TRIPLE MURDER: Botha family members remembered by community and loved ones
Wasserman said that the family had requested to bury their loved ones in a private ceremony.
Murdered victims Johannes, Marie and Sone Botha were buried during a private ceremony at the Thomas Titus Nkobi Memorial Park.
The memorial service was held at the Christensentrum Eslpark on January 19.
Friends, neighbours and extended family attended the service to bid their departed loved ones farewell.
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The service was presided over by Airport Christian Fellowship pastor John Wasserman.
Sone was baptised in his church, he added, and she was a member.
Wasserman posted a photo of Sone getting baptised and stated that, in his opinion, she was set free because she had accepted Jesus at that point.
Sone was an artist. He added; “She knew how to draw, and she loved it. She went to one of the church blackboards where I used to teach and sketched a picture as we played one of her favourite songs, Lion, by Brandon Lake.”
Wasserman said that the family had requested to bury their loved ones in a private ceremony.
Those, who assisted the family with the planning of the memorial service and burial service, received letters of gratitude from the family.
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Among those named was Ward 41 Clr Sanele Hlongwane, for providing the family with free burial pits and also assisting in obtaining access to the cemetery.
“Although we cannot possibly comprehend their situation, we can nevertheless feel sympathy for them.
“The father was a committed community member who greatly enhanced the provision of services in the area. He is no longer with us, but his contributions are still felt today,” said Hlongwane.
Kagiso Legotlo, the deputy chairperson of Ronderbult Residents’ Association, said the community grieves with the family.
Eugene Botha, the man accused of the murder of the three, was arrested on January 2 after the murder.
He made his first appearance in court on January 4.
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He is charged with triple murder, that of his mother, father, and sister with additional charges of being in possession of an illegal firearm.
The 43-year-old is expected to make his third court appearance on February 8 at the Germiston Magistrate’s Court.
