{"id":59013,"date":"2022-05-09T13:52:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T11:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/boek-laat-lig-van-waarheid-skyn-20220505\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:23:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T11:23:26","slug":"boek-laat-lig-van-waarheid-skyn-20220505","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/boek-laat-lig-van-waarheid-skyn-20220505\/","title":{"rendered":"Boek laat lig van waarheid skyn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_0d5166a1\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Moord\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/3328\/e2d9c55045ad47589d9fc2522aba00fb.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ff595a0b854745e7bc08d0e3a209c07f.jpg\" title=\"Die boek, Moord op Pofadder, is pas vrygestel. \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Die boek, Moord op Pofadder, is pas vrygestel. <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\">NoordkaapBulletin<\/span> <span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Foto: Verskaf<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Die treurspel en invloed van \u2019n huurmoord in \u2019n plattelandse gemeenskap is met die skryf van di\u00e9 boek vertel \u2013 al sal sommige vrae in die moordsaak van Leon Brits van Pofadder waarskynlik onbeantwoord bly. Elkeen wat dit lees, kan daaruit leer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMoenie dink jy gaan sommer met moord wegkom nie,\u201d s\u00ea Charn\u00e9 Kemp, skrywer van die nuwe boek <em>Moord op Pofadder<\/em>.&nbsp;Volgens Kemp, \u2019n ervare ondersoekende joernalis met jare se hofervaring, sal drie onweerlegbare getuienisse \u2013 DNS, selfoonrekords en kringtelevisiekameras \u2013 meebring dat \u2019n skuldige die een of ander tyd vasgetrek word.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Moord op Pofadder<\/em> vertel die voorafgaande gebeure tot die huurmoord op die 41-jarige Leon, \u2019n bekende hotelier, sakeman en boer van di\u00e9 Noord-Kaapse dorp; en die ondersoek daarna wat tot die inhegtenisneming, skuldigbevinding en tronkstraf van Suretha Brits, Leon se vrou, en drie ander gelei het.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDie slagoffer is dood. Hy kan nie sy storie vertel nie,\u201d s\u00ea Kemp.&nbsp;Tog gee di\u00e9 boek hom as\u2019t ware \u2019n stem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maar met die lees daarvan word dit duidelik dat die vermoorde nie die enigste slagoffer was nie. Dit is ook nie net sy kinders, familielede en vriende wat deur sy moord geraak is nie; sy moord het wyd in die gemeenskap uitgekring en indirek talle ander ook slagoffers gemaak.&nbsp;Soos die 11 kinders van di\u00e9 wat skuldig bevind is, wat nou sonder een of albei ouers moet grootword.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nbsp-onskuld-verrassend\"><strong>&nbsp;\u2018Onskuld\u2019 verrassend<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Vir Kemp, wat met hierdie boek haar derde in die nie-fiksie misdaadgenre geskryf en publiseer het, was dit verrassend dat Suretha so ver sou gaan om haar onskuld voor te hou.&nbsp;Op \u2019n manier was Suretha ook na\u00efef; sy het lank vasgehou aan die oortuiging dat haar minderjarige kinders rede genoeg sou wees dat sy nie in hegtenis geneem sal word nie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die gebeure rondom die \u201cselfoon tussen die twee bra\u2019s\u201d \u2013 ook die naam van \u2019n hoofstuk in die boek \u2013 wys Suretha was nie bang om iets te doen om haar sin te kry nie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSy was bereid om tot die uiterste vir haar onskuld te veg,\u201d vertel Kemp, wat maande lank deur hope dokumente, persoonlike onderhoude, stemboodskappe, verklarings en opnames van hofverrigtinge gewerk het.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDie onderhoude, opnames en stemboodskappe is presies getranskribeer. Dit het my ook gehelp om die tipiese Afrikaans van daardie streek vas te vang en karakterisering te doen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_d10e5150\">\n<div class=\"text\">Alles wat ek geskryf het, kom uit onderhoude, gesprekke, hofverskynings en verklarings. Dit is hoekom kruisondervraging tydens \u2019n verhoor so belangrik is. Daar kom baie besonderhede uit.<\/div>\n<div class=\"citation\">Charn\u00e9 Kemp<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Die kenmerkende manier hoe mense van die streek \u2013 en veral Suretha \u2013 Afrikaans praat, het die aanvanklike styl van die boek verander en toe aangevoer.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kort n\u00e1 die moord op 7 Oktober 2020 het mense vir Kemp vanuit die Boesmanland gebel en ges\u00ea \u201cvreemde dinge word vertel\u201d; hulle hoor stories van diamante, Krugermunte, geld, verhoudings?.?.?.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVriende in die ondersoek het ook voorgestel ek skryf \u2019n boek.\u201d&nbsp;Kemp het toe geweet \u201ciets is op pad\u201d en solank nommers, name en agtergrondinligting versamel en vir \u2019n inhegtenisneming gewag.&nbsp;Sy het ook geskryf oor dit wat toe reeds bekend was.