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‘It was like evil just exploded there’ Rowan Philp
Published:Jul 25, 2009
Cobi Venter was sexually assaulted by a Nazi soldier at the age of three. She came to South Africa determined to do good, dedicating herself to helping charities and anti-apartheid groups in Port Elizabeth. But last month, Venter, 67, watched her husband George being tortured to death before being gang-raped and fatally beaten herself in a crime that reduced one police captain to tears.
VICTIM: Cobi Venter, above, and as a child in the Netherlands, below
A friend of the late anti-apartheid legend Molly Blackburn, Venter’s story of good and evil is so wrenching that academics and residents in Port Elizabeth have formed an action group in her name.
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They are demanding that the government “does its first duty to safeguard its citizens” and responds to a sudden spate of violent crime in a city that until now has been relatively safe. In the past three months, the neighbourhoods of Colleen Glen and Kragga Kamma alone have seen at least three murders, two rapes and numerous violent attacks. Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg, spokesman for the SAPS, said crime intelligence analysts had reported an increase in “the amount of violence, totally unnecessary violence, used in attacks in recent times” in Port Elizabeth. State advocate Marius Stander said six men had appeared in court in connection with the Venter double murder but would only receive a full indictment on August 6. Speaking out for the first time this week, Venter’s son, international fashion designer Andre Venter, 44, said robbers had tried to get into his parents’ house on a previous occasion and his father had been forced to barricade the front door.
‘Tears were running down a police captain’s face; another detective was in a state of shock; he told me it was the most horrifying murder scene he had ever seen’ Article Tools Print
On the day of the attack, his parents visited the luxury mansion Andre Venter is building nearby and told friends they were living in fear. They were desperate to move into a cottage on their son’s secure property as soon as possible. Back at home, Cobi Venter cooked dinner for the pair and, at around 8.30pm, took a call from a worried neighbour who had heard dogs barking.
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Andre Venter described the scene at the house two days later after he’d rushed back from overseas. “Tears were running down a police captain’s face; another detective was in a state of shock, and he told me it was the most horrifying murder scene he had ever seen,” said Venter.
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“Blood was on the walls of every single room in the house; it was on the ceilings. It was like evil just exploded there — I mean, all eight of the main windows were smashed as well.” Europcar
Andre’s brother, Eugene, said: “You walk through the dining room and look at the objects around the room. There is a four- pound hammer, a large rock, a bloodied golf club, a sculpture of Mozart. You think: is this what they used to kill my dad?”
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Andre Venter said his father — a 78-year-old retired entrepreneur — was apparently beaten with the hammer, tortured and dragged by his feet from room to room as the gang demanded cash. Available RSS Feeds
Eventually, the main stash was found hidden in a grand piano, and it was there, beneath the
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instrument, that George Venter was finished off.
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Cobi Venter was found lying against the lounge wall. She lingered in hospital for 10 days, opening her eyes just once before she died.
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Cobi Venter spent the first years of her life virtually imprisoned in a chicken shed. Nazi soldiers chose her family’s house in a village in northern Holland as their local headquarters and victimised her family because they had sheltered Jews, Andre Venter said.
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“It was only in the past few years that she came to terms with being violated by the Nazis. She told us how a 19-year-old soldier molested her; something that had a major, tragic impact on her life. “It’s incredible to me that, after decades of service to the community, the end of her life was the same — being violated by thugs.” Venter said a detective had told him criminals had flown from Johannesburg to hit softer targets in Port Elizabeth. “I cannot allow a person like my mother to die in vain — something good has to come from this: a wake-up call that we as a society must value human life again, the way she did.”
