‘Our hearts are broken’: mourners bid farewell to brutally murdered family

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Devastated loved ones gathered on Thursday to give a heartfelt send-off to the Brand family, brutally murdered in Hartswater in the Northern Cape

Danie, 83, and Breggie Brand, 73, and their daughter Elzabie, 54, were found dead in the Taung area.

The bodies of Danie Brand, 83, his wife Breggie, 73, and their daughter Elzabie, 54, were found after an attack on their Northern Cape farm. Their funeral service was on Thursday August 6 2020.Close family members, wearing masks, sat in the two front rows of the church with pink proteas on the tables before them. Other mourners spread out across the church, seated on benches to adhere to social distancing regulations.

“Words are few this morning and nothing we say or do will make the burden and pain lighter. Maybe you have a lot of questions, but God wants to show you this morning that there is light at the end of this dark tunnel.”Coetzer asked the community not to bear anger in their hearts because “it will turn into hate”.

In a letter read out by a family member, a former colleague praised Breggie for always working hard and going above and beyond for those she cared for and loved.

 

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