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTeen Augustus 2021 het ek 30\u2009000 woorde geskryf. Ek het die boek anders benader; byna akademies.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teen daardie tyd was die 30-jarige Suretha reeds in aanhouding nadat sy op 29 Maart 2021 in hegtenis geneem is.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die middelman in die huurmoord, Jacques van Vuuren (toe 37), het toe reeds gebieg, \u2019n pleitooreenkoms met die staat aangegaan en \u2019n effektiewe vonnis van 20 jaar gevangenisstraf ontvang. Hy is op 15 Oktober 2020 in Piketberg by \u2019n bushalte in hegtenis geneem kort nadat hy besluit het om homself aan die polisie oor te gee.&nbsp;Ook die name van die ander twee beskuldigdes was bekend nadat hulle in Kathu in hegtenis geneem is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enrich Williams (toe 34) is op dieselfde dag as Van Vuuren in hegtenis geneem, en Amantle Bareki (toe 24) net meer as \u2019n week later op 23 Oktober.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDie boek het struktuur begin kry toe Van Vuuren in November 2021 in die verhoor van die ander twee getuig het,\u201d vertel Kemp.&nbsp;\u201cToe het ek die begin van die boek gesien. Vandaar het die struktuur in plek geval.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die boek begin in \u2019n donker voertuig waar Van Vuuren, Williams en Bareki deur die nag van Kathu na Pofadder ry met \u2019n duidelike opdrag: Maak vir Leon dood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-waarom-het-ek-begin\"><strong>\u2018Waarom het ek begin?\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Kemp, wat saam met haar tandartsman Attie en hul drie honde in Kimberley bly, moes deeglik beplan aan die tyd wat sy in Pofadder en later Upington deurgebring het. Tussen die Noord-Kaapse hoofstad en Pofadder strek meer as 600\u2009km se pad, terwyl dit net meer as 400\u2009km tot in Upington is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEk moes my tyd daar goed benut, juis omdat dit so ver is. Ek het elke keer met mense gepraat, kontakte opgebou, die omgewing leer ken, die agtergrond nagevors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aanvanklik het die inwoners van Pofadder, Marchand en Kakamas, asook mense uit die omgewing, nie maklik met Kemp as \u2019n vreemdeling en buitestander gepraat nie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHulle was baie versigtig. Maar ook, baie van hulle was staatsgetuies en mag nie met die media gepraat het nie.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_945350c5\">\n<div class=\"text\">Eers toe Suretha skuld erken het, het die inwoners begin praat. Dit was asof hulle verlig was om te praat.<\/div>\n<div class=\"citation\">Charn\u00e9 Kemp<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEk sou nog met Suretha wou praat, maar my versoek is glad nie beantwoord nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kemp se grootste uitdaging was om teen tyd te werk.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAltesaam het ek so vyf, ses maande aan die boek gewerk. In November, Desember, Januarie en Februarie was ek van 05:00 tot 22:00 voor die rekenaar.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBaie kere het ek gewonder waarom ek dit begin het.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sy het haar skryfwerk in drie dele gedeel: dit wat klaar is, dit waarmee sy besig is, en dit wat sy nog wil skryf. Dan was daar ook die voortdurende terugvoering van haar redakteur Dolf Els by Tafelberg-uitgewers, en sy voorstelle waaraan sy aandag moes gee.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Moord in Pofadder<\/em> neem die trant van skeppende nie-fiksie in, en word uit verskillende karakters se oogpunt vertel. Elk van die 46 hoofstukke, wat kort is en maklik lees, begin met \u2019n prikkelende opskrif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In die tydperk van die moord op Leon was Kemp met haar meestersgraad in kreatiewe skryfkuns aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat (UV) besig.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEk is oneindig bly oor my meestersgraad-manuskrip,\u201d merk Kemp op.&nbsp;\u201dTerugskouend besef ek dat die manuskrip, wat fiksie is, dieselfde struktuur of agtergrond as die werklike moordsaak het \u2013 minnaars, \u2018n vrou, \u2019n kwesbare man en \u2019n huurmoord. Die manuskrip, en dit wat ek tydens my meestersgraad geleer het, het my geweldig gehelp.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wat haar ook in die skryfproses help, is roetine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTerwyl ek werk, moet ek tee drink. En my drie honde moet op hul beddens in my studeerkamer wees. Daar sal ook ligte klassieke musiek in die agtergrond wees; niks waarin iemand iets sing nie.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kemp, reeds 12 jaar in Kimberley, is oorspronklik van Florida in Gauteng en het aan die UV studeer. Sy en haar man het ook \u2019n paar jaar in Londen gewoon en gewerk; en daarna in Kuruman, vanwaar hulle na Kimberley verhuis het.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al drie haar boeke, ook die meestersgraad-manuskrip wat nog nie gepubliseer is nie, is in en deur die Noord-Kaap ge\u00efnspireer.