Five suspects are expected to appear in the Hartswater magistrate’s court after the brutal murder of an elderly couple and their daughter in the Northern Cape.
Danie Brand, 83, his wife Breggie, 73, and their daughter Elzabie, 54, went missing after they were attacked on their smallholding in the Northern Cape on Sunday. Five people have since been arrested in connection with their murders.Five suspects are expected to appear in the Hartswater magistrate’s court on Thursday after the brutal murder of an elderly couple and their daughter in the Northern Cape.
Shocked residents and farmers from surrounding areas took to the streets in cars, bakkies and tractors ahead of their appearance in a “march” against the killings. Danie, 83, and Breggie Brand, 73, and their daughter Elzabie, 54, were found dead in open fields around the Taung area on Tuesday. A massive search was carried out when the family went missing after allegedly being attacked on their property in Hartswater.
Danie’s Nissan Micra was found close to Taung and Elzabie's silver Mazda was found on the N18 close to Pudimoe after 11pm on Monday.Family and the community, still reeling from shock, planned the “drive-by march”.Die gemeenskap van Hartswater is uitmekaar geruk na die wrede moorde op 3 geliefde inwoners. Boere kom by die landdroshof in Hartswater bymekaar om die moorde te veroordeel.
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