Tag: Muldersdrift

Muldersdrift black murder trio found guilty

Three black laughing men believed to have been behind the reign of terror that left two whites dead and others wounded and traumatised in Muldersdrift have been found guilty.

Judge Moses Mavundla on Wednesday found Alfred Zwane, Samson Mandlezi and Manir Ubisi guilty on 15 counts that included the murders of two whites, three attempted murders, robbery with aggravating circumstances, housebreaking and illegal possession of firearms.

They had denied any knowledge of the crimes and said they had been coerced into making confessions.

Judge Mavundla rejected that on Wednesday, saying he was satisfied that the State had proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

As the judge read the conviction, Alyssa’s father Anton Botha and his daughter Meghan sat a few paces behind the three men. The three took the lives of 13-year-old Alyssa Botha and 50-year-old Andre Jordaan in a senseless killing spree.

On the evening of September 5, 2012, Botha had just parked his car after picking up his daughters from a friend’s home when the trio shot and killed Alyssa.

The men shot Botha in the abdomen, and he lost a kidney as a result. They shot Meghan twice in the legs. The then 17-year-old had provincial colours in hockey, and the bullets ended her participation in sport.

The 53-year-old said he was grateful for the support of strangers.

“When were in hospital, people we did not even know came to see us, and we will always be grateful for that.”

Botha said he was shocked at how the trio had no regard for life and just went around shooting people.

It was revealed in court how one of the accused pointed a gun at another white woman at close range. When it jammed, he pushed the gun into her face again, pulled the trigger, and it jammed again.

“I don’t want to see them get parole,” he said.

Sentencing procedures were to start on Thursday.

Man shot dead in Muldersdrift

Relatives and friends of the victims protesting against the wave of killings in Muldersdrift, including that of a young girl Alyssa Botha (13)

Muldersdrift, the killing field north of Johannesburg, continues to exact a harsh toll on lower middle class whites living in rental properties on smallholdings. They are being targeted by black gangs operating in the area.

Sapa reports that a Muldersdrift man was shot dead during an attempted robbery at his home on Friday, according to police.

The man walked into his house to find three men holding his wife at gunpoint on Thursday, said Inspector Solomon Sibiya.

“According to the wife, there was a struggle for the gun and one of the robbers was shot with their own firearm…. Her husband was then shot twice in the chest.” He later died. The woman was unharmed. The robbers fled.

“When we got to there, we found the gun which was used in the shooting, a crowbar and a flat screen TV that the robbers were trying to take,” said Sibiya.

Beeld newspaper reported that the robbery occurred while Gauteng police commissioner Mzwandile Petros was addressing Muldersdrift residents about crime in the area.

Muldersdrift has been hit by a string of killings, house and business robberies since July.

According to The Star, one street in particular had been targeted, with 93 percent of households hit in Clinic Road.

Was shooting victim André Jordaan left to die in Baragwanath Hospital?

Shaun Jordaan and his wife Jeanine. His father took 7 shots protecting the family Photo: Facebook

The white Afrikaner victim of the latest shooting in Muldersdrift, André Jordaan (50), was taken to Baragwanath Hospital, but was not operated on, despite having seven bullets in his body. After having been shot on Thursday evening by a marauding gang of black robbers, the hospital in Soweto promised to do an emergency operation by Friday morning.

However, the operation was not performed and Jordaan died on Saturday night at 22.05. His family, whom Jordaan had literally been taking bullets for while protecting them “like a hero”, is now anxious to know what went wrong. His son Shaun told Beeld newspaper: “We just want to know what went wrong and are desperate to get answers from the hospital. My dad was still quite strong after the shooting until Saturday afternoon.”

Apparently the head of Baragwanath has promised to contact the family about the issue.

Jordaan was shot at least seven times through a closed door while trying to protect his family from the military-style attack by at least four black robbers. Muldersdrift has been the scene of a war on households by criminals and ANC-trained militiamen belonging to the so-called “Task Desk”. Many of the attackers also come from Zimbabwe and may have received military training in Mugabe’s army.

The entire family of six was huddled together in a room behind the door with the assailants trying to break it down. Apart from Mr. Jordaan, there were his son Shaun (26), his wife Isabel (48), another son, Kevin (23), his pregnant girlfriend Mariska (24) and Shaun’s wife, Jeanine (23).

André Jordaan was shot several times, but kept on standing up to throw his body against the door. He was shot three times in the stomach, twice in the chest, as well as in his left arm and right shoulder.

As was reported earlier, three of the attackers were arrested on Friday and will appear today in the Krugersdorp Magistrate’s Court. The killers are believed to be also responsible for the slaying of Alyssa Botha (13), the girl from Monument High School, whose family was also attacked only a few houses away.

There is some controversy over the identity of the murder gang, as some sources claim that they had already been apprehended a week ago but were released by police without appearing in court.

Three arrested after more armed attacks in Muldersdrift

A Muldersdrift house robbery spree ended in a shoot-out with police and the arrest of three alleged robbers on Friday, Gauteng police said.

Lt-Col Katlego Mogale said the first robbery happened shortly after 7pm on Thursday evening, and left a 55-year-old man shot and wounded.

He was among a group of people outside their home when a barking dog alerted them to the approach of three or four men carrying firearms.

The group fled into the house, during which time the man was shot.

While police were investigating that robbery, they heard reports of a second attack — in the early hours of Friday morning — in which a television was stolen.

Police pursued the robbers to a field near the N14 Swartkop off-ramp, where a shoot-out ensued.

One alleged robber was shot and another two arrested. A fourth man escaped. The wounded robber was taken to hospital.

Police recovered clothes, two plasma televisions, cellphones and two unlicensed firearms.

Mogale said they were investigating a possible link between these robberies and the attack last week, in which 13-year-old Alyssa Botha was shot and killed in Muldersdrift.

“That is being investigated. We are not ruling out that possibility,” Mogale said. – Sapa