'It's our job to rob and kill'
2007-02-07 23:14
Johannesburg - "It's our job to rob and kill you," was the reply, Elaine Stoltz got when she asked her attackers why they were robbing her.
Stoltz, 52, her sons Bertus, 22, and Benna, 20, and their friend, Stefan du Toit, 22, were attacked by three men at her Florentia home in Alberton on the East Rand on Thursday night.
Just a few hours earlier, they had returned from the funeral of her husband, Fanie, 67.
Stoltz said she and Benna went to bed about 23:00, while Bertus and Stefan were still working on a car in the driveway outside.
Stoltz said: "A short while later, Stefan woke me and said, 'Tannie, wake up. Don't be afraid, but we're being robbed'."
Stoltz and the three young men were forced into a room and tied up by the three robbers.
One of the robbers - who even fetched a glass of water for her when she said she was thirsty - kept watch while the other two searched the house.
Stolts said: "This guy was friendly, but one of the others was aggressive and kept saying 'Shh! I'll shoot you!'."
That was the man who told her it was "our job to rob you of your cellphones and money and to kill you".
The robbers left with about R10 000 in cash, the family's video and DVD players, two computers and a laptop. They didn't injure anyone.