De Freitas Martins Maria

Age 38. On October 28, 1996, the profound volatility that touched many rural areas of South Africa reached the remote bushveld region of Limpopo, leaving fifty-year-old Maria Teresa Freitas Martins as the victim of a fatal shooting. The tragedy unfolded on the farm Vogelstruisfontein, located within the district of Ellisras, a town historically deeply tied to the agricultural and mining sectors of the northern province. Historical registers and chronological databases tracking rural safety incidents from the mid-nineteen-nineties explicitly catalog her entry under violent farm crimes, noting that she was shot and killed during the encounter.