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shannig said at Jul 26 2009 12:44AM
Good God! We thought that was a South African prerogative. Report Abuse stoprot said at Jul 26 2009 4:11AM
Africa deserves to suffer if this is the kind of mentality that is allowed to hold sway. The leadership is so useless, that one can't expect things to improve. Report Abuse mrpapari said at Jul 26 2009 5:56AM
Animals...friggin animals and they should burn in hell!!!!! Report Abuse DDarko said at Jul 26 2009 7:47AM
This This This This This
is the house that Jacob Built, the God that Jacobs followers worship, is the fate that Jacob wants for all South Africans. is the task that all of Jacobs workers want to do. is the respect that Jacob shows his people. Report Abuse
onlooker said at Jul 26 2009 8:24AM
just as the anc wants it......keep our nation living in fear...... Report Abuse
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jones2000 said at Jul 26 2009 8:28AM
Typical megroids. Animals. Report Abuse donorfatigued said at Jul 26 2009 9:03AM
I would happily pull the trigger on the criminal scum myself. Report Abuse What said at Jul 26 2009 9:46AM
This crime will continue for as long as the black majority continue to vote for the ANC. As ex-terrorists the ANC is not motivated to act against criminals. ANC supporters must accept responsibility for the lawless society they have created. Report Abuse whoate said at Jul 26 2009 10:13AM
What a tragedy - it make me worry so much. Can one even send condolences for such a horrific crime?. All I can pray for is some sort of comfort for such victims. Report Abuse qickquip said at Jul 26 2009 11:02AM
At our local police forum meeting held on the 14 th Of this Month In Krugersdorp. At a local primary school The forum of abut 200 people were asked those who have experienced violent gun crime move to the back of the hall about half the aduiance moved to the back. From the back of the hall I watched as the police stage a mock hostage situation blindfolding the rest of the crowd and desinsitzed them by shouting screaming and pushing people around spraying a liquid into the faces of some'So they could get some idea of the crime experience. We were the told what to do in a hostage house robbery situation. Well done Krugersdorp Police! Report Abuse star54 said at Jul 26 2009 12:52PM
Take off the government security and let them live without it like us the normal people for a month!They need a reality check and FAST! Report Abuse star54 said at Jul 26 2009 12:53PM
PS: Those animals should be shot on the spot and then worry about legalities! Report Abuse VinceRSA said at Jul 26 2009 1:11PM
My God, this makes the heart SORE and one's blood run cold and angry! At least my mother survived her ordeal, even if only to endure the remembered agony for her remaining years. Report Abuse telltru17 said at Jul 26 2009 1:18PM
God created people in two ways passive ( evolution ) and active.(those in whom the spirit of God dwells) People who commit crimes like these may look like people but are in actual fact living demons. They are already condemned to the eternal fire of hell!!. Report Abuse telltru17 said at Jul 26 2009 1:31PM
I say, - let the Chinese run our safety and security departments for a few months, and a bet there would be very few, if any criminals left in South Africa. Report Abuse qickquip said at Jul 26 2009 2:10PM
telltru17 said at Jul 26 2009 1:31PM I say, - let the Chinese run our safety and security departments for a few months, and a bet there would be very few, if any criminals left in South Africa. I have been to china many times and the shoot to kill policy works very well there! I which the SA communist party will send some of our union officials there to see how people have live and work at he the factories for about R400. a month. The factories are like chicken battery's. Report Abuse xhamela said at Jul 26 2009 5:09PM
Sad indeed.
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We must engage the Comradeship to a debate on whether death sentence shall not be mandatory on such circustances!!!!! Vukani Maqabane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Report Abuse pws80 said at Jul 26 2009 5:29PM
The comment has been removed pending further investigation. Report Abuse DontWantIt said at Jul 26 2009 6:21PM
If the slimey ANC had done something 15 years ago, crime wouldn't be the cancer it is today. But then the country is run by criminals calling themselves a government, so it's only natural that they've allowed things to get this out of hand. These ANC swines should be held accountable and the criminals should be taken out in the same manner they took their victims out. Report Abuse zaknight said at Jul 27 2009 6:49AM
Satan is alive and well in South Africa's borders. He feels at home where the innocents are murdered in cold blood, in the name of abortion and where people can live their lifestyles in whichever way they please, whether it is contrary to the way God designed it or not. In voting for the ANC, God has been told to get out. In the schools, prayer is also non-existent because someone of "another faith" might be offended. The ANC is in bed with the communist party which in its essence denies that God actually exists. Is it then not a wonder that God withdraws His presence and protection from a country which no longer acknowledges Him. He will not force Himself on anyone yet yearns to have a real, deep and meaningful relationship with anyone who will call on His name. Report Abuse pageup1 said at Jul 27 2009 9:49AM
Please Lord come soon. This world is finished. We simply can not continue like this. Report Abuse
Theopgmontshiwa said at Jul 27 2009 10:47AM
they need justice Report Abuse
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‘It was like evil just exploded there’ Rowan Philp
Published:Jul 25, 2009
Cobi Venter was sexually assaulted by a Nazi soldier at the age of three. She came to South Africa determined to do good, dedicating herself to helping charities and anti-apartheid groups in Port Elizabeth. But last month, Venter, 67, watched her husband George being tortured to death before being gang-raped and fatally beaten herself in a crime that reduced one police captain to tears.
