THE children of Naeema van der Vindt want answers after their 46-year-old mother was gunned down at her boyfriend’s house on Sunday morning.
Naeema lived with her boyfriend in Gesiggie Street, Kalksteenfontein, and was shot and killed inside her berk’s wendy house at around 9am.
According to Naeema’s ou, 50-year-old Christopher Engelbrecht, who said he is a former gang member of the 28s gang and ‘was deurmekaar in sy jong dae’ but he left his dinge, they had a party the night before and was asleep when the shooting took place.
Christopher explains: “It was her child’s birthday on Sunday, so she woke up around 8am and said she is going home to help with the birthday preparations.
“I told her it is fine, but I am going back to sleep. About 45 minutes later I heard the shooting, I was facing the wall so I did not see anyone.
“When I got to her I kept asking ‘Naeema wat gaan aan?’ because I didn’t see the gunshot wound in her face, only the blood on her clothes.
“When I ran outside I saw nobody, the road was clean. Nobody heard any gunshots except me because they were sleeping.
“Her children are blaming me but I did nothing and I am giving my full co-operation to the police.” According to Naeema’s children, who do not want to be named, their mother’s death remains a mystery as she was a witness in an attempted murder case and was expected to appear in court on Wednesday.
They also suspect that her boyfriend might have something to do with her death.
One of them said: “We found out about my mother’s passing when a family member of my mother’s boyfriend came to call us and said ‘jou ma is dood’.
“In the court case my mother was threatened and it was said ‘sy moet slaap’ because the sentencing was supposed to take place this week.
“We also suspect our mother’s boyfriend because what he is saying about what happened and how we found my mother is not adding up. We just want justice for our mother.”
Police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg said Bishop Lavis detectives are investigating a murder case.
Twigg reported: “Bishop Lavis police responded to a complaint of a shooting on Sunday morning, 29 June 2025, at about 09:18, and upon arrival on the scene in Gesiggie Street, Kalksteenfontein, they found the body of a female inside an informal dwelling with a gunshot wound to her face.
"The victim was declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel. The motive for the attack is yet to be established. The unknown suspect/s fled the scene and are yet to be arrested.”
Police are appealing to anyone with any information about this shooting incident to contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or use the mobile application MySAPS anonymously.