Valarie Enziar was murdered and raped by a teenage boy

A teenage boy has entered into a plea agreement with the State, admitting to the rape, murder, and robbery of a 79-year-old woman on her farm in Ladismith in rural Western Cape.

The horrific crimes were committed on 14 July 2025 at Doring Kloof farm, where the elderly victim, Valerie Enziar, had lived alone her entire life, "a fact the accused, who was just 16 years old at the time, deliberately exploited".

.According to the agreed statement of facts, the teenager approached the farm on foot, removed a chain from the gate, and entered the property.

He found the elderly woman sitting on her stoep reading, crept up on her, and struck her on the neck with a metal chain, knocking her unconscious.