A file image of a gun. (iStock)
The KwaZulu-Natal countryside has been rocked by yet another farm attack in which an elderly smallholder, Bill Theron (85), was gunned down at his home near Albert Falls Dam, in Crammond, on Saturday.
This comes hot on the heels of the murder of 80-year-old Mponzana Khumalo, who was shot in the chest while checking on the family’s cattle in Nkomba, near Muden, recently. While Khumalo was robbed of his cellphone and money then left tied to a tree, there was nothing taken from Theron.
A source who knew Theron said the retired farmer and his wife, Christine, used to farm eggs but had sold the property three to four years ago but still lived there. Christine was unharmed during the attack.