VICTIM: Cobi Venter, above, and as a child in the Netherlands, below
A friend of the late anti-apartheid legend Molly Blackburn, Venter’s story of good and evil is so wrenching that academics and residents in Port Elizabeth have formed an action group in her name.
Latest Headlines
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Western Cape taxi strike ends Rand Water unions in wage dispute Pretoria bling king nabbed Emily’s parents will not testify No probe into Gauteng motorsport
They are demanding that the government “does its first duty to safeguard its citizens” and responds to a sudden spate of violent crime in a city that until now has been relatively safe. In the past three months, the neighbourhoods of Colleen Glen and Kragga Kamma alone have seen at least three murders, two rapes and numerous violent attacks. Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg, spokesman for the SAPS, said crime intelligence analysts had reported an increase in “the amount of violence, totally unnecessary violence, used in attacks in recent times” in Port Elizabeth. State advocate Marius Stander said six men had appeared in court in connection with the Venter double murder but would only receive a full indictment on August 6. Speaking out for the first time this week, Venter’s son, international fashion designer Andre Venter, 44, said robbers had tried to get into his parents’ house on a previous occasion and his father had been forced to barricade the front door.
‘Tears were running down a police captain’s face; another detective was in a state of shock; he told me it was the most horrifying murder scene he had ever seen’ Article Tools Print
On the day of the attack, his parents visited the luxury mansion Andre Venter is building nearby and told friends they were living in fear. They were desperate to move into a cottage on their son’s secure property as soon as possible. Back at home, Cobi Venter cooked dinner for the pair and, at around 8.30pm, took a call from a worried neighbour who had heard dogs barking.
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Andre Venter described the scene at the house two days later after he’d rushed back from overseas. “Tears were running down a police captain’s face; another detective was in a state of shock, and he told me it was the most horrifying murder scene he had ever seen,” said Venter.
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“Blood was on the walls of every single room in the house; it was on the ceilings. It was like evil just exploded there — I mean, all eight of the main windows were smashed as well.” Europcar
Andre’s brother, Eugene, said: “You walk through the dining room and look at the objects around the room. There is a four- pound hammer, a large rock, a bloodied golf club, a sculpture of Mozart. You think: is this what they used to kill my dad?”
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Andre Venter said his father — a 78-year-old retired entrepreneur — was apparently beaten with the hammer, tortured and dragged by his feet from room to room as the gang demanded cash. Available RSS Feeds
Eventually, the main stash was found hidden in a grand piano, and it was there, beneath the
8/12/2009 9:44 PM
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http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/News/Article.aspx?id=1039709
instrument, that George Venter was finished off.
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Cobi Venter was found lying against the lounge wall. She lingered in hospital for 10 days, opening her eyes just once before she died.
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Cobi Venter spent the first years of her life virtually imprisoned in a chicken shed. Nazi soldiers chose her family’s house in a village in northern Holland as their local headquarters and victimised her family because they had sheltered Jews, Andre Venter said.
Motoring
“It was only in the past few years that she came to terms with being violated by the Nazis. She told us how a 19-year-old soldier molested her; something that had a major, tragic impact on her life. “It’s incredible to me that, after decades of service to the community, the end of her life was the same — being violated by thugs.” Venter said a detective had told him criminals had flown from Johannesburg to hit softer targets in Port Elizabeth. “I cannot allow a person like my mother to die in vain — something good has to come from this: a wake-up call that we as a society must value human life again, the way she did.”
