Farmer’s Wife Escapes Assassination Plot

A farmer in the Natal Midlands has had many brushes with perpetrators over the past few years and fortunately remains alive for now. Always living in fear, taking extra security measures and remaining vigilant all the time.  His wife is a target as well and recently found herself in an attempted assassination while traveling back from town to the farm.

Here is a story about an incident.

She is driving in the Natal Midlands of KZN, and the sun is bright at 11:30 in the morning, going to her home in the country. She has left the city and enjoying the open country scenery while driving along.

Suddenly in front of her, she noticed a minibus blocking her lane. Opposite on the right side of the road was a medium sized car, resulting in her having to slow down to get through the gap, as both vehicles had created a small gap to pass through. (In South Africa vehicles travel on the left side of the road.)

Also on her right were two other medium sized cars spaced about 5 meters from each other. In between were groups of black males, five to six people in each group between the cars, all dressed in red shirts and black pants? They had their backs turned towards the center of the road, and heads slightly bowed down and slightly relaxed. Hands in front near their waist.

She decided to go through the gap at a slow speed. Then suddenly coming from the opposite direction another car approached and the group of black males between the last two cars got frantic and waved to the moving car to pass through the gap first. 

The farmer’s wife decided to go through the gap first. As she passed the last vehicle that was parked on the side of the road those in the group gasped in disappointment, making an unconvincing attempt to stop her car.

She only realized that those in the groups were armed and ready to shoot. Those standing in groups were ready, holding guns in front of themselves at waist level, head bowed, and would turn to the left and bring handguns level to shoot at the passing car, then filling the victim with lead bullets killing the victim instantly. Fortunately, this did not happen, as the unexpected car approached and compromised their operations.

The woman has had near fatal incidences in the past few months. It is evident that she is a target as she is the wife of a farmer. Fortunately, the European woman escaped a brutal killing by unknown gunmen. 

Laura Oneale - South Africa Today – South Africa News