Early on Thursday, 27 August 2015, two armed Black men broke into the family’s house at Bashewa Agricultural Holdings through a small bathroom window. Keanu Badenhorst confronted the intruders to protect his mother, Lelanie Storm, and his 11-year-old sister, Leandrie. He was shot in the stomach during the confrontation and died on the scene from the gunshot wound.
While Keanu lay dead, the attackers hauled his mother and sister from their bedrooms at gunpoint, held them at gunpoint, and tied them up with cable ties. His little sister Leandrie tried to block her door and fend them off with a skateboard but was overpowered. Three more attackers then entered the house. They ransacked the place, stole the family’s valuables, loaded everything into the family’s Mahindra van, and fled. The vehicle was later found abandoned in Mamelodi East.
The grandmother, Johanna Vorster (65), described the horror. After shooting Keanu, they tied up his mother and overpowered his sister. Lelanie freed herself and Leandrie, and they rushed to the grandmother’s house for help. They wanted to rush Keanu to the hospital but had no car available. Police investigated a case of murder and house robbery, but no arrests were made at the time.
This is the kind of savage, heartless attack that fills me with rage. Five savage hunters invading a White family home, shooting a brave 17-year-old boy in the stomach for trying to defend his mom and sister, then tying up the terrified women and looting everything while he bled out. The ANC government's total failure to protect White farmers and smallholders on their own properties allows this barbarism to continue unchecked. Families are left shattered, with no justice, while predators roam free. It's disgusting.