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Farmer's widow denies R2m murder plot
Cape Argus
|December 02, 2025
"I DENY offering anybody money to kill my husband.
These were the words from the accused husband killer, Zurenah Smit, 59, who has taken the stand at the Western Cape High Court yesterday to testify about allegations that she masterminded her husband's 2019 murder.
She was questioned about having promised her co-accused R2 million to have her husband murdered.
In her testimony, Zurenah maintained her innocence when she made bare denials of being involved with robberies and the 2019 murder carried out at Louisenhof Farm, where she lived with her slain husband Stefan Smit.
Zurenah denied allegations that she drugged her husband to steal R235 000, a firearm, and Kruger Rand coins from a safe. She defended herself, stating: "I had no reason to drug my husband. He was taking care of me and provided for my whole family."
Answering to count four (conspiracy to commit murder), Zurenah, who moments before became emotional in the box, denied the charge against her.
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