Just two weeks after moving into their new home, the family experienced a traumatic incident when they were victims of an armed robbery.
According to their granddaughter, Bronwyn Guerini, four armed men stormed into the house and tied up her elderly grandparents, Lilian and Robin van Niekerk , as they ransacked the home.
Five days later, as the family was still trying to come to terms with their ordeal, there was more heartache as they woke up to find Robin's bakkie stolen. “He feels helpless, traumatised, his body is tired. My grandmother is worried; she's fighting the fear and stress. My mom is on edge and holding on to her sanity. Everyone living in the house is near to breaking point from stress and worry,” she said.
Guerini says her grandparents had sold their house in Bela-Bela, Limpopo, so that they could all live together as a family, but were now regretting it.
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