{"id":299450,"date":"2026-04-03T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/?p=299450"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:56:15","slug":"kotie-nel-moord-nuwe-lewe-in-velddrift-kortgeknip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/kotie-nel-moord-nuwe-lewe-in-velddrift-kortgeknip\/","title":{"rendered":"Kotie Nel-moord: Nuwe lewe in Velddrift kortgeknip!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Niemand is nog vir die grusame en pynlike moord op &#8216;n middeljarige vrou verlede week in Lemoenkloof in die Paarl in hegtenis geneem nie. Die vrou is sedertdien as Kotie Nel (57) van Velddrif uitgeken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paarl Post verneem dat sy die woning in Pleinstraat ten tyde van haar wrede dood die afgelope Donderdagoggend (26\u2009Maart) opgepas het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sers. Wesley Twigg, &#8216;n woordvoerder vir die polisie in die Wes-Kaap, het bevestig dat die Paarl-polisie tans &#8216;n moordsaak ondersoek nadat Nel dood in die huis aangetref is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Polisielede het die misdaadtoneel besoek, waar hulle die slagoffer met steekwonde aan haar liggaam gevind het. Die slagoffer is deur mediese personeel op die toneel dood verklaar,&#8221; verduidelik Twigg.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vandeesweek het kapt. Frederick van Wyk, ook &#8216;n woordvoerder vir die polisie in die Wes-Kaap, by navraag bevestig niemand is nog in verband met Nel se moord vasgetrek nie. Hy het net ges\u00ea die saak word steeds ondersoek<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1187\" data-attachment-id=\"299488\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/kotie-nel-moord-nuwe-lewe-in-velddrift-kortgeknip\/kotie-nel1_74544-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kotie-Nel1_74544-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1187\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kotie-Nel1_74544\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kotie-Nel1_74544-1-1024x1013.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kotie-Nel1_74544-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-299488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kotie-Nel1_74544-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kotie-Nel1_74544-1-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kotie-Nel1_74544-1-1024x1013.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kotie-Nel1_74544-1-768x760.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Die vermoorde Kotie Nel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens inligting wat deur Paarl Post bekom is, was die eienaars van die woning nie ten tyde van die voorval tuis nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die eiendom bied ook verblyf en beskik oor selfsorg-eenhede. Vroe\u00ebr is beweer Nel is deur &#8216;n werknemer, wat onlangs aangestel is, vermoor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Met Paarl Post se aankoms op die toneel was verskeie polisievoertuie, die Boland-honde-eenheid, asook patologiese dienste teenwoordig. Die liggaam is teen daardie tyd nog nie uit die woning verwyder nie. &#8216;n Klein groepie mense het buite die perseel saamgedrom en aangedui hulle werk daar, maar niemand was bereid om kommentaar te lewer nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Niel Hofmeyr, wat saam met sy familie in die huis woon en met wie Paarl Post telefonies kontak gemaak het, wou ook nie kommentaar lewer nie.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paarl Post se susterskoerant, die Weslander, het die naweek berig Nel het onlangs van Reebok naby Mosselbaai na die Weskus verhuis.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die raadslid Anton Dellemijn, die uitvoerende raadslid vir infrastruktuur en dienste by die Mosselbaai-munisipaliteit, het op Facebook geskryf hy het met groot skok en hartseer van die wrede afsterwe &#8220;van ons geliefde Kotie Nel&#8221; verneem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Ons gemeenskap is in rou. Kotie was geliefd. Sy het altyd die ekstra myl gestap om haar medemens te help. Hierdie tragiese gebeurtenis laat &#8216;n groot leemte. 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