Hannetjie van Zyl: just ordinary crime?
Hannetjie van Zyl, 55, was attacked while opening her farm gate on the Doornpan road outside Ottosdal in the North West on the evening of Monday 5 October 2026, and died of her injuries. It was the second attack on the same farm. After the first one, in July 2020, 3 suspects were released on a warning, and the police docket said nobody was assaulted and it was not a farm attack. FF Plus leader Dr Corné Mulder has asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to acknowledge and condemn farm murders. The police have arrested nobody.
