{"id":63381,"date":"2022-04-08T14:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/drakenstein-vallei-rou-20220406-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:17:09","slug":"drakenstein-vallei-rou-20220406-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/drakenstein-vallei-rou-20220406-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Drakenstein-vallei rou"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Die ganse Drakenstein-vallei rou saam met die bekende De Villiers-familie n\u00e1 die skielike dood van Theresa de Villiers (62).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit volg nadat die voormalige Springbok-rugbyafrigter Peter de Villiers se vrou se liggaam Maandagmiddag (4 April) in \u2019n swembad in Gqeberha gevind is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens die polisie is Theresa omstreeks 12:00 in die swembad by familielede se huis in die stad gevind. Die De Villiers-familie het \u2019n rukkie hier gewoon toe Peter die afrigter van Oostelike Provinsie se rugbyspan was. Hy het intussen sy rugbyleisels vir \u2019n rol as politikus verruil en is die leier van die politieke party GOOD in die Drakenstein. Peter was verlede week in die raadsvergadering in die Paarl toe die voorlopige begroting ter tafel gel\u00ea is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Theresa het nog gereeld besoek in Gqeberha afgel\u00ea \u2013 \u2019n stad waarvoor sy glo baie lief was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sy is Maandag deur \u2019n familielid in die swembad gevind en was volgens inligting reeds \u2019n geruime tyd dood. Theresa was ten tyde van die voorval alleen daar en was in haar oefenklere geklee. Sy het gereeld soggens oefeninge gedoen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die omstandighede rakende die vermeende verdrinking word deur die polisie ondersoek en geen misdaad word vermoed nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kapt. Sandra Janse van Rensburg, \u2019n woordvoerder van die Gqeberha-polisie, het Dinsdag ges\u00ea die lykskouing is afgehandel, maar die polisie het nog nie die oorsaak van haar dood bekend gemaak nie. Dit word eers later die week verwag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit is die tweede keer in \u2019n bietjie meer as twee jaar dat die De Villiers-gesin in rou gedompel is. Die egpaar se jongste dogter, Odille Monk, is in Desember 2019 op 28-jarige ouderdom n\u00e1 \u2019n stryd teen kanker oorlede.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens familievriende het Theresa die afgelope twee jaar erg gesukkel om haar dogter se dood te verwerk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die egpaar het nog \u2019n dogter, Claudia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nadat die tragiese nuus van Theresa se dood soos \u2019n veldbrand deur die vallei versprei het, het boodskappe van medelye aan die gesin inge-stroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die GOOD-party het kort n\u00e1 die tragiese nuus sy meegevoel aan die De Villiers-familie uitgespreek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOns betuig namens die GOOD-party ons innige meegevoel met die voormalige SA rugbyafrigter en GOOD-raadslid Peter de Villiers met die tragiese heengaan van sy geliefde vrou. Theresa de Villiers is vroe\u00ebr vandag onverwags oorlede.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMag krag, vrede en liefde jou en jou gesin omring, <em>Coach,<\/em> terwyl jy deur hierdie moeilike tyd gaan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit het ook sy medelye met die De Villiers-gesin uitgespreek. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDit is met groot hartseer dat ons die nuus ontvang het van die tragiese dood van Theresa, vrou van raadslid Peter de Villiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conrad Poole, die burgemeester, het sy innige meegevoel met raadslid De Villiers, sy dogter, Claudia, en die uitgebreide familie betuig. \u201cOns gedagtes en ons gebede gaan uit na hulle gedurende hierdie hartseer tyd. Dit is nooit maklik om \u2019n geliefde te verloor nie en Theresa was \u2019n geliefde onderwyseres en familielid. Sy het \u2019n groot rol in die gemeenskap vervul \u2013 nie net om kinders op \u2019n opvoedkundige vlak te onderrig nie, maar hulle ook toe te rus om gerespekteerde lede van die samelewing te word. Ons bid dat God die De Villiers-gesin vrede, vertroosting en genesing tydens hul routyd sal gee.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2019n Plaaslike begrafnisondernemer het Dinsdag na Gqeberha vertrek om Theresa \u201chuis toe\u201d te bring. 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