Marais family, Wesselsbron targets of cops, hired killers
The Boer businessman’s testimony was backed up by SAPS inspector Nico Smith who testified on the same day that he himself also was threatened with contract-killers if he pursued his investigation - and that it was established that the four black men arrested by the farm-watch while trying kill Marais, had been paid R1,000 ($100) each for it. Smith also handed in signed and sworn statements from specific, well-informed prisoners at Odendaalsrust confirming that a contract-killing was taken out against Marais.
Tom de Wet yesterday noted that the six (unidentified) black men on trial for corruption - four black police officers, one black ex-police officer and the brother of an ANC-MEC in the Free State legislature -- had shown up at the Marais farm dressed in police uniform, and attacked the family, holding them up at gunpoint. He has since then had to install thousands of Rands worth of security equipment, now has to pack a gun every day for self-protection as they are ver likely still being earmarked as targets by contract-killers. It would be impossible for the family to join the witness-protection programme because of his business interests and his farm. His attorney Tom Bothma confirmed that Marais has lodged a civilian damages-law suit of more than R2,8million against the SAPS.
• Newspapers first described the attacks as having been carried out by ‘bogus police officers.” Instead they turned out to be four on-duty cops, a former cop and the brother of a high-level ANC- provincial MEC… http://www.nuus24.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Rooftog-traumaties-angswekkend-se-boer-20110127-2 http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/10/sa-news-oct-5-2010.html
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