Stop saying kids are lying: Joey Haarhoff’s daughter as brother jailed for rape

Already the child of one of SA’s most infamous murderers, now she has to endure new heartache

08 February 2022 - 19:43

After surviving her own sexual abuse and the stigma that comes with being the daughter of Joey Haarhoff — the lover of serial killer and paedophile Gert van Rooyen — Amor van der Westhuizen, 59, was devastated to learn that her brother committed a similar crime in his adoptive country of New Zealand...

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