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Police in search of suspects after hotel owner is brutally murdered in Pofadder

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On Wednesday, forty-year old Leon Brits’ body was discovered in his swimming pool at his home in Pofadder

Northern Cape police are looking for suspects who are in connection with the killing of a Pofadder Hotel owner.


On Wednesday, forty-year old Leon Brits’ body was discovered in his swimming pool at his home in Pofadder.

Police said they discovered his body with several stab wounds on his chest.

An investigation that took place earlier revealed different valuable items were taken from his property.

According to reports, his wife found Brits’ body after she wasn’t able to track him through his phone.

The Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) in a statement, revealed that the incident was in connection to a labour dispute.

Reports that the owner of the Pofadder Hotel, Mr Leon Brits, killed in his home, shocked the mostly peaceful Bushmanland. Early rumors are that the incident has to do with a labour dispute. He was reportedly stabbed with knives, strangled with a chain and thrown into the indoor pool, where his wife found him,” the party said.

No one has been apprehended so far.

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