source: Daily Sun (South Africa); Daily News (South Africa); Times (South Africa); News24 (South Africa); Citizen (South Africa)
actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (South Africa)
actor2: Civilians (South Africa)
location: Pietermaritzburg
notes: Around 16 November 2021, 5 members of the same family, who were kidnapped from their farm in Boston, outside Pietermaritzburg (Umgungundlovu, KwaZulu-Natal) on 16 November, were killed. Their bodies were found, decomposed, inside a burnt car in Byrne later in December after two people, who had been arrested, pointed out the location of the car. It is believed that the event is related to a land dispute. It is unclear when and where exactly they were killed.