Six black men attacked an elderly couple Gert (81) and Joey (75) Pienaar from Dewetsdorp on Monday morning.
Shortly after midnight, the couple heard a window breaking from their home on the farm Monday morning, but before they could do anything, they were attacked in their bedroom.
The men demanded the safe and money.
Jannie van Tonder, the couple’s son-in-law, says the attackers hit them over the head with a glass bottle and a rifle and also stabbed them with a knife.
“The guys apparently believed there was a lot of money in the house and broke open to the floorboards and flipped the whole house in search of money,” says Van Tonder.
The attackers tied Gert and Joey, but she was able to unwrap herself and escaped to seek help.
The attackers, meanwhile, stole two handguns and a small-caliber rifle, a purse, and cellphone and fled on foot according to all indications.
Van Tonder says Joey walked about a kilometer away, barefoot and injured, to neighbors, Johan and Mercia de Beer, to get help.
Their barn was also broken into on the farm last week and on Tuesday 17 December, the Pienaars heard at night that there were people in the front house.
Van Tonder says some of the house’s burglar bars were broken open.
The couple was admitted to Life Rosepark Hospital in Bloemfontein on Monday morning for observation.
Willie Lombard, Free State Agriculture’s security representative in the area, says police are following numerous clues and have already obtained good information.
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This is just evil. These criminals are such cowards. It does not matter where you live or who you are. They prey on the weak and vulnerable. They always break into shacks with crowbars in the middle of the night where there are elderly, children and no men. Usually after SASSA. The way they brutalize the occupants and even take milk formula, nappies and medicine. Most cases go unreported. There is just no political will to address the situation.
Just catch this group of cowardly lowlifes and when you do .. EXECUTE them!!!!! And “NO” I don’t care how old they are. Exterminate the sub humans preying on innocent people.
Dude, it’s just mentally corrupted dark complexioned males who wanted to steal large amounts of money. Carcasian guys do it too, and we don’t bring Donald Trump or Captain Cook into it. It’s another crime to the system, and that’s all.
I believe prayer works! I send a prayer of redemption for the white South African farmers, and I send a prayers for justice to them. May God hold those leaders and those they allow to take the wealth of South Africa to squander accountable. Unleash the might of God to punish them ten-fold. Strength to those who are faithful servants to the Good of mankind, to the strength of righteousness, and to goodwill to neighbor and friend. May the leaders be changed to save the country, and may this lawless vindictive wrong behavior be punished.
WHAT A SAD SITUATION PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO GO THRU THIS. aLARM SYSTEMS AND CAMERAS SHOULD BE INSTALLED ESPECIALLY FOR THE ELDERLY
Nelson Mandela would be turning in his grave knowing that the very thing he fought and gave up his freedom for is being corrupted like this. You so-called south African politicians are turning Africa into a dust bowl by taking farmland from their white owners and putting natives there who have no idea how to produce food or look after the soil. A large majority have only looked after their own families not whole communities and these attacks on white farmers are nothing but political greed gone out of control. Your law enforcement people are hamstrung by rules that don’t make any sense.
WTF go away with your racism. That place is originally black owned. How dare you say black folks cant grow stuff. Black folks have looked after that continent long before they were killed by you lot. Reporting your racist post
Are you kidding me? Learn real history. The Zulu and other peaceful native tribes sold the land to the these fair skinned people over 600 years ago. The vandals taking it today are not even from the tribes that were ever native to that region. Only two African peoples were ever native to that geographical location and those two tribes want to coexist in peace and get attacked and treated the same way by the violent non-native blacks to that region. Way to go promoting disinformation and justifying crime without knowing a lick of history, Carla.
☝ Foh Jane Obeck ! First off you save the white lies ! Anything you think you know has been whitewashed. That’s why is called his-story. Straight up made up BS ! Now actual facts from centuries past shows me that anything that someone of European decent has learn regarding science, philosophy, architecture, government, mathematics, medicine, bathing, etc.. You have learned from people of African decent. We have already established dynasties when Caucasians were still dwelling in caves. So we needed you for what ? Stop it !
why is people so sick they got no respect people who did this to the old people and people who hurt pets
why is people so sick they got no respect people who did this to the old people
why is people so sick they got no respect people who did this to the old people
The dirty,filthy, rotten freaks