place early on Tuesday evening and by Thursday afternoon Taryn Warricker was still too traumatised to speak publicly.
Her brother-in-law, Christo Meintjes, said the past 24 hours had been a nightmare.
“It’s been terrible, just absolutely terrible,” he said.
Meintjes retold Taryn’s story as he had heard it.
She and her 39-year-old husband, Hennie, took their two Yorkshire terriers for a walk in a park in Seaforth Road, late in the afternoon. The park was close to their home but they drove there.
“It’s a nice little park, the grass is kept short and there’s an area where your kids can play,” Meintjes, a resident of the area himself, said.
Locals went there often, he added. While in the park, two men started approaching them from the top border.
Taryn knew something was wrong and the pair started making their way back to the car but before they could reach it, the men were on them, demanding their cash and car keys, which they handed over.
“Then as they turned around, Hennie grabbed one of the men,” Meintjes said.
A tussle ensued, during which Hennie was wrestled to the ground and shot in the leg.
By this time, Taryn was hysterical, her brother-in-law said.
“Hennie was trying to crawl to her, when he was shot again, in the chest this time.”
The men fled, leaving Taryn and her husband’s bloodied body in the park.
Quick as they were to respond, by the time the authorities arrived at the scene, Hennie was dead.
The family was on Thursday still in the process of making funeral arrangements.
Meintjes said Pinetown was rife with crime and that residents were living in fear and he called for action to be taken.
And the chairman of the Pineridge neighbourhood watch, Dylan Jenkins, who was at the scene, said the community woke up angry on Thursday.
“This was a horrific thing that happened but we have an incredible group of people on our neighbourhood watch - we’ve seen an 80% decrease in crime - and we remain undeterred,” Jenkins said.
Police spokesman, Major Thulani Zwane, confirmed a case of murder and hijacking was opened.
No arrests had been made on Thursday.
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Black Zimbabweans to take control of white-owned companies
White-owned companies in Zimbabwe are to be forced to hand majority control to black businessmen in a move that could lead to chaos rivalling the seizure of the country's commercial farms.
By Peta Thornycroft in Harare and Sebastien Berger 5:46PM GMT 09 Feb 2010
The new regulations demand that all foreign and locally owned companies hand over at least 51 per cent ownership to black Zimbabweans.
Thousands of firms, including the Zimbabwean operations of giants such as Barclays Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and the mining company Rio Tinto, will be affected, and they must submit their plans to comply by March 1.
Owners who fail to comply could be jailed.
The new law plunged the unity government into deeper crisis. Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the former opposition Movement for Democratic Change turned prime minister in the coalition, told The Daily Telegraph the move had been made without his knowledge.
“I am in charge of all policy formulations by cabinet and these regulations were gazetted without being seen by either myself or cabinet,” he said.
“They were published without due process and in contravention of the global political agrement [which set up the coalition] and constitution of Zimbabwe and are therefore null and void.”
The new law will come as a huge blow to the efforts of Tendai Biti, a former opposition politician who is now finance minister in the coalition government, to persuade foreign investors to pour money into the country to rebuild its shattered economy.
The move dates back to an indigenisation bill passed by the previous parliament, in which President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party had a majority, before the violence-wracked election of 2008 in which the MDC won control of the legislature.
The law had been on hold until supplementary regulations were drawn up by the government, which quietly published them in an official gazette at the end of last week, with no formal announcement.
Indigenous Zimbabweans are defined as anyone who before independence in April 1980 was "disadvantaged by unfair discrimination on the grounds of his or her race and any descendant of such person". As such white Zimbabweans are excluded, and the position of Zimbabwean Asians, some of whose families have been in the country for generations, is open to question.
Whites are barred from some sectors altogether, including agriculture, retail and transport, as well as barbers, bakeries and beauty parlours.
Harare's business community was left in shock by the development. A banker who did not want his name or his bank identified said: "This is absolute madness."
A fuel trader, who asked not to be identified, said: "These regulations are theft of any business in whites have an interest, it's just like the farms."
Nick Cobban, a spokesman for Rio Tinto, described the regulations as "draconian and unworkable".
The company operates a small diamond mine in Zimbabwe which it considers has potential for expansion, but it has not taken a decision to do so "partly because of the uncertainty".
Some sectors could win an exception from the 51 per cent requirement, he pointed out, and the Chamber of Mines was negotiating on the issue.
"We remain encouraged by the fact that there still is dialogue," he said. But he added: "This will have to be eventually agreed by the indigenisation ministry though."
Alistair Smith, director of media relations for Barclays Group, said the firm was “considering the implications”.
Under the rules avoiding black majority shareholdings will be a criminal offence and while companies have five years to comply, the effects will be felt long before then.
Daniel Ndlela, Zimbabwe's most eminent regional economist said: "There will be no foreign investment into Zimbabwe. Why would anyone come into Zimbabwe with $100 and be left with $49? It sends a very wrong message and those who might have invested in Zimbabwe will now never come."
