WOND, plaasmoord - dis my mense

307pp., b.w. & colour illus., paperback, Litera Publikasies, Somerset West, 2025

ISBN: 9781920188580

Gerhard Pietersen discusses the traumatic double murder of his parents-in-law, Tewie and Eurika Human, at their home in Great Brak River in June 2016, and how as a pastor he struggled with pious words of comfort, the church's silence, his colleagues' absence - and how there are wounds that refuse to heal.

"As joernalis het ek onbetrokke verslag gedoen oor die hofsaak na die wrede plaasmoord op die Human-egpaar van Groot-Brakrivier. Hul skoonseun skryf rou en eerlik oor die eggo's wat weier om stilgemaak te word en wonde wat nie ophou bloei nie. Roerend. Aangrypend." Susan Puren, freelance journalist

Gerhard Pietersen spent 16 years as a pastor and served as Executive Director of Africa Inland Mission International. Currently he works as a coach, offers retreats and spiritual direction for both individuals and groups, and serves as teacher and team leader at Hope Community Church in Somerset West.