Family found decomposing with multiple stab wounds

JOHANNESBURG – On Tuesday afternoon, the community of Rondebult found three decomposing bodies on the back on an abandoned bakkie. The deceased were Johan, Jane & Suné Botha. Police said they all had multiple stab wounds.

The bakkie had been abandoned in a field not too far from the Botha’s family home. Residents of Rondebult described the area as a close-knit community where everyone got along. One resident said that incidents like these did not usually happen in Rondebult.

“Everything we have always discussed in our CPF meetings is that we should protect one another but when it happens within the inbounds of our family, it shocks the community.”

Another resident said that he could not believe such gruesome murders took place close to him and his family. “It’s not a bad community except the break-ins, the house break-ins which happen everywhere, here it happens a lot but this is way, way too much.”

A member of the Botha family has been arrested. TCG Police have arrested a 42-year-old man for the triple murder and he is due to appear in court.