The Drinks Business
16 December 2020 By Lucy Shaw
Zurenah Smit, the wife of murdered Stellenbosch wine farm owner Stefan Smit, has been charged with murder, robbery and assault, according to News24.
Stefan Smit of Louiesenhof Wines was killed by four armed suspects on 2 June 2019
As reported by the South African news website, Zurenah Smit, 54, appeared at Stellenbosch Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday after handing herself over to the police on Monday.
Two men, former policeman Derek Salt, who was a bodyguard to the couple, and his brother-in-law Steven Damon, have also been charged.
Smit’s wife Zurenah has been charged with murder
A white farmer s murder was deemed a racial issue. Then police arrested his widow
A white farmer s murder was deemed a racial issue. Then police arrested his widow
By Kimon de Greef
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Johannesburg: The killing attracted global attention: a white South African farmer was shot dead in his home in the Stellenbosch wine region near Cape Town last year, not long after his vineyards were invaded by residents of a nearby black township.
The farmer, Stefan Smit, 62, reported receiving death threats after seeking to evict the squatters, making the occupation a flash point in a wider political fight over land in South Africa.