A 77-year-old farmer has been shot dead at his home in Stella, near Vryburg, North West police said on Monday.
Hendrik Cilliers was half naked on the ground five metres from his house on Sunday evening, said Brigadier Thulane Ngubane.
He had a bullet wound in his head, and his hands and feet were bound with shoelaces, said Ngubane.
A neighbour called the police when he saw Cilliers's car on the main road and his phone went unanswered.
The motive for his murder was unknown and police were searching for his killers. - Sapa