Fired Zimbabwean couple on the run after SA double murder

Johannesburg - A man and his wife who bred parrots have been killed on a smallholding near Rustenburg, North West police said on Thursday.

Don du Plessis, 72, and his wife Jackie, 68, were apparently assaulted with "objects" at their home early in the morning on Wednesday while they were feeding the birds, Captain Elsabé Augoustides said.

Jackie had also been shot once in the head.

Brenda Clement, a friend of Jackie's who had been scheduled to pick her up for Bible study at 14:00, became worried when she couldn't get hold of her.

Clement and her husband went to investigate and found the bodies in separate rooms.

Relatives said the couple had received death threats after they fired two Zimbabweans. There were also threats to burn down their house.

An undisclosed amount of cash was stolen from the safe as well as a camera and a laptop, Augoustides said.

Police were looking to question the Zimbabwean couple because they disappeared a day before the bodies were found, Augustides said.

A house robbery and two murder dockets have been opened.

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