&nbsp;Sy beskou die Noord-Kaapse ooptes, vlaktes, berge en dale as bekoorlik; en sy en haar man is gaande oor die geskiedenis van die Anglo-Boere-oorlog wat hulle hier leer ken het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wonder-oor-lig-en-donker\"><strong>Wonder oor lig en donker<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEk was nog altyd in die makabere ge\u00efnteresseerd,\u201d vertel Kemp. Sy was daardie skoolkind met \u2019n uitve\u00ebr en skerpmaker wat soos \u2019n kopbeen lyk. Sy was gek daaroor om opstelle te skryf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sy hou ook daarvan om begraafplase te besoek, en wonder altyd oor die lig en donker wat in elke mens is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cTydens my hofverslaggewing het ek deur genoeg l\u00eaers en dokumente gelees, en die foto\u2019s van die slagoffers het my nie afgeskrik nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As \u2019n junior joernalis by <em>Beeld<\/em> het sy haar eerste hofsaak in die Johannesburg-landdroshof bygewoon. Sy kan nie die saak onthou nie, maar wel haar eerste storie op <em>Beeld<\/em> se voorblad.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>N\u00e1 \u2019n dag in die hof met nie veel opspraakwekkende sake nie, het sy deur die hofregister geblaai en die inligting vir haar eerste \u201cscoop\u201d en voorbladstorie raakgesien: Die sanger Andr\u00e9 Schwartz wat \u2018n verkeersboete van R50 gekry het. Sy het die storie geskryf en <em>Beeld<\/em> het dit op die voorblad gebruik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jare later in Kimberley, toe Deon, Christel en Marthella Steenkamp op Goeie Vrydag van 2012 op die gesinsplaas buite Griekwastad vermoor is, het Kemp geweet: Dit is \u2019n storie wat vertel moet word. Haar eerste boek, <em>Moord op Griekwastad<\/em>, is geskryf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haar tweede boek, <em>Bloed, dunner as water,<\/em> handel oor gesinsmoorde.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oor kritiek op die bevoegdheid van polisielede en die doeltreffendheid van die regstelsel, s\u00ea Kemp daar is uitstekende \u00e9n lui polisielede, en swak ondersoeke gebeur ongelukkig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2009\u2019n Mens hoop daar is nog genoeg jong polisielede wat werklik \u2019n verskil deur hul loopbaan wil maak. Betreffende die regstelsel; soos wat ek dit in howe beleef, kan ek net komplimente gee. Dit is egter so dat \u2019n staatsaanklaer op die polisie-ondersoek aangewese is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In die Brits-moordsaak was uitstekende polisie-ondersoek betrokke, wat daartoe meegebring het dat Suretha op 29 November 2021 in die hof in Upington getuig het dat die huurmoord die \u201cswakste besluit\u201d van haar lewe was.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_5a604dbe\">\n<div class=\"text\">In Kemp se joernalistieke loopbaan \u2013 wat selfs artikels vir vroue- en landboutydskrifte insluit \u2013 het sy in soveel hofsake gesien dat spyt te laat kom.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOm soos Suretha tronk toe te gaan en jou familie agter te los is erger hel as om deur \u2019n egskeiding te gaan,\u201d merk sy op.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benewens harde banke en strak prosedures is krakende deure vir haar so kenmerkend van hofsale. Ook die geklingel van sleutels wat deur polisielede gedra word om die selle by die hofgebou oop en toe te sluit wanneer die beskuldigdes na die hofsaal gebring word.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maar \u2019n hofsaal se atmosfeer hang van jou eie gemoedstoestand af, s\u00ea Kemp.\u201cEn wanneer die waarheid se\u00ebvier, is dit asof die lig helderder skyn.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_15a9aa57\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"moord\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/3328\/9584f5e2886d4f95b1a9bfa1feca16c2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cabc848a545845668d8987ba3be1c9a3.jpg\" title=\"Die inwoners van Pofadder, 'n rustige Noord-Kaapse dorp, is aanvanklik verdeeld gelaat n\u00e1 die moord op Leon Brits, bekende inwoner. \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Die inwoners van Pofadder, \u2018n rustige Noord-Kaapse dorp, is aanvanklik verdeeld gelaat n\u00e1 die moord op Leon Brits, bekende inwoner. <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\">NoordkaapBulletin<\/span> <span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Foto: Charn\u00e9 Kemp<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"moord\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/3328\/fbf4f95b61a94e6abf2aa0c95ac1e0a2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/376dd275d42d41e09fc083aebc57b7fd.jpg\" title=\"Die moord op Leon Brits van Pofadder het skokgolwe deur di\u00e9 plattelandse gemeenskap gestuur. \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Die moord op Leon Brits van Pofadder het skokgolwe deur di\u00e9 plattelandse gemeenskap gestuur. <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\">NoordkaapBulletin<\/span> <span class=\"photographer\" 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