Another economist, John Robertson, said many local industries will go bankrupt. "They will have to bring in people who know nothing about their businesses which will put off investors and demotivate company owners."
It is not clear exactly how the 51 per cent stake is supposed to be acquired. But under neighbouring South Africa's black empowerment programme, banks have leant large sums to black businesses to enable them to buy shares in major companies, often at a discount.
Zimbabwe's unity government is already deeply troubled, with the MDC accusing Zanu-PF of not keeping to the political agreement that set it up, and the regulations amount to a political slap in the face for the former opposition.
Mr Biti could not be reached for comment. But an MDC insider said: "It is unlikely that Biti knew about this as he is desperate for investment into Zimbabwe."
Saviour Kasukuwere, the Zanu-PF minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment, who is responsible for the regulations, said: "There were wide consultations with stakeholders ahead of publication of these regulations and there is flexibility available.
"We are not trying to damage the investment climate in Zimbabwe."
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White-owned companies in Zimbabwe are to be forced to hand majority control to black businessmen in a move that could lead to chaos rivalling the seizure of the country's commercial farms.
By Peta Thornycroft in Harare and Sebastien Berger 5:46PM GMT 09 Feb 2010
The new regulations demand that all foreign and locally owned companies hand over at least 51 per cent ownership to black Zimbabweans.
Thousands of firms, including the Zimbabwean operations of giants such as Barclays Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and the mining company Rio Tinto, will be affected, and they must submit their plans to comply by March 1.
Owners who fail to comply could be jailed.
The new law plunged the unity government into deeper crisis. Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the former opposition Movement for Democratic Change turned prime minister in the coalition, told The Daily Telegraph the move had been made without his knowledge.
“I am in charge of all policy formulations by cabinet and these regulations were gazetted without being seen by either myself or cabinet,” he said.
“They were published without due process and in contravention of the global political agrement [which set up the coalition] and constitution of Zimbabwe and are therefore null and void.”
The new law will come as a huge blow to the efforts of Tendai Biti, a former opposition politician who is now finance minister in the coalition government, to persuade foreign investors to pour money into the country to rebuild its shattered economy.
The move dates back to an indigenisation bill passed by the previous parliament, in which President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party had a majority, before the violence-wracked election of 2008 in which the MDC won control of the legislature.
The law had been on hold until supplementary regulations were drawn up by the government, which quietly published them in an official gazette at the end of last week, with no formal announcement.
Indigenous Zimbabweans are defined as anyone who before independence in April 1980 was "disadvantaged by unfair discrimination on the grounds of his or her race and any descendant of such person". As such white Zimbabweans are excluded, and the position of Zimbabwean Asians, some of whose families have been in the country for generations, is open to question.
Whites are barred from some sectors altogether, including agriculture, retail and transport, as well as barbers, bakeries and beauty parlours.
Harare's business community was left in shock by the development. A banker who did not want his name or his bank identified said: "This is absolute madness."
A fuel trader, who asked not to be identified, said: "These regulations are theft of any business in whites have an interest, it's just like the farms."
Nick Cobban, a spokesman for Rio Tinto, described the regulations as "draconian and unworkable".
The company operates a small diamond mine in Zimbabwe which it considers has potential for expansion, but it has not taken a decision to do so "partly because of the uncertainty".
Some sectors could win an exception from the 51 per cent requirement, he pointed out, and the Chamber of Mines was negotiating on the issue.
"We remain encouraged by the fact that there still is dialogue," he said. But he added: "This will have to be eventually agreed by the indigenisation ministry though."
Alistair Smith, director of media relations for Barclays Group, said the firm was “considering the implications”.
Under the rules avoiding black majority shareholdings will be a criminal offence and while companies have five years to comply, the effects will be felt long before then.
Daniel Ndlela, Zimbabwe's most eminent regional economist said: "There will be no foreign investment into Zimbabwe. Why would anyone come into Zimbabwe with $100 and be left with $49? It sends a very wrong message and those who might have invested in Zimbabwe will now never come."
Another economist, John Robertson, said many local industries will go bankrupt. "They will have to bring in people who know nothing about their businesses which will put off investors and demotivate company owners."
It is not clear exactly how the 51 per cent stake is supposed to be acquired. But under neighbouring South Africa's black empowerment programme, banks have leant large sums to black businesses to enable them to buy shares in major companies, often at a discount.
Zimbabwe's unity government is already deeply troubled, with the MDC accusing Zanu-PF of not keeping to the political agreement that set it up, and the regulations amount to a political slap in the face for the former opposition.
Mr Biti could not be reached for comment. But an MDC insider said: "It is unlikely that Biti knew about this as he is desperate for investment into Zimbabwe."
Saviour Kasukuwere, the Zanu-PF minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment, who is responsible for the regulations, said: "There were wide consultations with stakeholders ahead of publication of these regulations and there is flexibility available.
"We are not trying to damage the investment climate in Zimbabwe."
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