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shannig said at Jul 26 2009 12:44AM
Good God! We thought that was a South African prerogative. Report Abuse stoprot said at Jul 26 2009 4:11AM
Africa deserves to suffer if this is the kind of mentality that is allowed to hold sway. The leadership is so useless, that one can't expect things to improve. Report Abuse mrpapari said at Jul 26 2009 5:56AM
Animals...friggin animals and they should burn in hell!!!!! Report Abuse DDarko said at Jul 26 2009 7:47AM
This This This This This
is the house that Jacob Built, the God that Jacobs followers worship, is the fate that Jacob wants for all South Africans. is the task that all of Jacobs workers want to do. is the respect that Jacob shows his people. Report Abuse
onlooker said at Jul 26 2009 8:24AM
just as the anc wants it......keep our nation living in fear...... Report Abuse
8/12/2009 9:44 PM
The Times - ‘It was like evil just exploded there’
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http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/News/Article.aspx?id=1039709
jones2000 said at Jul 26 2009 8:28AM
Typical megroids. Animals. Report Abuse donorfatigued said at Jul 26 2009 9:03AM
I would happily pull the trigger on the criminal scum myself. Report Abuse What said at Jul 26 2009 9:46AM
This crime will continue for as long as the black majority continue to vote for the ANC. As ex-terrorists the ANC is not motivated to act against criminals. ANC supporters must accept responsibility for the lawless society they have created. Report Abuse whoate said at Jul 26 2009 10:13AM
What a tragedy - it make me worry so much. Can one even send condolences for such a horrific crime?. All I can pray for is some sort of comfort for such victims. Report Abuse qickquip said at Jul 26 2009 11:02AM
At our local police forum meeting held on the 14 th Of this Month In Krugersdorp. At a local primary school The forum of abut 200 people were asked those who have experienced violent gun crime move to the back of the hall about half the aduiance moved to the back. From the back of the hall I watched as the police stage a mock hostage situation blindfolding the rest of the crowd and desinsitzed them by shouting screaming and pushing people around spraying a liquid into the faces of some'So they could get some idea of the crime experience. We were the told what to do in a hostage house robbery situation. Well done Krugersdorp Police! Report Abuse star54 said at Jul 26 2009 12:52PM
Take off the government security and let them live without it like us the normal people for a month!They need a reality check and FAST! Report Abuse star54 said at Jul 26 2009 12:53PM
PS: Those animals should be shot on the spot and then worry about legalities! Report Abuse VinceRSA said at Jul 26 2009 1:11PM
My God, this makes the heart SORE and one's blood run cold and angry! At least my mother survived her ordeal, even if only to endure the remembered agony for her remaining years. Report Abuse telltru17 said at Jul 26 2009 1:18PM
God created people in two ways passive ( evolution ) and active.(those in whom the spirit of God dwells) People who commit crimes like these may look like people but are in actual fact living demons. They are already condemned to the eternal fire of hell!!. Report Abuse telltru17 said at Jul 26 2009 1:31PM
I say, - let the Chinese run our safety and security departments for a few months, and a bet there would be very few, if any criminals left in South Africa. Report Abuse qickquip said at Jul 26 2009 2:10PM
telltru17 said at Jul 26 2009 1:31PM I say, - let the Chinese run our safety and security departments for a few months, and a bet there would be very few, if any criminals left in South Africa. I have been to china many times and the shoot to kill policy works very well there! I which the SA communist party will send some of our union officials there to see how people have live and work at he the factories for about R400. a month. The factories are like chicken battery's. Report Abuse xhamela said at Jul 26 2009 5:09PM
Sad indeed.
8/12/2009 9:44 PM
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We must engage the Comradeship to a debate on whether death sentence shall not be mandatory on such circustances!!!!! Vukani Maqabane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Report Abuse pws80 said at Jul 26 2009 5:29PM
The comment has been removed pending further investigation. Report Abuse DontWantIt said at Jul 26 2009 6:21PM
If the slimey ANC had done something 15 years ago, crime wouldn't be the cancer it is today. But then the country is run by criminals calling themselves a government, so it's only natural that they've allowed things to get this out of hand. These ANC swines should be held accountable and the criminals should be taken out in the same manner they took their victims out. Report Abuse zaknight said at Jul 27 2009 6:49AM
Satan is alive and well in South Africa's borders. He feels at home where the innocents are murdered in cold blood, in the name of abortion and where people can live their lifestyles in whichever way they please, whether it is contrary to the way God designed it or not. In voting for the ANC, God has been told to get out. In the schools, prayer is also non-existent because someone of "another faith" might be offended. The ANC is in bed with the communist party which in its essence denies that God actually exists. Is it then not a wonder that God withdraws His presence and protection from a country which no longer acknowledges Him. He will not force Himself on anyone yet yearns to have a real, deep and meaningful relationship with anyone who will call on His name. Report Abuse pageup1 said at Jul 27 2009 9:49AM
Please Lord come soon. This world is finished. We simply can not continue like this. Report Abuse
Theopgmontshiwa said at Jul 27 2009 10:47AM
they need justice Report Abuse
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