“They’re coming!” – These were the chilling words that a Stellenbosch protea farmer shouted to his wife while doing a security check after hearing that a farmer in the region had been shot dead.
“It’s devastating,” an emotional Gerald Knight told News24 about being robbed hours after Louiesenhof vintner Stefan Smit was murdered.
“We’ve lived here for 25 years and right now, I feel like just leaving,” said Knight.
However, he has his protea plantation to look after, even if he is in terrible pain from the broken ribs he sustained during the robbery.
The Knights were ambushed by three robbers on Sunday night while doing a safety check following an alarming WhatsApp group message about Smit’s murder.
“The WhatsApp message told us to just close everything,” said Knight.
He then went to check if the back door was closed, and as he rounded a corner, he c
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