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The Sasolburg cops who killed
Afrikaner businessman Ignatius Michael ‘Naas” Grobler, Deneysville, were an
integral part of the armed gang which carried out a wave of attacks against
smallholders, yet some of these cops are still working… and none have come to
trial…‘ judge C J Musi, June 3 2011. After
Grobler’s murder, this criminal cop-gang ‘even helped search for his killers’
in a massive police hunt…
Grobler Naas 56 murdered rural
Denysville Vaaldam security complex Sept 8 2010
2011-06-03 Johan
Brits of Beeld newspaper recorded on
June 3 2011 in a trial of the Sasolburg court that judge C J Musi expressed his
deep concern about the fact that the police-officers who aided and abetted
convicted armed robber Moses Sechaba, 23, in carrying out his series of attacks
between November 2009 and October 2010 against white homeowners are still
working at their jobs. The attacks targetted private homes and smallholders in
Sasolburg, Vaalpark, Deneysville and at the high-security compound Club 40
outside Denysville. Ignatius Michael (Naas) Grobler , left,was shot dead at his
house in Club 40. The court ruled that Sechaba ‘did not pull the trigger but he
is co-responsible for Grobler’s death. Musi said in his summary that Sechaba
worked with a gang – and that ‘a group of police officers formed part of this
gang. Yet Sechaba is the only one charged with these crimes in this court.’ “Of
those police officers are in custody, but others are still working as police
officers,’ he said.
“During this trial,
a police-officer had even visited Sechaba in the holding cells and threatened
Sechaba and told him ‘he knows what he said in his guilty plea.’ Musi said
‘this means that this police officer had access to the dossier. And that
worries me. That worries me a lot. I can understand why you fear for your life.
I understand why you won’t mention the names of specific fellow-gangmembers in
an open court.’ He was sentenced to 29 years prison of which he will have to
serve 25 years, on 15 charges of housebreaking, armed robbery, illegal
possession of firearms and ammunition, attempted murder and murder.
At about 04:00 on
Sept 8 2010, businessman Naas Grobler, 56, had gone to investigate why his dog
was barking so incessantly and was shot dead in cold blood, said his stepson,
Mel Shandos, 44, after the murder. The family was under attack and Grobler’s
wife Rika, 62, grabbed her cellphone and locked herself in the bathroom of
their house, named Lekker Lag, ( Happy Laughter ) when she heard the shots.The
gunmen then calmly stole only a cellphone and some jewellery from the house:
shortly before the same gang had also robbed two other houses in the same
‘secure’ Club 40 complex, about 10km from Deneysville and the Vaal Dam just
before they shot Mr Grobler. One of these houses belongs to Grobler’s son
Louis, 30, who also was a partner in their steel business. His house was three
doors down from that of his parents. “My stepdad was shot in cold blood,” said
Shandos.Three shots were fired, of which at least one hit Grobler snr. His sons
described him as “a kind man who had no enemies”.”When my mom heard the robbers
flee, she phoned the security guard at the complex’s gate and started
screaming,” said Shandos. She was treated for shock. What followed was even
more amazing: as it is now said that some police officials from Sasolburg and
Deneysville who launched a search for the gang were actually a very integral
part of this gang. Some were later arrested after their involvement was proven
when Moses Sechaba was arrested. The majority, as judge C J Musi noted, were
however ‘still at work’.
