Hendrik Johannes Slippers was a member of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) involved in several criminal activities in South Africa during the 1990s and early 2000s.
Involvement in AWB Activities:
1990 Murder in Belfast: Slippers participated in the abduction and murder of George Ngomane in Belfast, Mpumalanga, as part of enforcing the AWB’s “white-by-night” policy. He was denied amnesty for the murder but granted amnesty for the abduction.
Accusations Against Eugene Terre’Blanche: In 1997, Slippers and fellow AWB members accused their leader, Eugene Terre’Blanche, of cowardice, alleging he distanced himself from acts of sabotage executed under his command.
Incident Details: Slippers fatally shot his ex-wife, Hazel Kinnear (24), and her parents, George (46) and Merle Smith (43), at their home in Rustenburg. Two of Kinnear’s sisters, Judy Smith and Wendy Kral, were also wounded during the attack.
He received 20 years imprisonment instead of going on death row, as the death penalty was demolished just a couple of years prior to the event.
Why This Is a Unique Collector’s Item:
These dictionaries are one-of-a-kind because of their personal connection to Hendrik Slippers and the historical events surrounding him. These books were also some of the possessions he kept with him for 20 years in the Pretoria Central Prison.
Handwritten inscriptions inside both volumes and on the page edges of both books, with Hendrik’s initial and surname, make this set even more valuable to collectors who specialise in true crime or South African political memorabilia.
The murder trial, the AWB’s involvement, and his death row near miss make this an incredibly rare piece of the country’s past.
Serious buyers can contact me at BiteMagic@hotmail.com for any enquiries or to see verification of authenticity. The listing price is negotiable.
