Cops probe Afrikaans singer’s killing

Police are investigating the murder of Afrikaans singer Wynand Breedt, who was shot and killed on his farm outside Worcester, in the Western Cape, on Friday evening.

According to police, the incident occurred around 10.30pm when a 45-year-old man was found dead with a gunshot wound to his chest.

“The motive for the killing is unknown at this stage,” police spokesman Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana said. “Police are following up leads in order to bring those responsible to book.”

Police did not disclose any other details surrounding the shooting.

Thomas van Dalen, AfriForum’s head of community safety in the Western Cape, confirmed that Breedt was shot and killed.

While the details surrounding the shooting are still emerging, it is believed that Breedt and his partner, John Sinclaire, were out and arrived back at the farm around 1opm, Van Dalen said.

Sinclaire went to open the house, while Breedt parked the car. “As he (Sinclaire) opened the door, a man stood in the door with a firearm pointed at him. He slammed the door closed,” Van Dalen said.

He added that it is unclear what happened between the time Sinclaire found a man in the house to when he found Breedt’s body, but that Breedt was already dead with a gunshot wound to his chest when his body was discovered.

The suspects fled the scene and nothing was taken.

AfriForum is offering assistance to the family.

Van Dalen said he was appalled at the sudden escalation of attacks on farms since the lockdown moved from Level 4 to 3.

“It seems as if the incidence of farm attacks in the Western Cape is also escalating,” he said.

“This is, once again, proof that it is a vicious criminal offence, directed against the farming community and not a normal crime.” – News24 Wires