South Africa - Attack Incidence Report March 2012

KNOWN ATTACKS FOR MARCH 2012:

BENONI: Elderly couple in their seventiesfound murdered in Masefield Street.

ALBERTSDAL: Man shoots one armed attacker during house attack.

SABIE: Elderly couple brutally assaulted by armed intruders.

PUTFONTEIN: Hennie Greeff in critical condition after being shot in the head.

BRACKENDOWNS: Home owner shoots one armed attacker.

BOSHOFF: Woman raped during brutal farm attack by armed blacks.

GLEN MARAIS: Two armed black attackers killed in separate incidents during robbery on business.

COLESBERG: White policeman arrests car thief during bungled robbery.

SKEERPOORT: Alet and Paul Badenhorst, pensioners, attacked and assaulted by armed blacks.

BRITS: Elderly woman raped and murdered and Okkie Els brutally assaulted by four attackers.

KOMMISSIEDRIF: Elderly couple Ericcson brutally attacked on farm Magatthashoek, but son comes to the rescue.

WITBANK: Veronica Edwards (30) fights back bravely against racist attacker in her home who called her “white bitch”.

RUSTENBURG: Group of black mineworkers assault Anita Venter (24) and turns over her car.

KRUGERSDORP: CCTV cameras catch brutal attack on young white pedestrian by black policemen.

CENTURION: Lizette Langeveld (43) uses facebook and BKA to call for help during armed attack – civilians to the rescue.

MONTCLAIR: Young man shot dead on highway by black truck driver, sporting false number plates.

PRETORIA: General Richard Mdluli to face criminal charges after corruption in South Africa’s Crime Intelligence Unit.

HARRISMITH: Man dies in hospital after brutal attack with knives by black attackers.

SKEERPOORT: Owners of Suerseba Café brutally assaulted and tied up. Ribs fractured and serious facial injuries.

VRYBURG: Tjaart Chambers assaulted by four attackers.

EIKENHOF: Sheldon Human, heavyweight boxer, shot dead by four armed black attackers.

MIDDELBURG: Rouvhan Viljoen (30) stabbed six times with knife by taxi driver.

PRETORIA: Civil servants reportedly stole more than R300 million of public money during the 2011 financial year.

MIDDELBURG: Ems Reynecke (70) brutally assaulted in her home by three armed attackers.

POTCHEFSTROOM: Elderly woman (70’s) paralysed after brutal attack on farm.

EDENVALE: Gary Evans (39) shot dead and his wife wounded by three black attackers in Meadowdale.

FARRARMERE: Elderly couple brutally murdered in their house by armed black attackers.

VERGELEë: Pensioners Vic and Hannie Nel assaulted and tied up with electrical cables during farm attack.

RICHARDSBAAI: Woman locked up in police cells for a night after allegedly making a racist remark in Virgin Active club.

VRYBURG: Elderly couple overpowered on farm near Vergelegen, armed attackers rolls vehicle 2km from farmstead.

BLACKHEATH: Armed attackers pour alcohol on elderly couple Willem (77) and Salome (81) Botha, threaten to set them to fire, and brutally assault them for more than an hour.

KWAZULU-NATAL: Municipality awards R800 000 tender to 18-year old school learner to build road near Highflats.

SIMON’S TOWN: Navy admiral’s wife caught shoplifting during SA Navy Festival.

SUMMER BEACH: Elderly couple attacked by armed blacks.

VRYHEID: School’s rugby player stabbed with knife by black youngster before game.

PENNINGTON: Jeanette Moore fights back and escaped black attacker.

PRETORIA: Shocking statistic of 27 000 police officers failing their firearm proficiency tests.

CRAMOND: Couple attacked and burned with boiling water during farm attack.