- Letter to NNN editor:
My name is Wilhelm van Tonder. Recently I sent an e-mail outlining
the reasons we decided to leave South Africa and my views on what
seems to be happening there. This got me thinking about my family
still living there and I made a few calls. What followed had both
my wife and I in tears.
My younger brother went fishing with a longtime family friend Kobus
Malherbe and his son a few months ago when they were attacked by 4
armed black men. The men shot Kobus at point blank for not producing
his car keys fast enough. His son, Gert, stepped in to catch his fathers
body and was pistol whipped. The next 2 hours saw the 2 of them beaten,
kicked in the face and groin until the men were disturbed by more
cars arriving at the river. They left but not before taking a few
shots at them as they were driving off. They both consider themselves
lucky???
My younger sister has been burgled several
times in the past months and finally decided to install an alarm/panic
button linked to a security firm in the area even though she cannot
afford it. Two days later she was woken by a sound in the house. Her
husband is a fireman and was working nights and she was alone with
her 3 year old son. She went to investigate and was shocked to find
2 blacks in her house.One of them was armed with a machete the other
had a pipe or crowbar. They told her they would kill her if she made
a sound and told her to sit on the floor.They tied her hands and gagged
her and she believes that they would have raped her if they had not
been disturbed and eventually caught by members of the local neighborhood
watch.
It turned out later that they had been given the access codes for
her security system by one of their friends working at the company
that installed it. In fact, he was the person to install it!!!
Now, if so much has happened to our family, I can only begin to understand
how bad things must be there for everyone else. I am starting to make
preparations to move as many family members & friends out of that
hell hole as will come. I am going on a crusade to let people in the
UK know what is going on and try to drum up support to help the people
who, because of their beliefs, finances, or any other reason can not
or will not leave the country.
Faithfully yours,
- W. VAN TONDER
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