NATIONAL NEWS - Wilhelm Loubser’s role as a witness in the gruesome Mooinooi murder case was not well known, and according to his mother Rachel Marx, it had to be kept quiet to keep himself and his family safe, she told Letaba Herald.
Joey and Anisha van Niekerk disappeared on December 10 from their home in Mooinooi, allegedly at the hands of “mastermind” Koos Strydom, a 53-year-old panel beater who had a workshop on their property.
They were supposed to travel to Pretoria to finalise arrangements for the funeral of Joey’s father. They never reached their destination, and when family members could not reach them, they went to their home where they discovered the two women’s house keys, cell phones and handbag still in the house.
The women’s bank cards were used later in the day at various places. Their burnt-out Nissan X-trail was found on a road close to Magaliesburg a few days later.
According to court proceedings, the two women were forced at gunpoint to sign a sale agreement, selling the farm to the ‘mastermind’ Koos Strydom.
They were allegedly repeatedly raped and hanged until they died. According to the investigating officer, their bodies were stuffed in dustbins, had acid poured over them and then burnt. The remains were disposed of.
